Where do you shop

[lburnikell]

The reason I am asking this is I want to hit supermarkets with figures telling them just from a small poll, on a low carb web site there are X amount of people who would buy l-carb products from their store, and thats not including the others of thousands who do l-carb, and who are looking to low carb. I want supermarkets to take us seriously and may even try to get a petition going that can be signed via the internet (not quite sure how to do it as yet but hopefully will find out soon!!) (Kelly UK thats your Q!!!)

Hope I have listed them all if not just mark other and tell me where you buy your shopping via a reply

[Ebbie.B]

I thought about one of those web petitions for stevia, like someone has for liquid splenda, haven't got a clue how though lol

I clicked sainsbury's but i am a very fussy shopper and go to different stores for different things. I suppose i go to sainsbury's the most as this is where i get my fruit and veg from but i also visit regulary Asda and as my kids call it scumafield.

Though if any supermarket stocked LC products i would travel there! Just wouldn't get frozen food lol

[tholian8]

I mainly shop at Waitrose because there's one very close to my house, and also this Waitrose happens to have better produce than the other local supermarkets. Next would be Sainsbury's, because we get their Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon in the box. It's decent and cheap, and when I'm there for wine I usually buy some food too.

We travel a lot and do end up buying food at most of the UK chains over a six-month period. But I would have to say that Waitrose is our "home" shop.

Emily

[Ebbie.B]

OOOOOO Emily thankyou you reminded me that i quite often go to the co op for my red wine called Ramada absolutely gorgeous and cheap too, well i did before LC. Looks like it maybe a while before i go there again, unless they start stocking LC off course :D

[pepsi max]

i,ve clicked asda but i go to morrisons and sainsburys as well.i like morrisons veggies best and sainsburys have more unusual things to buy.

[RCFletcher]

The problem with these polls is that you can only click on one box.

I mostly shop a Lidl for the cheap meat and veggies and l;ow carb sausages. I also go to Safeways once a week and the local coop quite often. I would go to Tesco and Morrisons but there isn't one near me.

[lburnikell]

thank you for all your comments keep them coming.
I too shop in different shops but my main shop is in morrisons but I do like Asda and Safeway for their weekly special offers!!!

[pepsi max]

you would have liked asda this morning.the tills were down so we all got our shopping estimated.i usually spend about £90 but got everything for £45.
yipeeeeeeee!

[HumminBird]

That's good Pepsi!! I wish I'd been there!

I ticked Morrisons cos that's where I go most of the time. I live 5 mins away from Safeway but can't really afford to go there...or sainsburys...sob!

I usually use Asda if I can be bothered to make the trip...ooh I'm just sooooo lazy! LOL

[lburnikell]

christine you jammy get I have heard that has happended before, but never when I am not there its not fair

[pepsi max]

this is the second time its happened to me.last time we got a whole weeks shopping for 20 quid.wonder if the ems have jammed their computers?

[Ebbie.B]

Asda is great on things like that, thats why i like to shop there.
Any other supermarket and they would have refused sales.

When i go through the till at Asda and for some reason there is no bar code or it isn't working they just give it for free. Not like last week in Sainsbutry's where i had to wait 10 minutes for someone to find out the price of an item, the people in the queue behind me weren't happy either and i was getting the feeling i was about to be lynched.

[pepsi max]

while we were waiting in the checkout queue,the staff was giving out free sweets and drinks.i declined the sweets though.i was a saint!

[LittleAnne]

I'm a Sainsbury's girl! No Morrisons or Asda around here. Ocassionally go in Safeway, but rarely anywhere else.

As I'm heading up north on Wednesday to Lancaster I know my friend will mainly shop in Asda and Morrisons

[suleika]

Waitrose is nearest to us, and their fresh stuff is good. Plus they do this cool thing called Quick Check, where you scan your own items and get to pay for it without waiting in a queue. I don't *think* we've had any freebies from it; we try hard not to forget to scan everything.

Gez

[lburnikell]

safeway used to have that shop and go it was called but sometimes you had to be re-scanned it was a right pain in the butt!! I think they did away with it because too many people where pinchin stuff!!

