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Archives for December 2015

Tesco. Smarties festive sharing block 25p
These are now 25p in tesco. 120g bar, ours have sell by date of 09/2016.
Spirits - how long can you keep them for?
Once a bottle of whisky or brandy has been opened, for how long does it remain good?
Lakelan hampers very reduced
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/Christmas/hampers/
Waitrose half price event
Waitrose half price event starts today, looks like some good offers. Don't know if any can be combined with 20% pick your own offer.
Easter Eggs
Spotted today in Poundland . Both full sized and bags of mini eggs:(
Chocolate santas
Tesco has large chocolate santas etc significantly reduced (from about £9 to £2) with BBE of Oct 2016. Does the team think that if kept in a cool dry place (and I don't forget they're there) they'd be okay for a further two months i.e. christmas 2016? Or I might just eat them myself next week :rotfl:
Turkey Joints 1/2 Price in M&S
1/2 price on all turkey joints in M&S today. Mostly they are dated 26th (today), but you could freeze, or cook & slice & then freeze :j Hard to find this size turkey joint out of season! This is my haul:
Lidl half price weekend 2/3rd January.
Sorry if already posted, these offers are Scotland I think. 160 knightsbridge teabags 84p, these are really good, Tomato ketchup 27p, 7 unsmoked bacon rashers 79p.
When will Christmas food be reduced today??
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knows when m&s are likely to reduced their Christmas stuff, I love a good m&s bargain on chicken, fish etc which would normally be too expensive! Thanks :D
Where To Buy Breadcrumbs?
Which shop sells cheap breadcrumbs?
Asda price cutting
the Asda store i work in are reducing loads of items already all the 39p veg is now 25p mince pies from £1.25 to 50p yule logs £3 to £2 & loads of other things they have excess of might be local but maybe nationwide
Debenhams food gift question
Not sure which board to put this on; I have a food related question! I wanted to get a chocolate gift box and have Debenhams vouchers I can use (absolutely no cash to use anymore so it has to be from Debenhams as this is where the vouchers are for). The vouchers are paper vouchers so I can't use them online, only in store.…
Waitrose hampers half price
I've not tried reserving one yet but here's the link to the offer http://www.waitrosegifts.com/gifts-for-cheese-lovers?tsrc=vdna&gclid=Cj0KEQiAhuSzBRDBoZfG56bK9-YBEiQARiPcZWMbqaLoPKVsonmJHKtnmkEA0ThoZeEKsq2MEm0SMKIaAhmQ8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
Thai curry pastes...which is hotter?
Hi everyone I don't like my curries too spicy but really want to cook a butternut squash curry using a thai curry paste or sauce mix... Could anyone advise me which is the least spicy....and or recommend a paste or sauce for a Thai curry newbie to buy? Many Thanks Sleepy
John Lewis hamper £22.50
JL don't call this one a hamper, they named it a cube. Contents are Cabernet Sauvignon V9 Valle Central Chile 75cl 2014 13.5% vol Sauvignon Blanc V9 Valle Central Chile 75cl 2014 12% vol Mondovino Spicy Moroccan Seed and Nut Crackers 125g Coco Pzazz Chilli & Ginger Milk Chocolate Drops 95g Tyrrell's Tomato & Sweet Chilli…
Cheap PG Tips Teabags
I was in my local Morrisons this afternoon and they they had PG Tips Pyramid Teabags 160s for £2.00. They are in the new packaging and were on the bottom shelf of the display. The full price was £4.16. Sorry if this has already been posted. Official MoneySavingExpert insert Tue Dec 22: Morrisons has confirmed you can get…
Proper corned beef!
Growing up my family made corned beef. Bought in any shop at the time, 20 years ago, was a lump of beef and it was boiled on the hob. This was in Ireland. I loved it. It used to just fall to flakes and was my favourite dinner with cabbage and potatoes! I have never seen it in the uk but I'm now wondering if I've just…
Use by dates...
Hello everyone, hope your weekends haven't been too hectic! Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I did my big xmas shop at Aldi yesterday and didn't realised until just now that the cheese board I purchased has a use by date of today! I was wondering if it would still be ok to eat and if so how long do I…
Where to buy small Free Range Turkey
I know there is some debate about the actual welfare of free range turkey, but i would prefer a free range one still. However there's only two of us eating turkey this year and I don't want oodles of left overs and to be eating turkey curry til Feb. Can anyone recommend somewhere which sells small free range turkey (ideal…
Bournville Cocoa @ Tesco
Just an observation really - I went to Tesco today and cocoa was on my shopping list. I usually use for baking, but have the occasional drink of it too :) In the bakery section, it was on offer at £2.00 for 250g (reduced by 50p). The tube says "Cadbury Bournville cocoa for baking" - it's fair trade and the ingredient is…

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