Notta Lotta Dosh to fill your trolley at Farm Foods

Advantages: Inexpensive foods and lots of choice
Disadvantages: Can't do a 'complete shop' in the one store.

...opening hours for all stores classed as out of town stores are: Mon 8:00-20:00 Tue 8:00-20:00 Wed 8:00-20:00 Thu 8:00-20:00 Fri 8:00-20:00 Sat 8:00-20:00 (8:00-18:00 in some stores) Sun 10:00-16:00 (9:00-18:00 in some stores) So if you havn't tried Farmfoods because you think it's cheap and nasty - please think again - cheap it certainly is but nasty - NEVER!!! Summary: Farm foods is not a shop to be shunned but to be enjoyed...

oldchem 04.06.2009 · Read review
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Farm Food Shopping

Advantages: low prices, great for party food
Disadvantages: sometimes out of special offer products, some foods high in fat

...If you need to stock up your freezer with quick convenience foods, then this is the place to come. Very good value store, especially for things like chips/pototo products, fish fingers, chicken nuggets, sausages, sausage rolls etc. Excellent if you want party food. Not very good if you follow a healthy eating plan, and need low fat foods, as a lot of their meals are high in fat. They do a good range range of puddings, ice creams, frozen fruit and pies. Their gateaux are very good value and a good size too. Their blue and white carrier bags are free and are very strong and big, so are useful for mny other things. They are low priced, and always have a selection of good offers on - which can sometimes be out of stock....

anjib 21.12.2000 · Read review
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Farm Foods no room to move

Advantages: certain good offers
Disadvantages: unreliable quality and store size

...Farm Foods is a strange kind of shop . Some branches are really tiny and you can't move around in the shop with a pram or pushchair. Other branches are like small supermarkets by contrast and as a result the range of stock on display is much better . Also their own brand range of frozen food leaves a little to be desired . The quality is poor and unreliable in my opinion when compared to say Iceland . The bread that they sell is not always fresh and that's if they have any at all . Some offers they promote are good but a lot of them are over hyped and not as good as it first appears . All in all in my opinion a frozen food shop to avoid .There is much better value and quality to be had elsewhere....

Gardenex 22.12.2000 · Read review
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On the farm

Advantages: Good time piece models
Disadvantages: none

...This farming family 40954 made by Britain's has been around for several years I have played with it in several different play venues. Britain's makes authentically detailed farm equipment models scale 1:32 There are tractors combiners and other vehicles plus animals for the farm. So to tend the animals, drive the vehicles we need some people. The people in this farm family group are about 5cms tall .Recommended for over 3 year olds. This farm family mum, dad, girl and dog are dressed ready to work on the farm. They look a bit old fashioned really. They all stand on a base of brown mud plastic and all wear green wellies (except the dog who is not standing on mud but on his 4 legs.) . Farmer dad has brown trousers and jacket and wears a trilby hat. One hand is on his hip he is carrying a stick in the other. Mum sports a hat on her...

mumsymary 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Britains Farming Family

From Farm To Fork: The Modern Food Chain

Advantages: Eradicated some disease, some efficiencies
Disadvantages: Use of Fossil Fuels, Pollution, Destruction of the Ecosystem

...From Farm to Fork: The Modern Food Supply Chain. ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ 660;▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼& #9660;▼ The concept of a food chain is not new and the concept of "food miles" is something which more and more people are familiar with, as it is generally understood that the further that food has had to travel then the more damage is done to the environment. For many people the convenience factor of the supermarket and the perceived "choice" overrides the needs of the environment. The food chain itself is very complex and it comprises of many factors including Production at the farm (involving the use of pesticides, and other supplies); Food Processing and the Transport and Distribution network. These have changed quite...

