30 days without supermarkets #14: The power of old bananas
This isn’t a direct result of not shopping at a supermarket, but it’s the kind of thing that happens more when you’re not living in a Tesco-induced stupour. I rescued…
30 days without supermarkets #13: What £5.50 can buy you
Although the bag of fruit and vegetables I got from Daily Fresh at £5.50 round the corner was cheaper by far than it would have been in Sainsbury’s it’s not…
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.…
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…