[suleika]

I think at Waitrose when you first try out the self-scanning, you get two or three "random" checks within the first few weeks. Then if you haven't nicked anything you don't get checked again for ages. I suppose for people who nicked things they might have "given them the benefit of the doubt" the first or even second time but made sure to increase the frequency of "random" checks. That's my guess anyway.
Gez

[lburnikell]

There was an incedent when shopping with my mother when she was buying a hair dye i thoiugh she had scanned it and vice versa, when we got home and chqed the reciept for our goods we had not been charged!! Now that was done in inoscence, I wonder what would have happended if we had been rescanned??? locked up and thrown away!!?

[bevbme]

Now there are no service jobs. No gas statin jobs, no grocery(that used to be a skilled(and union) job,McD's is trying out a kiosk to order-cut the staff down. No starter work at all and the tech jobs got exported to India.

[lburnikell]

it will bite them in the arse they do need people to work these systems, and Im sorry i would rather talk to a human than a machine anyday of the week!!

[tholian8]

Well, yeah. Half the time I'm at Waitrose I still need a human to do the checkout for me, either because of problems with the machines or because I need cash back, or some other thing.

Emily

[lburnikell]

yes at the end of the day companies will always need humans, at the end of the day a computer can only do what it programmed to do by humans, and when it goes wrong who fixes it humans!!

[SylviaUK]

I use Tesco for my main weekly "big" shop, but pop into Iceland (round the corner from where I live, open until 2200) during the week as necessary for the odd item. Iceland also do a nice selection of hard cheese at 3 packets for £2 :)

Unfortunately we don't have either Asda or Morrissons round here, or I'd be there like a shot :) There is a Lidl within a reasonable distance, but it is very much "take your chance and spend the afternoon" given the lack of trolleys and enormous queues at the check-out :( I gird myself up to go there once in a blue moon to stock up on tins of salmon and mackrel, plus various excellent frozen meats.

Nowhere have I found any specifically low-carb products :( Although I would like to congratulate Superdrug on selling Splenda at 20p cheaper than Tesco ;)

[lburnikell]

I couldnt get away with splenda I found it far to sweet!! I will try it in my cooking though when i become a little more adventrous

[Woking]

waitrose is the king of low carb food shops!

[lburnikell]

I dont even think we have one near us typical

[SunnyLady2]

Sainsbury, M & S in about equal proportions and depending on whether I am travelling or not. Also ASDA which I regularly pass.

[Tortie]

I clicked other - get most of my shop from Budgens - the lack of choice means I spend less! But I do use Waitrose and M & S near work sometimes. And Sainsbury's or Tesco if they happen to be convenient.

[lburnikell]

Budgens never ever heard of that one!

[muddy]

Waitrose for me, well Ocado home delivery which is waitrose food.

[ezandreth]

because there's a big one near us and we think their quality is best. Sometimes Sainsbury's because there's one near where I work, or if they send us 10% off vouchers.

[alibubble]

Tesco for the weekly shop.
I also pick up nicer hams, veg etc. from M&S, don't think much of Tesco fruit and Veg.
We have a new Asda being built, due to open in December. I will definitely be going there.

[SlimJackie]

I shop in the Co-op midweek but do a 'main shop' in Tescos. I'm quite proud of myself because I persuaded my Co-op to change the brand of ricotta they stock to the one I like, and to make sure they stock it regularly (I take 4 pots of it a week as I make my hot 'breakfast porridge' with it - I think I am their main customer for this product!).

I go out of my way to Sainsbury's though to stock up on soya milk (because I like theirs better than other supermarkets') and also for 24g carb chocolate (I must try and persuade my local Tescos to stock this)

Jackie

[Ebbie.B]

Hi Jackie :wave:

:yum: Please tell us more about this chocolate. Spent about an hour in the chocolate & biscuit aisle last night reading the info on all the 'can't touch food' and didn't spot that one.

[pepsi max]

ebbie,if you,re stuck for choccy,asda extra special 76%cocoa solids chocholate is only 28cgs per 100gs.its bloody gorgeous.or sainsbury sells 85%cocoa choccy and the cgs are about 20.

