Diana and Roger Frost are in a large supermarket in Wembley. They shop here every Saturday morning. Their two children are at home with Rosa.
"I’ll get the fruit and you get the vegetables!" Diana tells her husband. Roger puts four small lettuces into his basket. Then he sees some large tomatoes from Holland and some very small tomatoes from Spain. He likes tomatoes very much so he takes both types.
Diana always buys a lot of bananas. They are good value and the children like them. The Frosts have apple and pear trees in their garden so they do not buy any green fruit. They also have a lot of strawberries in their freezer.
"Have you got the potatoes?" Diana asks.
"Yes, I have got" answers Roger.
"Well, you can get the cheese and olives. I’ll get the butter, milk, yoghurt and pizza."
Roger takes a ticket from a small machine and waits for his number. Then an assistant in a white uniform serves him with 350 grammes of Cheddar cheese and 100 grammes of small, black olives. Diana is very quick. Her basket is now very full. She has also got a packet of Mozarella cheese for the pizza and a large chicken for Sunday lunch. She meets her husband near the bread counter. They buy two loaves of French bread for the weekend.
"Let’s get the ice-cream and go home." Roger says. "Supermarkets aren’t my favourite places!"
"I know!" answers Diana. "You’d like to do all your shopping by computer! There are two more things on my list. We need toothpaste and toilet paper!"