On 06/05/2021 18:44, alan_m wrote:
On 06/05/2021 14:49, T i m wrote:
It looks like the CoOp are leading a drive to reduce the disparity
between the cost of meat and animal_cruelty_free alternatives.


https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-...--7909926.html


In my experience the Coop is the most expensive retailer of food items
in the market place, especially where they have a near monopoly in rural
areas.

That's the case in Worthing in the areas more than 1/2 a mile from
the town centre where M&S, Iceland, Lidl and Waitrose are the main
shops.

Despite being on opposite sides of the road, the Waitrose is busy
and you can buy a small basket of items and use the self-serve
tills or the basket-only tills and never have more than a handful
of people in front of you.

Meanwhile, over the road in Lidl, getting out is typically a 15 minute
wait with a queue of 20 people ahead of you. Sod that.