Over the
course of this year, I’ve been blogging about the amount (often not enough) of
British meat stocked in our supermarkets (see
here) that fortunately has seen improvement over time. Many supermarkets
have increased the amount of fresh British meat available on their shelves,
reducing that sourced from overseas, but have not always carried the trend
through to meat products and ready meals.
Back in May
I reported that Tesco fresh lasagne was at least now being made with British
beef (read
here) although many of their other products still were and are using meat
and poultry from across the world. More recently I have bought their frozen
Chicken, Cheese and Bacon Bakes, which have been made using British chicken and
pork. However, when I considered buying their Creamy Chicken Bakes in the same
range, perversely I found the chicken for these was sourced from Thailand and
Brazil – where’s the logic in that?
Similarly
all of the own brand frozen ready meals that I recently looked at in Sainsburys
used chicken from Thailand and beef from some vague sources, whilst their fresh
ready meals all appeared to be made using British ingredients.
The key
here is to read the country of origin very carefully, which on the case of
frozen foods and ready meals, is often placed very discreetly on the back of
the packaging.
In August I
told you some ‘Tales Of a Set Down Point’, stories of how customers used (or
misused) the set down point at my local Tesco (the
story so far) and I now have another somewhat worrying use to add to the
list.
On my last
visit to the store, I noticed that a woman had left her children sitting in the
car at the set down point, whilst she did her full weekly shop. The eldest
didn’t look more than about nine or ten, so can I remind this woman (or those
of a similar mind) that the set down point is not a crèche in any way, shape or
form?
These are
just some of my current supermarket whinges, what are yours?
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