Shopping around

The Ausfood search will be conducted at all levels, from the major supermarkets (sometimes known as the duopoly), through the second tier supermarkets, the Queen Vic market and other suburban markets, down to the farmer’s markets and those stores who see themselves as specialising in fine foods.

In this age of many shops attempting to be all things to all people, there will be greengrocers and fruiterers, butchers, cafes and home wares stores; all of these are fertile grounds for finding new products. And let us not forget the micro Australian farms; community gardens, home vegetable gardens which, if you are lucky enough, might include a couple of fruit trees and for those apartment dwellers, balconies and window ledges.

And of course there are on-line stores. At this point in time we will be concentrating on vendors where we can pick up and examine the labels and easily verify whether they are Australian grown products or not. However as time passes the search will no doubt extend to those on line vendors where it is clear they provide Australian grown products and where we cannot easily obtain a particular product elsewhere.

My very own Ausfood search will be mostly conducted within walking distance of the Trash Palace and its kitchen cupboard. This takes in the duopoly, who will henceforth be referred to on this blog as the Green Supermarket and the Red Supermarket; any one else who features will be referred to by name as it takes my fancy. I also have two second tier supermarkets, two butchers and a deli, all within walking distance.

Plenty of work ahead of me, searching through all those shelves for Ausfood products.