You are unfortunately very right about the fruit and veg selection. Not good at all. Surprising, given NZ's strength in agriculture but maybe the best stuff goes abroad or the supermarkets don't have the same buying power as in the UK.

However, meateaters can relax, the choice is good, the quality great and the price is very cheap vs UK. Esp great - lamb. Beef also great. Pork and chicken - nothing to write home about.

What supermarkets are you going to to get poor fruit & veges? This is not my experience at all.

I think he's going to the ones in central europe...

Southerner you have to know that that comment is coming from our banned friend Don. Seems all you have to do is come back under a different name & things are sweet with everyone so would not take his future posts seriously at all

Yep like I said Milkshake!

Thats what we call the stuff in the North of the Uk anyways.

Orangeade is orange flavoured soda or we call it POP in the North of the UK anyways
Actually I forgot what with you being a kiwi you probably only know it by a brand name .... Tango?

The fruit and veg here I find to be very good, just cos it isn't all the same size and shiny and brightly coloured doesn't mean it is not as good. I find it actually tastes a lot nicer and fresher. Saying that I don't often get my fruit and veg from the supermarket I buy from the veggie shops ... I find them a lot cheaper.

I do think the kiwis need to get a grip of all the sugar in their food though and the colourings in some things are shocking!!!

Hi guys I'm new here, I'm a Brit married to an American who has lived in small town USA for the last 15 yrs. All I can say is that those pics of the NZ supermarkets put everything that we have here to shame. I can't wait to get over there, everything looks so good & fresh. Anyone fancy any limp overwaxed veggies!!!! that taste of nothing. I recently went back home to the UK & was amazed at the variety in Asda, but does anyone cook from scratch back there?

As for thinking the kiwi food is loaded with sugar, you need to taste the stuff here. :scared:

I'm nr. Hamilton. I wonder if the south island has better veggies. I was apple picking last summer and I can say that all the best was for export but that doesn't mean it will be fresh when it hits Tesco's. No siree Bob! (hee hee) It will be put in a chiller for months on end. I'm talking about Countdown in particular - not consistently good and overpriced. New World must have better buyers but it's still a badly priced most times. I find it better to go to the veggie shops but you still have to watch them. I've found one good one that's consistent and okay quality. The veggies shops are cheaper but not necessarily any good.

We're getting our own stuff in the gruond soon.

Yep I did the apple picking too, you've got to be real careful with the ones destined for the chillers haven't you.
Nothing like the taste of a freshly picked apple is there, absolutely fantastic. I think in comparrison the veggie shops apples were quite good, still getting the kids used to certain stuff not being in season therefore they cannot just have on a whim.
Some one once told me about square foot gardening and I plan to do that this year in our garden, as well as getting some fruit trees planted up against the fences etc.

Hi Sky: Yep that's the way to go here. We've got a few fruit trees. Pear, peach, cherry, apple, lemon, lime, feijoa and we get a kick out of having them so fresh. They taste so different.

LOL Sky still have to disagree with you flavoured milk isnt the same as a real milkshake that you buy from an ice cream shop but I do understand what you mean
Tango is a powdered drink I remember being mixed with water.....neither pop or soda. Ghastly coloured & revolting tasting too & Im amazed its still being sold there. Pop (also called that here in the US) to me is a carbonated drink.

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Hi guys I'm new here, I'm a Brit married to an American who has lived in small town USA for the last 15 yrs. All I can say is that those pics of the NZ supermarkets put everything that we have here to shame. I can't wait to get over there, everything looks so good & fresh. Anyone fancy any limp overwaxed veggies!!!! that taste of nothing. I recently went back home to the UK & was amazed at the variety in Asda, but does anyone cook from scratch back there?

As for thinking the kiwi food is loaded with sugar, you need to taste the stuff here. :scared:

Wow someone who agrees with my views on American food. Cant believe they dont have fruit & veges shops here either. I find the best place to buy decent fruit & veges is from the markets but in the area I live (mid west) they only have them during the summer months Its also uncommon to see people here cooking from scratch but its a habit I refuse to give up. When I first arrived here I was horrified at the number of females who cant cook at all:scared:
& as for the content of the sugar in the food here it makes Kiwi food look almost sugar free.

I think you just read and see what you want to shepslady like most kiwis
I wouldn't drink 'ghastly' powdered drinks or feed to my children either ... god only knows what nasty preservatives they would have in them over here!

Long time since I bought the stuff but I seem to remember Tango as been orange pop, a horrible vile colour it is too over here.

Not going to try to explain any more.

You should go find a NZ expat board

Ahh - Tango - comes in a black can (if I remember) with orange bubble pictures - and had those ghastly adverts - ir BIG ORANGE things knocking folks on the head etc.... - I LOVE tango - sorry, full o sugar or not - LOVE it!! Can't get it here I love Lemon and Paeroa though........

'FANTA!' lol, it came to me in a flash lol couldn't think what the kiwis called orangeade over here

Tango lol those ads made me laugh. If you've ever had to wax a piece of furniture with Breewax the fingers on your gloves grow massive and baggy lol ... like Tango mans!

Sorry just having a silly moment there.