Supermarket Shopping guide discussion

keith99_2

Th downshift idea was good a year ago but, as you will know if you read the thread about Tesco massive price rises, that prices have shot up on the value lines or disappeared because people have been downshifting.
In the case of Tesco, they replaced many value lines with the discounter brands at a greatly increased price, and i suspect the ever rising value gods are not just at Tesco.

katylou6180

What a fantastic site to show thing on, I am a working mother who cooks-freezes-gains bargains..I am unsure where to post the information where it would work best...

Savvyshop_2

I have saved at least40% on my weekly shop over the past 6 months. I use Sainsbury's and have downsized on many things - although some are really nasty! RAther than making a list, I have a list of the favourite meals in the household and I make for the reduced counter first. I sometimes get top of the range for the basic price. But the most important saving method is to buy a chest freezer - these start at just over £100. Not an upright - which may look classy but holds much less than the chest variety. you will save the cost in a couple of months and the chest can be stored in the garage, spare bedroom , hall or anywhyere else there is a plug. Then you go for BOGOFs, things reduced beacuse they are on the last date etc. Specially good is reduced meat. Put straight into the freezer and you can keep indefinitely. Almost everything freezes and much can be cooked from frozen or defrosted in the microwave.

Have to fly - it's thursday and mid-morning they start clearing for the weekend stuff!

oldschool

Save a fortune on food and clothes learn from your Granny! Check out a site called Love Food Hate Waste. Good ideas, as I am in my 60's lots of their ideas are things I learnt as I grew up, but for you younger people I am sure the tips and recipes will be helpful. Can't recall the full web address but google will find it I'm sure. I do all the usual things, cut up old cotton clothes for dusters, floor cloths etc., save bread bags for wrapping sandwiches or freezing bits and bobs i.e when I buy large trays of meat I break them down to enought for 2, or make enough mince for 2 meals etc. I shop in charity shops and am always getting complimented on my outfits, you soon learn to spot the quality stuff quickly, I have loads of Per Una which I love, my neighbour buys hers in M&s I get mine for a fraction of the cost in Oxfam etc and I look as good as her any day!There are always loads of beautiful baby clothes in them hardly worn as everyone gets so much bought for them.Or recycle amongst friends, pass on childrens clothes toys etc. It was always done in my family I used to long for my young aunty to grow out of her lovely clothes so I could have them. Just train yourself to think a bit differently, you will get a kick out of saving. good Luck!

oldschool

Just thought I'd remind you to keep your wits about you in that big supermarket that 'Tom' delivers for(and I'm sure they all do it). Make sure you are getting what the shelf ticket tells you. They recently had an offer on prawns stating a reduced price for 2x300grm bags, the bags were actually 250grm and yes the bar code checked out. They sent me a money card by way of an apology but I wonder how many times I have missed things like this over the many years I have shopped. If I had walked out with a 100grm bag of prawns without paying they would have prosecuted me yet in reality, they were stealing from me.

aspiringgeekygirl

Copeland wrote: »

I find that tinned the cheapest tinned tomatoes the same as the most expensive give or take the odd green tomatoe and making a large chilli or spag bol will last for a couple of meals.
Also don't pick up packs of mushrooms loose ones work out much cheaper

Good Food Magazine recommends using tomato Ketchup to soup up the taste. I haven't tried it. I shie away from Value lines but presently I am scouring the Forums with a view to get to know everybody and get my little teeth into the minutae of the Forums which I wish I had discovered before.
Last thing: Hi everyone!!!! :money::beer:

aspiringgeekygirl

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oldschool wrote: »

Save a fortune on food and clothes learn from your Granny! Check out a site called Love Food Hate Waste. Good ideas, as I am in my 60's lots of their ideas are things I learnt as I grew up, but for you younger people I am sure the tips and recipes will be helpful. Can't recall the full web address but google will find it I'm sure. I do all the usual things, cut up old cotton clothes for dusters, floor cloths etc., save bread bags for wrapping sandwiches or freezing bits and bobs i.e when I buy large trays of meat I break them down to enought for 2, or make enough mince for 2 meals etc. I shop in charity shops and am always getting complimented on my outfits, you soon learn to spot the quality stuff quickly, I have loads of Per Una which I love, my neighbour buys hers in M&s I get mine for a fraction of the cost in Oxfam etc and I look as good as her any day!There are always loads of beautiful baby clothes in them hardly worn as everyone gets so much bought for them.Or recycle amongst friends, pass on childrens clothes toys etc. It was always done in my family I used to long for my young aunty to grow out of her lovely clothes so I could have them. Just train yourself to think a bit differently, you will get a kick out of saving. good Luck!

