What to buy in Tesco Value Range

thriftlady_2

Best things

tinned tomatoes
baked beans
longlife juice-orange,apple,tomato,breakfast
butter
dried milk
pitta bread
tinned peaches(wash off the syrup if you want to be healthy)
cheese(red leicester is £1.76 a lb)
tissues
loo roll
stationery
kid's socks,underwear and t-shirts
carrots
bio washing powder
porridge oats(if you don't mind the nut warning)
honey
chocolate(nut warning again-grrr)
digestives
smoked salmon off cuts
bacon off-cuts

Worst things

frozen peas and sweetcorn-very tough
tea bags
cling film
soap
washing up liquid

Burlesque_Babe

I generally buy

tinned tomatoes
bourbon biscuits (lovely!)
Rich tea biscuits
hairspray (not fantastic but it was reduced to 15p a can and I use loads!)
notepad
A mens jumper (washed fine!)
printer paper
tea towels
cutlery
beans
kidney beans
mushy peas
digestives
bananas
flour
butter
fresh tomatoes
fresh skinless chicken breasts
Sliced bread
Pitta breads (they go stale a bit quicker though)
Bars of chocolate
'Penguin' bar copies
Golden Syrup
Big bags of potatoes
Skimmed long life milk
eggs
carrots
onions
bags of peppers (they are only Value because they are too big/small to be seen as 'normal)
sugar free lemonade
Loo roll if I'm really counting the pennies


I won't have the teabags - had some years ago - they tasted like an ashtray! (not that I've ever been hard up enough to make a drink out of the contents of an ashtray I hasten to add!)

ambergold

I buy tesco tinned tomatoes and the value rice and and butter is good. The jam is rubbish.

thriftlady_2

Can't believe I forgot flour-I get through tons of the stuff

Also the cereals go down well with my kids as a treat.They don't get them very often so they haven't got very high standards.

I found the value Golden syrup not good-didn't have the right taste at all, probably OK in baking but not on porridge

bylromarha

Love Chocolate, caramel wafer biscuits, OJ, flour, loo roll, fresh mince, strong cheddar, hot chocolate, some of the kids clothing.

Can't stand frozen mince, frozen veg, cereals, teabags, pasta (far too crunchy when cooked for too long!) bag of value oranges (always below fresh standards in our store)

Everything else is pretty much okay IMO.

The Value range makes me laugh...I remember when the range first came out as a "cheap essentials" range. How is a mango an essential??!!!

kiwichick

Blimey, loads of the stuff in my cupboards!


tinned toms
tinned sweetcorn
cheese
plain flour
golden syrup
tinned peaches 9p a can!!!
tinned kidney beans
dried spagetti pasta
actually all dried pasta is value
lemon squash
tinned baked beans
frozen peas, for curries and stews
dessicated coconut
dried milk powder
plain cooking choc, we smash it up for making choc chip cookies and it actually has 9% more cocoa mass than the supercook choc chips!
degestives
rich tea
choc bourbons
custard creams
butter
porridge oats
tin foil
freezer bags
pegs
courgettes
carrots
iceberg lettuce

I think I could go on forever..............................its damn good value

SallyinWales

I must confess to regularly buying tesco value tinned tomatoes and kidney beans even though I'm trying desperately to avoid supermarket shopping if at all possible. I wouldnt touch any value brand meat or eggs with a bargepole, I seriously doubt it would have been ethically produced. I think we tried some of the value chocolate once and it was ok. I'm always very torn about buying from any excessively large corporation but I think if teh value ranges make them less profit its probably better than buying their full price ranges. I wonder what the suppliers get though? Might have to reconsider even the tinned tomatoes if the farmers are geting an ever worse deal than usual.
Shopping is such a minefield isnt it, we try to save money, but I don't want to compromise the basic ethical considerations either

System

I use value:

Cheese
Eggs
Fromage Frais
Oats
Salt
Pepper
Long grain rice
Long spaghetti
Pasta shapes
Jam
Peanut butter
Lemon curd
Chopped tomatoes
Orange juice
Apple juice
Tea bags (i like my tea as weak as possible)
Thin bleach
Rubber gloves
Furniture polish
Dishcloths
Freezer bags
Black bin liners
Washing powder
Tissues
Kitchen roll
Toilet roll
Hay (for the chinchillas)
Writing pad/jotter

pandas66

Gosh theres loads I never knew of, thanks I'll keep a keener eye out
One of the worst trys for me were the chips.

honey28

The packets of paper for using with the computer is good value too, especially if you have little ones who go through reams of the stuff!
I generally use the tins of toms, kidney beans, butter for baking, kids yogurts(sometimes - bit like petit filous). I also get porridge. My kids like the supernoodles every now and then and at 7-8p approx they are good value (though admittedly of no nutritional value) - i often crumble a stock cube over them for a bit more flavour. The kids vests/socks/pants are fine too. I also buy the peppers and some other veg - can't think what else at min but there's def more - the bottled water is ok too
Sometimes I'm reluctant to buy the value brand incase the quality isn't great and then end up having to something else so I'm sure there is plenty that I have thought about buying but not actually done so