30 days without supermarkets #8: How much is a packet of digestives?
Next time you’re in a shop, as you pass the digestive biscuits, make a note of the price. I have to buy a lot of them as my parents get…
30 days without a supermarket #7: Wasting not, wanting not
If the entries seem to have dried up a little, it’s because there’s nothing much to report: I haven’t run out of food, and nothing terrible has happened. Last night…
30 days without a supermarket #6: Goodbye ‘the faceless mute’ at Tesco
Mary Portas speaks about how supermarkets are killing communities. The sad thing is that I’ve come across some great staff at supermarkets, but they’re not rewarded for their interpersonal skills.…
30 days without supermarkets #5: Goodbye tabloids & loyalty cards
I started this challenge partly out of a sense of utter disgust with the whole News of the World scandal. Whatever journalists did to get their stories, they did to…
Life without supermarkets #4 again: At last, satsumas you don’t throw away
I don’t really like satsumas, but I have to buy them for my parents who like them because they’re easy to peel and eat, and if you’re lucky, have no…
Life without supermarkets #3 & #4: Goodbye Green & Black’s
It’s only day 3 of my no-supermarket-for-30-days challenge, and I’ve already realised that supermarkets have made me lazy and dependent in an almost childish way, and created a mental food-universe…