I see in one of the local papers that that nice Tory man about town Charlie Elphicke, economics adviser to the stars, is telling us we are all going to have a black christmas due to rising prices ( Dont cheer us all up Charlie!!
). Could well be true though...the way things are going. Therefore very apt in what HUMPHY says above about affordability. Affordability is going to play a huge part in the way we eat in future. Experts are telling us that food costs will skyrocket, that the days of cheap food are gone forever, so a huge tightening of the belt is about to happen or indeed is already happening. The families Charlie refers to in this article..."the low earning folk of Buckland and St Rads" and so on will have trouble making ends meet. Their efforts may well be about filling their families up rather than any other nicety.(Page 30 Dover Express article by Laura Smith, one time Dover scribe but now in the higher echelons of Folkestone central)
That oh so nice middle class habit of paying extra for your nice organic spud may well be the first for major rethink, as we have been told often enough there is no difference between organic and ordinary, except for a 30-40% added diffference in cost. Isnt all this organic stuff a conscience soothing exercise that makes those that can afford it feel good about themselves? You bet!
So that £4 Morrison option will be very welcome and no doubt Charlie will be welcoming it too. It may not furnish us with the high levels of vitamins and minerals as required by the idealists but will fill up yer empty stomach. A first priority in hard times.