I think some expats from UK living here do wear rose-tinted glasses. We've just come back from UK (East Midlands) and the price of meat and many other things has gone up hugely recently. We regularly buy 2 kg legs of lamb in nearby France for about 19 Euros- but I have to 'borrow' people to come and visit Pontarlier with me
For meat i recommend trying to get a card for cash&carry markets or find a friend who has a card. take a look at weekly "express" from prodega/growa: http://www.prodega.ch/de/express
My Swiss friend bought her daughter another jar of these today at Denner and was mightily surprised when I did not buy one too being a Brit 'n' all that!
Told her I can't stand the smell of them any more, let alone the taste! Loved Heinz beans on toast as a kid though!
My grandsons don't even bother to heat them up. They eat them straight out of the tin, on the hoof, still managing to natter on the phone to their mates at the same time.
Tin of corned beef (preferably Fray Bentos - why us corned beef much wetter in Switzerland?) a tin of beans. Chuck it a pan till it's hot and mushy. Mmmm.
I guess they're right when they say home cooking is much more wholesome.