Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
Jan 14th 2012, 9:05 am
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Jan 14th 2012, 11:29 am
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
Well I've just made two trips back to the UK in the last two months....
I was horrified by the price of food in the supermarkets there!
The only way you could buy cheaper there is if you go for the buy one get one free offers...which I don't!
I my opinion there is no opening in the market for any more British shops, we can already get almost anything we could possibly desire.
Another thing is that although newcomers here may long for British foods that soon wears off, Spanish food is so much better and healthier and much more in tune with the climate than the stodgy foods so loved in the UK.
I was horrified by the price of food in the supermarkets there!
The only way you could buy cheaper there is if you go for the buy one get one free offers...which I don't!
I my opinion there is no opening in the market for any more British shops, we can already get almost anything we could possibly desire.
Another thing is that although newcomers here may long for British foods that soon wears off, Spanish food is so much better and healthier and much more in tune with the climate than the stodgy foods so loved in the UK.
Jan 14th 2012, 11:35 am
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
Tex please note I said "food and fashion".
I have bought ready meals, but they seemed too small for my big appetite, but that isnt the problem in food, its the stuff they bring in at great expense from all over the world to a "supermarket near you".
I have seen so much sitting there on the shelf with only a day left on the sale by date and think about the waste - especially when there are so many people going hungry. We need more essentials and less luxury - especially if it means importing at cost to the £.
Fashion nowadays is decided by youngsters in offices whose taste depends on where they went on holiday this summer. The likes of high street shops stuffed full of clothing that most people actually don't buy, even in the sales, is another example. Whats the use of skimpy shorts, skirts and blouses to a woman in freezing UK, especially when the only sizes are 2 sizes less than she can get on ?/
Most high street fashion is female orientated, even my local Boots had more space given over to nappies or lunchtime sandwiches than to mens products.
I have bought ready meals, but they seemed too small for my big appetite, but that isnt the problem in food, its the stuff they bring in at great expense from all over the world to a "supermarket near you".
I have seen so much sitting there on the shelf with only a day left on the sale by date and think about the waste - especially when there are so many people going hungry. We need more essentials and less luxury - especially if it means importing at cost to the £.
Fashion nowadays is decided by youngsters in offices whose taste depends on where they went on holiday this summer. The likes of high street shops stuffed full of clothing that most people actually don't buy, even in the sales, is another example. Whats the use of skimpy shorts, skirts and blouses to a woman in freezing UK, especially when the only sizes are 2 sizes less than she can get on ?/
Most high street fashion is female orientated, even my local Boots had more space given over to nappies or lunchtime sandwiches than to mens products.
Jan 14th 2012, 11:49 am
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Jan 14th 2012, 11:51 am
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
Having just come back from a fruitless search for a decent dress for going out in the evening I would agree. I tried five dresses on in Zara and couldn´t fit in to any of them and they were all large..........I am a UK 12. So depressing ended up buying a frying pan instead!
and since when did Zara sell frying pans?
remember it is volume not calory count, which is why Zara don't stock your size
always found that C&A have generous cut to their clothes but not always to everyone's style
Jan 14th 2012, 11:53 am
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
Jan 14th 2012, 2:20 pm
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Jan 14th 2012, 2:45 pm
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
I know a super one in cádiz, can't remember it's name although I could take you there
Generally though I agree about the veg...if you get any at all that is! Have found the sloppy slimy ones out of a jar spoil a decent salad. Most spanish restaurans are all the same, never changed their menus for a decade or more, pork and pork etc. The only difference is when you pay over about 50 euro per head....even then you will be lucky to get any veg. This goes for inland, all the coasts.
Generally though I agree about the veg...if you get any at all that is! Have found the sloppy slimy ones out of a jar spoil a decent salad. Most spanish restaurans are all the same, never changed their menus for a decade or more, pork and pork etc. The only difference is when you pay over about 50 euro per head....even then you will be lucky to get any veg. This goes for inland, all the coasts.
Jan 14th 2012, 4:41 pm
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
It closed some years ago when it pulled out of Europe.
The way Iceland (overseas) is expanding you will be getting one soon.
In the Uk Polish shops are opening up so why not Uk shops in Spain.
I cannot see the point myself but if they provide a service why not?
Jan 14th 2012, 4:57 pm
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
It had one the first. M&S.
It closed some years ago when it pulled out of Europe.
The way Iceland (overseas) is expanding you will be getting one soon.
In the Uk Polish shops are opening up so why not Uk shops in Spain.
I cannot see the point myself but if they provide a service why not?
It closed some years ago when it pulled out of Europe.
The way Iceland (overseas) is expanding you will be getting one soon.
In the Uk Polish shops are opening up so why not Uk shops in Spain.
I cannot see the point myself but if they provide a service why not?
Jan 14th 2012, 4:59 pm
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
In your opinion
I have never used online shopping in either Spain or the UK, so can't comment on that.
Jan 14th 2012, 6:07 pm
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
I know a super one in cádiz, can't remember it's name although I could take you there Generally though I agree about the veg...if you get any at all that is! Have found the sloppy slimy ones out of a jar spoil a decent salad. Most spanish restaurans are all the same, never changed their menus for a decade or more, pork and pork etc. The only difference is when you pay over about 50 euro per head....even then you will be lucky to get any veg. This goes for inland, all the coasts.
Generally though I agree about the veg...if you get any at all that is! Have found the sloppy slimy ones out of a jar spoil a decent salad. Most spanish restaurans are all the same, never changed their menus for a decade or more, pork and pork etc. The only difference is when you pay over about 50 euro per head....even then you will be lucky to get any veg. This goes for inland, all the coasts.Spanish people do not eachmuch veg at all.
Greens such as cabbage and "grelos" (dont know the English word) are eaten in a particular dish, or not at all.
Cauliflower is eaten with salted cod, otherwise most people dont eat it.
When I first went to UK I was shocked at the amount of veg English people eat, hated it at first,but now would not be without it.
Jan 14th 2012, 6:11 pm
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
We have an Iceland in Javea and Benissa, both a good way from us so we only call in on rare occasions, usually combined with half a day at the beach and a good meal in Javea. Spanish food is fine and vegetables can always be found in the small 'Fruterias' that seem to abound almost everywhere. They're always fresher than those in the supermarkets and a lot cheaper.
If we plan an Iceland trip we can run the freezer down for a couple of weeks before and then make the trip worthwhile, I have to admit I prefer English sausages.
If we plan an Iceland trip we can run the freezer down for a couple of weeks before and then make the trip worthwhile, I have to admit I prefer English sausages.
Jan 14th 2012, 7:02 pm
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Re: Online British Expat Supermarkets, do you use them??
How can large be small?