[UrbanGypsy]

Out of interest, with milk and sugar off the list, how does dark chocolate manage to slip through the net?

Lindt and Green & Black's both do really nice dark chocolate if that's any help. Green & Black's especially is in most supermarkets nowadays in the organic section. Hmm... I wonder if their Maya Gold is allowed... :yum:

[Paulie-M]

I do our main shop in Tesco (I exchange the clubcard points for Air Miles) but we buy most of our meat at Costco. I also get some things at M & S and in the deli at Fenwicks (a large department store in Newcastle).

I did fill out a customer comment card at Tesco a few days ago, asking when they ere going to start and stock more low carb/sugar free products, but I haven't had a reply as yet.

[kellyuk]

Somerfield is the only one local to me, but when we've got a couple of hours free we go to a really cheap independant supermarket in the main town, I can get 2-4 times more for the same money, but they don't always stock the same things and they have this terrible habit of selling really nice wine off very cheap.....

[pepsi max]

gypsy,the 85%cocoa solid chocolate is the lindt one.green and blacks chocolats is around 50 carb grams per 100gs of product.its too high for me.

[UrbanGypsy]

Ah right... thanks for that Christine. It'd be way too high for me too...

That said, at the moment I'm having trouble managing even a small tomato or some lettuce, so anything with carbs seems too high for me! :(

Still, given the amount of salad and vegetables I used to eat before going on the diet, at least I can safely assume I know what caused the larger part of the ME now! :lol:

[pepsi max]

when i eat chocolate i only ever have 1 square,its my treat on a night.1 bar lasts me weeks.

[lburnikell]

everybody has to have a treat or we would go mad
i am going through a faze opf craving really sweet thing (but I have come on!!) I am scared if I eat the chocolate I wont stop, but thats my problem we are all different and have ways of controlling what we eat!! So a little of what you fancy in moderation cant hurt!!
I like this forum as it is here for help and advise and support, because we all dont know all of the answers, but together we get there!!!
Ive been on this diet 45 days now and know so much more from day one but god I still have so much to learn!!
Christine I am gonna try thsat chocolate cause i hate dark chocolate so I might be able to control the sweet cravings with a square and think yuk I dont want any more for now. lol

[UrbanGypsy]

Of course, you could always melt the chocolate down in a bain marie with some cream and egg yolk to make a kind of chocolate mousse type thing...

I used to adore dark chocolate, but it really gives me a headache now. And, like you, have a real problem with that "just one square" concept; somehow it never quite happens that way with me! :lol:

Still, at the moment absolutely any carbohydrate seems to be making me feel really ill, so I'm mercifully light on the cravings front for now! I actually felt sick whilst my fiance was dithering over which cake looked nicest in the shop the other day... Never thought that day would come!

[pepsi max]

dark choccy isn,t as "morish" as milk.don,t think i could stop at 1 square of milk choccy.

[lburnikell]

me neither and if I bought a cadburys carmel I wouls have to go back and buy the whole shop!!
Oh I am terrible wanting things I shouldnt bieng a low carber I will be getting told of!! (I wonder do you?) lol

[Ebbie.B]

Of course, you could always melt the chocolate down in a bain marie with some cream and egg yolk to make a kind of chocolate mousse


OH thanks a bunch Gypsy, that has well and truely done it after the day i have had, coat on kids in car i'm off to Sainsburys LMAO:lol:

[lburnikell]

I love chocolate but hate chocolate icecream, chocolate milkshakes and chocolate mousse god i am weird!!

