What foods are a false economy?

calleyw

Curry_Queen wrote:

You eat/drink washing up liquid??? :eek:


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And least there indsides will be squeaky clean :rotfl:


Yours


Calley

mirakl

The washing up liquid reminded me I stopped buying value diluting juice. You end up using far more because it's far less concentrated and therefore just doesn't last as long. I reverted to the stores own brands that compete with brand names

Becles

I second all the value meat comments.

Not food, but I bought some cheap J-cloths that were simply half the size of a regular cloth :rolleyes:

And cheap tissues that disintergrate when you blow your nose - yuk!

Value squash where you need to use more concentrate for the same taste as own brand squash.

moggins

Now I love the Tesco value lemon squash as I don't like squash that tastes very strong

Littlemiss-lotsofdebt

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Sorry all! Am ill at the moment and being blonde as well, well, what chance do I have of making sense of it all today!! lol

thriftlady_2

Any food I buy thinking it'll be a treat for the kids and then end up scoffing myself is definitely bad vfm

LITTLEMISSFLOWER

i go to lidl and buy pepsi it was 69p 2l and in sainsburys its £1.39 2l it tastes the same to the oh and he drinks a bottle a day so i have to buy loads.
i buy sainsburys juice 2 for £2 it tastes ok to me lemon and orange/pineapple are the best i also freeze it for lollys.
dont ever buy value meat i just cut down on other things and buy when on offer.
i love jamie oliver meat but its not cheap so i go late at night once a week and they always have it on offer so i stock up.

Prudent

I never buy the very cheap white bread. I usually buy wholemeal/granary anyway, but like white sometime for toast. I find it goes soggy as soon as I put butter.

xmaslolly76

i'm a little confused are we saying that market or supermarket fruit and veg are best?

jcr16

i often buy value bread, but it is for the duck's. as after shopping i promise my littel girl if she is good we will go to the duck pond on way home, and i always forget to bring the stale bread from home. so maybe a bit of a false economy , but the smiles from my daugther makes up for it.

i love the value washing up liquid , as it the only one that doens't make my hands sting. one bottle last nearly 2 weeks. it fab. and i wash up about 4 times a day it seems.

i agree with the mince. years ago we used value mince, and by the time u drained the fat away there was nothing left. and the mince had a dry bitter taste. not nice at all.