We had a pretty quiet day on Monday, September 3. Had a walk up to Muswell Hill to the shops. The supermarket – Sainsburys – was in many ways different from ours because it was in a much smaller space. I know the big supermarkets here are enormous but it was interesting to see how they tried to keep the same set up on a much smaller scale in this one. The things that struck me were:
*The huge amount of supermarket own label stuff being sold. The Sainsbury label seemed to be on more than 50% of the stuff being sold, except the wine and beer.
*A lot of the labels had nutritional info (like we have on some foods).
The fresh fruit and vegetables were all clearly labelled with the country of origin and in many cases the name of the grower, as well as directions for how to store it and use it.
*The alcohol wasn’t in a separate section of the supermarket – it was just in aisles like the other items.
*From a dairy point of view, I noticed that the range of milk was a lot narrower – skimmed, semi skimmed or full cream. So either the branded milk has been squeezed out of the supermarket or there hasn’t been much of an attempt to develop ‘branded’ milks.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Supermarkets
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Hello Carlene, Alastair, Ellen and Katherine, Tonight I finally made time to read your blog. You certainly sound as if you're having a great time! I'm very impressed with Katherine and Ellen's reports. Had you let the Queen know that you would be there? I'd have thought she'd have made the effort to at least come out to the gate to see you. Carlene, your comment about The Avenue made me think of the street running from Hassans Walls Rd to Laurence St - it always seemed a rather poshy name to me for a street that only had the side fences of houses along it and a few stunted trees. 38 degrees in Dubai! It's freezing here! We're all well. Mark got home from America yesterday and, of course, was straight into work so he's feeling fairly weary. I hope you keep on enjoying yourselves. Love Aunty Robyn and all here.
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