THREE TINS OF SARDINES

Friday14th I am back on board  since 1645 having left Homenene at 9.15am and paid my council tax before catching a Subway chew for £4.95 and getting on the 10.33 X4 to Northampton.  ​It landed me at 12.20 and I intercepted a 96 at 12.30 which landed me at a 63 leaving at 15.10 for Leamington Spa.

I called by the butcher about certified pasture-fed beef but they had not heard of it. Pasture For Life refers.  So I caught a 67 outside Gregg's boarding at 16.40 and alighting at 16.55 to find all well on board...

This is being keyed in on the Hughie Pad which is beyond tiresome but works after a fashion ...

​Off-grid living involves scraping barrels and watching every penny ... The slogan at the bottom of the webpages reads :-  "survival at all costs and no cost at all" ...

At a village store I bought a 95g tin of sardines for £1.89.  The following day I bought a similar tin, this time at Tesco 100g for £1.30.  Coming out of Tesco I bought Big Issue for £4 The vendor works hard for her £2 per copy and I have been a persistent reader since Big Issue was £1.

Inside (1618} "more than 14 million people in the UK [are] living in poverty" . Does that mean they may not even be able to include a tin of sardines in their food shop? I notice my £4 for Big Issue would almost have bought all three tins.  Almost?

It's 9p short ... I wonder how much was a tin of sardines when Big Issue was £1?  I went to a large ASDA where I got 106g for 90p.  That is less than half the price like for like of the tin from the village store. 

There is a story here. Let's do an ANALYSIS

The ASDA tin came from Morocco. The village store got theirs from John West.  The Tesco tin was crtified Cornish.  One way to restore the UK economy is by supporting our own.  And most especially fishermen.  I buy my sardines from Waitrose where 120g costs me 65p. I shop at Waitrose because I can't afford to shop in local village stores or in large supermarkets. 

I wonder how many ASDA punters know they could save 25p and get 6g more sardines.