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  • Savvybuyer
    Savvybuyer Posts: 22,332 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 25 June 2013 at 3:47PM
    Svs A:

    As usual, check a.com before your shop.

    Sainsbury's Unbleached Four Cup Coffee Filter Papers (80)
    77p N/A
    Philadelphia Light (300g)
    £2.40 £1.00
    Philadelphia Light Medium Fat Soft Cheese with Garlic & Herbs (300g)
    £2.40 £1.00
    Philadelphia Light with Chives (300g)
    £2.40 £1.00
    Kallo Organic Thick Slice Rice Cakes - Slightly Salted Sesame (130g)
    66p N/A
    The Natural Confectionery Co. Squirms (180g)
    £1.00 N/A (also vs T)
    Fox's Marvellous Selection (400g)
    £3.00 £2.50
    Fox's Velvety Bars - Chocolate Fudge (6 per pack - 138g)
    79p N/A
    Thorntons Classic Collection (274g)
    £6.49 £2.50
    Mornflake Medium Oatmeal Stoneground (500g)
    95p 85p (subject to Morries check)
    Silver Spoon Create Orange Flavour Buttons (100g)
    £1.29 83p
    Silver Spoon Create Strawberry Flavour Buttons (100g)
    £1.29 83p
    McVitie's Medley Rocky Road (6x30g)
    87p N/A (but other McVitie's Medleys 10% cheaper than 87p via Avs S)
    The Fabulous Bakin' Boys Chocolate Cupcakes (6)
    75p N/A
    Sainsbury's Basics Pancakes (6)
    20p N/A
    Schwartz Tray Baked Piri Piri Chicken Recipe Kit (12g)
    £1.99 65p (not partic. good price per g, but nonetheless)
    Dole Tropical Gold Pineapple Slices in Juice (567g)
    £1.10 45p
    2xCirio Tomato Puree Double Concentrate (4x70g)
    Any 2 for £1.50 N/A
    Heinz Baked Beanz in Tomato Sauce Fridge Pack (1Kg)
    £1.80 £1.00
    Blue Dragon Thai Red Cooking Sauce (410g)
    99p N/A
    Sainsbury's Basics Mango Chutney (330g)
    80p (was 79p around 10 mths ago according to msm) N/A
    Heinz Baked Beanz Reduced Sugar & Salt Fridge Pack (1Kg)
    £1.80 £1.00
    Heinz Spaghetti Hoops Fridge Pack (970g)
    £1.80 £1.00
    2xSainsbury's Cooked Beef Slices (10 per pack - 125g)
    Any 2 for £2.00 N/A
    Sainsbury's Basics Carrots & Broccoli (320g)
    75p N/A
    Peppa Pig Plasters (18)
    £2.99 £1.50
    Imperial Leather Original Ivory Bars (2x100g)
    £1.00 70p
    Birds Eye Steak & Kidney Pies (2 per pack - 310g)
    £1.29 N/A
    2xSainsbury's Chicken Bite Snack Bag (5x60g)
    Any 2 for £1.00 N/A
  • purpledonkey
    purpledonkey Posts: 6,997 Forumite
    Hello fellow lurkers. I can't sleep so watching the Breakfast Club: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJYYpfVI5a4 Love Judd Nelson in this :)
    'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good'
  • dipdap
    dipdap Posts: 6,181 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hey purple donkey :)
    Historic Debt August 2009 = £63,600 10th March 2017 = £0 100% paid all gone!
    Mortgage started June 2015 = £170,000 January 2022 = £134,000
    Saving for Xmas 2022= . . Amazon £55
    If you focus on what you have left behind, you won't see what lies ahead - Gusteau
  • FunkyFeet
    FunkyFeet Posts: 1,731 Forumite
    Hello dipdap, you done at work yet? :)

    purpledonkey, don't you be talkin to em naughty lurkers, lets give em this:p, always benefiting from the great deals you all find and never saying ello, so :p to all a'you:D:rotfl:

    Right woke up and realised, I'd fallen asleep artha style...mos :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Night again all from a :o FF, due to me spelling me name wrong earlier! Oh dear me, how I was :eek: and :o

    Right, Night all, that's to me lovely fellow Mser's not you rotten nosy lurkers:p:rotfl::rotfl:
    :eek:FunkyFeet:eek:
    Elite 5:2 #19
  • Witch_Hazel
    Witch_Hazel Posts: 1,363 Forumite
    049480.jpg?v=1Hovis Medium Sliced Original Granary Bread (400g)
    Store_2.28px.png50p
    Store_1.28px.png80p
    Store_4.28px.png80p
    Store_3.28px.png80p


