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supermarket

by Neil Phillips

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supermarket 05:23
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Supermarket Supermarket Supermarket Supermarket Supermarket ... [repeat]
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apples 04:51
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There are over two and a half thousand varieties of apple grown in the UK. At the height of the apple harvesting season, which apples are on sale in the supermarket? Granny Smith's, Braeburn, Royal Gala, Golden Delicious, Pink Lady maybe? Meanwhile, in a local shop, these were being sold... Braddick Nonpareil Costard Ashmead's Kernel Annie Elizabeth Christmas Pearmain Herring's Pippin Crawley Beauty Grange's Pearmain Orleans Reinette Rosemary Russett William Crump King of the Pippins Ben's Red Catshead Bringewood Pippin Sweeney Nonpareil Pitmaston Pineapple Cornish Gillyflower And the apples on sale in the supermarket, where are they from? There's a few from the UK. They may even have the farmer's face on the packaging. It's a confusing situation, We've got apples coming from all over the place..... Zimbabwe Granny Smiths New Zealand Granny Smith's Costa Rican Granny Smith's South African Granny Smith's Nigerian Granny Smith's Argentian Granny Smith's Belgian Granny Smith's French Granny Smith's Polish Granny Smith's Spanish Granny Smith's New Zealand Royal Gala South African Royal Gala Costa Rican Royal Gala Nigerian Royal Gala Polish Royal Gala French Royal Gala Belgian Royal Gala French Golden Delicious Belgian Golden Delicious New Zealand Braeburn South African Braeburn Argentinian Braeburn Belgian Braeburn Spanish Braeburn Polish Braeburn French Braeburn South African Pink Lady New Zealand Pink Lady Is this sustainability? Is this how we manage the carbon footprint? Braddick Nonpareil Costard... [apple confusion]
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alcohol 04:08
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7.30 in the morning, and they're in for their vodka Their very, very cheap, basic vodka It'll be sold out by 10, but we'll get some more by midday That will do them for the day, back again tomorrow We're very concerned about the health of the nation But we're much more concerned about our profit margin We don't condone binge drinking But come and buy our cheap alcohol Every hour is happy hour, every hour is happy hour And the pubs are empty, with their over-priced beer Increased in the latest budget Come and buy our cheap alcohol 3 for 2, 2 for 1, £30 off, 18 for 10 Take it home, drink alone, take it home and drink alone Take it home, and drink alone Load up your trolley with boxes of beer £30 off, 18 for 10 You can't go wrong, you can't go wrong We're very concerned about the health of the nation But we're much more concerned with our profit margin We don't condone binge drinking But come and buy our cheap alcohol Every hour is happy hour, every hour Bread goes up, beer goes down, drown your sorrows Bread goes up, beer goes down, drown your sorrows Bread goes up, beer goes down, drown your sorrows, profits rise Bread goes up, beer goes down, drown your sorrows Let us be the centre of your community.............
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self service 04:45
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So I'm in a 24 hour supermarket, it's 5 to 11 at night I unload my trolley on to the conveyor belt and get to the till By the time I get there, it's 11 o'clock. They said, "Sorry, you'll have to use self service from now on The computer won't allow us to go through the till." So I load up the trolley again, queue up to go to self service, while the assistant chats to another assistant on the side. Put it in the bag, put it in the bag, put it in the bag correctly. Put it in the bag, put it in the bag, put it in the bag correctly. Assistance required, assistance required, assistance required. You can't put alcohol through without assistance. Put it in the bag, put it in the bag, put it in the bag correctly. Put it in the bag, put it in the bag, put it in the bag correctly. Put the bag back, put the bag back, put the bag back 'til you've put the right amount in. Put the bag back, put the bag back, put the bag back until you've put the amount in. You don't need to talk to us, you can get your things. And go through the self serve, you don't need to talk to us. But have a nice day. Give us the money, give us the money. This is self service, so we don't have to. Just give us the money. Give us the money. Self service for your convenience. Self service so we don't have to. And we can stand around and talk to each other while you can go through. You put all the things in, why should we do it, why should we do it. Let's put it on the customer. We don't want to talk to you anymore. It's for your convenience, self service, self service. Put the bag back, put the bag back, 'til you've put enough in the bag Ad lib.........
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we are professionals 04:01
