Saving Money On Your Weekly Shop!

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Why don't you just tell your Personnel Manager that you don't want a load of vouchers instead of pay, and especially vouchers that you can't use, Sols?

I'd check out Comet's refunds policy first, too. Some companies simply give you a replacement item if the first is found to be faulty.
 
I believe it was a common practice. In the 19th century?. Certainly not unheard of for the factory owner to pay workers in tokens that were only redeemable in at the factory shop. Indeed, I believe it was the springboard that spawned the growth of the Consumer Co-operative movement. Indeed factory woners would frequently do the same thing with workers polling cards, demandign that they were handed over. Mind you that seems to have come the full circle with the advent of the postal vote too. I certainly know of one sitting MP and budget landlord, whose tenants have complained on more than one occasion that they are are threatend with eviction unless they oblige thus :ph34r:

I can't believe that it isn't a breach of some European Labour Law however, which tends to be more rigid than ours.

As for having competition to see who can works the most over time :lol: That's a complete anathema to me. My God, our place is lucky if they can get us to do a full week. I'm sure it would have a counter active effect if they tried it, as most teams would be to embarrassed to win I suspect, and would thus systematically set about ensuring they didn't.
 
You're in local government, aren't you, Warbs? That would explain quite a bit to do with What's Wrong With This Country, then.... <_<
 
Interesting site, thanks. I normally shop in ASDA, which has been shown as the cheapest in my area, but it's a much nicer format to use than the *real* ASDA site, so quicker too :)
 
Originally posted by Warbler@Oct 22 2006, 07:57 PM
I can't believe that it isn't a breach of some European Labour Law however, which tends to be more rigid than ours.
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The giving of vouchers, or anything else in kind, is not illegal. Not declaring it as a benefit in kind is, however.
 
You'd have to declare work vouchers, wouldn't you, Brian? I'm sure that Solerina's company is declaring that it rewards its workers with them, so Ye Olde Taxxe Offyce would surely be able to marry the declarations of the business and its serfs and see who was telling porkies on their returns?
 
Originally posted by solerina@Oct 20 2006, 07:00 PM
We get paid for overtime in vouchers as a tax dodge
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I'm talking about the company and have based it on the above. During the nineties there was a spate of some city traders being paid bonuses in large quantities of cases of claret etc so that the employer could avoid NI payments. A big stick was wielded by Desperate Dan's colleagues.
 
Don't you have a Pound Shop in your area, harry?

24 washing-up sponge/scrubbers= 99p. 12 dusters = 99p. 2 x 1 litre bottles Gleem washing-up liquid = 99p, though I found a really good one in a 5-litre container for just over £3. 6 cans Diet Pepsi = 99p. Yes, the latter is only 3 months off its 'sell by' date, but what the hey?

I find household shopping the Bore of Bores so buying incredibly cheaply in vast bulk is rather pleasing.
 
I'd kill for a Marks and Spencers [food hall - the one here is crap, nothing fresh] Waitrose, or even a Sainsburys - Morrisons is all we've got and it's crap!
 
Do you mean you've still got those nice Mom 'n' Pop shops selling all the goodies separately, Shadz? Supermarkets will soon take care of them! And then you'll be hostage to what it wants to stock.
 
No - I mean I've got Safeways and that's yer lot! So if they haven't had a delivery for whatever reason (bank holiday in Gib/Spain [delete as applicable], it's a weekend, the Guardia are being bloody minded and won't let them over the border) you're stuck with the out of date shite they use to fill the shelves up with....
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Oct 22 2006, 07:25 PM
Morrisons is all we've got and it's crap!
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You're so right there, Shadz - I used the Morrisons in Tiverton the other day and it's pants compared to Sainsbugs - the supposedly fresh items I bought lasted far less time.
 
Sainsburys is great. I get my shopping delivered by Tesco now even though Sainsbury's is 5 minutes walk away and there isn't a Tesco within 15 miles because Sainsbury's don't take Solo cards.
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Oct 22 2006, 06:25 PM
I'd kill for a Marks and Spencers [food hall - the one here is crap, nothing fresh] Waitrose, or even a Sainsburys - Morrisons is all we've got and it's crap!
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We also have a market from which you can buy fresh meat, fish, and fruit & veg at a (medium-sized) fraction of the Morrisons cost.

The worst thing about Morrisons though is the queues at the checkout. None of your "let's open a 2nd till because the customers are queuing halfway to the meat counter" over here. I guess that's the price of a monopoly.
 
In fact, if they had a website where you could order what you wanted online and have them deliver it for a charge of, say, £5 a go, I think they would see a marked increase in custom.
 
Originally posted by cricketfan@Oct 23 2006, 10:29 AM
In fact, if they had a website where you could order what you wanted online and have them deliver it for a charge of, say, £5 a go, I think they would see a marked increase in custom.
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Would they though? I couldn't see the Gibraltarians going for it so they'd have to rely on the ex-pat staff of the Rock's bookmaking businesses and those of the offshore online gambling sites.

And that would only give them about 25,000 potential customers...
 
So Shadow compiles odds for Victor Chandler and relaxes by the pool in the sun.

Does this make her a Basking Shark?
 
Originally posted by BrianH+Oct 23 2006, 09:17 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (BrianH @ Oct 23 2006, 09:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-cricketfan@Oct 23 2006, 10:29 AM
In fact, if they had a website where you could order what you wanted online and have them deliver it for a charge of, say, £5 a go, I think they would see a marked increase in custom.
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Would they though? I couldn't see the Gibraltarians going for it so they'd have to rely on the ex-pat staff of the Rock's bookmaking businesses and those of the offshore online gambling sites.

And that would only give them about 25,000 potential customers... [/b][/quote]
I'd say that there were around 500 people similar to myself that would use such a service. There are also many locals who take a taxi (at around £5 a go) to get their shopping home.

For those who work in Gib, reside in Spain and do their weekly shop in Morrisons and whose time from either their lunch break or after work would be worth the £5 delivery charge, the opportunity to have their shopping delivered to work would also be attractive.
 
I'm with cricketboy here - they'd make a killing. You can't move for the natives in Safeways and getting your shopping home is often the biggest stumbling block so many people end up getting taxis back home and lugging it up 5 flights of stairs. Brian's point is a good one (although the numbers are out :P ) as it was recently published that staff of the gaming industry make up 10% of the population of Gibraltar [as opposed to a % of the workforce].

I can't really complain about Safeways at the moment though - their pharmacy was the only place I could get hold of the medication I'm prescribed for the migraines I get. Classic scenario - I had 3 months' worth of Gibraltar prescriptions for a drug not one pharmacy in Gibraltar stocked. The only one who was willing to order it in for me was Safeways!!

AC - very droll!!! :lol:
 
Perhaps Cricketfan and SL should write to the supermarkets and suggest a local supermarket delivery service. If they are guaranteed more business, and they can use the services of small, local courier companies or even taxi's for the deliveries, they may well be grateful of your idea and input. The refrigerated items may be a problem for them, especially in the hot weather, but for the rest of the produce they could at least trial it! B)
 
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