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Probably in the Autumn of this year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-e...store&&ns_fee=0#post_589c266be4b080b4e83a78c5
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Whilst Waitrose do sell some lovely food, the prices are at a premium compared to other supermarkets. At this moment in time, price is a big deciding factor for a lot of folk.
You don't always get what you pay for - sometimes, you just pay a higher price.you get's what you pay for!!!
@kyoto49 People also have to buy what they can afford.
Wages haven't increased very much (if at all) since the crash of 2008, Sterling has tanked since the Brexit vote and is pushing up food prices (along with lots of other things) so a lot of people probably can't actually afford to by higher quality foodstuffs. It's not a case of people not wanting better quality food, more that people cannot actually afford it.
And Waitrose has always been a premium supermarket compared to others.
You don't always get what you pay for - sometimes, you just pay a higher price.
Aldi and Lidl, despite being "discount retailers", pay their staff, in general, better than their higher-priced competitors do.
It's a complicated issue.
The European Parliament has voted 586 to 19 (with 38 abstentions) to introduce EU-wide measures to reduce TFA exposures*. Denmark, Austria, Hungary and Latvia already have their own legal limits. UK, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and Greece have "voluntary measures" to reduce use, for what use they may be.I don;t disagree, but alot of what they sell is processed. Aldi was regulary blasted for adding transfats to it's processed foods. I think this has now changed, but the quality of their processed foods is lower. For fresh fruit and veg they can't be beaten though. And they pay their staff very well.
It's far more than a few pence.But as a proportion of income the cost of food has dropped dramatically in recent times even including the few pence Brexit and other factors have added on recently. My point remains; people consistantly choose TV packages, fags, alcohol, lottery tickets, fashion clothes etc etc over good quality food. Spending on food is less than 10 % of disposable income for most people so there is no reason not to buy good quality food, no reason at all. it's far more importants than the other things I've suggested which people spend hundreds of pounds on each month........
And a very sad indictment that is. People will happily pay hundreds a months for beer, TV packages, smoking, other hobbies and the Internet, but won't spend on decent food to keep themsleves healthy . Good food, ethically raised meat and quality produce cost money to produce.................you get's what you pay for!!!
And a very sad indictment that is. People will happily pay hundreds a months for beer, TV packages, smoking, other hobbies and the Internet, but won't spend on decent food to keep themsleves healthy . Good food, ethically raised meat and quality produce cost money to produce.................you get's what you pay for!!!
It's far more than a few pence.
You know, people are allowed to spend their money on exactly what they want to. If that is TV or cigarettes or alcohol or even, god forbid, clothes so they don't walk round in rags or even naked, then that is their prerogative.
I don't know anyone who spends less than 10% of their income on food. I certainly don't.