60s Shopping - food
Supermarkets were fairly new in the 60s and many people still used local shops or corner shops for their main shopping. Some of these shops were prepared to deliver to the door, but increasingly people preferred the better value and choice offered by the supermarkets. In our survey it was split about 50:50 between supermarkets and local shops. Generally people in rural areas preferred local shops. However, one woman was prepared to walk three miles to the supermarket each week!
Some of today's familiar names were there in the sixties - Tesco and Sainsbury. Marks & Spencer also sold food in the sixties, though it was considered expensive by some. Some names from the past were MacFisheries and Fine Fare.
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