"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2006-09-19 23:31:33 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert my surname
here.uk.com said:


"Sylvain VAN DER WALDE" wrote in message
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I heard quite a long time ago that the quality and taste of imported
food products was higher in France (no doubt in other countries too)
than in the UK...

It is different, as it is made to suit local tastes. If you are a local,
you will probably consider it better. A Briton may not.

Colin Bignell

I do.

The presentation is usually impecable as well.

I recently visited a Carrefour in a not particularly up market part of
Paris and went to the meat and fish departments. There were proper
butchers who would consult and cut what the customer required. The fish
department had running seawater and fresh water from tanks with live
produce, ice properly used so as not to mar the skin of the fish and so
on.

Fresh produce was something again. High quality and superb presentation.

None of this was more expensive than the UK.

When I compare with the meat dispensing operatives in any UK supermarket I
really despair.


We get what we deserve because we accept this rubbish.

Exactly. There's no doubt about it.
For example: Only after _very strong_ protests, were the prices of new cars
sold in this country, eventually reduced to bring them more in line with
those of other countries.

Sylvain.