hevs

The supermarkets where e live sell everything our English one sells except monterey jack cheese fro my nachos!

This sadi they do feel dated in the way they look. The other day i think i twigged a small part of the difference, its the aisle widths, the isles are tiny and make you feel hemmed in. And they still have sweets at the end of the check outs

ABCDiamond

I think the newer ones have got wider aisles. We've had two new Woolworths open up in Victoria Point in the last few years, and they seem much better than the older ones i've been in.

Storini

Well, long may Oz supermarkets remain underdeveloped I say. In the UK, the corporatisation of the high street is led by the supermarkets which crush all other shopping options. Now we have Tesco: the supermarket that ate Britain. Yuk.

Megalania

Supermarkets turn the screws

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nice one Hevs...

have to admit, IGA has those aluminium shelves which look old, if it wasn't for the scanning, you could almost imagine the prices in plastic.

The widths are a surprise; you'd expect Australia having more space would have planned wider aisles from the start.

I recall even Sainsbury having sweets, or "fillers" at the end.

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hevs

They stopped it in our local one about 5 years ago, Morrisons on the other hand didn't.......

Some IGA's are real raves from the graves, but they sell great pork sausages on the deli counter and cheap plugs too

kirsty&al

And nothing to do with the £30 parking fine from the council if you take 5 mins too long shopping in the high street. Give me the Tesco's free car park any day.

A

syltgirl

Hi Neil, we are awaiting our visa from lodgement March 2004 meds Aug/Sep 2004 and fingers crossed. We went to Melbourne Nov 2004 and loved it - have some friends in Bittern and fell in love with the Morinigton Peninsular - Shop wise - we hired a Maui Motor Home and started at Footscray - well, just say it got better and better - supermarked at Footscray really good and we loved the Victoria Market and we believe the Dandenong Market is good too? I love markets anyhow - specially first thing in the morning - all fresh goods - best fruit and veg at Ballarat. We did the Great Ocean Road and drove up from Port Fairy to Halls Gap (Great place), loved Apollo Bay but the Mornington Peninsular takes our hearts. We are looking to rent in Frankstron and buy further south (Mornington, Hastings, Bittern etc). Must say that the wine is expensive. A bottle of Linderman's (under offer) is around £4.00 here and I expected it to be cheaper! Also the vinyard wines are not cheap! Less of the drinking I guess.... Syltgirl

Neil S

Hi syltgirl, good luck with your visa. Surprised about your concern with the wine prices, did you use Dan Murphy's? They are about the cheapest liqour retailer and our fave wine goes for about 8.90 dollars there, cheaper if you get 12 bottles or more. By the way we have some friends in Bittern too. Neil.

jan

Aus supermarkets are awfull in comparison to Tesco etc o.k. some of the fresh produce is on par but try to find some decent biscuits most of aus seems to be monopolised by at the most 3 manufacturers you cant beat digestive,plain milk and wholewheat,lincolns,rich tea,marie,gingernuts,jaffa cakes,jam dodgers,hob nobs,garabaldi,shortbread,boasters,just to name a few how many different biscuits can you name in oz? Arnotts !
biscuits was just an example but anyone who says Aus. supermarkets carry the same variety of goods must of left England in the 1960's.

Megalania

Ahh, but does Tesco sell ready to use flour?

ABCDiamond

Have you checked all the supermarkets in all the states of Australia to make that comparison ?

The ones we have in our area are as good as the UK ones, in the area of the UK we lived in.

Ours have a bigger range of biscuits than you have just listed.

jan

As a matter of fact i have recently been to Brisbane,gold coast,surfers Melbourne geelong bendigo etc etc.Adelaide and of course here in Perth
so i think i got a good idea.ever heard the expression put up or shut up well i challenge you to name as many types of biscuits as sold in the U.K. YOU cant be serious if you think they compare!

NJJ

I was quite disappointed recently to find that, after my mrs had baked a nice apple pie I could find no evaporated milk at any of the supermarkets in our local area to go with it

Megalania

Have another biscuit.