Re: No here's an ironic thing
- From: Jane Vernon <clothandclay28@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:32:23 +0000
Steve Brooks wrote:
badriya wrote:On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:01:34 GMT, "Steve Brooks"
<steveb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fenny wrote:Previously on Studio 60 ^W^W uk.media.radio.archers, Steve BrooksPhew - a quick, but unpleasant, trip to the local overcrowded
said ...
Our Christmas dinner ingredients have just turned up courtesy of1) Complain
Tesco online. Oh dear, no turkey.
Eddie Grundy, where are you now when I need you?
Merry Christmas to all of UMRA.
2) Tell them they have 36 hours to deliver a turkey
3) Complain
4) Don't shop there again
5) Do what the Ledbetters did and crash your neighbours Christmas
dinner 6) Tell everyone you know just how Tescos spoiled your
Christmas
Sainsburys (clockwise) solved the problem.
Tesco have agreed to refund twice the price of the turkey and have
sent a moderately grovelling email apology. We won't be using them
again. To add insult to injury they also sent us some wensleydale &
cranberry pate with a use by date of 24th December. We have guests
coming tomorrow night so we can use it but still!
Change to Ocado or Waitrose. Their customer service is excellent and
if there is any kind of mess up they send you £10 vouchers to use next
time. They remove any item not ordred or changed and I like their
website. They keep a list of favourites which is useful.
I might well give Waitrose a go. Since we now have one in the area. It's a new build and it's only been finished a few months. I haven't been in it yet. They have a reputation for being rather expensive.
I liked Alan Coren's comment in TNQ - the one about Sainsburys being there to keep the riff-raff out of Waitrose.
Waitrose is more expensive but they have a very good reputation about their treatment of suppliers. For some years now they have paid farmers more than any other supermarket for milk, for instance. Recently, they placed vouchers in Country Living magazine which, if you took yours into a Waitrose shop, meant they paid £1 into a fund supporting farmers who are going through hard times.
They also have many good BOGOF deals and reductions of meat on the last sell-by date. You do need some larder/shed/storage space and a good sized freezer to make the most of these, I admit, but for instance, I never pay full price for Kenco coffee as I buy enough when it is about 2/3 normal price to last until the next time it is on offer. With rare exceptions, I only buy meat that is reduced in price and then I freeze it so I generally have what I need for any recipe in the freezer.
I could go on but won't for fear of boring people, but you will gather by now that I am a great fan. Now that my income is a lot less than it was when I had any teaching work I have contemplated shopping in cheaper stores but have concluded that because I am a careful shopper I probably wouldn't save all that much anyway and the benefits and better ethics are worth paying a little more for anyway.
--
Jane
The potter in the purple socks
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