[pepsi max]

funny that,choccy icecream-yuk.i like choccy syrup from waldon farms though.it goes great with s/f jelly,strawberries and cream

[UrbanGypsy]

OH thanks a bunch Gypsy, that has well and truely done it after the day i have had, coat on kids in car i'm off to Sainsburys LMAO:lol:

Er... oops... sorry! :blush:

Bad low carber... bad... I shall go sit in the corner and have a think about what I've done! :lol:

[Ebbie.B]

:angel:Oh i'm such a good low carber
I made it as far as the health food shop!! Got me sugar free lollies and something called a 'Silhouette' bar. No added sugar, no wheat, no dairy, no gluten and no caffeine. It looks very much like a bar of chocolate and it's 50g. Nutrition info per 100g, Energy 2458kj 599.6cal, protein 13.3g, carb 17.97g, fat 44.3g
It's a Carob bar something i have never tried before. One slight problem is that i HATE trying new things coz i scared they are gonna taste fowl, so at the moment it is untouched in the fridge.
While i pluck up the courage to try it has anyone here ever tried carob bar? I would really like your thoughts on it, at the moment i think it will be yuck because it just sounds too good to be true. :agree:

[pepsi max]

no ebbie,i,ve never tried them.a bit high on the carbs for me.the only l-c bars i,ve bought in the health shops is the nitro bar,its a high protein l-c one-7 grams per bar.it costs £2 though.
where did you get the s/f lollies.wouldn,t mind trying them.

[UrbanGypsy]

Ohhhh yes, I love carob! :yum: I used to work in a health food shop where the owner was happy for me to snack on whatever I liked... I liked them plenty! :lol:

Don't expect chocolate, mind you... it isn't chocolate. But it is a really tasty alternative. :)

(As an aside, that's the pancake and the muffin recipes all done... do I get a - carb free - cookie now?! :D)

[UrbanGypsy]

PS... Only thing which makes me slightly suspicious is I'm fairly sure they always add sugar to carob. The bar itself might have no added sugar... doesn't mean the carob didn't have sugar in to start with. Might be worth checking?

I found out the hard way bought guacamole doesn't list sugar... just the tomatoes they added sugar to before starting. Thankfully its pitifully easy to make your own, so it didn't cause too bad a crisis!

[Ebbie.B]

I didn't think 9g carb for the whole bar was too bad, plus i don't plan to eat it all in one go, still too chicken to try it lol.

It does say on the packet it may look like chocolate but has it's own distinctive and delightful flavour, so i am prepared for it not to taste like choccy.

All it says about the sugar is 'no added sugar', but of course that does not mean it hasn't got any sugar in it. Ingredients list Hydrogenated vegetable oil (ewwww), carob powder, soya flour, emulsifier (Lecithin E322), flavouring (natural vanilla). And again on the discription says 'has the natural sweetness of carob'

Though i must admit since induction i haven't really looked at ingredients of food (apart from for wheat flour), i have just been counting the carbs. Oops now that doesn't sound like such a good LC now does it :devil:

[pepsi max]

didn,t realise it was only 9gs for the whole bar.i read it wrong.sorry,my puter screen very jerky tonight.i,ll watch out for them.i,m a bit sceptical with some bars,tried a one that said 3gs for the whole bar and it shot my bgs up like a rocket after only having 1/4.hidden at the back,i found it said 30c-gs,3 effective cgs.i reacted to the total amount.

[Ebbie.B]

Sorry Christine i forgot to answer your question on the SF lollies.
I get them from my local health food shop they are called Simpkins sugar free pops.
Now they have no nutrition info on the lollies and i can't remember what was printed on the box but they do conatin sugar alcohols.
And have a nice little warning on them 'not suitable for children under 3 years of age. May have a slight laxative effect, best eat one lolly a day'.

So i am on my second as my weight is still up, and i'm looking very much like i'm 6 months pregnant:lol:

[pepsi max]

i haven,t seen these before.sugar alcohols give me a bad stomach but sometimes its worth it.i sometimes make my own lollies with diet pop.not like the real thing though.oh,to have a magnum,sigh.

[Ebbie.B]

These are the sweetie type lollies, you know like chubba chups.

[pepsi max]

i shall be searching the shops tomorrow.

