Penny45

I agree, things do seem more here (apart from petrol). Think it's right to think of 2.5 exchange rate or would do my head in! The Oyster Bay wine I love is cheaper in Tesco for example, my mobile is a lot more and sky tv also (have cancelled mine as just download everything now). I think you could live more frugally if necessary but guess it's what you're used to.

I only grow my own herbs but a mate of mine bought a massive water trough and grows loads of stuff herself. You run the risk of everything being eaten by possums and things so I gave up when all my tomatoes on the truss were eaten.

northernbird

I watched a UK consumer show last year that highlighted how some fruits and vegetables are grown overseas and the process of getting them from the country of origin to the supermarket. It was enlightening.

Grayling

So how are the vegetables that are imported here grown and handled then?

This is a worldwide issue....not just UK

Amazulu

Indeed. There is a price to be paid for ever cheap, airfreighted, year round available fruit and vegetables - and it ain't paid by Tesco's customers.

Grayling

or woolworths or coles...

northernbird

I would imagine it is the same, I will not buy imported fruit or vegetables here or the UK.

Grayling

What about all the coffee that people seem so fond of over here.

....or the dried fruit or.......

Amazulu

There is no point as they are rarely cheaper than locally grown.

Turban Explorer

Living in Lincolnshire.

Amazulu

definitely. Most will be in the UK's foodbasket though, aka the 3rd world.

Grayling

You mean the ones that the Vietnamese/chinese work gangs tend on the Australian farms

northernbird

I shall clarify, I will not buy imported fresh fruit or vegetables.

Grayling

I thought you were being a bit less childish nowadays

Amazulu

As long as they are paid and treated according to the law of the land then who cares.

Grayling

Are they