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Supermarket shopping

8 posts on supermarket shopping, all written by Laura, a UK registered nurse, and sourced at the bottom of each page.

1 October 2026World food aisle plant points, a shelf by shelf guideFive different dals sit on one shelf, and each is a different plant. Here is what counts, and where two packets turn out to be the same plant.1 October 2026What is in season in the UK, month by monthIn October that means apples, pears, squash, leeks and the first chestnuts. Here is the whole year, and why it is worth shopping this way.1 October 2026How to choose a kefir from the label, not the marketingEvery kefir in the chiller looks healthy. The back of the bottle is where they stop looking the same.1 October 2026How to choose a jarred sauce by what is in itThe flavour name on the front tells you what it tastes like. The back tells you what you are eating.1 October 2026How to choose a high fibre bread in any UK supermarketTurn the loaf over. Two numbers and one word on the back tell you more than anything on the front.1 October 2026Healthier meal deal choices, picked by a nurseCalories and protein are what most meal deal rankings count. I would rather you counted fibre and salt.1 October 2026A gut friendly weekly shop list, aisle by aisleNo kombucha, no powders, nothing from the health food shelf. One trolley, one supermarket, about 26 different plants.1 October 2026Frozen, tinned and dried count, the cheap way to 30 plantsThirty plants a week sounds like a farmers market habit. It can come almost entirely from the freezer, the tin aisle and the dried goods shelf.