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We are professionals We have qualified personnel We visit local farms to source the best products We are experts in our field Our butchers can talk to you about any cut you like But don't ask us to perform the cut on the premises We place pre-packed coloured meat on the shelves ourselves Under the lights We take pride in how we put them on the shelves We're not exactly sure where it's from But we know that it's packed in the UK Can you smell our bread and pastries..They smell so good Our bakers heat up part-baked mass produced light and crusty rolls Look at our croissants, presented so nicely In massive plastic packaging, not currently recycled But you can deal with that. That's your problem. It's up to you We are proud to announce that this product is exactly the same price As in this other well known supermarket It's been price checked We want you to know that it's exactly the same price, exactly the same price And we're proud of that and we want you to know With smiles on our faces just like on the adverts Come and talk to us, we may give you a nice recipe, a herb recipe For the meat that you buy from us It's just like a butchers shop, just like a bakers shop Cos we are your community, Come and talk to us We've got time to talk to you, Come and talk to us We are professionals. We have qualified personnel We are experts in our field. Just like a butcher's shop, just like a baker's shop.
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dużo tanio (every little helps) 04:08
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bread 03:16
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Bread is dead Sliced up, bagged and tagged Pumped full of chemicals Never stood a chance Bread is dead A shadow of its former self Infused with fungal enzymes To give it more days on the shelf We're waiting for the outcome Of a legal jurisdiction That modern sliced bread Infringes trade description Taste was circumvented When sliced bread was invented They made a gastronomic dud In the lab at Chorleywood Improvers and preservatives Drugs cocktail in a bag What sliced bread really needs Is a fortnight in rehab Bread is dead Tasteless pulp in plastic A caving corpse of carbo-genics Bloating, sour and gastric Bread is dead Progress is a sham Save our family bakers From the bread undertakers
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green and pleasant land 03:19
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Plough the field, sow your seed Shoots burst through, tender leaves Orchard blossom, red fruit falls Sheepdog chases, farmer calls Crops ripen, harvest comes Go to market, parsnips, plums Country life, feeds itself Local trade, nature's wealth Organic balance, self-sufficient Sustainable, life-efficient Here's a contract, grow some more Have some vision, open doors Sell in bulk, think global No future in, staying local Grow with us, profit more Field to warehouse, web to door Put all your eggs, in our basket Food supply, secured by plastic Change your land, to our design Seasons spinning out of time We support British farms Now we have you in our palms Watch the knotweed of our brand Invade your green and pleasant land
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milk 02:36
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Milk in a bottle, was so simple But you turned it all around, it has now become a modern travesty. We want to know why the milk ran out when the winter snap took hold, even when we have a dairy down the road You pay less but then we pay more and we all find out that it's been a price fix That's the way the dairy tale, the dairy tale unfolds. We want to know how fresh can milk be that's been the long way round, before it turns up in our local convenience store? Let's make way for the super-dairy Where cows revolve and they're all called Mary That's the way, the way the milk trade goes. We should have known you'd take control of the simplest gift of nature, to keep us herding in our thousands through your doors They've got their names on our milk tankers Shares go up and line the pockets of bankers That's the way, the way buy British goes.
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chosen by you 04:34
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We can't go on With you taking everything Me cold and empty When you said there'd be plenty To go round, just look at us now. You sitting pretty With not one shred of pity All this was chosen by you. You can't go on Keeping me down I don't feel I belong In my own town Right from the start I should have seen you'd pull apart Everything that was honest and true. As you tighten your grip And my grasp begins to slip All this (was) chosen by you. You said it was good for me It's much better for you. You said in time I'd see Now we're finished, I do Look what you've done And how fragile we've become As you push your empires through. You said it was my choice But did I ever have a voice? All this was chosen by you. Uniforms marching by We stand in line Red Square, rising sun Fair deal for everyone Where the masses are truly classless, you said Dogma on a shelf Culture in a basket You define the things we do Bagged up, boxed in Lie back, and just give in All this, chosen by you Communism is not that far From a one-stop shed We file past hollow walls To claim our daily bread Where the fameless are truly aimless And the shameless are legally blameless, you said Vultures in the aisles Our backs against the tiles You control the things we do Strung up, hung out If we were in any doubt All this was chosen by you.
