Food shopping & groceries

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.

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…

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

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?

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…

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…

I've used Stocard for the last couple of years but now it has been bought out by Klarna I want another, simple, clear place to store my loyalty cards. Android What are you all using?

Hello. I normally get the small turkey crown. Had a quick check at the supermarkets to decide where to shop this year with cost of living etc and was surprised at the difference in prices. In particular at ASDA and Sainsburys. These are all grade A British turkey. Morrison £17.00 ASDA £16.01 Now £11.41 Tesco £13.20 - with…

I normally wait until Bailey's 1L is reduced to £10 before buying at Christmas. But I haven't seen it reduced to this price yet. What price do you think it will fall to this Christmas?

Iceland are repeating their Christmas bonus card offer. If you top up your bonus card with a total of £100 by 28th October, you will get the usual £5 bonus (£1 for every £20 saved) and an extra £15 credit added in November, so a total of £120 to spend for paying £100. The bonus does need to be spent for Christmas, but it…

Lidl have introduced Lidl Pay where you can add a payment card to your Lidl Plus card / app and is promoted as "Pay with just one scan". Well that is sort of correct. Open Lidl Plus app and select your Lidl Plus card which now needs auth, either biometric or PIN, then scan it at the checkout. Put goods through and select…

Looking for shops with good stock that can beat supermarkets

I went to Sainsburys on Friday and saw a product that usually costs £7.75, but with a nectar price of £7. It's a bit of a favourite in our house, so I bought 10 of them, which should have given a discount of £7.50, but when I checked the receipt, I had been charged full price on all of them. Previously when I've had an…

My wife was in our local M&S Foodhall yesterday and noticed a few of their regular food cupboard items heavily reduced, could not work out why as the best before dates were up to 2027 on some items, can only think they are wanting to free up shelf space for Christmas stock. Anyway it was nice to get some bargains on food…

I throw away quite a bit of meat. I could go to butchers and get single portions but supermarket is easier and i think cheaper. But say like me you buy 8 chicken thighs in the carton (Aldi £2.99) and eat two today , the packaging says once opened use in 24hrs. They could be unopened and last a few days , so why can't they…

I’m not sure if I’m understanding the update that flashed up on my nectar app (and then closed and I can’t find it again). It seems to spend nectar points in store ie for money off shopping you will now have to physically swipe your nectar card down the side of the till. Whereas to get points you just scan a qr code! The…

I recenlty got into buying quality street chocolates. But they are £2.50 to £3.00 for small box. I missed the chrismas tins they do. Is there a shop that still does them. the big tins i mean. Or roses by cadburys whch are a bit cheaper.

Bargains have been thin on the ground for a long time but looks like they are fighting back. In store today. 300g Nescafe Original or Decaf for £4.50, 2L milk £1.00 ( full fat or semi-skimmed ), sugar 1kg for £1.00.

If you want your Christmas food shop delivered to your door, you'll need to pounce to get your preferred slot. Supermarkets including Asda and Waitrose are now taking bookings, and there's a trick to get early access at Sainsbury's and Tesco... Read the full story: 'Christmas delivery slots – when to book and how to sign…

I don’t normally supermarket shop online but for a weekend away with friends in a AirBnB it made sense. I had a substitution which meant I was due a small refund. However this is only available as a voucher for use online only and expires in 2 months. I contacted Sainsbury’s but they told me they are unable to give me the…