No Supermarket: Week 2
Week 2 and I still haven’t been to a supermarket – or even so much as a High Street chain. I have to say, it’s going rather well. The Suma order arrived on Thursday with 12.5kgs of oats for our house...
View ArticleNo Supermarket: Air Miles and Bursting Aisles
I went to my local Sainsbury’s on Tuesday – no, don’t panic, I didn’t buy anything. I went there to do a little research. I wanted to know a couple of things: Where in the world does Sainsbury’s food...
View ArticleNo Supermarket: Week 3
No Supermarkets again this week (apart from my little tourism on Tuesday). It’s really a lot easier now than I thought it would be. It’s hardly even inconvenient, in fact it’s fun. When I go some place...
View ArticleNo Supermarket: Week 4 – The End!
So it’s over: 31 days without spending money in a supermarket. Before the post-mortem, some details about this past week. Things I learnt this week: Eggs are cheaper in my local shop: only £1.09 for 6,...
View ArticleNo Money Mondays
This is something I’ve been working with for a while. The premise is simple: don’t spend any money on Mondays. This is a fairly meaty post, so I’ll cut to the chase: Why No Money Mondays? It helps me...
View ArticleNo Meat
After No Hot Showers and No Pressing the Open Door Button on Public Transportation, here comes a positive constraint that is, shall we say, a little more… meaty. If in doubt, open with a pun, that’s...
View ArticleNo Toilet Paper
“The fundamental problem is that the area used for releasing urine and faeces is compressed between thighs and buttocks, so we are more likely than other animals to foul ourselves.” That, supposedly,...
View Article#10: Supermarkets aren’t convenient
We think we’re in charge when we walk through the supermarket sliding doors, but that’s naive. Be in no doubt: when we enter the gleaming aisles, we’re entering a fully immersive, three dimensional,...
View Article#11: Supermarkets aren’t cheap
One of the biggest myths perpetuated by supermarkets is that they offer “everyday value” to the customer through their extensive promotions, multi-buy deals and discounts. The myth isn’t that...
View Article#12: Supermarket choice is terrible!
My local Sainsbury’s has more than thirty aisles; my greengrocer has just two. There is, without a doubt, a heck of a lot more choice at a supermarket than at a corner shop, but I wanted to know...
View ArticleNo Supermarket January
New Year Resolution: I’m not going to use supermarkets during the whole month of January. For me, that’s quite a big deal. I am accustomed to going to my local Sainsbury’s at least four or five times a...
View ArticleNo Supermarket: Deptford High Street
Yesterday I went to Deptford High Street for my first No Supermarket grocery shopping. And it was rather good fun. This No Supermarket business forces you to pay attention to your surroundings. You...
View ArticleNo Supermarket: Suma Co-operative
I live in a housing co-operative. Which is awesome, not least because the people I live with try to do things together. What that means is that every month someone from the co-op orders in bulk from...
View ArticleNo Supermarket: Week 1
Well that was resoundingly successful. I haven’t been to a supermarket since 2010. Here’s what I bought this week: 3 loaves of sesame bread @ £2.67 Le Figaro newspaper @ £1.70 20 bananas @ £3.18 2...
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