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[muladhara]

HOLY FUCK, THE CO-OP.

I bought a 500g bag of plain gluten-free flour from there the other day. It cost me £2. But I resigned myself to the fact, because I knew gluten-free stuff is expensive.

I idly decide to browse what Tesco has, since I have an online shopping account with them.

Exact same flour, but in a 1kg bag. Price? £1.70.

HOLY FUCK.

I mean.

The Co-op aren't cheap, but they're also like, not super expensive, but ooof. That makes my teeth hurt.

(Luckily, the Co-op is not a place I can easily go shopping in, anyway. I only went out of curiosity because there's one near my dentist. But I'll know to avoid them in the future).

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[sideways]

Yowch, that's upscaling it a bit. Is the co-op similar to the bulk food stores where you can bring your own containers and fill 'em up?

[muladhara]

Isn't it. Like, there's places I'd defo expect that from, but the Co-op pride themselves on giving the customer decent prices, which is why it was such a shock.

I wish it were! We do have a wholefoods shop in town that's a bit like that, though. But the Co-op is just a bog standard supermarket - it started off as a co-operative movement in the mid 1800s, and eventually turned into a supermarket chain at some point.