    078043.jpg?v=1Burton's Jammie Dodgers - Jam & Custard (150g)
    Store_2.28px.png50p
    Store_3.28px.png£1.15
    Store_1.28px.pngN/A


    256878.jpg?v=1Hovis Original Seed Sensations Seven Seeds Bread (400g)
    Store_2.28px.png50p


    254984.jpg?v=1The Fabulous Bakin' Boys Golden Oaty Flapjacks (5)
    Store_2.28px.png50p


    258816.jpg?v=1Warburtons White Batch Sub Rolls (2)
    Store_2.28px.png50p
    Store_1.28px.png80p
    Store_3.28px.png85p



    259129.jpg?v=1Warburtons Seeded Batch Sub Rolls (2)
    Store_2.28px.png50p
    Store_1.28px.png80p



    219139.jpg?v=1Imperial Leather Original Ivory Bars (2x100g)
    Store_2.28px.png70p
    Store_3.28px.png£1.00
    Store_1.28px.png£1.00



    250481.jpg?v=1ASDA Kids Bath Cheeky Cherry (500ml)
    Store_2.28px.png70p



    005246.jpg?v=1ASDA British Double Cream (600ml)
    Store_2.28px.png£1.00
    Store_3.28px.png[STRIKE]£1.70[/STRIKE] £1.50 Valid until: 23/07
    Store_1.28px.png£1.68

    005247.jpg?v=1ASDA British Single Cream (600ml)
    Store_2.28px.png£1.00
    Store_3.28px.png[STRIKE]£1.65[/STRIKE] £1.50 Valid until: 23/07
    Store_1.28px.png£1.65


    126000.jpg?v=1Birds Eye Crispy Chicken Dippers (12 per pack - 220g)
    Store_2.28px.png£1.00
    Store_1.28px.png£1.69
    Store_3.28px.png£1.69


    030939.jpg?v=1ASDA Tie Handle Swing Bin Liners (20)
    Store_2.28px.png[STRIKE]£1.60[/STRIKE] £1.00
    Store_3.28px.png£1.60
    Store_1.28px.png£2.00


    109484.jpg?v=2Nivea for Men Deep Cleaning Face Wash (100ml)
    Store_2.28px.png£1.00
    Store_1.28px.png[STRIKE]£4.00[/STRIKE] £2.00 Valid until: 01/07
    Store_7.28px.png£4.00 any 3 FOR 2 Valid until: 16/07
    Store_3.28px.png£4.00 :eek:


    046791.jpg?v=1Nivea for Men Skin Essentials After Shave Replenishing Balm (100ml)
    Store_2.28px.png£1.50
    Store_1.28px.png[STRIKE]£4.00[/STRIKE] £2.00 Valid until: 01/07
    Store_7.28px.png£4.00 any 3 FOR 2 Valid until: 16/07
    Store_3.28px.png£4.00


    250184.jpg:naughty:Thorntons Classic Collection (274g)
    Store_2.28px.png£2.50
    Store_3.28px.png£6.49
    Store_1.28px.png£7.30
    Store_7.28px.png£7.30

    001432.jpg?v=1

    Aberlour Malt Whisky 10 Years Old (700ml)
    Store_2.28px.png£18.00
    Store_4.28px.png[STRIKE]£30.00[/STRIKE] £22.00
    Store_7.28px.png£30.00
    Store_1.28px.png£30.00
    Store_3.28px.png£30.49
  • FunkyFeet
    FunkyFeet Posts: 1,731 Forumite
    davemorton wrote: »
    well almost an hour without a post, guess I best put the lights out. Night all!
    Edit: make that over an hour!

    I woke up DiM, still a tad dizzy after :beer: but see I woke up after being mos :rotfl: and you are all gone!

    what's your work related question? Will answer asap:)
    :eek:FunkyFeet:eek:
    Elite 5:2 #19
  • Savvybuyer
    Savvybuyer Posts: 22,332 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :hello:It's way too late/early now to get to Avs T/Avs S so apologies for that, in the meantime I've left some new lists (for those comparing vs A). Also - for Northern Ireland - you can add items like Jif Lemon 55p S vs 20p A (in the rest of the UK would be Avs W).

