Shopping Archive

  • Selection of Olives

    Wirral Food Festival

    Today we visited the Wirral Food Festival. It’s held every year over the August bank holiday, and despite living up here for almost 5 years, I’ve never had a chance to go before. The weather was glorious and the food and drink aplenty! There were...

    Full Story

  • Fast Food Cheaper than Supermarkets?

    Fast Food Cheaper than Supermarkets?

    In the UK fast food profits are apparently up due to people opting for buying takeaways instead of going out to restaurants and spending more than they can afford. I can partly understand the theory but I don’t agree that a pizza from Dominoes is...

    Full Story

  • Bring Back Derval Kirwan on M&S Ads!

    Bring Back Derval Kirwan on M&S Ads!

    Marks and Spencer have had a very appealing and memorable advertising campaign on the television here in the UK, called the ‘This is not just food’ campaign. It typical involved several types of food, an short guitar song and the voice of an Irish actress,...

    Full Story

  • Torres Vina Sol Wine

    Torres Vina Sol Wine

    If you’re a member of Costco Cash and Carry in the UK then grab your spring wallet of savings and get on down to your local store to pick up a couple of boxes of Torres Vina Sol, a dry white wine currently costing just...

    Full Story

  • Buying Cookware and Utensils

    Buying Cookware and Utensils

    I must admit I love looking at kitchen gadgets and cookware. I try not to be one of those people who buy a kitchen gadget and then never use it, although sometimes you may simply not have a chance to use something often. I’ve not...

    Full Story