Following up to
d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:
>I'm not a believer in a 'weekly shop' anyway, and will tend to go
>several times weekly for fresh produce.
but the busy couple with kids and two jobs probably wont.
>> We buy packaged, processed foods with poorer
>> nutritive value.
>
>I don't!
but are you overweight?
>> We eat out more and drive to those
>> restaurants which serve oversized portions to entice us to
>> return - and then drive home to sit in front of a TV. The
>> list goes on - but you get my drift.
are we getting a lot of the US over portioned type restros in UK? I
tend to eat out high end so may be missing them.
>Eating out more isn't necessarily a bad thing, but driving to it isn't
>necessarily such a good idea- not least because it gets rid of the idea
>of 'local' restaurants. I admit that living in a city, I'm spoiled for
>choice for restaurants within 15 minutes walk...
I dont think its a problem with restros here. Where I live there were
no restros x years ago. Now the local shops are gradually being
replaced with them. They are about 15 minutes walk away and most walk
because they want to drink. Its the shops that are being de localised,
restros at Bluewater shopping centre dont seem to be a roaring
success, or at least are not affecting more local ones as far as I can
see. Even when they have a big name like Carluccio.
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