Future proofing my pantry

Grasshopper

Grasshopper

Grasshopper

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It looks like both the “C” word and “B” word are going to be affecting prices and supply chains for the considerable future and most of the media and major supermarkets are predicting some food shortages in the new year. Please don’t use this post to argue about the political aspect of this as there are already other threads for that.

Whilst I’m not putting my tin foil hat on and stocking the cupboards with 200 tins of spam and I’m pretty sure that we wont all starve. Its clear that we are likely to find getting our normal weekly shop a bit different in the new year and I’m expecting that some of the more popular lines brought in from outside the UK might be in short supply.

With that in mind I’m starting to look for more UK produced alternatives for the things I normally buy. This also has the advantage of reducing food miles and supporting smaller local businesses which can only be a good thing regardless of your political views.

I’m interested to know if others are thinking the same way and what other UK based suppliers people have found.

Here are some of my current favourites where I’ve switched to UK based suppliers which I think are just as good if not better.

Cured meats - www.duchycharcuterie.co.uk

Soft Cheese - https://parkfarm.co.uk/
 
Grasshopper said:
It looks like both the “C” word and “B” word are going to be affecting prices and supply chains for the considerable future and most of the media and major supermarkets are predicting some food shortages in the new year. Please don’t use this post to argue about the political aspect of this as there are already other threads for that.

Whilst I’m not putting my tin foil hat on and stocking the cupboards with 200 tins of spam and I’m pretty sure that we wont all starve. Its clear that we are likely to find getting our normal weekly shop a bit different in the new year and I’m expecting that some of the more popular lines brought in from outside the UK might be in short supply.

With that in mind I’m starting to look for more UK produced alternatives for the things I normally buy. This also has the advantage of reducing food miles and supporting smaller local businesses which can only be a good thing regardless of your political views.

I’m interested to know if others are thinking the same way and what other UK based suppliers people have found.

Here are some of my current favourites where I’ve switched to UK based suppliers which I think are just as good if not better.

Cured meats - www.duchycharcuterie.co.uk

Soft Cheese - https://parkfarm.co.uk/
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Had a quick look at the first link.... everything SOLD OUT!
 
I would so like to support local but it's just so damn expensive for often similar or lower quality.

https://www.duchycharcuterie.co.uk/store1/Chorizo-p209224823

£60 a kilo for chorizo?

I can get acorn fed, free range Iberian chorizo for £30 a kilo. I doubt the British alternative is going to be any better.

Saying that, I've used https://www.primalmeats.co.uk/ before and they were good quality and not excessively expensive. More than you'll pay from a supermarket of course.

They seem to have a good range of more unusual cuts (offal, stock bones etc.) and wild caught game.
 
firstborn said:
Had a quick look at the first link.... everything SOLD OUT!
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Maybe it is all sold out due to xmas web purchases, but,
if there is no deal looks like eu prices will go up 20% , so they will be able to demand more for their uk products, so the logic maybe flawed ?

https://ahdb.org.uk/eu-and-uk-import-tariff-rates-for-selected-pig-meat-products
[https://ahdb.org.uk/eu-and-uk-import-tariff-rates-for-selected-dairy-products etc]

16024930

Prepared or preserved products, 40%-80% meat content

€75.0/100kg

19%

62 GBP / 100kg


16024950

Prepared or preserved products, <40% meat content

€54.3/100kg

17%

45 GBP / 100kg
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yes - you should still shop around in the UK,
if the biggest percentage of pork products (dairy too??) comes from the eu and their prices rise 20%, then, on average prices go up,
unless we have new UK market entrants, better productivity....
 
Croissants, varieties of cheese, mussels, .... after spending a while in france, gave up eating these in uk - quality/expense/availibility.

with brexit, maybe there will be the return of the booze cruise, cheap ferry trips ?
 
Living in t'country, I can buy all of my main ingredients (meat, veg, dairy) grown and sold within a 10 minute walk, so pretty easy! Assuming sticking to seasonal veg etc.

EdwardTeach said:
Get in some frozen croissants.
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Always have a stash of frozen croissant. Not as good as on the continent but fresh and warm out of the oven they're still pretty ace.

Asked for a croissant in a Bird's bakery here shortly after I'd moved back to the UK. "Croissant? Not in here duck!"...made me laugh :D
 
jpaul said:
Croissants, varieties of cheese, mussels, .... after spending a while in france, gave up eating these in uk - quality/expense/availibility.

with brexit, maybe there will be the return of the booze cruise, cheap ferry trips ?
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won't the duty allowance still be naff or worse?

if your a smoker you could still get a free day in a foreign country though.
like easy jet to Geneva used to be as low as £20-25 fairly often from Newcastle.
250g of tobbaco was like 60-70 francs, something like 50-60 quid

50g in the UK is 20quid do the maths.

customs in newcastle airport.... Honestly flew in and out of their like 10 times a year for 3 years, never even saw anyone from customs in the declare area not a single member of staff after the passport checks

even if your only bringing in for yourself you would still save money with just like 500g

there's probably even better destinations with cheaper flights.

food though to bulky for flying obviously, don't see ferry trips to stock up on food tbh.
there's still import limits even on meat right? like 1kg or something
 
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