My delivery window was between four and five and the driver was here at four on the dot! I never thought that they would actually bring stuff to my door and was not looking forward to many, many, many trips up and down that scary staircase. But the guy did bring everything right to me! WOW. And I thought I’d have to go to Halifax on a bus. This was so fantastic and I didn’t even have to pay a delivery cost! The order was perfect and exactly to the penny what my estimate was. There’s lots of fresh meat, but no produce because my host left me a week’s worth of stuff!
I am depressed by how much this all cost when compared to a similar shop at a proper supermarket in Moose Jaw. This would have been about a 200CAD shop back home taking into account comparable deals. It was an 80CAD shop here. I get that people in the UK are suffering economically and housing costs are absurd, but I’m in yet another country where I can thoughtlessly buy products like cheese, never mind prepared sauces and other convenience foods, that I have to seriously think about purchasing back home. Stop it with the excuses. Canadian grocery prices are unreasonable and inexcusable. And don’t give me that bull about us being a huge country. I totally get why northern grocery prices are high. I even get why I pay more in Assiniboia than in Moose Jaw. I’m talking about prices in the populated part of our country where there is a lot of supply and demand. *sighs*
Well, I won’t starve here. Now, time to decide what I’m doing for dinner. Spaghetti and meatballs? Curried chicken and rice? Maybe just a bowl of soup? Or how about bangers and mash? Hmm…
BTW, my driver asked if I’m Canadian or American and when I said Canadian, he asked, “Where from, Saskatchewan?” I was SHOCKED. Most people over here don’t even know Saskatchewan is a thing. As it turned out, his friend and wife moved to a small town near Moose Jaw. Yeah, it’s my Yorkshire neighbours back at Haven. I can’t make this stuff up.
Post edited in May of 2017 to add: My neighbour Charles at Haven said that he told our English neighbour P about the Tesco delivery guy and, without hesitation, he said that the guy is a friend of his ex-wife’s!!!
It’s a small world, all right. My daughter’s kindergarten teacher lived about a block away from us. My daughter heard about her death in the Orlando, Florida airport. We live in Nebraska. Some people from the next small town over from us where sitting near her in the Orlando airport & she heard them talking about it. We hadn’t heard the news until she emailed us.
Everything in our small local grocery store is always several cents higher than in stores 20-25 miles away….but till much less expensive than Canada. I guess you have to look on the bright side….if you can’t afford all the pre-made & convenience stuff you aren’t getting all the chemicals, preservatives and High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Looking forward to reading about your adventures in England.
That’s so tragic! 🙁
Even with the current exchange rate and factoring in the cost of fuel, it would be cheaper for me to do my grocery shop at the nearest supermarket in Montana…
I read labels and do my best not to buy stuff with a lot of crap in it. 😉
Rae!
That is just way too funny that you’ve already encountered someone who knows someone here in Haven!
Re: shopping in Montana. We went there not long ago and cheese, with the exchange rate, was the same price as here. Glad we didn’t go only for cheese!
In case you are interested, it is freaking cold here. -22C at noon. Worst farther north. Garth on CBC was reporting that it would be -50C in the high north. Brrrr!
Your cold: Garlic soup is a great cure. Add some horseradish to it. Plan not to socialize for a few days!
Hi!!!!!! Can’t believe that news about the cheese! The apocalypse is coming to the US!
I’m going to stop complaining about the weather here. 🙂
Your soup sounds good for the sinuses… 😉
Just filled Charles on your delivery man! He laughed and said he would pass a Hello on to Yorkie next door.
It is indeed a very small world.