From what I understand our Granny's the young people in their day were a lot more in touch with their ingredients and before junk food emerged as a stereotypically working class problem- less well off families were eating well. (This is a story worth recovering IMHO)
I also think we could get back to proper paper bags that were reusable instead of the plastic bags and other things our forefathers did.
Dear Granny I love your chutzpah and sense of style I can just imagine you. I am a bit of a fashion fiend myself and refuse to be pidgeon holed into the frumpy clothes older women are so often lumped with. I think this makes us women more Trinny and Suzzana and less Nora Battye.
I hope I have been able to convey something of the importance of what has gone before whilst using this precious precious technology that makes Martins Money Saving Expert Forum Participation a living reality.
blessings!
nb all this uber bargain spotting and hunting and money saving is virgin territory for me and I need my hand holding whilst keeping the qaulity sky high as I believe it is better value for money than stuff you end up throwing away.:beer:

Daisymay_2

BB78 wrote: »

I've used Approved Food a few times recently & can highly recommend them!! :T
The guy who runs it is called Dan & he is REALLY friendly & helpful. Delivery is quick & if you order enough weight wise its value for money.
The first order I placed was delivered 8am the next morning despite the fact that there had been a problem with Google checkout & my payment hadn't gone through!!
I'm not associated with Approved Food in any way other than as a customer & would definitely recommend you check them out!! :j

I put my first order in on Tues 11 Nov still haven't got it and they don't reply to e-mails, paid by PayPal so will be asking for a refund on Monday16th Nov.:mad:

I am not happy as I went back on their site to look for my order and they say there isn't one, funny I paid for it on Tuesday through Paypal! I had tried to e-mail through their site but with no luck so I e-mailed [EMAIL="dan@approvedfoods.co.uk"]dan@approvedfoods.co.uk[/EMAIL] sent 2 now with no results!!:mad:

Fussierthan

oldschool wrote: »

Just thought I'd remind you to keep your wits about you in that big supermarket that 'Tom' delivers for(and I'm sure they all do it). Make sure you are getting what the shelf ticket tells you. They recently had an offer on prawns stating a reduced price for 2x300grm bags, the bags were actually 250grm and yes the bar code checked out. They sent me a money card by way of an apology but I wonder how many times I have missed things like this over the many years I have shopped. If I had walked out with a 100grm bag of prawns without paying they would have prosecuted me yet in reality, they were stealing from me.

Keep your wits about you, indeed.

For the last year or so I’ve been keeping a much closer eye on my supermarket shopping. One thing that happens time and time again (in fact, on my last three shopping trips) is that ‘special offers’ are often still displayed as such several days after the offer has actually expired. In fact, this happens so often in Tesco’s that I’ve begun to wonder if it could be deliberate. My mother has found the same.
Check when special offers expire and check your bill before leaving the store. Once you get home, you’ll wonder if you can be bothered to go back and challenge ‘mistakes’.

Also keep an eye on massive leaps in prices. I like Collier’s Welsh cheddar. This used to be about £3.15 in Tesco. It’s now shot up to £3.58 in the space of a few weeks. Outrageous, especially when you consider that it is sold in our local garage-!!!-Londis for £3.05.

misti

Couldn't see anything about the dodge dealings of 'price matching'.

Sadly my local supermarket on kings rd is waitrose. Each day for breakfast I have a small tin of their own brand pineapple which was til recently 33p.

However Waitrose then stuck huge label in front saying 'price match tesco' item is now 39p, an increase of what 20%? Whilst acting like they are offering value.

Ooh.

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