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every little helps 05:34
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One-stop, stacked up, bulk buy, come and try More choice, load up, all you need, under one roof Meal for one, dine for two, three in one, join the queue Fairtrade, free-range, store baked, fresh today Lactose-free, probiotic, Omega 3, food neurotic Wait in line, corporate smile, lifestyle, in the aisle Money-saving, micro-waving - every little helps Apples, socks, digital radio, clocking up air miles Taste the difference and carbon footprint Loyalty card, earn points, keeping track, consumer choice Big Brother, watching you, money off, you lose Enjoy rewards, on your card, redeem yourself, we charge Profit from, your loyalty - every little helps Trolleys crammed, cut-price booze, pubs shut down, livers too. Half price, half cut, off your trolley, cough it up. Long life, shelf life, sell by date, go to waste 5 a day, 3 for 2, bogof, same to you Excess, life's a mess - every little helps. Shrink wrapped, pre-packed, multi-buy, bag for life No more plastic, you can pay, for the excess, we create Bag it up, bargain buy, landfill, stack 'em high. Leaching plastic, poisoned earth, charging you, for our after-birth. Need a bag, help with packing, bring your own, position closing Save on service, DIY - every little helps In-store, on-line, town centres, in decline Town planners, back-handers, price tag, in the bag Local business, cornershop, multi-nationals, take a pop Take-over, bend-over, greedy councils, easy push-over Buy our towns, with our hard-earnt pounds - every little helps. Take a slice of your town centre, add it to our profit ledger Lay some paving, plant some shrubs Throw in a five-screen and shuttle bus In town, out of town, bit by bit, we're making ground Big shed builders moving in, every little helps Stake-out, nail-down, stitch-up, we've got you now Demolition with a mission, supertowns in spreadsheet vision Supernami, crashing through, swipe-away, me and you Town centre, take-over, identity, rake-over Community, it's all over, every little helps Bagless, faceless, legless, tasteless Cheap booze, self-serve queues, at our convenience, we lose Power centres, taking over, action now, freedom defenders Waste stackers, consumer hackers, culture smackers, profit packers Superstore, hypermarket, megastore, profit target Local, global, cultural overkill - every little helps.
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it's not over 03:44
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Communities everywhere. Stand together. They force pubs and petrol stations out of business, buy up their land. Take our school fields, cattle markets, old factories. Take bits of our high street, heritage, and put plans in to build more stores. We refuse, they resubmit, we refuse, they appeal, we refuse, they go to court, we refuse, they resubmit. Keep fighting, it's not over. Abergavenny Aberystwyth Abingdon Acocks Green Allerton Alton Ambleside Ammanford Archer Road, Sheffield Ash Vale Ashtead Ballycastle Barbourne Road, Worcester Barry Barwell Basingstoke Berwick-upon-Tweed Bingham Bingley Bridge of Allan Bridgnorth Bridgwater Brigg Bromley-By-Bow Burton Latimer Buxton Caldicot Campbelltown Castle Douglas Chipping Norton Collingham Corby Coundon Croxley Green Crumlin Cuffley Darlington Ealing Eastbourne Frinton Frome Glastonbury Greasby Great Shelford Hadleigh Harrogate Hassocks Hayle Hodge Hill Holmfirth Holsworthy Hove Huddersfield Hunstanton Kendal Ledbury Leek Leigh-on-Sea Leighton Buzzard Lillington Lisburn Louth Machynlleth Manningtree Margate Marple Matlock Middlewich Mill End, Watford Mill Road, Cambridge Milngavie Moreton Cross New Barnet New Cross, London Newport Pagnell Nottingham, Eastside Oswestry Paisley Pembury Penwortham Preston Village Ripon Saffron Walden Sandy Saxmundham Scarborough Seaton Shepshed Shepton Mallet Sheringham Shirley Sleaford Stalybridge Stirchley Stourbridge Streatham Sunderland Tenbury Wells The Wirral Todmorden Tolworth Tonypandy Ulverston Welton Welwyn Garden City West Greenock Whitchurch Whitechapel, London Witney Wolverton Worthing Ystrad Mynach

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Convenience, choice, value.

The words we once associated with supermarkets are myths and misconceptions. Behind them are ruthless profit-making mechanisms manipulating market price, supply chains, planning systems and customer buying habits.

Now, we shop according to their needs.

And new brand values - customer commitment, community engagement, responsible sourcing, ethical trading, sustainable operation - are all part of the slick PR that convinces us that they are evolving to meet our needs.

But we don't need the hearts wrenched out of towns, farmers barely covering costs, communities displaced by faceless, sterile superstores, commodities flown in from all parts of the globe, price-checks telling us we saved £2.10.

We need to resist supermarket domination; fight back, rally support, stage protests, raise awareness, speak out, write songs...

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released November 1, 2011

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