The 1970s Supermarket - Season 1

The 1970s Supermarket - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes3
Datesaoût 16, 2023 - déc. 20, 2023

Episodes

Episode 1
Season 1Episode 160 min

Episode 1

The first episode reveals how the nation went crazy for convenience food, which back then came in cans, such as wartime favourite Spam. Chris Clarke also whisks up the fluffy dessert Angel Delight, and the programme explores how the rise of the home freezer heralded the birth of frozen food chains Iceland and Bejam.

août 16, 2023
Episode 2
Season 1Episode 260 min

Episode 2

This episode reveals how, with package holidays in full swing, British consumers everywhere were falling in love with foreign food, from lasagna and beef bourguignon through to kebabs and curry. The programme also looks at how Marks and Spencer introduced the ready-made chicken Kiev, and how the supermarkets started creating their own booze departments in response to growing customer demand.

août 23, 2023
Episode 3
Season 1Episode 360 min

Episode 3

In this episode, we discover how Britain's shoppers went bonkers for a bargain and how the supermarket price wars hotted up in the late 1970s.

By the late 70s, Britain's economic woes were worsening and shoppers everywhere were looking for a bargain, starting with the unforgettable summer of 1976. Whilst Britain sweltered in unprecedented heat, our supermarkets were in crisis, with fresh fruit and veg shortages everywhere due to the worst drought in 200 years.

We discover how 70s favourite SMASH came to our rescue when potatoes were in short supply and Dr Chris Clarke reveals how it was made and the secrets to making it so cheaply. In the kitchen, chef Rustie Lee puts SMASH to the taste test against home-made mashed potato.

We tell the story of how supermarkets battled it out with cutthroat prices and clever advertising campaigns, including the launch of the iconic ASDA price tap adverts.

Back in the lab, Dr Chris reveals how the puff is put into a sugar puff and we relive the launch of one of the most iconic advertising mascots in history, the Honey Monster, and the demise of his long-forgotten predecessor Jeremy the Bear.

We also tell the story of how the barcode was first trialed in Britain and how it revolutionised shopping in supermarkets forever, and Rustie compares prices as she attempts to make her own version of a Fray Bentos Pie .

août 30, 2023

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