Supermarkets
London has its fair share of supermarket wars. There’s Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Somerfield’s, ASDA, Morrison’s, and a few others that I don’t even remember. The only thing that really separates them is their own personal brands.
Ready Meals are insanely popular here in the city. The thought process being “If you live in a city, you must have an important job, and that job must take a lot of time every day. So once that job is over, there’s no way in hell that you’re going to want to cook, so you might as well just buy our pre-made meals and get it over with.”
While I completely agree with the thought process, I do tend to at least make heat my food up in the oven.
The Ready Made market here is amazing. There are all kinds of starters, mains, desserts and sides. Tons of different genres of food, types of sauces, heating styles. It’s really more than I can handle at times. In fact, I’m about to head to the supermarket (Sainsbury’s is my market of choice) and spend far too much time in the Ready Made aisle deciding what I am going to be eating for all of my meals this week.
The tricky part comes when buying in bulk. As I learned from the Bad Idea Bears in Avenue Q, buying in bulk is always a key concept because it saves you both money and the hassle of shopping again.
I’ve bought a few different items in bulk this fall, some with good results and others with bad. Uusally when it has gone bad, it has been because I did not estimate the amount of time I had to eat that food properly. When it has gone well, I’ve been able to save and enjoy some savory food. Because of this issue, however, I am always sure to arm myself with a calendar on my cell phone whenever going food shopping.
Ithaca has its Wegman’s. And… that’s pretty much where everyone goes. If only there was the variety from the city and a nice alternative Ready Made meal market.
That would make me salivate far more than any food from the Pub.
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