Breakfast Cereals - how to cut the cost and keep the taste?

andy40

Tescos Healthy Living museli tastes very good and at is reasonable value at £2.19 for 1kg (21.9p per 100g).
Not quite as good as the Dorset Cereals museli but what is!

sb44

little_miss_muppet_face wrote: »

I think you can definetly tell the difference with coco pops, the cheaper brands are not as nice as kellogs, however i like Fruit and Fibre and much prefer the supermarket own brands.. so i think that some are better than others, its just a case of trying them out

That's what I said, she could tell the difference but she thought the cheaper ones weren't as sickly as the Kelloggs.

Now it if was me, I would def choose the Kelloggs.

Smidster

Do they like Porridge? - big bags of value oats for 57p

moosetastic

for me, Asda bran flakes are excellent and taste much better than Kelloggs, but for cornflakes it has to be Kelloggs, no cheap variety is the same. i have bought Asda choco hoops before, and although my hubby could tell the difference he still ate them! And Im sure they are 2 for £2, I could be wrong, havent bought any in a while (have just checked, yes they are 2 for £2). Asda also have Sugar Puffs and Kelloggs Frosties for £1 a box at the moment. If not, a good place at the moment is either Home Bargains or Netto, who have Toy Story 3 Chocolate Stars for £1 a box

Mazzy_2

Smidster wrote: »

Do they like Porridge? - big bags of value oats for 57p

They never used to, but at that price I might give it a try. :T

zenseeker

One way to cut costs in the long haul is to make sure you're not piling bowls too high. Average portion is 35g (I think), but all too often you find that people pile twice that amount into a bowl, especially kids left unchecked.

Kavajo

I find own-brand weetabix is great but their cornflakes go soggy. But mostly I have value/basics porridge or toast from reduced bread!

Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat

GV29 wrote: »

sainsburys fruit and fibre is lovely better than kelloggs

Absolutely agree - I think there is more fruit in the Sainsburys version. We don't buy any branded cereals anymore - it has been a bit trial and error on the way (trying different supermarkets version of the same product) but now we buy:

Weetabix equivalent in Sainsburys/Tesco
Fruit and Fibre in Sainsburys
Bran flakes in Tesco
Shredded Wheat equivalent in Tesco/Morrisons (the only two supermarkets we've found so far that do these - anyone spotted any of the others doing them?)
Oats in any of the supermarkets
Oat crunchy in Sainsburys or Tesco

hightara

tescos fruit and fibre delicious, sainsburys the same,
much better than kelloggs

larmy16

We buy all the Aldi versions and they taste fine to us.