BOGOF deals face axe despite government predicting minimal impact on calorie consumption
Greg Smith, the MP for Buckingham, calls the decision ‘nuts’ as analysis shows a child’s calorie intake will only fall by 2.5
Or perhaps the problem is that our ruling system allows morons to rise to the top.
And no, this isn’t about banning BOGOFs in a time of high food inflation, banning BOGOFs when the PM is trying to get the supermarkets to insitutite “voluntary” price controls.
No, it’s worse than that. Anyone who thinks they can predict calorie consumption to within 0.1% – maybe 0.2% (for adults they’re saying 4 calories a day out of a diet of 2k to 2.5k) is a moron. That or insane.
Gove has been responsible for this nonsense in the past. He has just spiked permission for a pizza joint over “ibesity” fears.
The Advertisung Standards Authority bullied manufacturers into changing the recipes for their cereals. The ASA ! It is why CocoPops taste like the cardboard boxes these days.
And don’t get me started on plastic straws…
The same morons who have a fit of the vapours at the thought of supermarkets making too much profit.
Yes, yes we are. This is the most useless, stupid and crass government I can remember. Did you see Gillian Keegan lecturing the public to live within their means in her recent speech? Fine words from a member of a government which spunks a trillion quid a year and borrows £100 billion plus each year at ever-increasing cost.
I don’t think for a moment that Keith and his lot will be any better, but I would love to see the Tories not just thrown out of office, but utterly destroyed.
They both need to be utterly destroyed. I used to think it would be easier on the country if labour were first to face the lions, but now it really doesn’t matter which goes first. I was hoping comrade corbyn would do the trick, but unfortunately for us they seem to have survived that.
“over “ibesity” fears.”
I know it’s a typo, Otto, but what a lovely word. We needed it. It must mean being excessively Spanish or Portuguese.
Oh, and moron is the correct explanation. Necessary and sufficient, as my maths teacher used to say.
I have this amazing invention called a fridge, so BOGOF and end-of-day discounts are how I keep my food spending low. Anything that’s discounted I bring forward my spending and stuff it in the fridge until needed. 125p for a loaf? No, three loaves at 30p each. It’s amazing, I don’t know why more people don’t have a fridge.
“Necessary and sufficient, as my maths teacher used to say.” Mine liked to use “iff”.
I have this amazing invention called a fridge, so BOGOF and end-of-day discounts are how I keep my food spending low.
Exactly! I take advantage of those specials and discounts and put the extra away in the fridge or pantry for later. What kind of idiot thinks we eat both of a BOGOF all at once? I guess a big family might, but that’s still not 2 per person, it’s the family provider only buying half of the number needed. It’s about saving money, not overconsumption.