Michael Wright reporting from France in the Telegraph concludes that it cheaper to buy in the UK....seems bizarre.
He says "... With the advent of the nouveau pauvre – all the Brits in France seem to be poor these days, except for the ones who are broke – and the advent of an amazing new company called La Maison Shopping Services. You can now order a box of English groceries from Asda, Tesco or M & S, and Lamaison will deliver it to you in darkest France for 15 per cent of the value of your order.
Since UK prices for staples are, at current exchange rates, often at least 15 per cent lower than French ones, this has led to the crazy situation whereby it is actually cheaper for Brits living in France to have their weekly shop shipped to them from overseas. True, this does not sound ideal for either the planet or the local economy. But, as several of our nouveau pauvre friends have pointed out to me, sometimes altruism is difficult to afford"
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