![]() ![]() I wish I could blame the monopolistic capitalist entities, but I suspect the problem is me. Not because we have a toddler, but because I’m just so used to “popping” out and grabbing something. Molly Glassey’s freezer, bereft of ice-cream. ‘IGA just doesn’t discount junk food like the big two do’. Every day for my entire week of abstinence there was something I needed to top off a meal that I didn’t have on hand dry pasta, tinned tomatoes, tissues! I thought about going to a chemist to stock up on tissues for my snotty toddler but felt awful paying on card for something under $5 a guilt I’d never faced at Woolies or Coles, let them cop the fee. Day two and it happened again I set out to make tacos, forgetting we didn’t have taco shells, grated cheese or sour cream (don’t judge my obsession with Tex-Mex). ![]() All I wanted was half-price Connoisseur from Coles. ![]() Funky gelaterias aren’t an option in a cost-of-living crisis. IGA just doesn’t discount junk food like the big two do. So when I ditched the big two for a week, I thought it would be as simple as buying a bit more fruit and veg on my days off and dining out on self-satisfaction if all else failed.īut less than 24 hours in, sticky date pudding in the oven and no ice-cream in the freezer, I desperately wanted to flake. I’m a farmers’ market snob who supplements any weekend shortsightedness with a post-work Coles or Woolworths trip. ‘I desperately wanted to flake’: Molly Glassey, inner Melbourne Depending on your location and your existing grocery habits, shopping without the big two can either be a breeze, or an enormous inconvenience. ![]()
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