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Added link to Austrian price-fixing and buying in Germany on the way - Philip - online edit of handbook/food_order.html

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<h2> Suppliers </h2>
<p>Post-Brexit, it is cheaper and easier to buy most food in Germany on the way (<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/heisse-preise-food-prices/">not Austria</a>). But see <a href="#instant">Instrant Stuff</a> and <a href="#inaustria">In Austria</a> below for things we absolutely need but are hard to find outside the UK.
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It can be more cost effective to order online and get the order delivered than to drive to a supermarket and get it yourself. Delivery costs can be only &pound;2.50 if you pick the right time. The following deliver (2018) to addresses in Cambridge:
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<li>Morrisons</li>
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<p>Think about calories as well as cost per kg or per packet. (Luke S. calculated that the curries on offer at Morrisons in 2018 were work out at 3.5p per calorie.)
Milk powder is cheapest if it is is skimmed milk but this might not be what we want (even though skimmed milk has proportionally more protein in it).
<h3>Instant stuff</h3>
<h3 id="instant">Instant stuff</h3>
It is <em>vital</em> to buy instant custard, instant oatso and instant hot chocolate. Never get the custard or oats which must be cooked, or any hot chocolate that you can't just drink as soon as you have put hot water in it. Yes, it is more expensive that the types which need cooking; no, don't buy it.
<p>This also goes for instant soups: see above.
<p>Mornflakes Superfast rolled oats have the same cooking instructions as Oatso, but do use *hot* water.
<p>See the special note <a href="thewrongporridge.html">The Wrong Porridge</a> on this and how to decide whether what you are buying is properly "instant".
<h3>Flapjack</h3>
The bulk food order quantities do not include flapjack. This is made in the UK before departure. See <a href="flapjack.html">the Expo flapjack page</a>.
<h3>Coffee</h3>
<p>
We always need instant coffee (and lots of tea-bags). The issue of ground coffee arose during 2017 as personal supplies were raided and the general appreciation of the stuff raised the possibility (in 2018) of providing this as standard expo fare.
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available all at the same price of &pound;1.01/100g.
<p>In 2019 we brought out lots of Sainsburys' Basics strong and medium-strong ground coffee and hardly any instant coffee was drunk: none at base camp.
<h2>In Austria </h2>
<h2 id="inaustria">In Austria </h2>
<p>In 2019 we tried to source more food locally but failed completely to find local supplies of milk powder, couscous,
instant porridge, ordinary porridge, instant chocolate drink. Local noodles are the same as UK but twice as expensive.
Instant Chai Milk tea was greatly enjoyed at top camp.