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- 4 days ago
The small print - Coles Magazine
“Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make,
but the stories that you tell.” Seth Godin This month I have an actual print...
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- Apr 21
Is Aldi really cheaper than the other two?
Yes - but not as much as you might think - and also ... First thing to say - I know this has been done before. Everything has been done...
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- Apr 18
How I learnt to shop for food
"You know you are in love when the two of you can go grocery shopping together." Woody Harrelson An interesting idea but not really what...
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- Feb 10
Eat food - rule no.1
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Michael Pollan The above quote is probably the most famous modern quote on food around. It...
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- Jan 5
Healthy?
“There were no significant differences between health food snacks and regular aisle snacks in terms of energy, saturated fat or sodium." ...
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- Dec 10, 2022
Just to show I'm not biased
“Creatively, we approached Christmas with the same care and authenticity as Woollies by leaning into the heart of the brand - family, fun...
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- Dec 9, 2022
Ordinary people - marketing plus
"We know every family has treasured festive recipes with rich stories attached to them. So we went in search of them from all around...
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- Nov 19, 2022
The ethics of shopping
"Is anything sustainable foodwise?" my sister Jenny I know I've talked about this before - the difficulty - no downright impossibility...
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- Sep 22, 2022
Normality - a Coles shop
This is our second day back in Melbourne and today we did a biggish shop. Yesterday we shopped but only for what we immediately needed -...
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- Jun 18, 2022
Some leftovers
"Leftovers - something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used." No this is not a blog about how to use up leftovers but...
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- Jun 11, 2022
Bubble tea - so much to learn
"I always find people spit out their first bubble tea. They're super reactive to it. Then the second one, they're like, 'this is so...
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- Apr 1, 2022
Who is Canstar Blue?
"We all like to ask our friends and family about a product or brand before buying, and with Canstar Blue, it’s like asking thousands of...
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- Mar 17, 2022
A mixed bag
"Definition: If you describe a situation or a group of things or people as a mixed bag, you mean that it contains some good items,...
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- Feb 20, 2022
A week's eating according to the supermarkets
"Key words and phrases - 30 minute; 5 ingredients; Under $5.00; Quick; Easy; Fresh; Healthy" I see it is five days since I posted on my...
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- Feb 12, 2022
Snippets
"a small and often interesting piece of news, information, or conversation" Cambridge dictionary Well I hope interesting. Although today...
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- Nov 19, 2021
A climatarian diet? Too hard
“It boils down to people buying what they need, and using what they buy." Andrew Parry - Wrap Does it though? I think it's much more...
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- Nov 18, 2021
Do you need a degree to shop wisely?
"A report by the OECD reveals that 40 per cent of Australians do not have the necessary literacy skills to participate in daily life....
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- Nov 10, 2021
Titbits
"TITBIT - a choice morsel of food; a small and particularly interesting item of gossip or information." I have book group here tonight,...
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- Oct 25, 2021
Cheese bits
"Cheese has always been a food that both sophisticated and simple humans love." M. F. K. Fisher I have used that particular quote as my...
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- Sep 21, 2021
Shopping - part 2 - supermarket minefields
"Grocery stores serve as a reflection of what is going on in society." Good Housekeeping In one of life's little coincidences I saw this...
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