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twoscoops



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:16 pm    Post subject: Pile it high, sell it cheap Reply with quote
    

Pile It High, Sell It Cheap

9:00pm - 9:40pm

BBC4


In the past 50 years, supermarkets have changed how we shop. The days of friendly neighbourhood greengrocers are a fading memory, yet nostalgia for the "old" ways of shopping remains. This programme tells the story of the rise of the British supermarket - and the price society paid.

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Looks interesting "shout at the tv" fodder - tonight is it?

twoscoops



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tonight it is.

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Damn, missus is out, she won't be back by then

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks...I'll be there. The thing afterwards looks good too.

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We can try to tape it for you (it might fit behind the chickens we taped for Sarah D and the truffles we taped for anyone who's interested) - if you have something so old fashioned as a video player in your house...

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

VHS? Il est mort...

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bugs wrote:
The thing afterwards looks good too.


Whassat then?

Bugs



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The mange touts thingy - you've replied to it!

BBC4 progs are quite often repeated I think, the supermarket thing might turn up some other time when Mrs T is in.

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

She's not technically out, just round my mum's, it's eid again.

jema
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I could do you a DVD?

jema

tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 05 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I might be able to cut a deal with her...

jema
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 05 7:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I thought it was quite good on some levels, but in others pretty sparse. Much was talked about the price pressure on suppliers, but bugger all about the effect on quality. How could they fail to link in mad cow disease


jema

twoscoops



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 05 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Wasn't it more about the history of the supermarket and how they have come to dominate the retail industry in this country? The thing that suprised me was the Tesco guy saying that they had 10m customers, yet I heard on Tuesday that 8% of consumer spending went to Tesco. There is an odd equation in there somewhere but I'd had too much wine by that time last night.

sean
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 05 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Depends how you calculate it. I think they have 8% of total consumer spending. They've got 30% of grocery spend (or some similar figure). The 8% includes clothes, white goods, Cds, insurance etc..

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