[lburnikell]

I dont care I need a day of so I am having one tomorow this period is playing havock oh a macdonalds happy meal and then a cadburys caramel

[kellyuk]

I bet you don't enjoy it as much as you think you will ;)

[Ebbie.B]

Oh what a dilema, do i try and talk you through it or do i tell u to go for it??:daze:
Though i think kelly is right:cool:

[RCFletcher]

Why don't you try 'sweet 'n' low' chocolate from Holland and Barrets. It is 0 sugar and comes in white, milk and dark. It is of course made with sugar alcohols but the bar is quite small so you can eat a whole one and it won't have too dramatic an effect.

[lburnikell]

I havent done and I am not going to I lost weight this am so it has given me a bit of a boost, so no macdonalds or cadburys caramel for me!!

[UrbanGypsy]

Aww well done Lynda! :bhug:

[Ebbie.B]

I havent done and I am not going to I lost weight this am so it has given me a bit of a boost, so no macdonalds or cadburys caramel for me!!

phew for that!! I was worried one caramel would lead to another and another. :nono:

:cheer:woopywooooo on the weight loss hun:cheer:

[kellyuk]

Yay - good for you for being so strong :D

[lburnikell]

Thanks for being so concerened about me going of the rails, it was weird I really wanted to do it but when today came and I saw the weight loss on the scales, I thought nah maybe another day!!
Our 1st wedding Aniversary is on the 28th sept and we havwe booked into the same hotel we had our reception (same room) and a candle lit dinner for 2 so that will be my big treat!! Hopefuly I can get to 14 stone 7lb the same weight I was when I married. only 13.5lbs to go!!

[pepsi max]

course you,ll do it petal,i,ve got complete faith in you.

[lburnikell]

I know you have and for the first time in my life I feel like I will do it to, although I do lapse a bit and think god I will never ever get there!! Did you go to the sales today?

[pepsi max]

no,couldn,t be bothered.sat here exercising my finger all day.maybe on monday.

[lburnikell]

God I am so bored it unbelivable he is watching shitty football!! and I am sat here with me specks typing a load of twaddle trying to pass the time!!
Gonna watch pop idol at 7.30

[pepsi max]

yep,same in our house.football all day.i,m gonna watch pop idols as well then we can come back and discuss it.

[lburnikell]

oh I've gotta watch pop idol extra on itv 2 I am such an addict it is pathetic really (me not the show) (but then again) Christine I feel like screaming cause I am so bored there must be more to life than sat in front of a computer screen waiting for a talent show to start on the telly boo hoo hoo! (smacks head on desk in dispair!!)

[pepsi max]

the thing is,that on a weekend when i haven,t got the kids, i like to enjoy the peace and the feeling that i can do what i want.trouble is, is that i'm too knackered to do anything except play here.

[lburnikell]

I know what you mean , I think I am so bored cause I know its more than a month before I start my new job, and I am so used to being busy god It would drive me mad if I was unemployed.
Dont know what to have for my tea I was going to give them muffins (from the Atkins book) a go but I think I need bicarbonate of soda and guess who aint got any!!?

[pepsi max]

pop idols has started girls.

[lburnikell]

gosh I have a reason to live and get excited see ya later

[SlimJackie]

Hi Ebbie

The choc I get in Sainsbury's is called Sainsbury's Luxury Continental Belgian Dark Chocolate, usually in the baking ingredients aisle - by the glace cherries etc. I like it better than others I've occasionally come across.

I don't go for the 85% ones because, so far, I've never seen one that gives the carb count, and just because there's more cocoa in it I'm not convinced it's any less than 24g. Could be wrong though!

Jackie

[pepsi max]

i think the carb count is 19gs per 100 gs.there was a thread here about it.it is annoying when the grams isn,t given.it put me off that chocolate for ages till i saw the thread.

[Ebbie.B]

I didn't think to look at the cooking chocolate Jackie, funny coz i've near enough read everything else sweet.
In my local Sainsurys they have 2 types of high coco chocolate, Lindt (however you spell it) which doesn't show the carb count and Green and BLack's which does.

I'm a bit peed off with Sainsbury's, they still haven't sent any sort of reply to my email not even a confirmation.

