Marks and Spencers win on local produce
Im a fan of sourcing things locally, I shop at farmers market’s to get stuff as local as possible. I believe in doing this because of the Econemy, our country’s community and the impact we have on the enviroment. I simply see no point in having a potato from Spain when it can come from down the road!
Despite farmers markets, they are not local enough or regular enough to stock my fridge every week, so I still rely on Supermarkets.
My ones of choice are Waitrose and Marks and Spencers. Waitrose tend to buy from alot of the people selling at the farmers markets, this is often meat and drink products, they are rather poor on the vegetable side though with alot of my stuff coming from overseas. Well god bless marks and spencers, today I got beef, potatos, spring onions, red, orange and yellow peppers and spinach. ALL of it is from the UK.
Well done Mark, you too Spencer.
Tags: Cooking, Food, Lifestyle, Local Food, Local Vegetables, Marks and Spencers, Vegetables, Waitrose
May 9th, 2008 at 4:41 pm #Andy
Interestingly, Mr Gordon Ramsey has been in the news discussing food miles and the fact that chefs should only use ingredients which are in season, however I’m not sure he realises a lot of fruit is picked just before its ready and can be kept for months in the right conditions and allowed to ripen as and when required to fill our shelves. Apples are one example, bananas another (do they really stay “just picked” all the way from the West Indies when being brought by boat?
May 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pm #sophie
alot of food that is not in season tends to be more expensive, well thats what im told is that true?
May 14th, 2008 at 8:44 am #Rachel
The cost of producing food not in season will be higher, either it’s imported, or it’s made in heated green houses.