September 2008 Grocery Challenge. Please read first two posts.

Originally Posted by jackk Hi all, just updating sig because i had to go to Asda this morning for pack lunch stuff for everyone, no more free school meals now me and OH are students, so from monday i'm needing to do pack ups for everyone. I'm hoping not to have to increase my budget because of this, but we will have to see hey. I have been looking on the pack lunch threads and have a few ideas to keep the costs down. Also for anyone who uses it, Asda are doing 2 for £1 on the Billingtons light and dark muscavado sugar, i needed some to turn my green toms into something yummy
Jackie x

are you sure you dont qualify for free meals?
surely you are on a low income then?

Hi Jinky67, sadly no i don’t qualify. To qualify you need to be in receipt of income support or jobseeker or have less than 15,000 coming in and in receipt of child tax credits. The thing is that although i get more income as a student, i have more to pay for so in actual fact i end up with less income .

Well the last few days have seen me knee deep in jars and recipe books
I have made

3 large jars Mango Chutney
10 jars Mincemeat
5 jars pickles beetroot
3 jars Red Pepper Relish

Can i have the recipe for the mango chutney and the red pepper relish pretty please Mamma67 , i made 13 jars of green tomato chutney yesterday, should be ready for xmas.

I've been hearing/reading snippets about Messers T & A reducing prices on their own label goods...anyone seen any evidence of this yet? I'm going to our 'local' MrT but because it's in the throes of major refurb, I'll have trouble finding ANYTHING, let alone bargains We get to MrA about three times a year, but if their prices are good, it may be worth going more often, even factoring the cost of petrol--cuz that's a fair bit cheaper there too

Goodmorning BigMummaF i can’t really say ive noticed yet, to the contrary actually, i almost fainted at the price of Asda’s smart price spaghetti yesterday 47p, hopefully soon some of the silly prices will soon drop a little.

Jackie x

BigMummaF wrote: »

I've been hearing/reading snippets about Messers T & A reducing prices on their own label goods...anyone seen any evidence of this yet? I'm going to our 'local' MrT but because it's in the throes of major refurb, I'll have trouble finding ANYTHING, let alone bargains We get to MrA about three times a year, but if their prices are good, it may be worth going more often, even factoring the cost of petrol--cuz that's a fair bit cheaper there too :mad:

I posted before about MrT's new "market value" F&V which are good value IMO esp the potatoes.

If you have an online account with MrT you can see the discounter here (you need to be logged in for this to work)

I dont think things are masssively reduced, but things that I have noticed that are cheaper include:

TV(Tesco Value) flour 1.5KG 33p was 35p
TV butter 84p / unsalted butter 79p was 85p
TV 6 pitta bread 22p was 26p
TV 12 bread rolls 22p was 24p
TV malt loaf 18p was 20p
TV chopped tomatoes 20p was 21p
TV kidney beans 12p was 14p
TV sweetcorn 19p was 20p
TV chicken noodles 7p was 8p
TV UHT skimmed milk 41p was 49p :j
TV tinned spaghetti 14p (not sure how much it was before)
TV strawberry whip 5p was 7p
TV jelly 7p was 8p
TV rice pudding / custard 18p was 19p
TV tortilla chips 17p was 18p
TV oats 1KG 58p was 59p (mornflake oats are still £1.01 for 2KG )
MrT liquid colour wash £1.34 was £2.48
MrT rice snaps 440g 89p was £1.11

So there's not really a big difference but they are lowering prices :j I'm not sure about branded stuff cos I never buy it (unless its cheaper ) but I assume they will be the same with small reductions.

Nikki x

angelnikki wrote: »

TV oats 1KG 58p was 59p (mornflake oats are still £1.01 for 2KG )

Wished they stocked Mornflake instore

Packet of crisps from V.machine = £0.60
(I was hungry)

50p spent on some tiger bread in Asda and between me and my husband have eaten nearly a third of it :eek:

So I have £2.20 (£52.20) left for the month.

Asda have a few 50p deals over the weekend including butter, potatoes, tiger bread sausages and a couple of other things as well.

Yours


Calley