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Food Shopping & Groceries Sticky
🛒 Useful Forum threads from this board: * Driving to different supermarkets to save? * The Great ‘shrinking food and other items’ Hunt * Reduced bargains and yellow stickers shopping * Comparing the rising cost of milk Spotted any other interesting food shopping/groceries threads? Let me know! 🍽 Official…
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Instant Gold Coffee
I'm a philistine when comes to coffee, happy with instant milky coffee. For years been buying the Aldi own Gold freeze-dried and never used a full spoon, the last jar I started using more ( i don't think my taste has changed) I had a search and noticed others complaining. Decided as was having an Asda shop would get theirs…
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Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
This is the new Lidl and Aldi buying thread. Please report any good/bad deals, good/bad offers and good/bad products. The old thread can be found here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5960153/good-and-bad-buying-at-lidl-and-aldi-please-dont-expire#latest
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Seville Oranges 2026
If anyone spots seville oranges in one of the major supermarkets, (not Waitrose, as we don't have one anywhere close, sadly) can you give me a heads up? Thank you!
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Bargain GIANT mince pie was £8 now £1
The Brockleby's Giant Sleigher pie is the biggest mince pie you've ever seen. The come frozen so you can eat any time. Brilliant January offer here: Giant Sleigher | Brockleby's
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Cheap Christmas Veg 2025
That time of the year again folks! Aldi: 18th - 24th, White potatoes 2kg Brussels Sprouts 500g Carrots 1kg Parsnips 500g Swede Red/White Cabbage all 8p. Sainsburys: 18th - 24th (with nectar card), Carrots 1kg Brussels Sprouts 500g Parsnips 500g Swede Red/White Cabbage all 15p. Lidl in UK Supermarkets between 18.12.25 and…
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Asda hiking the price
Been buying Banks Bitter for years and up until recently it was £1.12 in Asda, they've now nearly doubled it to £2 (Tesco is £1 and Morrisons 99p), this is a massive mark up and it's not only on beer. It's been all over the news that they've got thousands of products cheaper but what they don't say is that a lot of other…
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Geek's Guide to the Morrisons MORE Scheme
It's a perpetual point of discussion as to which loyalty scheme is the best, because everybody has different requirements. The Morrisons MORE scheme is quite generous as it gives you points on every item you buy, as opposed to every £. For the mathematically inclined... When you have accumulated 5000 MORE points, this…
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Single use coffee bags
A relative uses these and currently has the Taylor’s ones. They seem awful for the environment as the packing cannot be recycled and the bags themselves seem to be made of plastic. Does anyone know of more eco friendly ones please ? Needs to be single use bags for ease as they are elderly with limited capacity
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Clubcard Challenges
Anyone else doing these? Currently I qualify for 600 points or £6 in vouchers. If I spend £44 on certain items in the next two weeks, this increases to 2950 points or £29.50 in vouchers. As I have two easyJet holidays to pay for this means I get £59 off. I'm sure I could get even more. I haven't actually bought anything I…
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Freebie hack with the Lidl Plus app
Just to recap...If you have the Lidl Plus app installed, you get individual coupons; preferential prices on some items; as well as rewards for monthly spend. Regarding the monthly spend, it's divided into tiers and the 1st tier is £10, which gets you a free sweet treat from the in-store bakery. So, having spent £10 in the…
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19p veggies at Morrisons
Not a bad New Year offer from Morrisons, they're selling the following at 19p as at 08 January... - Celery - Iceberg Lettuce - 750g Potatoes - Pointed peppers I visited 2 of their stores this week, but neither had any stock of the peppers though
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Sainsbury's Delivery Pass and Gift Card - changes to terms & conditions
I have a Sainsbury's delivery pass and usually pay for most of my order using one of their reloadable gift cards. I have been doing this for years.Last week when I placed my weekly order for delivery it had on it a £4.50 delivery cost added, despite me having a delivery pass. A phone call to their help line resulted in me…
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MoneySaver's 'unbelievable' £675 refund from Complete Savings – how to check if you can claim too
MoneySaver Ray secured a £675 refund from Complete Savings after reading our warning about the 'cashback with a catch' site's misleading 'click to claim' ads. And Ray's not the only one, as we've been swamped with similar successes. Read the full story: MoneySaver's 'unbelievable' £675 refund from Complete Savings – how to…
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Boots - no points added if you redeem a recycling coupon?
It isn't mentioned in the T&Cs but looks like boots doesn't give you points if you redeem a recycling coupon. Checked online and at least a couple of my products qualify for the usual 3 points per £1. All 3 earns below are separate transactions on different days. Spent at least £10 on the ones where i earned 500. I don't…
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M&S Chicken Leg Portions
M&S Chicken Leg Portions are very good value this week, can only presume there may be a surplus after all the chicken crowns sold over the Christmas period. Had some for evening meal and made a pot of soup and very tasty they where.
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Special Flakes
What is going on with the recipe of own-brand Special Flakes? The flakes are so hard and difficult to chew, they could break a tooth :# Lidl (Crownfield), Tesco and Morrisons have changed their recipes and the flakes are now really hard. It's possible the same manufacturer produces them for different supermarkets?
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Alcoholic drink .
This is just for Scotland . Due to the SNP government trying to stop even moderate drinkers by taxing a 1 litre bottle of spirits almost 7 pounds more than the rest of the UK you can avoid this by buying from Amazon . Just bought 8 bottles for the holiday season saving myself 50 pounds .
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Iceland Rip-off
I made an online purchase from Iceland which came to £84.25 and after the 3 for 2 offers it came to £69.69. I then had a voucher for £15 when spending over £40, bringing the price down to £54.69. One of the items was out of stock (Baileys iced yule log at half price £4) but NOT included in any of the 3 for 2. They have…
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MSE News: Asda launches first-ever loyalty scheme offering discounts on groceries
Asda has rolled out its 'Asda Rewards' loyalty scheme nationwide after trialling it in a small number of stores in England. The move means shoppers across the UK can now earn money-off vouchers to use towards their shopping at the supermarket chain. Read the full story: 'Asda launches first-ever loyalty scheme offering…
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Discount Dragon Issues/Problems
I recently discovered Discount Dragon and after placing my first order was very impressed with their choice, prices and quick dispatch, etc. However, following the receipt of my second order, I seem to have run into issues: I had an item missing and repeated attempts to contact Customer Services seem to have hit a brick…