What would you get from these shops?

Outdoorlass

I can recommend the Aldi tuna in spring water 79p but its far far better than the leading brand, its really chunky tuna and not a load of mush. I can get 6 sarnies out of a tin ( I am quite generous with tuna, so you would probably get more)

FF do two Hovis loaves for £1.00

Also look out for Heron Frozen Foods as they have some great offers on branded foods.

9217niall

Home bargains, you can get 24 loo rolls for £2.99 and they're good IMO.

donnaessex

Thanks so much everybody!

I will go and give these stores a try this week and see how I get on. I'm a little bit worried though as all my shopping is currently done online with Tesco so I am wary of going "shopping" again! I need to be disciplined not to pick up things I dont need.

Narabanekeater - I shop for me and my husband plus two toddlers (21 months and 36 months) - we both work full time and I make packed lunches for us all. We buy our meat from the butchers (pork steaks, individual pies, sausages, mince) and the rest from Tesco (joints, chicken breasts, cooked meats). I buy 2 bags of potatoes a week and that provides for all our lunches and dinners. We have 2 pieces of fruit per day plus our veg at night/lunches which is usually frozen. We dont eat convenience food apart from sausages which the children would eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I let them! I am a sucker for sweet things and I buy 2 packs of biscuits a week and I bake cakes during the week too. We drink squash and my husband usually gets through around 25 cans of lager a week too (approximately 3 per night, more at weekends).

9217niall

donnaessex wrote: »

Thanks so much everybody!

I will go and give these stores a try this week and see how I get on. I'm a little bit worried though as all my shopping is currently done online with Tesco so I am wary of going "shopping" again! I need to be disciplined not to pick up things I dont need.

Narabanekeater - I shop for me and my husband plus two toddlers (21 months and 36 months) - we both work full time and I make packed lunches for us all. We buy our meat from the butchers (pork steaks, individual pies, sausages, mince) and the rest from Tesco (joints, chicken breasts, cooked meats). I buy 2 bags of potatoes a week and that provides for all our lunches and dinners. We have 2 pieces of fruit per day plus our veg at night/lunches which is usually frozen. We dont eat convenience food apart from sausages which the children would eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I let them! I am a sucker for sweet things and I buy 2 packs of biscuits a week and I bake cakes during the week too. We drink squash and my husband usually gets through around 25 cans of lager a week too (approximately 3 per night, more at weekends).

Could he not cut down on the lager? :undecided
As well as money saving, it might be better for his health too?

lordofangels

donnaessex wrote: »

Thanks so much everybody!

I will go and give these stores a try this week and see how I get on. I'm a little bit worried though as all my shopping is currently done online with Tesco so I am wary of going "shopping" again! I need to be disciplined not to pick up things I dont need.

Narabanekeater - I shop for me and my husband plus two toddlers (21 months and 36 months) - we both work full time and I make packed lunches for us all. We buy our meat from the butchers (pork steaks, individual pies, sausages, mince) and the rest from Tesco (joints, chicken breasts, cooked meats). I buy 2 bags of potatoes a week and that provides for all our lunches and dinners. We have 2 pieces of fruit per day plus our veg at night/lunches which is usually frozen. We dont eat convenience food apart from sausages which the children would eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I let them! I am a sucker for sweet things and I buy 2 packs of biscuits a week and I bake cakes during the week too. We drink squash and my husband usually gets through around 25 cans of lager a week too (approximately 3 per night, more at weekends).

Shout me down if speaking out of turn, but wouldn't your Husbands Beer money be better spent on feeding his family.
Plus the 25 will be a lot more.

goingsenile

Have just recently starting buying at Farmfoods, I usaully do one big shop a month to make sure I can use the £5 of a £50 vouchers we get through our door on a regular basis.
What I buy and like its;

• frozen peas/peppers/onions
• salmon fillets (just had them for tea, cooked with slices of orange..yum!)
• yellow fin sole
• breaded or battered haddock
• garlic bread
• pure apple/orange juice ( was on offer at 2 for £1 but back to 59p)
• chicken breast fillets
• gammon steak
• bags of potatoes
• bags of apple/banana's
• Bread (hovis loaf 2 for £1)
• milk

Hope this gives you some ideas

AJ

she_who_can_not_cook

9217niall wrote: »

Home bargains, you can get 24 loo rolls for £2.99 and they're good IMO.

if you have a poundstretcher near by i got 2 by 18 tp for a fiver

adelight

aldi fruit and veg is great quality and very cheap, especially if you buy their weekly special fruit/veg. meat at aldi is slightly cheaper than other places but is still good quality. the biscuits/treats there are cheap and delicious, and they do great value yoghurts. my parents used to do 80% of the shopping at aldi taking advantage of the special offers and we ate good quality, healthy foods, lots of variety and tried lots of different european brands and meals, for the price of sainsburys basics

donnaessex

lordofangels wrote: »

Shout me down if speaking out of turn, but wouldn't your Husbands Beer money be better spent on feeding his family.
Plus the 25 will be a lot more.

My family is well fed thank you. I wasnt asking for comments on my buying habits, just telling you what I bought and asking which of my items you would buy in which store.

I personally dont think 25 cans a week is a lot. If a bloke goes down the pub, he can easily sink 8 pints at £2.50 each in one night.

katycocoa

I just got a flyer through the door for Bargain Booze - 2 x cases 15 cans (Stella, Carlsberg, etc) for £16, which I thought was a pretty good deal. I agree about the booze - I'd much rather my partner had a couple of cans at home than down the pub every night, so we always stock up when there's good offers.