Brighton & Hove specific savings

EagerLearner · 3 September 2008 at 2:01PM

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there is any interest in a thread just about savings in Brighton & Hove?

I know that working full time I find it hard to keep track of who is doing what, and a thread for any locals might help?

Examples are currently:

HaHa Bar £10 off £20 meal
Strada free meal with voucher from current Glamour magazine
Gourmet Burger Kitchen buy 1 get 1 free
Sainsburys London road have 'I can't believe it's not butter' BOGOF
Co-Op London Road have half price Grolsh beer (I think it's Grolsh...)
Veggie Grocer on Portland road (Hove end opposite small Co-op) has huge box of strawberries for £1 today

These are just ideas and I wanted to test the waters! :T

Other ideas might be if anyone spots a good deal at M&S, BHS, restaurants etc etc...

BigMummaF · 3 September 2008 at 2:54PM

Hi EL...great idea! I'm a bit further west than you & closer to Chichester. I do envy those folks with Poundstretcher & Home bargains & the like

I frequent Barnham Trading Post about once a month, that nestles just outside the railway station. The prices are pretty good on the whole but you do need to be aware of what you can get in the supermarkets IYSWIM. I was tempted to get three tins of toms for £1 but I can get ones I KNOW we like for around 20p a tin in MrM. But then I also picked up a horseshoe gammon joint @ £3:99 per kilo:T

Still--nice shop that predominantly sells groceries, bit of local-ish veg & some bits of furniture upstairs. I also noticed yesterday they have a web-site--haven't looked yet cuz just this minute remembered about it

www.barnhamtradingpost.com

EagerLearner · 3 September 2008 at 3:58PM

Thanks BigMumma, I know, may not be many of us here but we could share what we learn... I am pretty central I must admit, and with no car, so no choice gammon for me! Will take a peek at their site though x

myzerz · 11 September 2008 at 8:56AM

This is my first post and I just wanted to say I think it's a great idea to share Brighton and Hove specific savings. I am based off the Lewes Road, also with no car, but I get about a bit, not afraid to travel for a Bargain. I'm going shopping today so I'll let you know if I see any moneysaving bargains!

EagerLearner · 11 September 2008 at 9:26AM

Hi myzerz - me too! I am near the Co-op area off Lewes road, so tend to shop there and also at the big Sainsburys and the open market. Occasionally I get the special offers at Somerfield but not much else there.

The open market is great for free frange eggs - these are just £0.95 for 6. I tend to get 2 boxes at a time and I then return the empty boxes to them to they can re-use them. I also get lemons (£0.25), garlic (£0.25), peppers (£0.50-£0.60 I think) there as they tend to be cheaper than the local supermarkets.

This week I got 2 of the special offer lean mince packs from Somerfield, just £1.75 for 400g. One was made into a chilli which does 3 dinners for the 2 of us, the other has been frozen to make some homemade burgers.

Yesterday I also realised that the Co-Op still have a loyalty dividend card, had never been mentioned by any staff (I thought they did away with this card years ago). Turns out they still do it and you get the dividend twice a year. I use the Co-Op for lots of little bits of occasional shopping so makes sense to get the card - I signed up online yesterday.

I have a pricebook that I have been putting together for 3 months now, absed on local and online prices. It also includes ALDI for some items. If you want to see it & more info, click on my username and it will take you to my blog x

newlywed · 11 September 2008 at 9:43AM

Any ideas what times the open market is open

I used to live near there but am now further away so would have to make a special trip (but have a car)

Where is the egg stall in the market? London Road end or Ditchling Road end? It's been years since I was in the market - have strong memories of mum making us go into the "stinky fish tunnel" when we were little

My tip for really good quality fish unfortunately needs a car (although they do apparently deliver too) - Springs at Edburton (near Poinings).

EagerLearner · 11 September 2008 at 9:55AM

Hi newlywed the egg place is on th London road side, they also sell cheese which is sometimes good value. I only looked at their parmesan and think that this is better value at ALDI. The cheddar is better value at Somerfield, when they do the 400g for £2 offer, who also do lean tuna and mince meat regularly on good offers.

