On 2017-12-23 1:35 PM, l not -l wrote:

> I am fortunate to have 7 supermarkets roughly the same distance
> from me, in different directions. Among them are stores, within
> the same regional chain, that cater to different socio-economic
> classes. I always avoid the two that cater to a wealthier
> clientele; the first third of the store space (upon entry) is
> taken up with wine, prepared and semi-prepared food. The two
> stores I shop most often cater to older people at one,
> lower-income people at the other. Those two are the stores with
> the best selection of "cook from scratch" ingredients; the older
> folks like, and know how, to cook from scratch and the less well
> off do it because they cant afford the cost of convenience (and
> may also like to cook).
>
All the supermarkets here are displaying more and more prepared and
semi-prepared meals. There's a market for them as many couples work and
new mothers are only out of the workforce for the 12 months of mat leave.
As it happens, I visited one of those upmarket stores yesterday and I
will be returning after the holidays. The meat is from their own farm or
they know the source and the quality is AAA. I know that there is no
more protein there than in the regular s/m meat counters but sometimes
it's nice to treat oneself to something special. They had veal liver and
I haven't seen that in my regular s/m for some time.