On Sun, 9 May 2004 10:08:46 +0100, Alan
wrote:

In message , StealthUK
wrote

if food is too cheap I wonder where the
hell it came from.

Have you considered why other outlets are so expensive? The major stores
make a big deal of rolling back their prices but they are at least 30
percent more expensive for comparable items than their 'down market'
competitors.

Why does a bottle of Coke cost pounds whereas an own brand cost 15p a
litre. Quality or just the customer paying for all the advertising?

Some of both. Mostly the former.


I shop at Tescos, Aldi, Lidl and they all sell rubbish as well as having
good quality goods at reasonable or cheap prices.

I avoid the own brand items because generally they are rubbish, with
the exception of Tescos Finest, and equivalents which generally are
good.

Cherry pick the items
you want from each store.

Do Aldi and Lidl have major brand products? When I last looked in
one, some while ago, they only had cheap own brands.
..andy

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