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Spot on. Those figures make me shiver. Branding is just not worth it on food when you know about the details. Small rant: I stopped buying brands years ago, av
by meaty 14y ago
Spot on. Those figures make me shiver. Branding is just not worth it on food when you know about the details.
Small rant: I stopped buying brands years ago, avoid supermarkets like the plague and don't buy ready meals. Instead I purchase from wholesalers in bulk and grow a few expensive things (chillis, peppers, tomatoes, herbs etc). Granted I have to buy beans in 2kg tins and pasta by the 5kg bag from the wholesaler but my food bill for 2 adults and 3 children is around £200/month and we eat proper freshly cooked meals every day.
- huherto 14y agoWell, you have an economy of scale. 5 people. For me, I think it is cheaper just to buy at the super market and buy ready meals.
- alanctgardner2 14y agoAs a bonus, you get lots of tasty horse!
- Graham24 14y agojust say neigh.
- huherto 14y ago:) I don't mind eating horse as long as it has a good taste. Having grown in a place with very good beef, I am very picky for beef. When I buy a steak I prefer to pay a little more. It is not that expensive considering I am only one person.
- meaty 14y agoHorse is great meat - you can't get it intentionally here in the UK any more, well I can't find it. My grandmother used to get it in her war rations. Last time I was in Calais, we found a place that did horse and chips :) +1 for steak. I quite happily used to blow £15 on a good steak.
- Mvandenbergh 14y agoProbably true as far as growing your own goes, but bulk dry food like pasta and beans lasts long enough that you can buy in bulk even for one person. Of course, you can't amortise the labour of cooking over as many people, so it may still make sense to get the ready meals from that perspective.
- meaty 14y agoProblem is the ready meals taste like shit and as recently discovered, you have no idea what mammal they've chopped up in it (even the high end M&S and Waitrose ones). You can cook well for one using the same method as I use. You just need a freezer :) growing your own is a form of therapy as well - a context switch from technology and fast paced lifestyle.