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Archives for January 2011

*NEW* Warburtons Gluten Free & Wheat Free bread 600g £2.39 @ Sainsbury's
Warburtons have now launched their own range called 'Warburtons Gluten free & wheat free' Sainsbury's have got it on an 'introductory offer' of £2.39 Brown Bread (Sainsbury's Online Item code: 7427063) - A source of fibre with a wonderful texture and taste, our deliciously soft Gluten-Free & Wheat-Free brown loaves are…
Wet shaving costs
A while back I pretty much stopped shaving by limiting it to once a week. The cost of Mach3 blades has risen, the last resort I thought was learn to shave with a cut throat, or was it. Recently I've found a cheap (but not as cost effective as the cut throat method), it's called a double-edge razor. The blades can be bought…
Sainsburys useless customer service
I regularly have groceries delivered from Asda and Tesco but decided to give Sainsburys a go because I had a code for free delivery. First they came well before the time slot which annoyed me because it was lucky that I was in. Then I spotted that I'd been charged 10 times for a pack of chicken fillets!!! This meant that…
Best times to get reduced stuff in supermarkets
Hi all :) Sorry if there are threads on this already, but does anyone have any idea as to when the best times/days are to get the reduced stuff in supermarkets in the reduced sections? Such as reduced fresh meat, fish etc and stuff that can be frozen. I'm interested in Tesco, Morrisons, Co-op and Lidl mainly. Thanks. :)
Sainsburys help please
I spent ages trailing round and round SainsB looking for Wheatgerm and Bran, loose, to add to my bread. Does anybody know where they keep it? I tried home baking & flour, and then the herbs & spices aisles, and cannot see it !
Coop cocktail sausages 500g for 25p
Hi, I was in my local Co-op today and picked up a pack of their own brand frozen cocktail sausages which were part of their Christmas party range. I think the display said 5 items for £3 pound. The 500g bag was marked £1 but when I got to the till they were 25p. They can be cooked from frozen or defrosted and grilled or…
Surf small & mighty with essential oils liquid detergent- 54 washes- £6
Just been into Morrisons and saw these( 1.89 Litres) bottles. Couldn't find this posted elsewhere:) Hope it helps:)
Snack Pack Bags £1 at asda (list in post)
All on offer at £1 at Asda (prices at Tesco and Sainsburys between £1.30 & £1.60 each) Cadbury Mini Animals 8 x 25g bags Maryland Choc Chip Cookies Minis Snack Packs 6 x 30g bags Burton's Mini Jammie Dodgers Lunch Packs 7 x 20g packs Burton's Wagon Wheels Original 6 pack Burton's Jammie Wagon Wheels Original 6 pack
Snack Pack Bags £1 at asda eg.Animals,Maryland Cookies,Jamie Dodgers (list in post)
All on offer at £1 at Asda (prices at Tesco and Sainsburys between £1.30 & £1.60 each) Cadbury Mini Animals 8 x 25g bags Maryland Choc Chip Cookies Minis Snack Packs 6 x 30g bags Burton's Mini Jammie Dodgers Lunch Packs 7 x 20g packs Burton's Wagon Wheels Original 6 pack Burton's Jammie Wagon Wheels Original 6 pack
ASDA Iced Donuts - Box of 12 £2 (usually £3)
ASDA Iced Donuts - Box of 12 £2 Usually £3 - and so yummy ............
Sainsburys offer until 1/2/11 but...
We use Rice Bran Oil for shallow frying or in the Actifry and I have just noticed it is on offer in Sainsburys until Tuesday 1st Feb. What I need to know is will it still be on the offer actually on Tuesday or will the offer be finished midnight on Monday night? The reason I ask is that Sainsburys is the opposite side of…
Jamie oliver help
Hi there, Dont know if im posting in the right place so forgive me if im not. I saw on jamies 30 min meals a fantastic recepie for pizza which i quite fancied splurging on for valentines day. However i have become stuck trying to look for different varietys of tomatoes and like a puff pastry sweet twist biscuit. Its his…
Sainsburys half price salad dressing
Sainsburys have salad dressing down to 59p and scrummy chocolate fudge cake half price for £3. Enjoy.
Sunflower Hearts
Has anyone seen sunflower hearts in any of the supermarkets? Tesco & Lidl used to sell them but I've not seen them for a long time.
Asda 12 * Pampers Baby Wipes for £4.57
I went to my local Asdas yesterday and they had these boxes of pampers fragrance free baby wipes. Inside the box are 3 sealed packs of 4 baby wipes so 12 packs in total. The price is £4.57 which works out less than 40p a packet! When they went through the checkout they wouldn't scan but the person that put them through…
Bulk Buying pulses
I am just wondering where you all buy your pulses from? I am buying mine from Asda atm, I pay about £1 for a bag of red lentils, the bag isn't huge, I would say I only get about 4 pans of soup from it. These are non-soak variety of lentil, is there anywhere else I could source them from? Thanks
ASDA Extra Special Hand Finished Carrot Cake - 6 Servings £1.50
ASDA Extra Special Hand Finished Carrot Cake - 6 Servings £1.50 Tastes lovely - great price
Asda Carrots (1Kg) 50p
Asda Carrots (1Kg) 50p British carrots - same weight bag £1.20 at Tesco and £1.10 at Sainsburys
Gressingham Foods Whole Duck - Half Price - £3.49kg at Tesco
Gressingham Foods Whole Duck - Half Price - £3.49kg at Tesco Great price - means a big 3kg duck is £11.25 instead of £22.50
Healthy Living Diced Chicken Breast 377g £1.94 - Half Price at Tesco
Healthy Living Diced Chicken Breast 377g £1.94 - Half Price at Tesco Usually £3.89

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