A meal out with friends sees me choosing from the 'Lite Bites' menu for 'mains' and I had a 'starter' for dessert. My meal was no smaller than anyone elses - half a roast chicken, side salad and enough chips for two people. Needless to say my plate looked like it hadn't been touched when the waitress collected it. I picked at the chicken, enjoyed a good many chips (ooops) and tickled the salad. The melon balls, raspberries and lemon sorbet were very refreshing.
Why don't restaurants, coffee shops and supermarkets cater for dieters? It is big business after all. Vegetarians get an option on menus; there are Polish, Chinese, Indian and Mexican choices in our supermarkets, and yes there are some Weight Watchers products and vegetarian items in freezers. But shelf foods are not so easy to spot. There is a 'free from' quarter of a section for those with food intolerances. Packaging does have colour coding re healthy choices and how many calories are contained in 100g of the product if you want to stand there and work it out. But would it not be prudent to have an aisle, and space on a menu, especially for dieters? Calories, Points, Syns - clear guidance. Surely I'm not the only one who would give up or make an unhealthy choice because I couldn't find the 'light' alternative or recipe item contained in a Slimmers World dish.
Listen up Mr Sainsbury, Mr Morrison, Mr Asda, Mr Tesco and all directors of pub chains that offer food. Dieting is big business! You could be earning more dosh with a bit of creative thinking. Just ask a dieting member of staff. Make diet food shopping easier for 'food lazy' people like me. We don't want to waste time scouring shelves for best choices - put them together in one section please.
Yours sincerely, Slimming Sue.
I couldn't agree more, but even the 'free from' counters are lacking in choice and very expensive. No wonder most people want to stay 'fat and contented'!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell said my friend. Thinking of really writing to the supermarkets.
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