    Good morning!!:):)
    It's goodbye:wave: from me now.:cool:
  • FunkyFeet
    FunkyFeet Posts: 1,731 Forumite
    Thank you WitchHazel, nice list there:)

    Savvybuyer would ya hate me, if I asked you to post your lists in the way Witchy has? Pretty pllllleeeeaaasssseeee x 100, pleaseeeeeeeeeeee, I tell you why I said that, because I'd love to benefit from your lists but being the ditsy blondie I am, I don't atm as I don't understand them. Feel free to ignore me, it is just a request and you are of course entitled to post as you wish :)

    *FF means to harm whatsoever and hopes Savvy will not take any*
    :eek:FunkyFeet:eek:
    Elite 5:2 #19
  • Savvybuyer
    Savvybuyer Posts: 22,332 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 23 June 2013 at 4:12AM
    And there's some more real good ideas in Witch Hazel's post above.

    Except I'm getting rather drawn in by the Imperial Leather (by my fondness for it):eek: - the price per unit on A's price is even more expensive than that for the Dove Cream 6 pack at £2.00 that's way off-limit for me (too expensive;)). And the Peppa Pig Plasters??? SP Plasters etc. at 41p vs T, much cheaper. (Although the cheaper ones some say don't fix. Some of the Elastoplast 40s at the mo. are A vs T, as well as the Elastoplast Fabric Dressing 10.)

    Also, having my doubt - shall I add it, shall I not? - about 'near-miss' Scholl Dry Skin Recovery Cream (60g) T £4.99 S £3.50 A £3.00, on the grounds that I suspect someone will manage to get it on an RTC at way below £3 and send me to shame. If not however it is, barring that situation, perhaps okay T or S vs A?

    Byeeee....:wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave: :wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::D
  • Savvybuyer
    Savvybuyer Posts: 22,332 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 23 June 2013 at 4:33AM
    FunkyFeet wrote: »
    Thank you WitchHazel, nice list there:)

    Savvybuyer would ya hate me, if I asked you to post your lists in the way Witchy has? Pretty pllllleeeeaaasssseeee x 100, pleaseeeeeeeeeeee, I tell you why I said that, because I'd love to benefit from your lists but being the ditsy blondie I am, I don't atm as I don't understand them. Feel free to ignore me, it is just a request and you are of course entitled to post as you wish :)

    *FF means to harm whatsoever and hopes Savvy will not take any*

    Hi there - feedback welcome, as always, and taken on board, but unfortunately no, as my initial view is, because of the way the lists are compiled, it would take far more time than it already takes for them to be put in that format. I'll consider it further though (as to whether there is any way to do it or get around this problem). Maybe someone else can help convert some of the info. once it's on here from me?

    I am thinking of double-spacing so the items can be more easily read - although that unfortunately has the knock-on of making the posts even more lengthy. I can see how the descriptions of products can be confusing, although also I need to precise as we know how important it is to buy the exact right item for comparison. The pictures do have the benefit of being able to see the item and look for them instore - I used to print off my own shopping lists from msm.co.uk by using CTRL + P and taking that to the shops (just to make sure I got the right item, especially with ones that always used to confuse me, like numerous beauty products each slightly different names, probably all doing the same thing:rotfl:). But the printing off using the pictures used to take up too many pages - and they would cut off the names of the items at some points anyway, and the pictures get blurred off, so I couldn't see exactly what to buy.

    Now I print off lists with the product names (showing product and prices at both stores - the one being shopped in and the competitor I'm comparing to - except for Morries, I usually print a random Avs T or S for that) and, for the few items that I don't know well or fear I will pick up the wrong one, I print off the product page for that one (showing the comparison and having the picture of the product there). That's just how I now do things. I don't know if you use MSM or are trying to go solely from this forum and from my posts? My suggestion is you'll likely know the sorts of items you'd normally get - the more obscure ones you may find it useful to go onto msm.co.uk and have a look/print their product page out, to help you.

    Funkyfeet - and everyone, folks - I know my new Tvs A (in particular) at the moment is a complete confusion, of products in no order in particular at all. My apologies for that, I'll try and order it if I get time (although being honest I doubt I will) - I can only say perhaps go down the full list but taking out/writing down the products that you want from it. As FC said the other day, it's for me and others to post all the info. and for others to find it (and make whatever use of it as they will).

    Another long post....!:rotfl::rotfl:
    Bye folks!:):):j
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