There’s one born every minute.
(link) Millions of shoppers are being cheated as a result of widespread fraud involving free range eggs. Up to 30 million battery-farmed eggs have been sold in shops and supermarkets across the UK under the free range label.
If you wish to pay extra for premium foods which arguably are no, or little, different in taste and appearance to cut price brands, particularly when the justification is free trade, greenie, veggie, or organic, then dupes with too much money and too little sense are begging to be conned.
I remember visiting the production line at a well known baked bean cannery many years ago, and being surprised to see batches of cans carrying premium and cut price brand labels all being filled from the same stinking, heaving vat of beans in tomato sauce. After a month, when the smell and memory of the experience had faded and I felt able to eat baked beans once again, up to today, I’ve always bought the cheap “own brands” because they are usually identical to all of the others. It still amuses me when friends and acquaintances insist on buying the most expensive baked beans because, “They taste better.”
It always makes me laugh, because I know something they don’t know.
If you wish to pay extra for premium foods which arguably are no, or little, different in taste and appearance to cut price brands, particularly when the justification is free trade, greenie, veggie, or organic, then dupes with too much money and too little sense are begging to be conned.
I remember visiting the production line at a well known baked bean cannery many years ago, and being surprised to see batches of cans carrying premium and cut price brand labels all being filled from the same stinking, heaving vat of beans in tomato sauce. After a month, when the smell and memory of the experience had faded and I felt able to eat baked beans once again, up to today, I’ve always bought the cheap “own brands” because they are usually identical to all of the others. It still amuses me when friends and acquaintances insist on buying the most expensive baked beans because, “They taste better.”
It always makes me laugh, because I know something they don’t know.
posted by John East at
11/16/2006 01:23:00 AM
5 Comments:
Actually, I can't remember the last time I bought eggs from a supermarket or shop. I buy them from a shall with the straw still on them. They are very large and fresh and cost £1.50 per dozen. I guess that's the advantage of living out in the Fens.
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Ellee, At
11/16/2006 5:17 PM
That should have read I buy them from a stall, it's really a lean-to run from a bungalow.
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Ellee, At
11/16/2006 5:18 PM
That should have read I buy them from a stall, it's really a lean-to run from a bungalow.
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Ellee, At
11/16/2006 5:18 PM
You obviously don't know a good yellow yolk when you see one.
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My fist of flounce, At
11/17/2006 11:33 AM
my first flounce,
If you are prepared to pay double for a food item just because it's a better colour then the yolks on you.
But seriously, I'm not disputing the fact that one normally gets what one pays for, or that premium brands are usually better than bargain brands. I'm just saying beware because there are plenty of clever business men and women out there who will make a killing out of other peoples snobbery, stupidity, and beliefs.
I'd rather stick to my own taste buds when deciding what to pay for food, and not necessarily believe what's written on the label.
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John East, At
11/17/2006 11:12 PM
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