What won't you scrimp on?

clairewop

I won't scrimp on washing powder of fabric conditioner

Kylie

PinheadSK wrote: »

Cornflakes and Tomato Sauce! Just got to be Kellogs and Heinz - nothing else gets close! LOL

Sean

I'm suprised by the cornflakes, Sainsburys basics (I think) are exactly the same as Kellogg's!

staffie1

I wonder what the inappropriate post was? I thought this was an entirely innocent discussion...

lilac_lady

I always buy good icecream, but not often as I just eat it! Cheap icecream tastes horrible.

Quenastoise

I am a convert to Fairy after resisting for a long time, you do use more of the cheaper brand

mcallister1

slowandsteady wrote: »

Sausages-decent meat content is non negotiable (therefore we dont have them often!)
teabags-i hate anything but the ones with the pyramid, but this month have bought value cos we bit skint, but will be back to the pyramids at end of month

Do you mean the Liptons pyramids? As they were very reduced on www.approvedfood.co.uk recently- not sure if they stil have them, as they go in and out of stock. I got loads, but they were not in boxes, so now they have spread round my kitchen.

kitschkitty

I won't buy "value" bread unless there literally is no other alternative (not having sandwiches often counts as an alternative when there's still other food in the house)! and then it would have to be brown. Cheap white bread is vile IMHO and you might as well eat cardboard. But then I know some people wont eat bread that's been frozen where as I always look for good bread at reduced prices and try to always have a spare loaf in the freezer.

I have tried baking my own bread but I'm not really very good at it, and it doesn't help that neither of us like crusty bread.

We don't drink that many fizzy drinks generally, so with cola it has to be Pepsi Max or Coke zero, and I will only buy if it's on offer and would never pay more than 99p for a bottle. We don't often drink alcohol so if we do buy any we tend to get our favourite brand, and I don't think I've bought cheap booze since I was a teenager, with one exception - I will drink Lambrini mixed with orange juice if I want to get in a really cheap drink!

In the past when money was really tight we only had the cheapest everything, I wouldn't like to go back to that.

My mum will only buy Nescafe or occasionally Kenco I think it is. She also only ever buys peach coloured "posh" loo roll, where as I think I have a loo roll addiction (I know I always use loads but can't help it, :o:o so I just buy the cheap stuff).

Since the quality of cheap sausages seems to have really gone down hill I now buy less sausages, but better quality. We like Asdas beef sausages, and M&S 93% pork sausages.

But I just found this: http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/sausagefattable.pdf so I think I might start looking for an alternative high meat sausage with a lower fat content, and see if they still taste as gorgeous as the M&S ones.

candygirl

I don't do cheap loo roll, coffee, washing powder, shampoos, shower gels, toothpaste or soap

elsien

Fair trade tea, coffee, sugar, honey. Without wanting to come over all preachy, I think however bad things are here, we're still a heck of a sight better of than some other places, and every little helps!

kitschkitty

Quenastoise wrote: »

I am a convert to Fairy after resisting for a long time, you do use more of the cheaper brand

I have to agree!

Not noticed the same with washing liquid/powder so much though. That said I stocked up on fairy washing up liquid and surf concentrate months, and moths ago when they were on sale, so I haven't had to buy anything else in absolutely ages!