Best place to buy white vinegar, bicarb of soda and soda crystals?

Catzpaws
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Where's the best place to buy white vinegar, bicarb of soda and soda crystals?

I buy most my groceries from ALDI now (didn't see any in my local one), but can go Tesco/Morrisons/Asda/Sainsburys.

Any suggestions?

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  • Mrs_Thrify
    Mrs_Thrify Posts: 1,673 Forumite
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    I buy mine from Mr. T's .
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  • Penelope_Penguin
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    Catzpaws wrote: »
    Where's the best place to buy white vinegar, bicarb of soda and soda crystals?

    Depends what you mean by "best place" :confused: You can buy vinegar and bicarb in nulk from Asian supermarkets :D

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  • NualaBuala
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    I got my vinegar in a big 5L container from an Asian supermarket - I saw they had 3kg packs of bicarb too but I'm already stocked up. I get the washing soda and bicarb from Tesco. They have normal sized containers of vinegar too - the own brand is reasonably cheap if I remember rightly.
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  • Catzpaws
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    By 'best place', I mean the cheapest.

    I'd been to some Asian supermarkets just last week - shame I missed my opportunity to buy in bulk!

    I guess Mr T's might be a good option then....
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  • EssexHebridean
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    Farm shops often do the big bottles of vinegar too - I bought a 5l bottle of Vinney malt vinegar last week for £3 and they had the white too. Slightly cheaper in the chinese supermarket (£2.75 for the 5l IRC).
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  • gentlepurr
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    Soda crystals 59p in home bargains, cheapest i've found.
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  • invisiblecabbage
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    I second that Gentlepurr. You'll also get the bicarb and white vinegar there if in stock
  • hathor
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    edited 28 October 2009 at 2:22PM
    Anyone know where I can get borax? It's a great degreaser for use on the cooker hood, for example, and I used to get it from Boots, but they've discontinued it. I even looked at the Boots website, but no go.
  • angela110660
    angela110660 Posts: 941 Forumite
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    gentlepurr wrote: »
    Soda crystals 59p in home bargains, cheapest i've found.

    Boo hoo. Just did a search on Google for Home Bargains - there are none within 50 miles of where I live - by the looks of their map, could be more like 150 !!!
  • The_Wall
    The_Wall Posts: 87 Forumite
    hathor, I got Borax from a Chinese supermarket.

    So if you have one locally might be worth paying a visit.
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