ASDA Smartprice - what's good, whats not!

emlou2009

I love smart price, its better than tesco value, easily! I regularly get -

Tinned tomatoes
Frozen chicken breasts - £3.75 for 1kg!
Frozen sausages - dread to think whats in them, but they are so tasty, like chip shop sausages!
7p curry sauce, again tastes like chip shop, awesome! I tend to divvy the jar up into tuppaware boxes, freeze the remainder and serve it over some chips for a quick lunch
Double concentrated orange juice is fab, blackcurrant is awful though!
Spreadable butter, slightly salted butter and reduced fat spread are all awesome!
Eggs and flour, no difference between them and the branded others!
The noodles are fab, none of the flavours taste like what they're meant to but they're nice enough, and you cant beat a 10p hot lunch at work, cheaper than sandwiches!

Avoid the frozen chips though, yuk!

jezza2412

The 'Smart Price' tissues are decent enough, but they've just risen in price from 25p to 47p: an 88% increase! That's no longer "Smart Price" in my books...

Rebekah24

I use a lot of their stuff...very good....great to order it all online..if they havent got it you will get the luxury version for the same price..as mentioned above bonus!

Rice pudding
Toilet tissue (Lasts me 4 weeks)
Facial tissues
Hot chocolate
Blackcurrant squash
Tin Tomato
Pasta sauce

Lisaberry

I pretty much buy everything value...one week I went to Lidl as everyone says it's so cheap and couldn't believe how dear everything was!

The frozen chicken is a bargain, the squash is fine and I wouldn't see why you wouldn't buy the tinned toms etc.

I will admit to buying Heinz beans but that's my only luxury! Well, along with Twinnings tea and Dowe Egberts coffee!

The smart price lemonade is ok mixed with squash but is nasty as a drink!

cazbear_2

other good items in smart price are.

tinned tomatoes both whole and chopped

frozen chicken breast

instant custard

whole chicken (SP)

own brand pizza is ok but needs extra toppings but ok as a base

sp tomato and chesse bake


sp fresh pasta

skintstudentbabe

i buy a lot of smartprice and basics things and iv found the following to b very good:
toilet rolls
kitchen towel
facial tissues
pasta
cartons of toms
kidney beans
apples/pears
washing up liquid
rubber gloves
scrubby sponges
foil
wine
handwash
reduced fat spread
cream cheese
full flavor cheese (this is only available in basics range afaik)
bio liquid
fabric softener
cat litter
orange squash
erm................cant think of any more but will update as required

lizzielou

8p batter mix, makes brill pancakes and yorkshire puddings, even my mum (who is very fussy) was impressed with my yourshire puddings!

juliethemuse

i'm ok with their smart price stuff apart from frozen mince and sausages, i think they are flaming awful

minerva_windsong

The tinned tomatoes are perfectly acceptable if you're throwing them in a sauce. I also found the raisins OK to put on porridge, and the spaghetti hoops and tomato soup are also fine, although the soup sometimes needs tarting up a bit (red pesto or plain yoghurt).

Definitely don't buy Smart Price booze! The vodka is how I imagine drinking lighter fluid (a la Withnail and I) tastes - all mouth burny and horrible. Bleurgh.

coldoasis

Tried some of the Smartprice pitta breads the other day

Absolute rubbish

Pay the extra and get their own ones