Super markets

Yes, I am that sad stigmatised consumer – I shop at supermarkets. My local shop is Budgen’s, thankfully taken over by the Coop so I feel reasonably ethical none the less. The range is limited and has changed recently to reflect the new class structure in the area. There is now a section of Polish [...]

Budgeting

When the children were young and my budget was tight, I started to think of the cost of meals rather than the cost of individual foods or rather to think of the value of the food cost, the role of the food in our diets. In the supermarket I would calculate how many meals a [...]