h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

that I'd like to leave my roots behind, without losing my family, but my son appears to be a bit snobby.

"I don't want to win a year's shopping at Morrison, that's where poor people shop'. I don't think I'd have said it quite that way...

Morrison's isn't where poor people shop - it's one of the few (possibly the only) supermarket chains that actually has a decent in-house butcher!

Asda. That's where poor people shop.

I was thinking didn't it used to be Safeway, and I never thought of that as being a low value shop. We have some butchers in our town still, in fact at least 2 within walking distance, so I'd never thought about going to a butcher in a supermarket.

Oh yes. Asda.

DH likes shopping in Morrison's. He's ever hopeful that Denise van Outen will be in there modelling a new range of underwear.

Mol

That sounds like the sort of thing she'd do, yes.

*Makes mental note to start shopping at Morris...*

Oh bother.

A few years ago someone I worked with said they wouldn't shop at Asda "because it's full of single mothers". I coughed a bit, and he realised what he'd said. So he qualified it: "Oh, not *your* kind of single mother". I'm not sure that made it any better!

It can't be that bad. There isn't a http://www.peopleofasda.co.uk/ website. (yet)

I'm sure we're only not 'poor people' ourselves because I only had one child. I'd probably struggle myself if I had 3. Although the job at the Beeb paid me very well, that only lasted 5 years and of course now I'm back not even on minimum wage for the hours I put it. I am working hard though, I watched the Hilary story over Christmas, she started out in a small house and now has an empire. Muahahaha. I just wish it wouldn't take so long. I need to move a bit quicker....

You need to give him a clip round the ear for saying Morrisons is for poor people! I love that place, but our nearest one is in Edinburgh

Balls. Aldi is where poor people shop. Morrisons is where people who aren't hugely well-off but have too much self respect to go to Asda shop. And their All Day Breakfast is infinitely superior to Asda's.

J's dad used to go to Asda. Says it all.

Aldi has turned itself around over the last 20 years. You never used to see a merc or BMW in their car park, but these days everybody sensible shops there. Their wine is excellent, coffee is a good price, tea is ok (herb tea very good) Organic products, fruit and veg is usually good quality, and the cheese and dairy products the same as you get in other supermarkets. Fruit juice, cat food, tomato purée, pasta... I shop in Aldi and one-other supermarket (for those things that I really don't like in Aldi - a list which is getting shorter and shorter) the proportion is about 70/30 to Aldi at the moment.

the only thing of theirs I really don't like are the frozen veg (I get mine delivered from a frozen food company) and their cereal. (their müsli is ok though)