The third annual supermarket Christmas dinner taste test and some economics
This is Money Podcast
This is Money
4.1 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It might be the only time in history that four five-course supermarket Christmas dinners are taste-tested on live radio over a discussion about the state of the economy.
There’s really not much more one can say.
Other than will it be Lidl, Waitrose, Tesco or ‘the wildcard’ that proves more popular this year in the turkey, cheese, Prosecco, sprouts and cranberry sauce league?
The result, as a clickbaiter might say, may surprise you. The journey might amuse you.
Inflation hit 1.2% and the US Federal Reserve raised its main interest rate. Merry Christmas. From this week’s crew: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Rich Browning and Tom the producer.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Money, brought to you in partnership with NS&I, giving you 100% security for your savings. |
| 0:30.0 | A very warm welcome to This Is Money and Share Radio podcast in partnership with NS&I. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Georgie Frost. |
| 0:35.2 | Joining me in the studio is editor Simon Lambert, Consumer Affairs Editor Lee Boyce, |
| 0:40.1 | and special guest development editor Rich Browning from the financial website of the year. |
| 0:45.8 | And it's a particularly warm welcome to our third annual Christmas taste test. |
| 0:48.3 | Yes, it is back over the next hour. |
| 0:52.0 | The team will attempt to talk money matters such as shared appreciation mortgages, |
| 0:59.6 | a holiday Brexit tax and supermarket price wars, as they munch their way through a veritable feast of festive favourites. Who among waitros, Tesco Little and our wild card offering will win out on taste and price in a |
| 1:05.9 | completely unscientific, pointless bit of seasonal fun? There are other supermarkets available, |
| 1:10.0 | though still not where I live. |
| 1:11.7 | First, good morning, gentlemen, |
| 1:13.6 | a very merry Christmas to you all. |
| 1:16.0 | In case you'd forgotten, |
| 1:18.1 | here's a little reminder of what happened last year. |
| 1:23.4 | What we should do is agree here |
| 1:25.2 | that the only winner tonight was Christmas. |
| 1:27.9 | And the loser was definitely waitrose. |
| 1:29.3 | The only loser was Waitrose, the only winner was Christmas. |
| 1:33.2 | And Dave Lewis, if you're listening to this, you're on your way back, my friend. |
| 1:36.7 | You're on your way back. |
| 1:37.6 | I was so surprised at the price. |
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