Claiiiree 11.07.2006 · Read review
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Chapel Farm

Advantages: a nice break
Disadvantages: British weather

...I fancied going away for the weekend but didn't want to go far or spend a fortune, I didn't even want to spend £100 a night for a basic hotel so I searched for guest houses in the lake district as we don't live far from there and the countryside is lovely. I couldn't find any vacancies so I suggested a caravan to my husband, he agreed as we both think it's great for children to be outside and they love it. I search the Hoseasons website and we decided to go on Friday after school and work etc and stay until Monday as the children were off school then. We wanted a fairly basic site as we were going to take games to play at night and the netball post and maybe the swingball. After looking I came across Chapel Farm Caravan Park in Little Asby. The Hoseasons site had a caravan available for 3 nights at a cost of £165, fairly cheap...

rojm 28.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chapel Farm Caravan Park, Cumbria

Meanwhile - down on the farm!

Advantages: a great day out for young families
Disadvantages: none

...As the summer holiday approaches I have been trying to think of different places to take my daughters for days out, especially looking for places that are not too costly. If you live in the Berkshire area and have younger children, an excellent place to visit is Bucklebury Farm. The farm is in the small village of Bucklebury which is probably about halfway between Reading and Newbury and is roughly six miles along the A4 from Junction 12 of the M4. There is a brown tourist signpost signalling where you leave the main road and then it is a couple of miles along some country lanes. There is quite a large free car park when you arrive. The farm is quite small but having said that is home to a host of different animals including four different breeds of deer. These are Sika, Fallow, Red and Axis deer. The highlight of any trip to the farm...

kingfisher111 29.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bucklebury Farm Park, Berkshire

Animals on the Farm

Advantages: Great photos, educational for young children.
Disadvantages: None

...- The Book - This is a non-fiction book and as the name suggests it's focus is on farm animals. There are 7 double page spreads, each one focusing on a different aspect of the animals: * Farm Friends The first double page has two flaps to lift. There are 7 farm animals introduced: sheep, chicken, pig, duck, goats, horses and cows. * Farm Families These two pages show three animal families and give the names of the male, female and offspring: goats (nanny, billy and kid), ducks (duck, drake and duckling) and chickens ( hen, cockerel and chicks). There are three flaps to lift. * Favourite Foods On this double page spread we are told that sheep like to eat grass, pigs eat porridge, horses eat hay, goats eat leaves and chickens eat seed. There are also three flaps to lift. * Happy Homes There are three flaps to lift on one...

neenn 08.08.2008 · Read review
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Camping at Sacrewell Farm

Advantages: Good showers
Disadvantages: Loud noise from the A1 and RAF planes

...for only a short time of about ten minutes, so if you have a long shower or if you are also showering your children, the light will suddenly go off. This may be very scary for children or people scared of the dark and you have to step out the shower, unlock and open the door and wave at the sensor until the light comes back on. The washing up sink is outside so if it rains you get wet, and there is only one so at busy times you will wait half an hour to wash up. The urinal for the gents is very low so small children can use it, a nice touch. We asked to stay in the field nearest the play area so our two year old son could wander over and play but we were told this was full. When we arrived we didn?t see a single tent in the field for five days, then one tent on the Saturday. The camping charge includes admission to the farm, so if...

Shillbidder 06.08.2009 · Read review
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Good playgound, poor farm

Advantages: Lots to do for hyperactive kids
Disadvantages: The animals don't seem happy

...children! The indoor play area was only really suitable for younger children (probably under 6?s), and they had a quick look in there and played on the slides for a bit, but then decided against it. For the smaller children there?s a ball pit and padded play area. They did enjoy the animal handling, which were mainly small rodents, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. The snack bar reminds me of a school canteen, with tables and chairs that are fixed to the floor, and the food we bought wasn?t really anything special. I would definitely recommend taking a picnic, rather than buying food in the Farm. The animals are all housed in plain fields, there?s no effort been made to adjust the surroundings to the animals individual needs, apart from a couple of the smaller animals such as the Meerkats, which have their own burrows. The animals all looked...

Fiver29 26.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Heads Of Ayr Farm, Scotland