They're also banging the "quality" drum.

Post #257,256 by pwhysall 5/31/06 3:04:32 AM Reply	They're also banging the "quality" drum. While you can buy baked beans that are nothing but salt, sugar and starch, (plus xanthan gum - I don't know what it is, but it's in everything in Sainsbury's "value" range), you can also buy The King Of Beans. (I shop at Sainsbury's, which is the middle-to-posh supermarket chain in the UK - between Morrison's, Tesco and Asda and Waitrose, so that's what I base things on). Sainsbury's fresh pasta, for example, is very tasty; we had the tortellini with gorgonzola and walnut last night. Maybe UK consumers are just pickier; but there's a definite trend towards sourcing in-season produce from the UK, that produce being of a decent standard, and organic stuff is a significant minority of product lines. Overpriced, of course, but the aforementioned vast buying power will rectify that once the economies of scale ramp up. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #257,279 by Andrew Grygus 5/31/06 12:54:13 PM Reply	Tesco is opening in Southern California . . . . . and other Southwest states. Right now they're shopping for distribution centers. This should be interesting - we'll find out just how competitive they know how to be. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #257,290 by pwhysall 5/31/06 3:21:24 PM Reply	If they do business in the US like they do in the UK... ...then they'll be ruthless. They're not the biggest supermarket in the UK (by some margin) for nothing. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #257,296 by tonytib 5/31/06 3:53:41 PM Reply	They're already in Thailand I remember seeing some there. It'll be interesting to see how they do in the US. --Tony
Post #257,334 by Meerkat 5/31/06 8:09:42 PM Reply	Speaking of quality.. Coles supermarkets are heavily promoting their 'direct from farmer to you' thing, where some fresh fruit and veg are packed into crates at the farm, and it's that same crate that gets plonked in the fresh food section of the supermarket to vastly reduce the amount of handling that goes on. I usually get my fruit and veg from a local fruit and veg shop, as it's generally heaps cheaper (and often better quality) than buying from the supermarket. As for supermarkets in general - here in Sydney the biggies are Coles and Woollies (Woolworths), then there's Aldi, and the tiddly ones like Food-For-Less, Bi-Lo, Franklins, which I think are all subsidiaries of Coles or Woollies anyway. Or if you're feeling posh, you go to the David Jones Food Hall for all the cool stuff. I get my tea there. Mmmm... Taylors of Harrogate... Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #257,520 by static 6/2/06 1:01:39 AM Reply	More info. Franklins got themselves bought and are now owned by Pick-n-Pay. IGA is another small fry. Bi-Lo is owned by Coles-Meyer, though, and Food-For-Less is owned by Woolies. I stopped buying bread from Woolies years ago after reading about unnecessary preservatives put in their bread. We now get most of our bread from Baker's Delight, which proudly states that their bread is preservative free. Wade. "Insert crowbar. Apply force."

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