What do you think of Sainsburys Basics Range?

calleyw

In the basic range Sainsburys do milk chocolate digestives 300g for 25p. That is the same price as Tescos.

There Basic OJ and apple juice are around 33p a litre which I feel is about the same as tescos.

I personally find Lidl/Aldi hard to do a whole shop in as I don't buy a lot of pre-packaged foods. And don't like to buy lots of chocolates or biscuits when I go shopping.

But can get a few items that are cheaper there then else where like bleach, washing up liquid and washing powder.

Yours


Calley

aligandalf1

Hello fellow money savers, I'm fairly new to money saving expert and so I'm still going around open -mouthed at the things I'm learning! I have read in a few posts (where people have tantalizingly hinted) that Asda supermarket accept all coupons you produce whether you have purchased the items or not. Have I picked this up wrong? Yours hopefully,
Alison

Discogod

aligandalf1 wrote:

Hello fellow money savers, I'm fairly new to money saving expert and so I'm still going around open -mouthed at the things I'm learning! I have read in a few posts (where people have tantalizingly hinted) that Asda supermarket accept all coupons you produce whether you have purchased the items or not. Have I picked this up wrong? Yours hopefully,
Alison

That's correct... the exact policy can differ from store to store though - ours accept up to 10% of your shop value in coupons (so £2 of £20). Just today though they told us they dont accept sainsburys vouchers anymore

Littlemiss-lotsofdebt

My main problem I suppose is that my OH is a bit of a food snob. He turns his nose up if I don't buy Heinz beans etc, I've been buying Supermarket own brands for a while now and have sneakily buying value/basics stuff gradually which I can 'de-package' and he won't know what brand they are!

Does anyone else suffer with this?

maninwhitecoat

I buy the bread, which is only 25p, their eggs, which is £1.19 for 15, and their mild cheddar cheese.

Great prices for a student!

princessmoneysaver

I buy most of the value stuff, certain things are utter rubbish like cornflakes but I do get the Shop's own brand instead so I'm still not buying the branded item.

Lara

I buy their own Apple juice for smoothies and Tesco extra value.

I also buy Tesco value white copier paper at £1.94 for 500 sheets (80gsm) which we find excellent quality and "up" with other well known brands you pay over £4 for.

muffinhead

I'm a regular consumer of Sainsbury's Basics Orange Juice and every now and again their Basics Dark Chocolate :drool: ! Although I must admit I prefer Tesco Value Dark Chocolate !

One Basics thing I steer well clear of is the Wheat Biscuits (Weetabix) talk about tasteless s#!+e :rolleyes: ! And also Tesco Value Bran Flakes are another thing I avoid - it's like eating cardboard in bowl drenched in ice cold milk :laugh: !

Gers

Sainsbury's basic peach slices in syrup are excellent.


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pennymakespounds

muffinhead...if you stick to the sainsbury or tesco normal barand of weetabix in the same shape 24's as weetabix ... it's made by weetabix and is a bargain at about 69p compared to weetabix at £1.15+

It's the value offerring in the little dumpy box that is made by sunnybisk and is better for insulation purposes than to eat !!!