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Archives for December 2013

Need advice about incident when shopping at Waitrose
Please can someone who regularly shop at Waitrose advise? It is not my regular shop so I don't know. Today I went to a Waitrose to pick up something nice for the New year celebration. As tomorrow this Waitrose is closed, there were a lot of bargains in the store. I grabbed few things (6 in total) and went to pay for these.…
Sainsbury's Smoked Haddock @ Street.
Manager's special - smoked haddock dyed/not dyed - all @ £3.00/kg ( usual price is £12.00/kg I believe). May only be local.:j
Branston beans at Tesco
Anyone know why Tesco stopped selling them? Causing us a real problem as we don't like the alternatives.
Post your post Christmas Xmas goodies bargains here
Sainsburys had 70% off their Xmas lines. I bought: Bags of Cadbury Wishes for 45p Cadbury Snowmen and Lindt parcels for 19p each TTD Buck's Fizz truffles £1.50 Tubes of Minstrels 30p each Jars of mincemeat(400g) 30p TTD cranberry and orange Xmas pud - £3 (2lb) Large panettone £1.50 Had wrapping paper, tree decs, crackers…
Tesco Fresh Turkeys Heavily Reduced
Just popped out to our local for a few last minute bits, bagged a 9.5kg turkey originally £44 down to £13, overheard a cashier mention a £5 off voucher so hubby went off and found one, it scanned fine so paid £8 in the end. That's my freezer curries sorted for a few months HTH. Lozz x
Sainsbobs basics 18 mince pies reduced to 50p
Sainsbobs basics 18 mince pies reduced to 50p from £1.50 http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/index.jsp? Youre all probably sick of the sight of them now.. I forgot I needed them for santa.. Official MoneySavingExpert insert: Sainsbury's has confirmed its Basics mince pies (18 per pack) are reduced from £1.50 to 50p online and…
EXPIRED Sainsburys 10p veggies - today only
Sainsburys £1.00 bags of carrots, parsnips and brussel sprouts are 10p for today only. Putting it here instead of groceries because I think one day makes it a grabbit ;) Just bought them in Shirley, Southampton - proper signs up showing £1.00 reduced to 10p, not just a local or short dated reduction.
Lidl half-price weekend offers Sat. 28th - Sun. 29th December.
Last of the weekend offers for 2013. ****See your local store for offers. Mine is in the North East. Bacon medallions (smoked or unsmoked) 200g - now 94p Branston baked beans (4 pack) - now £1 Mushrooms (closed cup) 350g - now 42p. **** Scottish offers are different, see post #9 below - thanks to marris. December has been…
Farmfoods in Mold 50% discount.
For anyone in N.E.Wales, Farmfoods in Mold is opening a new store on Wed 18th Dec. The current Mold store is closing and stock is not being moved to new premises. All stock in old store will be sold off with 50% discount on Tues 17th starting (so I have been told) at 6 a.m.
Aldi Christmas Offerings And Availability??
Hello Fellow Mse'rs :) I have tried Aldi a few times over the years and have always been pleasantly surprised by the quality of their food stuffs, I noticed their advert on the television the other day for their Christmas pudding and also some fantastic looking mince pies, I have in the past tried to get things from Aldi…
Tesco Ploughmans Plum Chutney.
Bought this today. SEL said was £1.29, clearance price 32p. Not planning on opening it until Xmas. Dated:use by May 2015. Its in a cube shaped jar. Ideal for someone making up hampers
Christmas for Scrooges at Aldi and Lidl
Interesting article on Christmas food from Aldi and Lidl in the Independent this week. Are you a Scrooge or a Maidstone Mum ?…
Ham joint
Hi all, not sure if this is the right place to post but you guys are always so helpful! I need to buy a ham joint (fairly small but not too small) to feed two people and be used up before it would go off. This is as a gift to go in a hamper for a Christmas present. I would like to get the best value and yet I knew my…
Luxury Black Forest Stollen :)
Picked up one of these from Aldi , thought we would give it a taste last night , anyway the box is now in the bin and the Stollen is now inside us !! :) It was absolutely gorgeous , moist with loads of fruit and the taste of the Black Forest bit was sensational :) Now we have to go back and buy some more for Xmas !! Try…
Crabbies Whiskey Mac
My friend's DH bought a load of this from Aldi last year for about £4.79-£4.99 a bottle and finished the last bottle. Aldi have stopped selling this. Been to 5 or 6 in 15 miles radius from here. Does anyone know where he can get it? Or it is a question of him of being a tight sod and open up his THREE bottles of Famous…
Bought a can of food labelled "Bonners" - can't find ANY information about it!
It's a chicken jalfrezi curry, made by a company called "Bonners". Quite cheap (think it cost about 50p) and it's got a lot of meat, too. Packed in Newcastle for MLC Ltd Just a bit worried seeing as, like I said, literally the only reference to it I can find on the whole internet is this: approvedfood.co.uk/?pid=34658
Lidl weekend half price offers 21/22 Dec
In oxfordshire - good week for chocolate :) Oaklands British Speciality Potatoes 2.5kg - Were £2.19 now £1.09 Dulano Black Forest Ham Slices 200g - was £1.99 now 99p J.D.Gross Finest Belgian Chocolate Truffles White / Dark / Milk 150g - Were £1.99 now 99p Fin Carre Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts 100g - was 45p now 22p…
Free Co-op 400g shortbread selection via Shop Scan Save app
Need to be quick as finishes this Friday (13th)! Selected stores only so I presume the Co-ops in the petrol stations don't count. The app is free to download. I cannot find a price for it and checked the others for prices and its prob £2.50-£3.
Pate for a £ at Morrisons!
Morrisons have a range of pre-packed Pates , Brussels , Ardennes etc all at a £ :) thought we would give them a try and have to admit they are rather good :) 1 pack gave us 8 slices of toast with a generous layer on each ! 200 grms a pack so good value especially when compared to the deli prices ! Running right up to xmas…
Non Basted whole turkeys.
Over the last 10 yrs I have bought non basted frozen turkeys from Asda/Morrisons and Tesco, This year all these stores are only selling frozen crowns or basted turkeys. Does anyone know why they are no longer selling standard non basted frozen turkeys.

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