They open most days apart from Sunday and Monday but the only day I can get there is Saturday - they seem to close 3ish or so.
Sadly we have no car so it's the open market for us...
Welcome Debbie72 - the more of us the merrier to save cash!

Brighton_belle · 11 September 2008 at 3:07PM

This is a great idea EL - well done:T . I live near the Royal Sussex County and work part time at the bottom of Elm Grove.
As you know I'm a great fan of the Portland Road veg man. I can also vouch for our wonderful butcher in St Georges Rd, Bramptons (Kemp Town) from whom I have learnt so much about cheaper cuts of meat since we took the decision to not buy meat via a supermarket anymore.
I will keep my eye out for anything useful I can suggest.
I keep meanig to pop over to the open market as I work so close and perhaps I will now, as we get through quite a lot of eggs.

bb
EDIT for those with cars, can i recommend PetrolPrices.com - it sends you a weekly email with the 5 cheapest petrol station near where you live (or work). It's very good.

EagerLearner · 11 September 2008 at 4:51PM

Hi BB - good to see you here x

I use the butcher at London road entrance of the open market as it's nearest to me, but they are always so busy I get no time to ask questions about the meat... maybe earlier would be an idea ha ha...

newlywed · 15 September 2008 at 4:01PM

EagerLearner wrote: »

Yesterday I also realised that the Co-Op still have a loyalty dividend card, had never been mentioned by any staff (I thought they did away with this card years ago). Turns out they still do it and you get the dividend twice a year. I use the Co-Op for lots of little bits of occasional shopping so makes sense to get the card - I signed up online yesterday.

Thanks for the eggs tip. Didn't realise they are 6 large free range for 95p. Makes them even better value

OH has decided he wants eggs for breakfast every day so this should save me some money

As for the co-op card, I've had mine a while as often used to shop at the Co-op by the Greyhound Stadium in Hove (it's not as busy as some other supermarkets out that way). You get extra points added to it if you have a Co-op/Smile bank account or Co-op insurance too

Not sure how many extra points you get for banking at co-op as I've only just opened my bank account (savings account) with them.

Think I got £34 for my last dividend but next one will be less (only be about £4) as I hardly ever shop there now I've started paying a bit more attention to prices

http://www.co-operative.coop/membership/membersshareoftheprofits/pointsawardedforbankingandinsurance/

Out at Boundary Road, Hove there's Tiba food store near HSBC/Woolworths. They sell jars of roasted red peppers for £1.59 - bit cheaper than both Lidl and the Portland Road man. They also sell 1kg of red lentils for £1.79 which I couldn't decide if it was a good price or not

They do loads of bits like Halva, Baklava and tinned stuffed vine leaves and lots of dried pulses, dried beans and big packs of herbs and spices too. Worth a look if you're already out that way - and Aldi is just a couple of minutes walk up the road too

EagerLearner · 24 September 2008 at 10:38AM

Hi newlywed and thanks for the info - rarely go to Portslade apart from when I need bits from ALDI. I found that their pesto was good for £0.99 and also their parmesan at £1.99. There will at some point be an ALDI on London road, so let's see when that finally happens (was meant to be early 2008, ha ha, glad we didn't hold our breath).

However on the weekend I found that ASDA at the marina do parmesan for £2 so have bought a few packs...

Tesco have today launches a range of goods which are intended to beat the likes of ALDI so may be worth considering those if you prefer not to buy the 'Value' type ranges.

We got a counter top freezer finally yesterday, for £20 second hand, let's see what difference that makes. I figure by Xmas it will have paid for itself, then in January onwards will start making us real savings.

I now have a pricebook in Excel for all local shops etc - it's only one sheet that I keep in my purse so very handy and I just scribble updates on it, then update on the PC. If anyone would like it feel free to pm me your e-mail addy. Took a few hours but will save us loads in the longterm and thought you guys might like it too x

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