Thanks, Penny - I rarely go into M&S food halls and there isn't a Waitrose within range of me. I don't think they regard the ex-mining area of Northumberland as prime retail territory. Yes, I did forget Aldi - best thing to do with it really IMHO, although friends tell me there are sometimes bargains to be had. I found the overall quality so poor that it wasn't worth the petrol to get there for the one or two discounts I might win on. I missed the Co-op out too. Our village shop is one of those and it has some good stuff. I got 20% chav too - I think on the sofa / settee and pudding / dessert thing, as well as a misspent youth (well it was the 60s!) and knowing a perfectly normal male person with an earring. Paws
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