Loiseau Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 My local SuperU requires customers to weigh their own bags of fruit and veg and stick the emerging price tag on. Trouble is, faced with all those rows of little pictures in haphazard order above the scales, I used to have to dart my eyes backwards and forwards, line-by-line to find the right button to punch for each item - with a steadily-growing queue forming behind me.Then it dawned on me that the price label above the bin for each veg bears a number, and - a grain of logic at last - that the images on the scales are arranged in numerical order. [:)]But how is an aging brain to retain half a dozen or more numbers? Call me weird, but I think I have cracked it. [I] For some reason I can remember many of those departement ID numbers from the beginnings of postcodes and ends of old-style number plates. I now can think "Cabbage - Sarthe", "Carrots - Isere", "Apples - Morbihan", "Tomatoes - Pas de Calais" etc. [geek]My fingers can punch those buttons as fast as those of any French housewife now!Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Buy and weigh one item at a time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 I was indeed reduced to that at times, Wooly. I suppose it would be better for the figure.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 My figure I don't worry about. But bananas are always 40, etc, so you get to know these things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Ha! Les Landes!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I agree wholeheartedly Loiseau, when buying all the veg and fruit for a week or at least several days, it is hard to remember those numbers. I would have problems too, but as I was known, I was often helped, especially by one of the ladies and she would put mine through for me no problem. The very same lady who showed me how to look for female melons, as they are the sweetest and how to test if a pineapple is ripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 [quote user="Loiseau"] My local SuperU requires customers to weigh their own bags of fruit and veg and stick the emerging price tag on. Trouble is, faced with all those rows of little pictures in haphazard order above the scales, I used to have to dart my eyes backwards and forwards, line-by-line to find the right button to punch for each item - with a steadily-growing queue forming behind me.Then it dawned on me that the price label above the bin for each veg bears a number, and - a grain of logic at last - that the images on the scales are arranged in numerical order. [:)]But how is an aging brain to retain half a dozen or more numbers? Call me weird, but I think I have cracked it. [I] For some reason I can remember many of those departement ID numbers from the beginnings of postcodes and ends of old-style number plates. I now can think "Cabbage - Sarthe", "Carrots - Isere", "Apples - Morbihan", "Tomatoes - Pas de Calais" etc. [geek]My fingers can punch those buttons as fast as those of any French housewife now!Angela[/quote] But how does that help Loiseau? Well it has obviously helped you, but I couldn't do it especially as the fruit and veg don't actually seem to marry up in any way with the dept nos. I did realise that you go by the dept no, but tomatoes, pas de calais, I could never remember that, as I never associate tomatoes with Calais.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 It's only that I can remember "62" easier than "Pas de Calais", Idun! [EDIT: Doh! I mean the contraire: I can remember Pas de Calais easier than 62, of course.] Of course, it would be a doddle if, say, chicory were labelled 62, melons 32, new potatoes 85, apples 14 etc, but hey, life is not designed to be too simple n'est-ce pas?Now come on - how do we check for female melons? Do tell.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 One of my pet hates is arriving at the weighing machine and finding someone working their way through about 10 different bags of fruit and veg.[:@] Why can't everyone just do a few at a time, and then there would be only a few numbers for them to remember as well. Mind you, in our Leclerc, you now have to choose between "Fruit, Veg or Exotics" and then find the category of fruit, say, "Pommes" and then pick the actual type, eg "Granny Smiths", making the whole process three times as long. I'm amazed how many people haven't yet realised (after 6 months) that the categories are in alphabetical order.........I find myself having to resist ripping the bag from their hand and doing the weighing for them. How sad is that!!Yes, I know, we're in the south of France and we all have hours and hours to spare, so shouldn't get frazzled................yeah, right.............[:)]Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Buy and weigh one item at a time?[/quote]Good idea - after I have weighed my first tomato it is easy to remember the number to punch for next 10. Bit slow though? And uses so many more bags.Or I could buy on a market stall where I just have to select, bag and hand over.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Our village had a market stall and one could get royally robbed, diddled out of bits and bobs of money each week, if one chose to keep shopping there. Needless to say that even in spite of me wanting to keep local entreprises going, including the market, I stopped doing just that and would buy a little fruit or veg in our hugely expensive Casino, but at least I knew what to expect to pay there. I prefer honest dealings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 I have the perfect solution for this. Mr C does all the shopping.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 [quote user="Chrissie"]I'm amazed how many people haven't yet realised (after 6 months) that the categories are in alphabetical order.........I find myself having to resist ripping the bag from their hand and doing the weighing for them. [/quote]I didn't know that [:$] [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Our Super U has lovely scales have a touch screen that start with two picture catagories - Fruit or Vegetables. Whichever one you press then shows all the items under that catagory, for instance if you have some apples - Press Fruit, press Apples, press Golden/Pink Lady/Canada or whatever and hey presto the weight and price are shown and your ticket gets printed [:)] No need to remember any numbers.By the way Coops I hate Mr RR doing the shopping.[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 In response to Chrissie: I have just returned from a quick SuperU foray, and indeed you are quite right about the Veg and fruit being listed separately. But what can one make of, under Fruits, the Citrons appearing between two types of Poire. No logic there that I can see. [:@]Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 pm'd you Loiseau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Even better solution, go to somewhere where they do it for you at the check out, for you..... I do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 When you are trying out the sweetness of the grapes in the supermarket, where do you put the pips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 [quote user="Cathy"]When you are trying out the sweetness of the grapes in the supermarket, where do you put the pips?[/quote][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 [quote user="Judith"]Even better solution, go to somewhere where they do it for you at the check out, for you..... I do.... [/quote]Intermarché do the weighing for you at the till.I also go to SuperU and Carrefour - I find SuperU more complicated - they seem to have more items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 In spite of everything, I do prefer the shops where I weigh my own rather than queue up for service.Funny how in the UK you just put the stuff in bags and the checkout staff weigh it and price it as they put everything through. (Or is that just Sainsbury's?)Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 On the first page (the one with all the section titles) look at the top, just above those headings, toward the middle, it says Private Messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 Oooh, thanks RH. I had just discovered that, so sneaked back and amended my message above yours, saying I couldn't fuind my pms, as it was no longer relevant. But you pipped me to it!Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 [quote user="Cathy"]When you are trying out the sweetness of the grapes in the supermarket, where do you put the pips?[/quote]Inside a pomegranate with all the others.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 [:D] [:D] [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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