Brighton & Hove specific savings

EagerLearner

Not Brighton specific but this may be of interest of anyone who wants to cut down on plastic bags for their lunches - an item called Wrap N Mat which is normally around £4.25. With Greenrewards.co.uk you can get them for £1.96 inc postage by redeming some of the bonus points - you can of course buy whatever product you want and redeem the points, not just the Wrap N Mat.

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**purpleprincess**

Eastbourne's Poundland have some pretty good bits and pieces at the moment!!

Stocked up on Simple toiletries for pressies in the year.

john539

Lidl used to be great value.
I popped in,noticed they were charging

£2.45 for 100 A4 plastic pockets.

I thought to myself that seems expensive, good old Woolies would do better than that.

I was in Somerfield, noticed they were doing them for £1.49 !

Maybe Lidl's prices have gone up a lot with change in in exchange rate & fall in Pound.
I think lot of Lid's stuff is imported.

Any comments on Lidl's value for money these days ?

Ps: Their Baked Beans are now 29p a tin, blimey !

EagerLearner

Haven't been there in ages but I suspect other supermarkets can now come close to competing as Tesco for example have now launched their own ranges that itn't Value and isn't their own brand, I forget the names. But it's basically all the standard stuff you'd need like juice, milk etc and quite good prices. They don't want to lose out to LIDL etc. Right now it'd take an hour of my time to go to a LIDL, so by the time I factor that in, Tesco or Sainsburys works out better for me personally...

However the new ALDI on London road when it finally opens may change that!

newlywed

Aldi prices have crept up over the last year too. Lidl/Aldi are still cheaper for ham/cheese (if you don't usually buy the basic/value type stuff). They do a no added water wafter thin ham which is very nice, not slimey and cheaper than other wafer thin options.

Also the gammon steaks, gammon joints are cheaper. Biscuits are a good variety at cheap prices (again creeping upwards though - still nicer than the value/basic ranges).

Lidl jar of sun dried tomatoes are £1.19 which is cheaper than the ones I saw in Tesco and Sainsbugs.

D/w tablets are a good price still compared to "brand" names

Other stuff pricewise seems hit and miss.

I only go there for some bits (mentioned above) and for a bit of variety in our food

Plus the kids like Lidl's chocolate pillow cereal so I get that every now and then as a treat.

EagerLearner

I remember at ALDI the red and / or green pesto pots being quite good at £0.99p and the parmesan also being good plus their pomegranate juice was less and still very nice. Will have to see when they open...

brightonman123

I wen to Lidl with brother, some interesting stuf there actually..

doubt i'll make it a regular thing, as bus fare would wipe out most of any savings ona small shop, and i have a reputation to maintain!

brightonman123

went past the book shop near bottom of Queens Road today, had a sign offering 'fill a bag for £10' - this side only'

no idea how big the bag is, or indeed the size of books, but you might get something interesting!

EagerLearner

Thanks Brightonman!

I must say I need to clear some clutter rather than buy more, I am terrible with books. I heard today that charity shops are booming in terms of customers, but running out of goods as people are hanging onto things for longer now rather than giving them away.

Any more news on the ALDI on London Road? Also wondered what the plans are for the open market...

purplevamp

EagerLearner wrote: »

Any more news on the ALDI on London Road? Also wondered what the plans are for the open market...

I saw a man in the store today as I went past on the bus, he just looked like a workman . I'm still hoping it'll be next week, but I won't hold my breath.