Tescowatch (an occasional series)

From The Independent comes the story that Tesco have reduced the price of a whole chicken to £1.99. […]in a move that critics warned would heap financial pressure on the poultry industry and make it harder to the improve welfare of factory-farmed animals. Wonderful.

Did you get the things we needed? (an occasional series)

e nipped (or popped) down to Costco to get some butter (their Beurre d’Isigny is very nice) and some kabanos, which perlmonger is very fond of for his luncheon. Somehow, we emerged with a bill for £337 so, as you might surmise, there was a bit more in the trolley than we intended. So, in…