[LISABR123]

See i was told children should not be fed low fat fOod. I mean low fat yoghurt or low fat whatever i dont , repeat dont, mean only feed them deep fried food

[The Wizard]

Originally Posted by LISABR123

See i was told children should not be fed low fat fOod. I mean low fat yoghurt or low fat whatever i dont , repeat dont, mean only feed them deep fried food

I think that's incorrect. You're right that encouraging children to grow healthily doesn't mean feed them up with food with high fat content but I think maybe you're thinking of babies with regards to the low fat thing. You don't give babies skimmed milk or low fat yoghurts because in the early stages until they are capable of extracting the goodness from solid food, milk is their only source of food. However it's important when on solids and from toddler age that they eat fresh and healthy. This is why the government have banned a lot of fried food in schools. At the school my wife works at they only have chips on the menu once a month. There's also always a low fat healthy option available too and a salad bar which the kids can visit as often as they like. It's a shame some pubs don't follow suit. You go to some establishments and everything is fried and comes with chips. Child obesity is a real growing issue in this country brought about by kids not getting enough physical exercise and sitting around indoors on games consols and also the fast food, tv dinner generation we seem to have turned into over the last 20 years. It's gotten so easy to just bang something in a microwave and stick a handful of chips in the fryer or oven that people seem to have lost the ability or perhaps the enthusiasm to actually cook from scratch. Combine that with the fact that so many people are not as physically active as they were years ago and you got a recipe for an unhealthy lifestyle.

Everybody needs to make a conscious effort to eat better and if you can avoid the kind of unhealthy frozen processed rubbish they sell in Iceland for a fresher healthier alternative I actively encourage everyone to at least give it a try.

[Grabid Rannies]

Originally Posted by The Wizard

I think that's incorrect. You're right that encouraging children to grow healthily doesn't mean feed them up with food with high fat content but I think maybe you're thinking of babies with regards to the low fat thing. You don't give babies skimmed milk or low fat yoghurts because in the early stages until they are capable of extracting the goodness from solid food, milk is their only source of food. However it's important when on solids and from toddler age that they eat fresh and healthy. This is why the government have banned a lot of fried food in schools. At the school my wife works at they only have chips on the menu once a month. There's also always a low fat healthy option available too and a salad bar which the kids can visit as often as they like. It's a shame some pubs don't follow suit. You go to some establishments and everything is fried and comes with chips. Child obesity is a real growing issue in this country brought about by kids not getting enough physical exercise and sitting around indoors on games consols and also the fast food, tv dinner generation we seem to have turned into over the last 20 years. It's gotten so easy to just bang something in a microwave and stick a handful of chips in the fryer or oven that people seem to have lost the ability or perhaps the enthusiasm to actually cook from scratch. Combine that with the fact that so many people are not as physically active as they were years ago and you got a recipe for an unhealthy lifestyle.

Everybody needs to make a conscious effort to eat better and if you can avoid the kind of unhealthy frozen processed rubbish they sell in Iceland for a fresher healthier alternative I actively encourage everyone to at least give it a try.

I think that's a deeper issue that that, much of where that occurs is more tied up with the culture of 'parents' who haven't got the inclincation for parenting insisting on having kids anyway, even though it gets in the way of their own primary impulse of indulging their own interests and gratifications before any other priorities.

[fieldgreen]

This forum was made, like, 2 years ago, i think that its time to make a decision.....

Is Iceland Food Chav Cusine?

[LISABR123]

True it was babies i think. I make my baby son all fresh veg etc. mash then freeze it. Plus give him baby cereals (oats rice etc, NOT coco pops etc!) etc to ensure he has the right mix of what they are meant to eat. My sisters friend whose baby is same age she gives packets of crisps and corn on the cob soaking in butter to 'suck on'!!!!!!!!!!

[TennisFreak08]

Originally Posted by fieldgreen

This forum was made, like, 2 years ago, i think that its time to make a decision.....

Is Iceland Food Chav Cusine?

Well, yes. Nothing has swayed me so far.

[molliepops]

Has't swayed me either as I still see many pensioners heading into iceland and I refuse to think they are all chavs.

[The Wizard]

Originally Posted by molliepops

Has't swayed me either as I still see many pensioners heading into iceland and I refuse to think they are all chavs.

Maybe that's because it's the only place nearest to them they can get to within hobbling distance. We have the same issue in our town with the local co-op. Terrible service, shocking prices and everyone moans about it yet it's always full of pensioners. Why? Because pensioners will shop anywhere that's closest irrespective of whether it's any good or not.

[molliepops]

So we are agreeing people who shop in iceland are not chavs

[fieldgreen]

The ultimate desicion HAS been made....

[Barneygumble84]

Originally Posted by molliepops

So we are agreeing people who shop in iceland are not chavs

Yes, the customers are not.

