What to buy in Tesco Value Range

LumpyCustard_2

unixgirluk wrote: »

Haven't tried it yet but picked the Value version of Branston pickle its 28p. I'll let you know what its like.

I almost bought that the other night, so please do let me know what you think and I might invest in some too.

Agutka

:rotfl:You have all made my hubby go and buy a stripy weekend shop! That's us sorted for the forseeable future.
Then I went to Tescos again and spent twice as much on free range organic perfect meat fruit and veg for the baby!!!:eek:
I can just see us sat round the table, us with the value meat ravioli watching the baby enjoy his chicken and veg. What a shame I ruin it all by blasting it with the blender eh? But at least I got my weekly vitamin requirement sorted by...erm... tasting the purees last night. *sigh*

sb44

Our Tesco Extra have put a lot of their Value range in the main aisle so that you can not avoid it and quite a lot of the shelves had been emptied.

This is what I reckon

You have say £20 in your purse and only want to spend on odds and sods, you just intend going in to get the odd thing like milk, a loaf etc

You see all of this value stuff and realise you can get this at a massive discount compared to the branded stuff that you normally get.

You think I will try this Value range, it's way cheaper.

Then, when you realise how much you have saved by buying these you notice you can treat yourself to some other things with the money you have left, hence Tesco are getting all of your £20. You have spent all of your money and Tesco are quids in.

high-rise_andrew

I find the Value/Smart-Price brown(rather than proper wholemeal) has a texture resembling woodchip when stripping walls rather than real wholemeal bread. It can be a fools economy with the white labels. Things like the toilet paper & ktichen rolls for the majors is recycled produce but folk turn their noses up at it coz it is a white label & doesn't suit the sudo-middle classes with un-afforadable mortgages lol.

Elle00

sb44 wrote: »

Our Tesco Extra have put a lot of their Value range in the main aisle so that you can not avoid it and quite a lot of the shelves had been emptied.

This is what I reckon

You have say £20 in your purse and only want to spend on odds and sods, you just intend going in to get the odd thing like milk, a loaf etc

You see all of this value stuff and realise you can get this at a massive discount compared to the branded stuff that you normally get.

You think I will try this Value range, it's way cheaper.

Then, when you realise how much you have saved by buying these you notice you can treat yourself to some other things with the money you have left, hence Tesco are getting all of your £20. You have spent all of your money and Tesco are quids in.

This is very true in many cases but what you have to remember is that although Tesco gets the same amount of money in these situations, the shopper then gets considerably more than they bargained for having spent the amount of money they intended to.

Less shrewd shoppers will of course wind up spending more as they'll buy something for a third less but double the quantity.

I think you're along the right lines though. There's a lot of worry going on with the economy at present and I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco are worried about their customers disappearing off to Lidl and Aldi. Promoting the value range is more a customer retention marketing stragety than a "spend more money" drive I think.

Oh, and update on my tried and testeds - NO to Tesco Value Towels. Admittedly I shouldn't have cut it up into nappies but even so, it shouldn't have disintegrated during a single economy wash!

funkyfunkymonkey

Elle83 wrote: »

I think you're along the right lines though. There's a lot of worry going on with the economy at present and I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco are worried about their customers disappearing off to Lidl and Aldi. Promoting the value range is more a customer retention marketing stragety than a "spend more money" drive I think.

I always buy Value products where I can and wondered why Tesco were suddenly promoting them - your reason makes loads of sense.

FFM

nannaC

Have used both Tesco Value and Asda Smart Price goods for years. [I actually prefer the baked beans] and looking on the labels found that they didnt have as much salt in another plus. Both T & A's value mayo are good too. Value pain flour is fine for pastry/biscuits but if using the value SR flour in cakes you need to add a pinch of baking powder. Value biccys are also good. Asdas smart price Bourbons are a real bargain, and their smart price tinned steak is fine in home made steak puds and pies. One more tip bigger does not always mean better value. When they have offers on say a big Nescafe I always break the costing down to price per 100gm, then multiply it up to the pack size. Sometimes you will be find that the bigger packs actually work out dearer.

Margaret54

Hi all. I would do my shopping online with Sainsburys, and i will be buying a lot of their value range from now on. The price of food is dreadful!!!!!!:mad:
I buy the toilet rolls(big pack) all the time, and they are fine. I have also bought their brand of sauce(brown and tomato ketchup) they are good, and also the cheapy "branston pickle"I buy the cheapy bleach, and cleaning sponges, and also the washing powder which i mix in with a better powder, and i am happy with all my washing. I use the cheap fabric softener, but i would not buy the coffee and teabags as we love the proper ones;) and as we all are trying to do, just making a little change here and there we are saving some money. Doing the downshift challenge is the best idea, and it all helps. Keep the tips coming i am learning such a lot:T

nannaC

Hi Margaret, I typed free knitting patterns into google and some llovely ones came up. A lot were American but you can down load them and print then off. Boot fairs/charity shops/jumble sales are other good sources. I buy good knitted jumpers from jumble sales and the un pick them. Wind the wool into loose hanks and make a top loop from a small piece of wool as a hanger and hand wash then peg on the line or if wool is really crinkly hang in a steamy bathroom [good tip for getting creases out of clothes as well]. Libraries also usually have knitting books,

cally1978

Biscuits and sausage rolls......