So you broke even?I recall at least 20 years ago on a trip to NI, stocking up on 30 litres of milk as the cost saving paid for the petrol for the trip.
a litre has increased by 10c in Supervalu as well. In fairness it's been 75c for own-brand milk for at least 5 years. On the other hand, all the supermarkets increasing at the same time (which I assume is what has happened, I'll be in Tesco later and will check) sounds like price fixing.
it was 20 years ago and I won't pretend to recall a full list of all the shopping / visiting I did that day; I'm sure you understood my point.So you broke even?
I'd say the beverages somewhat stronger than milk might have tipped him into profit!!So you broke even?
It paid for their petrol costs.So you broke even?
I think we all understood what you were saying. Well most of us understood.....it was 20 years ago and I won't pretend to recall a full list of all the shopping / visiting I did that day; I'm sure you understood my point.
The idea that there is something "wrong" or even unpatriotic with cross-border shopping is fundamentally incorrect. Ever since the Maestricht treaty and the creation of the European Single Market, it has been the firm policy of EU Member States that EU consumers have the right to engage in personal cross-border shopping with very few exceptions and restrictions. There's good reasons for this. Opening up competition for goods and services increases efficiencies, reduces prices and rewards producers and suppliers that can meet customers needs. Costs fall, money goes further and the overall societal wellbeing increases. In the absence of competition, inefficiencies are sheltered behind national tariff and non-tariff barriers. There's nothing particularly novel or unusual about this, it's the standard philosophy of free trade that has been accepted economic theory for a couple of centuries now.Everyone spending their money in the North on, booze, groceries, etc? Will those people look to the same stores and local Goverment up there for their kids holiday work, sponsoring local community activity, and payment of grants, SW, etc? No they won't, but they'll make an awful lot of noise when they come down here again.