We lived with my grandparents, and my gran used to shop everyday from the village Co-op. Occasionally, we would go to Sainsburys in town, I loved watching them shape the butter into bricks with wooden pats, whatever size you wanted, and mark the butter with a wooden seal. They also had homemade fruit pies in puff pastry, blackcurrant, apple, apricot. They were wonderful, but only an occasional treat.
Sainsbury's was the first supermarket I remember too. As well as the butter, I remembering watching cheese being cut into pieces with the wire, then wrapped in greaseproof paper.
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I remember all of the above - the loose cheese, butter etc. I left salford in 1963 and had never seen a supermarket there. Moving to Bristol there was a Spar minimarket locally. Shopping with my Gran in Salford meant keeping a brown paper bag and an old glove in the bottom of her wicker basket in order to pick up any bits of coal that had fallen from the coal lorries as they made deliveries.She often collected a surprising amount. Every friday, she would buy 2 plaice from Jacks the greengrocer who only sold fish on a Friday from the back shop. We are not catholics but the actual fishmonger was a long walk away so I guess he stocked it as a convenience for the locals. Don't think it would be allowed, these days. Sanitary products were bought from the corner shop.We would proffer a discreet note to mr. Harrison who whould disappear into the back and hand us a parcel wrapped in brown paper. Toilet rolls were also discretely wrapped in paper and put at the bottom of the basket, lest one were seen with those embarrassing personal items. It all seems so funny now.
We were on the common by 8:00am this morning, the car park was full of people and dogs lol!. It warm with a cool breeze, the sun was being blurred by remaining overnight cloud. Freddie had a lovely time galloping about, just made it back to the carpark an hour later before blue sky took over. It was 24c by then.
I had to do my week’s shopping this morning, which was earlier in the week than usual, as I’ve got other commitments this week. I went early to avoid the heat but it was still a sweltering experience. 🙄
I usually pay by putting in my PIN number but this morning I took my card out and it said “authorised” on the machine. Presumably I gave my card too much of a flourish and paid for my shopping without touching anything. It’s a good job that I didn’t wave it around a lot or I’d have paid for it numerous times. 🙄
It’s a good job that I didn’t wave it around a lot or I’d have paid for it numerous times. 🙄
No Toril, once the reader has scanned your card, it can't scan it again for the same transaction.
I should have put a wink at the end because I actually do know that. However, it was the first time I’ve paid for anything that way and will probably be the last unless I accidentally do another “flourish” getting my card out. Mr Moody ,
Yesterday to Pets@Home for cat food. Today to Pets@Home exchange cat food.
I'm pretty ticked off with Pets@Home. When we adopted Ruby the Vet said she had been fed with Purina Proplan so I stuck with that. Only Pets seem to stock it round here, but they always seems to run out of the chicken option. I can tell you for a fact that both cats don't like the other flavours. Anyway, I got what I was after yesterday and went on the do the weekly shop in Tesco. They stock IAMS so I bought a small sack of that to see if they liked it. If they did, shopping for cat food would be more convenient. Gone in 60 seconds, every last nibble hence my return to Pets@Home
Me too. I ordered Freddies gastrointestinal food (only available online) last Friday to collect from store today. No email to say it was ready, so went to store this evening to find out what the issue was, it hadn't arrived at store. This was despite customer services saying it was en route. Fingers crossed for tomorrow, I only have one tin left.
Lesson learned, re-order when you have at least a weeks worth of food in the cupboard.