The market trader always sells good, fresh and cheap produce. It is rarely worth the bother of going specially for him, as I have the other options. However, if I am in one of the towns on market day, the stall is well worth a visit.
True of many of them, especially those associated with garden centres.
Colin Bignell
Having scales at the checkout meets the legal requirements.
Colin Bignell
On how many counts? :-)
MBQ
I've noticed most people do, so the lines for the efficient ones are notici ble when comparing to the newbee or the slow one. You now iof to work out w hich will be faster the slow person serving two or the fast person serving five, and then you end up in the wrong queue anyway !!!!
I pretty much do, because either being at work or traveling to and from work between 8am and 6:30pm, there's little but supernarkets open other than the smaller local shops who's produce looks pretty dodgey.
What are there opening times ?
Now that does make it worth while. :)
I also place the items on the conveyor in the order I want to pack them.
Bottles and heavy stuff first, light easily damaged stuff last, I try and segregate items destined for the fridge, frozen stuff and fresh stuff to avoid it getting frosted. Pasta in a separate bag, biscuits and chocolate together, any glass bottles always go in either a wine carrier or a proper bag,
But I try and avoid shopping completely as it drives me nuts
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between 8am and 6:30pm, there's little but supernarkets open other than the smaller local shops who's produce looks pretty dodgey.
Not something I have ever needed to find out, although two of the greengrocers and the farm shop are open on Sundays.
Colin Bignell
This of course presupposes that you will be the one packing ;)
I know it's "all for a good cause" (is it ?) but my heart sinks when I see these charity packers at the tills. Last few times I have said to the volunteers that I will give them money *not* to pack my bags.
+1
Heavy to light within the broad groups of bread, dry, fridge/frozen, fruit 'n veg.
+1I don't let 'em pack. I do not like being "blackmailed" into giving to any charity.
Maybe I should have added the word "customer" between "for" and "use". Those at the checkout are not "for customer use" and how do you weigh out your required 1lb 8oz of carrots using a checkout scale?
I don't let 'em touch my stuff. The rucsack on the conveyor is higher than most people and I want the hard, heavy stuff at the bottom. Not yet that crumbly that I need help.
between 8am and 6:30pm, there's little but supernarkets open other than the smaller local shops who's produce looks pretty dodgey.
My closest market is open from 8am-5pm, closed sundays. Theere are plenty of greengrocers that are open later but what they sell never looks very appealing.
This was discussed recently on one of the legal newsgroups and the conclusion was that the scales at the checkout meet the legal requirements, even if that is not necessarily what the customer wants or needs.
Colin Bignell
I suppose I can see the need for customer scales to allow you to compare cost between loose and wrapped - but does anyone actually weigh out what they need when it's self service? It would be rather like putting an exact number of litres in the car tank.
I generally just put everything back in the trolley, and pack up at the car. Wish everyone did.
I think it depends on how much stuff you're intending to buy (and if you're on your own). I'd quite often pick a belt that is quite full, because while the stuff on it is being dealt with there'd be time for me to get all of the stuff from my trolley onto the belt, get the trolley ready at the other end, find bags etc, and be ready to start packing stuff away again. And if there's a few seconds in which to pause, so much the better.
What makes it really fun is having an elderly rellie there as well - two trollies to unpack & re-pack while trying not to hold up the queue too much nor dissolve into a pool of sweat...
That must rate as one of the most ****ing obvious solutions ever. I'll try it this weekend, but already I can seem myself in 2040 saying "why did I even wait so long to do this ..."
Are you a messiah ?
Some pumps (either Tesco or Asda?) let you do that and also offer a monetary limit.
Prolly not much fun when it's raining, unless the car park is covered - but other than that, not a bad idea.
Justin.
Not everyone has a car, some of us have to stand at the bus stop in the rain. So making sure the items are well packed is important. Also try carrying those bags and using your oystercard.
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