Traitor.

First of all, I have to say that I love Tesco's!!!

However, I am also of an age that I remember going to the shops for my mum and having a list for the greengrocers, then the butchers, and then the Chemists, (I had to give him a note and it came in a brown paper bag so I never knew what I was getting!!) and I suspect it will be similar in Oz!!


But, do you you know what?? I can't wait for that to be the case again !!!!

I can't wait to buy fresh food from the butcher, the greengrocer, the fishmonger and any other trader that is going to give me a welcome smile , a friendly chat and value for money!!

Oooh yes...the knickers from M & S...sheer luxury! How I miss that!

TGI Fridays! Now you've gone and done it...I hadn't even thought of that place.....what I wouldn't give for a plate of potato skins, buffalo wings...mmm...nacho's.....

Well said, exactly how we feel. Personally we do all our food shopping at Prahran Market. The range of organic produce there is great and I am on first name terms with the traders. We get freebies and tasters all the time. I would not be surprised if we don't get a Crimbo card from our cheese man.

All you supermarket lovers, think outside of the box. But to be honest, if you can't then I don't really want to see you at my market.

Yeh it is like the third world - no kidding.
I never said I wanted a nanny to look after the kids while I go shopping. I am quite capable of looking after my own kids thank you. I was just pointing out that in the UK the trolleys/supermarkets are set up to cater for mothers who have no choice but to bring kids/babies along with them. The trolleys are a lot better in UK - they have toddlers seats and baby carrier systems. I am thinking ahead here as I have a 19 month old and a new baby due any day and I don't see how I am going to be able to do my shopping at my local Coles supermarket when the trolleys aren't geared towards this. Also what about if the toddlers decided to fill her nappy? oh yes and what about breastfeeding new baby? It is a FACT that my local Asda and Tesco were both set up with baby changing rooms and baby feeding rooms which made the whole supermarket shopping experience a whole lot easier than it is in Australia. That is why I personally prefer the UK supermarkets.

Where I live the supermarkets are NOT in malls!!!
So you get the trolley - where do you put a toddler and a baby? The trolleys at my local Coles don't cater for such a situation.
Oh and what about if the toddler decides to fill their nappy or the baby needs breastfeeding? Catering for that do they? NO. So it is VERY different to shopping at Tesco and Asda. UK supermarkets are catered towards mothers with toddlers and babies. Supermarkets where I live in SA are NOT. FACT.

Our local safeway (in Victoria) does all sorts of trolleys for people with kids. I got one the other day which was slightly wider so I could get my 4yo and 2yo in comfortably. They also have trolleys that can support 2 babies, 1 baby and 1 child, 1 baby, 1 child, and no children.

A

Originally Posted by arkon
"Never thought I'd say this but... I'd kill for a trip to M&S! I used to buy M&S pants and socks and they would last me a life time much to the annoyance of the wife. Here the local stuff lasts me months not years! They seem to have mastered the art of stitching things together with air!

I also miss Boots, WH Smiths, TGI Fridays (cant believe it either) and even god stike me down for saying it, PC World."


G'day...
Having worked in the past for both M&S in the UK and Target in Australia... I can tell you that their knickers and socks come from the same manufacturer in Shanghai. The UK's PC World have the same supplier as Office Works. Australia's Dymocks have the same books as WH Smith, but friendlier staff. As for TGI Fridays... there's one in Melbourne and one in Sydney and their food is brought in from local suppliers... not imported from Europe. Arkon... do you truly wear the same underwear and socks for years? Any wonder your wife is annoyed! Surprise her... wear none at all!

I think the trolleys at my local Coles are ASDA's castoffs from 20 years ago!

That won't be a problem, I saw one of the locals on the Sunshine Coast doing exactly that while walking from the supermarket to the bottlo the other day :scared:

[quote|] Any wonder your wife is annoyed! Surprise her... wear none at all![/QUOTE]

In fact surprise her even more by wearing stockings and suspenders!!!

I still get the occassional one with a dodgy wheel though. You must have a few of those.

A

Whilst travelling through Asia i picked up a local saying which i think applied when I was trying to settle in foreign countries...."Same, Same...but different" Seems to me the same thing applies here with supermarkets, they all serve the same purpose, but do it in their own way. that saying can apply to anything you do in a foreign country, we all essentually do the same things in life, it's just getting used to the different methods, and it does come with time

l never said Adelaide was'nt in the third world.

But isn't your closest Coles in a shopping centre, along with a KMart and 28 other specialty shops? A mall isn't necessarily a 5-storey Westfield.

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