Iceland frozen food shop - good or bad?

*onlyme*

We have decided to change our grocery shopping from a weekly Tesco (online) to local fruit & veg shop, some bits from the local butchers (well local...40 mins walk to get there) and the remainder for Iceland frozen food shop as that is the only supermarket within walking distance. We also have a small coop but that would only be useful when they have something 1/2 price or so as it is very expensive.

Do you think Iceland is good value for money?

What to stay clear off?

and anything that is recommended?

jcr16

it depends on what you like. i personally couldn't do a full shop there anymore.

l like the sweet chilli chicken pizza but hardly buy it as we all prefer my home made one. I often buy milk there because it is £1.10 fo 4 pints. but will only get it there is poundland has none.

The do really nice chicken kiev, 6 for £2.50 nicest ones we have found and ther frozen sweetcorn is yummy. but apart from that there isn't much else i buy unles it on offer. when i was younger i used to shop alot from there. but our eating has changed and i find items that arent' on offer to appear to be dearer.

The alcohol is very good price. and often they have cereal at just £1 a box which is great , like wheatabix mini's.

chocdonuty

I've recently started to do my main shop in iceland for the simple reason that it's delivered for free if you spend £25:beer:
They do have nice food there although it is more geared towards ready meals and processed food rather than home cooking. I tend to do the bulk of the shopping there and get fruit, veg and some other bits and bobs at sainsburys.

Stompa

Iceland is a bit grim. We have one fairly close, but I tend to only use it for items that I can't get elsewhere nearby.

SailorSam

Being on my own i get lots of frozen veg, 'cos you can use it a bit at a time. Same with fish that i eat a lot of. I use to go to Iceland in the past but FarmFoods and Heron are both closer now so i use them and think they're better.

xanthe

They had 6 free range eggs for £1 a few months ago. Not sure if it's still the same price.

joeyboy

You might not be able to do a full shop especially in the smaller stores, not a lot of fresh fruit and veg. I find if neither Iceland nor Sainsburys or Tesco have a special offer on a product, Iceland sometimes has a cheaper base price, also their milk is much cheaper, as is their bread as it's always two for £1.50 on kingsmill and 2 for £2 on Warburtons, where as with the bigger supermarkets those sort of offers come on and off.

DCFC79

Id use them if they weren't in the town but on the outskirts, they have some offers on, ready meals are good, not tried anything else but free delivery if you spend £25 shouldnt be missed

elsien

Kingsmill bread - 2 for £1.50. Wine - 3 for a tenner. (My main buys - healthy eating or what!)
I don't buy a lot of frozen food so can't comment on that, but as it's my nearest shop I use it for the basics - bread, milk, cheese, bacon that sort of thing. The offers tend to be quite good. The veg is ready packed so you can't pick and choose, and have to buy the pre-packed quantities. I find the veg expensive compared to the local grocer, and the choice is fairly limited. Fresh meat - not a great deal of choice and no free range or anything fancy, but tends to be quite good value otherwise.

GEEGEE8

I have to pay 50p parking before I even step in the place.

No fruit and veg at my local one.

Frozen meals are cheap and fairly large size.

Chocolate, crisps and cereal are cheap too..

I don't go often, but I don't see why it couldn't be part of your shopping.

maman

If it's your only option other than Co-op then the best things to eat are the fish, meat and frozen veg. Prices are not the very cheapest but comparable. Mostly htough Iceland is full of processed stuff (lovely but not very healthy) and I'd only buy the odd treat in there. Personally I go there for Perfectly Clear flavoured water at 50p for 2l. I used to buy kippers there but they disappeared to make space for Christmas food now they've gone again (barbie food?).