Local Woolworths’ avo shortage leaves Capetonians desperate for alternatives

It’s bad news for health-conscious Capetonians as premium retailer Woolworths confirmed that they’re rather short of avocados.

I’m not desperate for avocados, but I know that many local people are, basing many of their daily meals around the healthy, trendy fruits. And desperate people are easy to fool, because they will do anything for their green, pulpy fix.

Still, I’ve got to say that I thought this effort might be a bit of a stretch by Woolies today:

But apparently not.

I overheard one person saying that they were so glad that “somebody had made a plan” and someone else suggesting that they “were probably organic or something”, before piling them into their respective baskets.

Eish. Good luck with that guacamole, guys.

Paste

Not an ad. Although if Woolies want to pay me in cash or kind, I’m not going to say no.

Woolies do a lot of nice products, but with good quality comes a higher price tag. That said, many of their products are worth it (e.g. their Clemengold nadorcotts): they’re nicer, they last better and they look smart on your shelf/in your fridge/atop your Karel Boyz fruit bowl when fancy-pants people come round for drinkiepoos.

And then came this – definitely the best non-citrus product that they have ever sold:

I had to rotate the image so that it wasn’t long and tall and annoying on the post, but now look at the cod. He’s the right way up, but his Linnaean name isn’t. It’s those sort of little details that prove you’re getting a genuine Woolies product and not some inferior knock off. Always check the cod and the cod name.

And any inferior knock off would be inferior too, because this is SO GOOD. It’s rich, it’s creamy, it’s very tasty, it’s (quite) healthy, and – because you need so little – pretty good value at R79.99 as well. Made in Norway – almost certainly from Fjord cods – this is definitely worth dropping into your basket on the 26th.

Lob it on a cracker, pop it on some fresh brown bread or just smear it on the kitchen wall and have some fun while you’re home alone: it doesn’t matter how you eat it. It’s just great.

6000 recommends.

Petty Peter

I don’t have a problem with anyone being religious. Just because I’m not, doesn’t mean that you can’t be.
But people like this really do give the religious (in this case, Christian, but it takes all sorts) community a bad rap:

Perhaps actually at Easter and not 10 days beforehand, Peter?

And this pathetic complaint will almost certainly be because he has seen a “Have a great Ramadan” poster at a store somewhere and is jealous of the attention that Islam is getting.

Get a life, Peter. And have a happy Easter.

More dairy issues

After yesterday’s Malan’s Dairy post, here’s another dairy issue.
This time it’s at Woolworths.

DSC_0004(1)

And they’re not even kidd… they’re not even joking.

When it comes to cattle, this isn’t a problem. Consumer comes before calf. It’s the natural order of things. But when it comes to goats’s, it seems that the kids are alright. Their need is greater than yours – and it’s a well known fact that baby goats are fully dependent on a reliable supply of Chevre.

Damn this nanny state.

Fortunately, as the notice suggests, once September comes, the shelves will once again by laden with goats’s’s milk products. Until then, you’re going to have to just go all mainstream and bovine, hipster folk.

It’s all about 6000

Incoming email from Woolworths and their MySchool programme. And I feature highly:

We’re sharing the love even more this month and making a difference.
We’ve partnered with the 94.5 KFM and Radio Highveld Ground Patrol Team to give 6000 needy school kids in Cape Town and Johannesburg nutritious lunches, plus we helped these 10 schools with a donation of library books and much-needed stationery.
Through your support we’re making a difference.

And then, on top of that (not literally), this:

It’s a fact: one unsterilised female dog and her offspring can give rise to 67 000 dogs in 6 years.
But in the last 6 years at African Tails, the opposite has happened: MySchool funds have helped sterilise a whopping 6000 animals (mostly dogs, and some cats)!

You can read more about that second story here.

I’m no huge fan of Woolworths (we’ve crossed swords on more than one occasion), but I don’t see why people don’t get MySchool cards. There’s absolutely no extra cost to the customer, there are discounts on items in store and part of your spend goes towards a good cause, like those above.

You can apply online here. Go do it and help out another 6000 needy individuals.