Food for Thought

[commonpeople1]

The guy in front of me at Tesco's bought three carrier bags worth of food - all discounted stuff or "value" brand. Enough food to last a week, maybe more. Total expense: £14

I bought dinner for tonight, some marigolds and dish scrubs, a bottle of olive oil, Doritos and salsa dip. Enough stuff to last until midnight tonight if you don't count the oil. Total expense: £17

I'm such a Guardian reader.

Comments

[jupiterjuniper.livejournal.com]

this post actually inspired me to do a little experiment with groceries, in a round-about way. keep an eye out on my lj, perhaps you will participate :)

[mordant.livejournal.com]

Today I bought:

Store brand wholemeal bread loaf $1.79
1 litre carton of store brand low fat milk $1.54
Small bottle of almond/coconut body wash $1.00
= $4.33

And that's seriously the least I've spent in one purchase on groceries in the longest time.

Then I got excited because there was a great coupon on the back of the receipt!

[jellyfish93.livejournal.com]

OT, but have you read Before Night Falls (by Reinaldo Arenas)? I read excerpts of it in a grad school workshop, but I just started the book and really like it.

[wink-martindale.livejournal.com]

Boyfriend note: Let's take today's lesson and apply it to someone's ongoing opinion that spending more money on groceries means contributing more food to the house. Could it be that midnight Doritos don't say "Guardian reader" as much as they say "this little piggy impulse buys"?

[verybadhorse.livejournal.com]

i would very much like to eat doritos and salsa with you.