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Meeting Place

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I love Epicurean! For those not familiar with Antigua, let me explain. Epicurean is a huge supermarket, the size of a Tesco Superstore. I love it because you can find almost everything you want in there, including Waitrose own-brand products. They also sell Duchy stuff, but I don’t touch that with a bargepole, given who the owns the company. I love it because it’s big, big, big and I usually do two or three circuits of it in air-conditioned comfort as a nod to exercise before I start my shop.

http://www.epicureanantigua.com

One thing I don’t like is its prices! Especially … Read the rest »

If I Go Into a Shop I Don’t Expect to Serve Myself

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I’ve just been asked yet again in Sainsbury’s if I want to do my own check-out. I’d rather stick pins in my eyes.
I tried to use the self-service check out once before in Tesco and it was the most stressful, embarassing ten minutes of my entire life. Ten minutes to buy £6 worth of groceries! I kid you not!
The woman in the machine kept on shouting out that there was an unscanned item in the bagging area. There wasn’t but what do you do? Everyone thought I was shoplifting. I ended up screaming at her “No there isn’t!” … Read the rest »