7th July 2011 The Times Two months ago, Sainsbury’s launched a “value” marketing drive, with TV and press campaigns, promising to feed recession-hit families for just £50 a week. The first menu was depressing with its pseudo-bargains, unlikely extravagances (a £5 bunch of grapes) and lots of tinned and frozen food. These included some sausages … Continue reading Making £50 a week taste better
Month: July 2011
British farmers and the supermarket price wars
British farmers forced to pay the cost of the supermarket price wars The Guardian, Saturday 2nd July2011. As profits soar at the supermarkets, food producers say they are being forced out of business by unfair buying practices. You can pick up a punnet of British raspberries – at their best this weekend – on a … Continue reading British farmers and the supermarket price wars
If you don't support independent restaurants, get used to soulless pizzas
1st July 2010, The Times The effect of restaurant chains like Pizza Express is that independents barely make a profit After a particularly joyless visit to an Edinburgh Pizza Express last Sunday, all four of us ended up with mild food poisoning. Of course, I can’t prove that the restaurant was responsible, but the leathery … Continue reading If you don't support independent restaurants, get used to soulless pizzas
