Posts Tagged ‘thrift’
Cob Days
Posted by: Caroline on: September 15, 2009
- In: Foodies
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One of the things I miss most about Newcastle upon Tyne is the food shopping. Living in the city centre, supermarket shopping was a once monthly (often less) occurrence, requiring lugging our bags full of recycling onto the metro to an out-of-town supermarket and returning with the few basics that are cheaper from the big [...]
Secondhand shadows
Posted by: Caroline on: July 8, 2009
While browsing the google results for secondhand shopper (I like to see where I’m ranking! ) I came across Conscious Consumerism, a 2005 (I think) study into why some people prefer secondhand goods to new. One of the often quoted sales points about secondhand goods seems to be that they have a history [...]
Charity Shop Cheek
Posted by: Caroline on: February 13, 2009
This week the Times Online has a feature on their website about the Top 25 Charity Shops in Britain. It’s about how charity shops are opting out of the jumble-sale, rummage-style tradition and aiming for an upmarket boutique feel. It explains that it wants to expand charity shopping away from the currently elite student and [...]
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