Fruit comparison
May 18th 2006, 1:30 pm
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Fruit comparison
Well as I’m just freshly back from the real Gods country I thought I’d post a quick comment about the price of Bananas and Grapes in the respective countries while it was still fresh in my head. Firstly Banana’s 64p a kilo in Tesco and the locals tell me $10 per Kilo now so I went to wollies to check and guess what? They have no Banana’s! A quick ask around revealed that noone was paying the $10 per kilo so they pulled them from the shelves!! I’m all for helping the farmers seeing as I am now one but as farmers still get the same per kilo as pre cyclone I am left wondering how this petty minded place thinks charging $10 is going to help anyone.
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
May 18th 2006, 1:37 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by arkon
Well as I’m just freshly back from the real Gods country I thought I’d post a quick comment about the price of Bananas and Grapes in the respective countries while it was still fresh in my head. Firstly Banana’s 64p a kilo in Tesco and the locals tell me $10 per Kilo now so I went to wollies to check and guess what? They have no Banana’s! A quick ask around revealed that noone was paying the $10 per kilo so they pulled them from the shelves!! I’m all for helping the farmers seeing as I am now one but as farmers still get the same per kilo as pre cyclone I am left wondering how this petty minded place thinks charging $10 is going to help anyone.
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Thanx mate
May 18th 2006, 1:42 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by arkon
Well as I’m just freshly back from the real Gods country I thought I’d post a quick comment about the price of Bananas and Grapes in the respective countries while it was still fresh in my head. Firstly Banana’s 64p a kilo in Tesco and the locals tell me $10 per Kilo now so I went to wollies to check and guess what? They have no Banana’s! A quick ask around revealed that noone was paying the $10 per kilo so they pulled them from the shelves!! I’m all for helping the farmers seeing as I am now one but as farmers still get the same per kilo as pre cyclone I am left wondering how this petty minded place thinks charging $10 is going to help anyone.
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
May 18th 2006, 1:47 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by arkon
Well as I’m just freshly back from the real Gods country I thought I’d post a quick comment about the price of Bananas and Grapes in the respective countries while it was still fresh in my head. Firstly Banana’s 64p a kilo in Tesco and the locals tell me $10 per Kilo now so I went to wollies to check and guess what? They have no Banana’s! A quick ask around revealed that noone was paying the $10 per kilo so they pulled them from the shelves!! I’m all for helping the farmers seeing as I am now one but as farmers still get the same per kilo as pre cyclone I am left wondering how this petty minded place thinks charging $10 is going to help anyone.
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
May 18th 2006, 1:50 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by arkon
Well as I’m just freshly back from the real Gods country I thought I’d post a quick comment about the price of Bananas and Grapes in the respective countries while it was still fresh in my head. Firstly Banana’s 64p a kilo in Tesco and the locals tell me $10 per Kilo now so I went to wollies to check and guess what? They have no Banana’s! A quick ask around revealed that noone was paying the $10 per kilo so they pulled them from the shelves!! I’m all for helping the farmers seeing as I am now one but as farmers still get the same per kilo as pre cyclone I am left wondering how this petty minded place thinks charging $10 is going to help anyone.
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
May 18th 2006, 1:54 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
I'm staying here now.......No, I'm going.....hang on....staying....nah.....go....stayi.....goingstay ing....st.....go.....err...oh f**k it....
Also we now realise we could have made for ourselves a more laid back lifestyle in the UK, there was nothing to stop us getting off the rat race a bit, we didn’t have to have the fancy cars and fancy house and no one actually made us work our nuts off, it was all self inflicted and Oz just replaced a set of unreal problems with some very big real ones instead. Oh for the benefit of hindsight….
May 18th 2006, 1:56 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by Bella Donna
My main gripe with the fruit and veg in my area is the lack of organic food. I had a great choice of organics in England and I miss it dreadfully. Having said that, our local Woolies is just starting to stock organics so that's progress at least.
May 18th 2006, 1:58 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by arkon
Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
and I just can't get excited about the crisps here - give me good old UK choice, please!Short changing, bag checking, amount of stock on the shelves, all the same gripes......wish I could persuade the Bloke that you have the right idea about moving
May 18th 2006, 2:03 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by Pollyana
I am sooo envious - the crisps thing really gets to me; I devour crisps the way that some women devour chocolate and I just can't get excited about the crisps here - give me good old UK choice, please!
Short changing, bag checking, amount of stock on the shelves, all the same gripes......wish I could persuade the Bloke that you have the right idea about moving
and I just can't get excited about the crisps here - give me good old UK choice, please!Short changing, bag checking, amount of stock on the shelves, all the same gripes......wish I could persuade the Bloke that you have the right idea about moving
May 18th 2006, 2:05 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
May 18th 2006, 2:06 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by Pollyana
I am sooo envious - the crisps thing really gets to me; I devour crisps the way that some women devour chocolate and I just can't get excited about the crisps here - give me good old UK choice, please!
Short changing, bag checking, amount of stock on the shelves, all the same gripes......wish I could persuade the Bloke that you have the right idea about moving
and I just can't get excited about the crisps here - give me good old UK choice, please!Short changing, bag checking, amount of stock on the shelves, all the same gripes......wish I could persuade the Bloke that you have the right idea about moving
Hmmmm. Sensations Thai sweet chilli flavour............F(((K were's my credit card and what was that travel companies name....Oh and just where did I put that can of petrol and box of matches....
May 18th 2006, 2:08 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by Hutch
May 18th 2006, 2:13 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by Sorchar
Hi Arkon, looks like you had a good holiday, good to have you back
Blistering holiday unfortunately the choice and quality of cereals and take aways meant I gained a stone in weight! Hmmm Kelogs chocolate crunchie nut clusters…………
May 18th 2006, 4:50 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by Hutch
I can have it as wallpaper and still giggle ...yes please!
Last edited by Sandra; May 18th 2006 at 4:52 pm.
May 18th 2006, 5:16 pm
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Re: Fruit comparison
Originally Posted by arkon
Well as I’m just freshly back from the real Gods country I thought I’d post a quick comment about the price of Bananas and Grapes in the respective countries while it was still fresh in my head. Firstly Banana’s 64p a kilo in Tesco and the locals tell me $10 per Kilo now so I went to wollies to check and guess what? They have no Banana’s! A quick ask around revealed that noone was paying the $10 per kilo so they pulled them from the shelves!! I’m all for helping the farmers seeing as I am now one but as farmers still get the same per kilo as pre cyclone I am left wondering how this petty minded place thinks charging $10 is going to help anyone.
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Grapes currently $6 per kilo compared to the quid back home! Now they grow shed loads of them here so what’s the excuse for this one?
Never mind as it will all be academic for me soon I hope but bearing in mind I did a Tesco shop on day one in the UK of my holiday I was struck by a few things. Firstly the food in the UK is much much cheaper, The fruit and veg is of a better look and quality, the choice was 4 to 6 times better in the number of lines stocked for the rough same amount of space and achieved by constant shelf stock take and restocking. Every type of food and item had just so much more choice, Baby food was just so much better as was the choice of crisps. I could go on but will leave it there.
Oh and I never once got short changed or had my bags checked! Civilisation? Yes please…
Heck, I might even do it just to annoy you, since I am now a British citizen.
