All the British foodie items I ask people to bring over that have prices on them seem incredibly cheap compared to what we pay for similar French items here, i.e. sausages, cheese, biscuits.
No such thing as a farmers market. Only ordinary markets and they are more expensive than the supermarkets and the choice is poor and the quality of the produce is naff. On top of which there seems to be an awful lot of stalls selling nylon blouses.
We can barely do a weekly or 10 day shop spending under 100 euros for the two of us, and we hardly buy any meat, don't buy fish as can't afford it, don't buy ready meals, and at the moment don't buy ANY vegetables. Usually our supermarket bill is about 130€ which is why I go every 10 days now because I seem to spend the same every time so if we go 3 times in a month we spend less than if we go 4 times! And that's not counting the monthly Lidl shop to stock up on milk, OJ etc.
Thanks for clearing up my problem with the students... That makes more sense! Well, it was quite late in the evening.