I agree about the coke thing - I think the supermarket versions normally taste awful, although you’re right - they probably are made in the same place as the branded ones. I’d draw the line at describing Bernard Matthew’s products as superior though!

Now something I think has been instilled in me from an early age when I was shopping in the supermarket with my mum is checking the best before and use by dates on food. You can’t fool me, I’ll always reach to the back! As someone who hates throwing out food ( the statistics on how much food is wasted in the UK each year is criminal), I like to make sure that the groceries I buy have the longest possible dates on them to give us longer to keep them before they need eating.

This has caused me, on occasions, to attract a few bewildered looks from fellow shoppers I stand in the fruit and veg aisle removing box after box of cherry tomatoes just to make sure the box right at the bottom, right at the back can’t be kept fro one day longer than all the other boxes! Maybe it’s a slight form of OCD (it’s suggested we all have it to a certain extent) but I just can’t leave it until I know. It’s the same for cartons of milk. If you see me out shopping I may be surrounded by several two-pinters while I ensure I find the milk that lasts the longest. In a way, maybe people like me are causing more issues by not simply buying the products at the front of the shelf - if no one buys them more food will be wasted… Then again, I suppose it’s also balanced out by those of us who head straight to the reduced items in the supermarket with the produce that’s been marked down because it must be eaten that day. So, which category do you fall into?