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not 600 ml!!!

Why have asda moved from selling double cream in good old pint(568ml) to 600ml!!!!!!

Stealth euro-ism me thinks!! (Although we did get teh extra cream for less money! :D )

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That makes a change, their usual scam would be to make them 550ml for the same price

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It's another part of their crafty plan. Entice you with the free cream and before you know it, a smelly teen who couldnt be less "happy to help" is helping you load your new TV and hi-fi system into the back of your car :D

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Metrication might be the reason but more likely it is the supermarket policy of selling us more than we want to buy.

Recently you could buy a small tub of cole slaw and potato salad, which was enough for two people. In my case it would last for two meals. Last weekend I had the option of buying a much larger tub or paying more for their ‘special’ product.

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This thread is just funny :D

I was going to say I fancy a pint aswell though but not of cream!

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Don't supermarkets have deli counters that serve loose amounts ?, a dollop of this or a scoop of that , surely you are able to ask for three, four , five slices of any meat or cheese you want ? thats what I thought the whole idea of a supermarket deli was all about :confused: :confused: or is everything pre-packed in plastic .

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Supermarkets do have a ‘deli’ counter and I always buy any product in number of slices, rashers etc. But I was talking about the pre-packed goods.

Once upon a time you could buy two chops pre-packed or three chicken drumsticks, thighs, 2 pieces of fish etc. Now chops come in packs of 4, chicken drumsticks in packs of 5 and so on. If you can get a pre-pack of 2 pieces of cod, the pieces are larger than they used to be.

We are being manoeuvred into buying more than we want to and its being going on for years.

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The latest trend, certainly at Asda is to price things for bulk buying, ie 2 for £3 etc. They price the first item at probably full retail price ie near £2 then say buy 2 for £3. Of course if you have room to store it all it can be good value but you can't help feel that by buying 1 you are being taken for a scuker.

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Another ploy to get us to buy more than we intend.

I prefer Iceland’s BOGOF’s. But I don’t buy them just because they are there.

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What do you do with one spare chop?

Eat it and get fat WillowTheWhisp.

Could all this be one reason for obesity? We are being forced to buy more than we want to and then we eat it so as not to waste it.

Once a fortnight or so I get fish, small portion of chips and small carton of peas from my local chippie. But even that is too much for me. I reckon that two lots would be enough for three people.

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I can't be doing with the new fangled pint stystem, never mind metric.

My cream comes in quarts.:D

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the obvious answer to that is ..........support your local butcher, fishmonger , greengrocer etc...........dont be a slave to consumerism ;)