[pepsi max]

its the lindt that is the 85% cocoa solids. (19gs). green and blacks c-count is a bit high.there again,if your only having a square at a time its not too bad.the bar of the lindt lasts me ages.(unless somebody nicks it)

[SlimJackie]

That's useful to know. I'll probably get some and use it for 'cooking' - then I can add some liquid sweetener to it - otherwise I reckon it'll be just a tad too unsweet for my taste ... but it'll be worth it to save a few carbs.

It's weird thinking back to 'before Atkins', when I'd kill for Cadbury's milk choc - now I actually don't like it - it tastes too sweet and sugary. It's interesting just how much I've lost my sweet tooth since starting low carbing. I don't think it happened overnight though - I didn't even have a small taste of sugary things like 'normal' chocolate or cakes, biscuits etc until I'd been on Atkins for about a year.

[Ebbie.B]

its the lindt that is the 85% cocoa solids. (19gs). green and blacks c-count is a bit high.there again,if your only having a square at a time its not too bad.the bar of the lindt lasts me ages.(unless somebody nicks it)

:lol:LMAO just the same in my house, doesn't matter where i hide stuff it's gone. I bought a multi pack of crisps today and one little bag of pork scratchings, went up for a bath and when i came down discovered my hubby had got peckish and had eaten my scratchings, apparently he didn't fancy any of the crisps:bash:
Taught my Daughter a lesson today, she pinched the rest of my carob bar thinking it was chocolate and got a bit of a shock LOL

[pepsi max]

i sometimes order l-c stuff off the net and its a bit pricey but now and again its nice to have a treat.my atkins bar peanut butter flavour,zero carb jelly beans and the worst of all-my l-c choccy brownies disappeared without me having a taste.grrrrr.there was a lot of silence in the house that week.

[Ebbie.B]

Oh i would have gone mad. I've had a look at some of the shops online and nearly fell off my chair when i saw the prices. Though i am dieing to have some sweet treat i just couldn't spend that amount.
So far i have been strong, when i've picked up a bar of choc in Sainsburys i've always put it back. Bloody regret it later on in the evening though!!!

[pepsi max]

its the best way though to keep your diet as natural as possibe.in a way we,re lucky that a lot of these products aren,t here as they,re too tempting.the only things i keep ordering is the no carb choccy sauce and atkins tom sauce.a bottle lasts ages as nobody dare touch it or i,ll chop there hands off.the choccy sauce is to die for.

[Ebbie.B]

I know what you mean. I'm just about staying away from the sweetener aisle as it is, i'm not sure if i could still hold out with atkins products here.
I was allowing myself a little honey in some greek yogurt (still within my carb allowance) as an ocaasional treat but with all this talk of CHOCOLATE thats not hitting the spot anymore!!

[pepsi max]

i use the greek yoghurt (total)its got the lowest carb count that i can find.like a tablespoonful with my berries and s/f jelly.

[Ebbie.B]

I haven't tried that one. I love Rachels, i can't remember what the carb count is though. When i'm very naughty i also put on some chopped macadamias. Though i'm not going over my carb count it is cutting into my vegies, oops!

[pepsi max]

got to go to bed now before i turn into a pumkin.bye-bye.

[Ebbie.B]

Night, Night, sleep tight :rose:

[lburnikell]

lol Just reading your posts and I though I had the only gutsy pig of a husband, looks like I am not the only one!!
I buy stuff for my diets or just a treat and what does lardy arse do??? (my pet name for him he dosent mind) (actually he's got quite a nice arse)
He eats it and then says I didnt realise it was for your diet!! He has all the food in the house but has to eat what is mine!!! Then he goes and eats his grub. Im gonna have to start hiding stuff

[pepsi max]

hiding it is the only way to prevent a divorce.i hate anybody pinching my stuff!!

[lburnikell]

Im gonna punch his light out if he does it again!!!
and nobody tell him I said he has a cute bum, or his head will swell!!

[pepsi max]

theres 3 people that raids my food.geoff does it,jeffrey does it when he can tear himself away from his girlfriend and michelle comes round to see if i,ve "got anything nice".the treat my fride like a free shop.grrrrr

[lburnikell]

buy padlocks and great big gaurd dogs that will teach them hehehehehehe

[lburnikell]

on the subject of food I normaly have courgetts for dinner but I fancy cheesy leeks wots leeks like for carbs??

