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Self Serve Checkouts should have a time limit on them. IMO they exist for people in a hurry so don't fuck around.
Special hate reserved for those that make the self serve a 'learning experience' for their children and let them scan things!100%. The assholes that bring their trolleys down the self-service checkouts do my head in.
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go. -
You could write a whole book about how people ignore supermarket etiquette.
One that fuckin' annoys me is people with a trolley stopping in the middle of an aisle to have a conversation, and blocking everyone else from being able to go past them.
12 items or less aisles! Don't you turn up with your 13th item!!!
I have once been asked to come into the 12 items or less by the checkout operator and I told them I had 15 items and couldn't! It's a principle thing.
That one is on you. If I have 15 items and that aisle is empty I'm in it.
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Yep @Crucial has got it. Just do online, either have it delivered to your door or what we do now is 'click and collect' add your groceries to the app and select a pickup time. You park at a side door, knock, give them your reference, they give you the groceries and you are done. In and out in under 5 mins.
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
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I actually like grocery shopping. Especially if i am alone. Put by earphones in, listen to music, and get my food for the week. A relaxing hour by myself with a coffee. As long as people respect basic fucking protocols.
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure. -
Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
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@Hooroo for me it is the options...Mrs TR loves to watch those shop cheaper type programmes, which are in the UK, and the people can save £2-£3 on a certain item, whereas in NZ we have the big brand, another brand and then the supermarket brands, and often, there might only be $1 between them all.
Shopping here is like going to Waitrose or Sainsbury and buying just top end stuff, but sometimes end up with Pams or Woolworth Value brands in your basket....
Anyway, I remember when I got $3.60 for £1...not like those useless £1s today, lucky if I get $2!! Thats my aging issue
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
What is a 'general' cart of groceries though?
Buying the cheapest in the UK is cheaper than NZ, I agree. I could go to Lidl and fill a trolley full of shite for under a £100. Even buying the cheapest shite at Pak'N'Save would be well over that.
Heaps cheaper though? Nah, not for me and I am the shopper in our house and currently working out prices etc and adjusting back to things here. -
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
What is a 'general' cart of groceries though?
Buying the cheapest in the UK is cheaper than NZ, I agree. I could go to Lidl and fill a trolley full of shite for under a £100. Even buying the cheapest shite at Pak'N'Save would be well over that.
Heaps cheaper though? Nah, not for me and I am the shopper in our house and currently working out prices etc and adjusting back to things here.I can't remember dammit. It was the main supermarket in Loughton
Compared to New Worlds in the Waikato.Even buying a large multi bone ribeye. They were a bargain in comparison.
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@dogmeat color me surprised!!
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@taniwharugby asshole
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@No-Quarter said in Aging:
I'm going to ramp up the angry old man stakes.
AMERICAN SPELLINGS
Looking at you @booboo
Aging FFS
Right - back to supermarkets....
Also, people mixing up brought and bought.
I have a friend who hates this as well, I'm always telling him everything I 'brought' from the shops.
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I'm going to ramp up the angry old man stakes.
AMERICAN SPELLINGS
Americanisms in general. Millennials using "like" in every sentence.
I give my 8 yr old niece plenty of shit about rolling her Rs and she lives in Auckland. The reason? Mimicking accents from American youtubers.
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You could write a whole book about how people ignore supermarket etiquette.
One that fuckin' annoys me is people with a trolley stopping in the middle of an aisle to have a conversation, and blocking everyone else from being able to go past them.
12 items or less aisles! Don't you turn up with your 13th item!!!
I have once been asked to come into the 12 items or less by the checkout operator and I told them I had 15 items and couldn't! It's a principle thing.
Mrs Boo got taken through a 12 or less aisle when it was quiet with more than the requisite.
If course it was then descended upon by everyone in the supermarket and she felt the full wrath of indignant people like us. Never again...
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You could write a whole book about how people ignore supermarket etiquette.
One that fuckin' annoys me is people with a trolley stopping in the middle of an aisle to have a conversation, and blocking everyone else from being able to go past them.
12 items or less aisles! Don't you turn up with your 13th item!!!
I have once been asked to come into the 12 items or less by the checkout operator and I told them I had 15 items and couldn't! It's a principle thing.
Mrs Boo got taken through a 12 or less aisle when it was quiet with more than the requisite.
If course it was then descended upon by everyone in the supermarket and she felt the full wrath of indignant people like us. Never again...
That's my fear! Getting welcomed in with my 15 items for then a large queue to form behind as I can all hear them counting my items in their mind!!
