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MuddyMike wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Steve Firth wrote:
Inverse snobbery, yes, I agree. There seems to be a meme in the UK
that you musn't "get above yourself" and that you must eat the same
**** as your pikey neighbours.

Tell us which *one* store you buy all your food at so we can have a
good laugh too.


I don't get this. I suppose if you live in a big city you have a choice
of supermarkets. We don't, we have a small co-op and a very upmarket
food shop that sells more varieties of chutney than bread close by. We
the have a six mile drive to Catterick garrison for a Tesco, Aldi, and
Lidl So whilst there bulk shopping at Tesco we often use the adjacent
Aldi or Lidl. Certain foods are better then Tesco at Aldi others at
Lidl. The clientele at all three is the same, mostly army families,
plus a lot of Dales farmers. Whilst there I always look at their
special offers on tools and hardware. Their screws are crap so I will
never buy them again. Aldi £9.99 white men's shirts are brilliant and I
have some that I have worn regularly for work for over 5 years and they
still wash and iron far better than the last M&S shirt I bought.

Get over the snobbery and actually try shopping there.

Absolutely. I'm in London, and have a Waitrose, Sainsbury and Lidl all
within walking distance. Have to go a bit further for larger versions of
those and a Tesco or Morrison. Also have some very good delicatessens,
bakers and a market which is better for fresh vegetables. Non of which are
full of 'pikeys' since it's not a pikey area.

I'm surprised Mr Firth lives so close to a pikey supermarket.

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