But that is not the question.

Is the food chav cuisine?

I certainly think so...

[Thrasymachus]

Originally Posted by Barneygumble84

Yes, the customers are not.

But that is not the question.

Is the food chav cuisine?

I certainly think so...

Well summed up sir

[mr muggles]

I think that in the coming financial climate, there will be more 'chavs' coming out of the closet...! I, like a fair few people I know, shop for different items at different shops, Iceland included. I try to avoid The Bully (Tescos), and go for Co-op & Morrisons where possible, but theres one or two items unfortunately I have to surrender to there.

[The Wizard]

Originally Posted by molliepops

So we are agreeing people who shop in iceland are not chavs

I don't know, when you keep going on about how much you cook from fresh, why you keep defending the place. If it's that good why don't you give up cooking and buy a load of their frozen meals instead and save yourself some money? If it really is that good why don't you put your money where your mouth is? You're telling everyone how it's ok to shop at Iceland and there's nothing wrong with their food and it isn't to be looked down upon yet you yourself wouldn't be seen dead eating one of their £1 ready meals because you prefer to cook everything from fresh. Why is that?

Surely if the food was that good and dirt cheap then everyone would be flocking there to do their shopping but they don't do they? Why? Because it's utter tripe that's why!

Iceland not only appeals to people with low income but people who can't be bothered to cook from fresh who aren't bothered what rubbish they eat. I'm not saying everyone who shops there are chavs obviously but I can certainly see why that would appeal to people like that.

[molliepops]

I think I already said the nearest one to me is miles away the savings I could make would be killed off by travel costs and parking charges. Nearest supermarket to me is waitrose, then sainsburys both a little out of my price range these days so I shop on line at tesco.

When people tell me about savings at asda and aldi etc I am quite envious as again we would have to travel to find these stores.


It's a shame because from what I remember of iceland they used to have a pretty good vegetarian section.

Oh and I have multiple allergies and my husband has issues with food so cooking from scratch is best for us so I can make sure I survive the meal and his food never touches other foods on his plate.

[The Wizard]

Originally Posted by molliepops

I think I already said the nearest one to me is miles away the savings I could make would be killed off by travel costs and parking charges. Nearest supermarket to me is waitrose, then sainsburys both a little out of my price range these days so I shop on line at tesco.

When people tell me about savings at asda and aldi etc I am quite envious as again we would have to travel to find these stores.


It's a shame because from what I remember of iceland they used to have a pretty good vegetarian section.

Oh and I have multiple allergies and my husband has issues with food so cooking from scratch is best for us so I can make sure I survive the meal and his food never touches other foods on his plate.

So therefore you've NEVER actually even tried Iceland frozen food then? Other than their vegetarian selection which must have been the time you didn't have to worry about travel and parking charges and allergies etc. So how on Earth can you comment and tell people it's fine and how we shouldn't criticise them when you don't know what it's like? Take it from someone who's actually tried their frozen food. It's worse than pig fodder.

I swear, prisoners get healthier food than this rubbish.

[molliepops]

We used to have one in my town I shopped there regularly in the 80's - 90's was quite sad when they closed.

Used to have a tesco and a big co-op too both good stores.

Sainsburys took over with superstores just out of town although tesco I see is back just a small express store but it's something I guess.

[LISABR123]

Can i please point out that chav a word from like2005 means As far as am aware 'council housed and violent'.

[ikkleosu]

Originally Posted by The Wizard

I don't know, when you keep going on about how much you cook from fresh, why you keep defending the place. If it's that good why don't you give up cooking and buy a load of their frozen meals instead and save yourself some money? If it really is that good why don't you put your money where your mouth is? You're telling everyone how it's ok to shop at Iceland and there's nothing wrong with their food and it isn't to be looked down upon yet you yourself wouldn't be seen dead eating one of their £1 ready meals because you prefer to cook everything from fresh. Why is that?

Surely if the food was that good and dirt cheap then everyone would be flocking there to do their shopping but they don't do they? Why? Because it's utter tripe that's why!

Iceland not only appeals to people with low income but people who can't be bothered to cook from fresh who aren't bothered what rubbish they eat. I'm not saying everyone who shops there are chavs obviously but I can certainly see why that would appeal to people like that.

The point you keep missing is "Iceland" is not exclusively £1 frozen lasagnas - any more than Asda, or Tesco is. Iceland is a shop, like other supermarkets, which sells a range of foods from cheap and inferior, cheap and good value, normal priced and fine etc.

People that shop at Iceland make the same choices that people shopping at other supermarkets do - they decide which items they like, which might be bad for them but tasty, and items they think are healthy and good value etc.

Therefor you cannot make judgements about people who shop at Iceland, nor judge Iceland's entire stock by what accounts for probably about 25% of what they sell.

