You know Britain is becoming poorer, the people broke, when

[DaveB]

The collapse is going to be painful when it happens. What will Britons do when twelve varieties of liver Patti are replaced by a no-frills all in one Patti?

Then we'll start eating Pâté instead.

[Mich the Tester]

No Waitrose is supposed to be upmarket, but in reality the branded items are usually the same as Tesco. Where they make money is selling tempting up-market items next to the standard ones.

I went in a Tesco last time I was over in the UK and I don't understand what the supermarket snobbery's about; plenty of good products, lots of choice from cheapo through to 'A' brand stuff. If people really want to get premium stuff then there are butchers, delicatessens and wine merchants for that.

[Ticktock]

It used to be I had to get to the other side of my nearest town to get to a Lidl, so I never bothered (it was a pain to get to). A new one has just opened on my side of the town. At the moment my wife gets shopping delivered each week so that we can relax more at weekends, but once I'm benched at the end of the month I'll be trying it.

Lidl used to have a bit of a poor reputation, but I'm not snobbish about food - I just want it to be half-decent. I'm happy to pay a bit more if I have to, but I'm even happier to pay less.

[hyperD]

Our local Tesco is full of shell-suit clad chavs shouting at their feral spawn and scratching their cameltoes. Waitrose is full of old people who smell of wee and get in the way.

Local butcher for me. He knows a good sausage when he sees one.

[Mich the Tester]

Our local Tesco is full of shell-suit clad chavs shouting at their feral spawn and scratching their cameltoes.

I thought they were people who'd just stopped off on their way home from the gym? Some of them certainly looked like they could do with a structured exercise programme.

[scooterscot]

Anyone else in Deutschland shop in Rewe?

That's where much of our grub comes from. They now do home delivery which is rather exciting as the chap actually brings the food into the house rather than dumping it on the doorstep. Not to mention taking away the empty beer bottles. All that for €5. Now that's service.

[d000hg]

We're lucky (?) enough to have a very large Tesco, in fact it's the only proper supermarket on this side of town. This means not only does it have an excellent selection of wine, whisky and a decent deli counter, it is also not just full of oiks because the more up-market folks go there two. You're as likely to see a pregnant mum buying Strongbow in 3L bottles as a gaggle of students as a yummie mummy preparing for a wine & cheese evening.

[Mich the Tester]

We're lucky (?) enough to have a very large Tesco, in fact it's the only proper supermarket on this side of town. This means not only does it have an excellent selection of wine, whisky and a decent deli counter, it is also not just full of oiks because the more up-market folks go there two. You're as likely to see a pregnant mum buying Strongbow in 3L bottles as a gaggle of students as a yummie mummy preparing for a wine & cheese evening.

with a gaggle of students? You sure that's a wine and cheese evening?

[sasguru]

with a gaggle of students? You sure that's a wine and cheese evening?

Cream cheese

[oracleslave]

Cream cheese

knob