[pepsi max]

leeks are 1.2 carbs per 45gs of leeks.you,ll have to weigh them to see what 45gs look like.i don,t really like them that much.

[lburnikell]

oh I love leeks espically cheesy ones!!

[pepsi max]

i tend to eat raw veggies all the time (salads)its very rare that i have cooked ones,maybe i will in the winter.

[UrbanGypsy]

Baked leeks are really nice too. I cut them up in to roughly 1" pieces and bake them till cooked... then cover them with grated cheese, black pepper and cream and bake a while longer till the cheese and cream have melted in together and gone all bubbly... :yum:

[Ebbie.B]

Baked leeks are really nice too. I cut them up in to roughly 1" pieces and bake them till cooked... then cover them with grated cheese, black pepper and cream and bake a while longer till the cheese and cream have melted in together and gone all bubbly... :yum:


:yum: oh that sounds divine, i'm gonna have to try that :yum:

Well girls i'm still with out Soy flour grrrrrrrrrrrr. Went through to Eastbourne and H&B was bloody shut!!! and all the specialist shops i went into had loads of stuff like rice flour but no Soya flour. And i had to tear myself away from a bottle of sweet chilli dipping sauce :cry:oh it did break my heart lol

Made up for it 10 minutes later when i was FORCED, yes thats right FORCED to buy and eat a diabetic choc fudge bar from Thortons. Oh it was total Heaven :angel:

Anyone know any supermarkets that sell Soy flour?

[pepsi max]

OK who was that guy that held a gun to your head and made you eat that choccy.tell us his name and we'll get him in case he comes back.he may be the one that made me eat too much peanut butter yesterday!!

[Ebbie.B]

actually it was a group of them, all wearing anti atkins t-shirts!!! But don't worry i fooled them with the diabetic bar, so there all idiots! :lol:

[lburnikell]

thortons chocolate oh that sounds divine I want some and I want some NOW!! (reminds me of that trio advert)

[pepsi max]

hope your not stamping your feet in temper mind.

[lburnikell]

no chance I might tred on my tounge!!!

[Paulie-M]

I emailed Tesco yesterday about whether they were planning on stocking more low carb foods and what their policy is. I also complained that I had put this question on a customer comment card and requested a written reply within 7 days, and no-one had contacted me!

It will be interesting to see what I get back. I'll keep you posted.

[lburnikell]

it would be interesting to see if they will actually bother to reply

[Ebbie.B]

This was my reply from Tesco's. I emailed them again putting them straight but i never got a reply to that one!

Thank you for contacting us with your request for us to stock low
carbohydrate products.

Because it is our Buying Teams who decide what we sell in our stores, I
have
passed a copy of your letter to their department. I cannot guarantee
anything, but I can assure you the matter will be given consideration.


At Tesco, we are concerned that there has not been enough research into
the
long
term effects of being on the Atkins diet. The diet is not very old as
it was
only
launched in early 90's

There has been good & bad press about Atkins so there are various pro's
&
con's. We are looking at possibly stocking the Atkins branded products
soon.

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to contact us.


Kind Regards

Adrian Russell
Customer Service Manager

If you wish to contact us please click on one of the following links.

UK customers - http://www.tesco.com/contact.htm (http://www.tesco.com/contact.htm)
Republic of Ireland customers - http://www.tesco.ie/contact.htm (http://www.tesco.ie/contact.htm)

[lburnikell]

in other word you have more chance of platting pee!! but in the meantime we will continue to sell booze and fags which we know is harmfull and can kill!!

[Paulie-M]

I have had an acknowledgement, but no formal reply as yet. However, after seeing Ebbie's reply, I guess I'll get something along the same lines!

However, if we all email them separately, they might take notice!!

[lburnikell]

yeah and pigs might fly!! ( and then the price of bacon will go up!!)

[Paulie-M]

Don't say that, I spend enough on my shopping as it is!!

[lburnikell]

Now that I can belive!! (and i bet its chocolate easter eggs!)