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Brickbats To Coles

icyfroth — Sun, 17 May 2015 09:02:35 GMT

Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

Re: Brickbats To Coles

zanadoo_56 — Sun, 17 May 2015 09:15:04 GMT

You should try their online shopping - talk about angst.

No matter what you search for if there's a homebrand version that always comes up first.

Sometimes you have to wade through lines of their stuff to get to the brand names....and that's even when I've put a brand name in the search.

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pct001wine — Sun, 17 May 2015 09:21:03 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

Goodness. Buy some real potatoes and cook them. Is it that difficult ?

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zanadoo_56 — Sun, 17 May 2015 09:29:38 GMT

@pct001wine wrote:

Goodness. Buy some real potatoes and cook them. Is it that difficult ?

No, but it's a pain if you haven't much time or simply can't be bothered.

Even back in the day before frozen chips my mother would gladly delegate that job to my father.

Aside from outdoor BBQs that's about all the cooking he did.

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debra9275 — Sun, 17 May 2015 09:33:56 GMT

I'm a bit naughty. I prefer my fish n chips cooked at the fish n chip take away shop 😀

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digupatin — Sun, 17 May 2015 09:36:21 GMT

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twyngwyn — Sun, 17 May 2015 09:42:16 GMT

mmm....with loads of Sarsons Malt vinegar

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cherry*135 — Sun, 17 May 2015 10:03:33 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

First world problem. Often I find what I want isn't avail, but the home brands are there instead.

from their site

McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd and McCain Foods (NZ) Limited are both wholly owned subsidiaries of McCain Foods Limited in Canada and are part of the global McCain group of companies.

A lot of McCain frozen produce is from NZ.

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jimmy*part4 — Sun, 17 May 2015 10:05:11 GMT

I would have went with Tater Tots.

Brickbats...Never heard that term before. I like it, very descriptive!

Google image for brickbats...I picked this one....

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cherry*135 — Sun, 17 May 2015 10:29:29 GMT

I'm not familiar with 'brickbats' either.

brickbats

a piece of brick used as a missile.

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jimmy*part4 — Sun, 17 May 2015 10:38:13 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
I'm not familiar with 'brickbats' either.

brickbats
a piece of brick used as a missile.

Yeah, very funny!

The gif I posted had nothing to do with brick bats because there were only 1 or 2 that did. Maybe it's a new slang term?

I'd imagine anyone who has kids and legos has stepped on one...which I find funny too, lol.

Re: Brickbats To Coles

icyfroth — Sun, 17 May 2015 10:45:32 GMT

@pct001wine wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

Goodness. Buy some real potatoes and cook them. Is it that difficult ?

Get real. I finish work at 5 get into home around 7pm depending on traffic. After I've picked up a bit of shopping, like tohave dinner ready by at least 8pm. You think I'm going to stuff around peeling and chipping spuds and deep frying them while I'm crumbing and pan frying fish?

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icyfroth — Sun, 17 May 2015 10:52:53 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

First world problem. Often I find what I want isn't avail, but the home brands are there instead.

from their site
McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd and McCain Foods (NZ) Limited are both wholly owned subsidiaries of McCain Foods Limited in Canada and are part of the global McCain group of companies.

A lot of McCain frozen produce is from NZ.

I believe McCains source their potatoes for their chips from Australia.

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jimmy*part4 — Sun, 17 May 2015 10:54:57 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@pct001wine wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

Goodness. Buy some real potatoes and cook them. Is it that difficult ?
Get real. I finish work at 5 get into home around 7pm depending on traffic. After I've picked up a bit of shopping, like tohave dinner ready by at least 8pm. You think I'm going to stuff around peeling and chipping spuds and deep frying them while I'm crumbing and pan frying fish?

You'd think you'd find time to peel and chip them during that 2 hour drive.

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icyfroth — Sun, 17 May 2015 11:06:08 GMT

@jimmy*part3 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
@pct001wine wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

Goodness. Buy some real potatoes and cook them. Is it that difficult ?
Get real. I finish work at 5 get into home around 7pm depending on traffic. After I've picked up a bit of shopping, like tohave dinner ready by at least 8pm. You think I'm going to stuff around peeling and chipping spuds and deep frying them while I'm crumbing and pan frying fish?
You'd think you'd find time to peel and chip them during that 2 hour drive.

yeah well you tend to run into things if don't keep your hands on the wheel. This is a situation I like to avoid.

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cherry*135 — Sun, 17 May 2015 11:25:17 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
I believe McCains source their potatoes for their chips from Australia.

OK, I haven't bought the frozen chips (any brand).

Fish n Chips night = go to Fish & Chip shop and buy them cooked & ready to eat.

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***super_nova*** — Sun, 17 May 2015 12:10:23 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
Get real. I finish work at 5 get into home around 7pm depending on traffic. After I've picked up a bit of shopping, like tohave dinner ready by at least 8pm. You think I'm going to stuff around peeling and chipping spuds and deep frying them while I'm crumbing and pan frying fish?

It takes me about 10 seconds to peel a potato, and not much longer to chop it up. Lot less time than going to supermarket and trying to find the right brand. But if I really could not be bothered, I would also get it from fish&chips shop 🙂

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gleee58 — Sun, 17 May 2015 12:16:43 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Friday night I was looking to buy frozen chips. Friday night is fish n chips night, right?

I usually get either McCains or Birds Eye crinkle cut chips in an attempt to buy Australian.

So all they had in the Fridges was McCains SHOESTRING chips or Birdseye POTATO WEDGES.

All other chips, crinkle cut or straight cut, were Coles brand

So I was forced to buy Coles brand if I wanted crinkle cut. Oh it was cheap cheap at only $2 for the 1kg pack!

So manipulated.

First world problem. Often I find what I want isn't avail, but the home brands are there instead.

from their site
McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd and McCain Foods (NZ) Limited are both wholly owned subsidiaries of McCain Foods Limited in Canada and are part of the global McCain group of companies.

A lot of McCain frozen produce is from NZ.
I believe McCains source their potatoes for their chips from Australia.

Yes, they make their chips in Australia from Aussie spuds. Their frozen veges are now all imported from and via NZ.

Re: Brickbats To Coles

icyfroth — Sun, 17 May 2015 12:47:37 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
I believe McCains source their potatoes for their chips from Australia.
OK, I haven't bought the frozen chips (any brand).

Fish n Chips night = go to Fish & Chip shop and buy them cooked & ready to eat.

That's not an option, for various reasons.

The point is, Coles is funnelling customers into buying their cheap home brand product by simply not making the other brands available, which I think sucks.

I was tempted to just dump my trolley with all the other stuff in it and go to IGA instead.

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imastawka — Sun, 17 May 2015 13:59:29 GMT

I've noticed McCains has been re-packaging their vegies.

Nice new, more noticeable packaging.

Maybe their chips have run out and their new packets aren't available yet.