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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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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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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…
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MSE News: Morrisons shopper? Check if you've got a share of £30 million in unused loyalty points
If you use Morrisons' loyalty scheme, check if you're due a share of almost £30 million in unclaimed loyalty points. You can use the points you've accumulated to claim 'fivers' – vouchers that expire within 12 months if they're not redeemed. With Christmas fast approaching, now's a good time to check if you've got any...…
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Lunch at work
Is it cheaper to make your own or do a supermarket meal deal? I am happy with cheese sandwich basic type things and maybe a coffee or can o drink Let me know what you do for work lunches?
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Protein drinks
I thought that being old, almost vegetarian and not fond of nuts might mean I was short of protein and was tempted by an end of line offer on a 'protein hot chocolate' powder until I looked a bit closer. I've seen the same thing at up to £20, so £2 a serving to give 20g of protein, but found that two mugs of bog standard…
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Nespresso Offer
Got e-mail this morning with offer of £15 off order and first 4000 orders get gift of festive baubles. Did quick order of 60 mixed pods and after delivery charge total bill came to £12.60, not a bad price 21p per pod if anyone is wanting to stock up for the festive season.
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Iceland online food shopping delivery charges.
A warning to potential Iceland shoppers that they are charging for free delivery from next Monday. I was looking at getting my Xmas food shopping from them and on Sunday it is free delivery for over £40 but from 16/12/25 there is a £2 fee plus the £1 odd pick and pack fee. I don't know what the charges are for the run up…
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Weirdest Christmas flavours | 2025
A few years ago we heard about Five Guys bringing out a 'pigs in blankets milkshake', so for the past few years we've been asking... What strange Christmas flavour items are you seeing? Weirdest Christmas flavours 2022 Weirdest Christmas flavours 2023 Weirdest Christmas flavours 2024
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I've reduced by food shop by 63% just by switching to non branded food.
1 year ago I was almost always buying branded food, mcVities, Walkers, McCain's, Heinz etc basically everything was branded, even bread. Now I've switched out almost every branded item for a non branded variant and my monthly food spend has dropped from £400 to £150. Now I only ever buy the Tesco branded option, or…
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Lapsang Souchong -- where?
We're big tea drinkers and sometimes it has to be Lapsang Souchong... more for Hubby but occasionally I'll have some. Our reserves are depleted and so I went to our Sainsbury's to get some new. Nope. No LS, not from SB, not from Twinings, not from anybody. SB even don't show it in their online search anymore. Tesco should…