I got the name wrong instead of The New York Bagel Co.

Whether they are any good by comparison to a top end Bagel product I don’t honestly know. But out of those available generally at UK supermarkets they are the nicest.

Here in the UK the perception of the value of own-label products is mixed where some are cheap but rubbish quality (Waitrose Essential Bagels) and others that are as good quality as the big brands (Tesco Bagel v American Bagel Co.. The New York Bakery Co.) but way cheaper.

However, there does seem to be something happening where good value own-label products are disappearing through more shelf space being given to big brands and displacing own-label equivalents.

I use sensitive toothpaste and I usually buy the stuff several tubes at once. The big brand is Sensodyne which is good but at £5.75/75ml (Tesco) is expensive. The Tesco brand which was as good was way cheaper at around £1 making it far better value for money.

But here’s the issue, the big brands can’t compete with the quality and value of own-label products on pricing. Across three of the largest supermarkets (Aldi, Lidl, Tesco) the own-label sensitive toothpaste has disappeared with more shelf space being allocated to Sensodyne. All recently at the same time.

Agreed.

Expensive products are far from any guarantee of good quality. Cookers are a good example. The expensive ones invariably have identical components to the cheaper models such as the energy regulators or thermocouples.

That’s one lucky alignment shot indeed.

Six months!

Yes

So that Zombie apocalypse could still happen.

Liz Truss makes for a better parody version of herself than the best comedian. She’s is so inept in public.

Pretty much sums up the UK since 2010.

Russian military rapists

Evidence of rape by Russian forces

Russian soldiers raped children

Russian thieves

One of the best drama series I’ve seen.

Hollow threats. Go.

40 lines here. Using Boost For Lemmy on Android phone. Nicely intentioned but it is somewhat intrusive in its layout.

Not a surprise. The quality has dropped, they’ve priced themselves out of the market so that ordinary cafes (diners) are cheaper.

IOC officials seem to be a special breed of stupidity and naivety.

Judging by the way wages have dropped since 2008, at latest, it feels as if we’re heading for a new era of feudalism.

Is this the same chain of Burek King in New Jersey?

I know you are not joking. On top of that Ukraine provides a suitable test bed for weapons research.

When it was reported on the radio news yesterday they said “jumped into the engine”. I cannot find anything else to confirm if that’s true. Either way it’s horrific.

For a few years now I’ve thought that the food industry will feature as the next controversy as tobacco has been. Years ago I read an article about High Fructose Corn Syrup, its history and its negative effect on the liver. I can’t find the original but this one comes close. Ever since I’ve avoided HFCS.

We then have hydrogenated fats that are considered bad for the body.

The bottom line is that these ingredients are produced to make food production cheaper but at the expense of a healthy diet. Industry sector lobbying helps these ingredients to the market.