[Jane Doh!]

Originally Posted by The Wizard

So how on Earth can you comment and tell people it's fine and how we shouldn't criticise them when you don't know what it's like?

I swear, prisoners get healthier food than this rubbish.

So have you tried prison food then, to be able to comment on it?

[Hobbit Feet]

Funnily enough I went into Iceland today, I needed tomatoes and happened to be parked right outside. I just needed them for cooking. 1kg for £2 absolute bargain.

I don't eat ready meals ever, why there is an implication in this thread that people who purchase stuff from iceland don't cook from scratch I have no idea but it's clearly an untruth.

[crazychris12]

The only things I ever buy are their £1 pizzas. Bargain or what? Don't reckon much to all their party food.

[The Wizard]

Originally Posted by LISABR123

Can i please point out that chav a word from like2005 means As far as am aware 'council housed and violent'.

Sorry it's not. The word 'chava' (charver) has been used for years in the North East long before chav was common place. It's said to derive from the Romani word Chavi meaning child, chavo meaning boy and chavvy meaning youth.

Such acronyms have since been thought up to fit the word chav.

[The Wizard]

Originally Posted by ikkleosu

The point you keep missing is "Iceland" is not exclusively £1 frozen lasagnas - any more than Asda, or Tesco is. Iceland is a shop, like other supermarkets, which sells a range of foods from cheap and inferior, cheap and good value, normal priced and fine etc.

People that shop at Iceland make the same choices that people shopping at other supermarkets do - they decide which items they like, which might be bad for them but tasty, and items they think are healthy and good value etc.

Therefor you cannot make judgements about people who shop at Iceland, nor judge Iceland's entire stock by what accounts for probably about 25% of what they sell.

I'm not saying they don't sell other stuff too but their selling point is their £1 frozen ready meals, pizzas, mini burgers and cheap fatty buffet food which is all they ever seem to feature on their adverts. I must say though they do a really good job of making such bland, tasteless miniscule portions of rubbish look so appetising.

I can't think of one single Iceland advert where it tells people about their fresh fruit and veg or healthy food. It's all the cheap stuff which is endorsed by some zeleb like Kerry Katona or that Nolan woman both of whom are loud, gobby, divorced women with multiple relationship issues known for their weight or drug problems and being in and out of rehab. Not exactly good role models unless you're a bit of a chav yourself.

The difference being, other supermarkets don't quite make cheapness and chavvyness their unique selling point though do they? Iceland seem to excel at it. Its obvious what kind of people they are trying to appeal to. Perhaps this is why it's got such a reputation for being a bit chavvy.

If Iceland doesn't want people thinking it's a chavs supermarket then maybe they should alter their selling technique and stop hiring chav celebs to do their adverts. I'm surprised Katie Price hasn't been snapped up yet or perhaps Denise Welch.

That's why mums go to Rehab!

[Dazzaschofield]

Originally Posted by The Wizard

I'm not saying they don't sell other stuff too but their selling point is their £1 frozen ready meals, pizzas, mini burgers and cheap fatty buffet food which is all they ever seem to feature on their adverts. I must say though they do a really good job of making such bland, tasteless miniscule portions of rubbish look so appetising.

I can't think of one single Iceland advert where it tells people about their fresh fruit and veg or healthy food. It's all the cheap stuff which is endorsed by some zeleb like Kerry Katona or that Nolan woman both of whom are loud, gobby, divorced women with multiple relationship issues known for their weight or drug problems and being in and out of rehab. Not exactly good role models unless you're a bit of a chav yourself.

The difference being, other supermarkets don't quite make cheapness and chavvyness their unique selling point though do they? Iceland seem to excel at it. Its obvious what kind of people they are trying to appeal to. Perhaps this is why it's got such a reputation for being a bit chavvy.

If Iceland doesn't want people thinking it's a chavs supermarket then maybe they should alter their selling technique and stop hiring chav celebs to do their adverts. I'm surprised Katie Price hasn't been snapped up yet or perhaps Denise Welch.

That's why mums go to Rehab!

Hold on, on your post directly above this didn't you defend yourself saying that chav was derived from words meaning 'young' 'child' and 'boy'? yet you then claim they cater to 'chavvy' loud gobby divorced women.

Now again, I'm not trying to pick an argument and completely respect your initial posts where you state you are personally not happy with the quality of the food and wouldn't eat it yourself.

However in your latest posts you seem intent on taking jabs at anyone who shops there!!

So far you have give the impression that anyone who shops at iceland must be fat, loud, divorced women who would rather buy themselves booze, fags, HDTVs and Xbox's then feed their children!!

If thats just your view on people that shop at iceland I'd hate to hear your views on the rest of the world...what a depressing opinion of the world you must have!!