We had another bumper day today, the weather was lovely despite the oft mentioned rumours of impending snow (heading our way on Tuesday apparently!) and on the whole a good day was had by all!!
I had an interesting start to my working day by volunteering to collect the fresh fish order from our suppliers Sailbrand; this meant I was able to see the wholesalers for myself and also ask a few pertinent questions regarding the sourcing of the fish we stock in the shop! In future we should be able to offer more information regarding fishing methods, origin etc. All good stuff!!
After another bonkers morning, trade slowed in the early afternoon allowing Heather and I to discuss the technical merits of mangos and their position in the shop - does display position directly effect the number of mangos available to purchase at any said time - discuss!! Maybe you had to be there!!! Maybe we need to get out more often too!!
Another very interesting discussion took place this afternoon, raising the ethical dilemma between political, financial and environmental concerns ... all very thought provoking; we have a good choice in the shop at present for those amongst us wanting new potatoes - ranging from the wonderfully patriotic Jersey Royal, to some very nice Maris Pipers. However it isn't such a simple choice - the Jerseys are, at present selling for almost 5 times the cost of the maris pipers, BUT the Maris pipers are imported from Israel, and thirdly as someone quite rightly pointed out - should we actually be eating new potatoes at this time of year anyway???? Food for thought?? I thought so!!
