Cheap bottled water at Marks and Spencer

Jayjg

Bigger is better and cheaper!

Marks & Spencer own brand still Scottish mountain water (still water) is an amazing price of only 39p!

BUT you should only buy the biggest bottle, as it is cheaper than the smaller bottles. You need to find the 1.5 Litre bottle.

Even better is this is available in M&S as well as M&S Simply Food, including ones at train Stations. Great for a journey or day out.!

This is not an offer and has been at this price for a long time (at least a year to my knowledge.)

These are never usually in the fridges and never near the tills, but you usually have to work for a bargain.!

A smaller 1 litre is £1 or a 500ml is 79p.!

So even if you buy the big bottle and drink only half it's cheaper than buying either of the small bottles.!

The only downside is you have to carry a big bottle. But if you are with friends or family it won't last long. It's also not even your recommend daily intake of water.!

moonrakerz

Jayjg wrote: »

It's also not even your recommend daily intake of water.!

There is NO recommended daily intake of water !
The whole thing was a myth which was hyped up by people selling bottled water:

"There is no clear evidence of benefit from drinking increased amounts of water".


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1583752/No-benefit-in-drinking-eight-glasses-of-water-a-day-scientists-say.html
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
http://calorielab.com/news/2006/05/28/8-glasses-of-water-a-diet-urban-legend/

PS: I read in the Telegraph yesterday that you can buy 3 litres of cider in a supermarket cheaper than 3 litres of bottled water !!!!

zenseeker

moonrakerz wrote: »

PS: I read in the Telegraph yesterday that you can buy 3 litres of cider in a supermarket cheaper than 3 litres of bottled water !!!!

Not all that odd. Cheap cider uses water extracted from a tap basically, whereas bottled waters generally come from wells and springs. So in effect, the production and bottling of well/spring water can be more expensive the the manufacture of cheap cider.

moonrakerz

zenseeker wrote: »

Not all that odd. Cheap cider uses water extracted from a tap basically, whereas bottled waters generally come from wells and springs. So in effect, the production and bottling of well/spring water can be more expensive the the manufacture of cheap cider.

Cheap cider, just like quality cider, is made from apple juice NOT water. Any water required in the production process for cleaning etc is extracted from a mains supply just as it would be in a water bottling plant.


The only ingredient in water is - water (unless, like some of the water bottlers like to do occasionally, you add some carcinogenic chemicals !!) if the bottling plant is at the water source, which it usually is, the material costs are low, little more than extraction costs .

Cider is made from apples, which have to be grown, picked, transported and then processed using a large, expensive infrastructure (pressing, filtering, fermenting, etc) before it is finally bottled. Some ciders have sugar added, which again adds to the cost.
AND - of course, there is Duty on cider.

To say that cider is cheaper to make than water is to bottle. is an argument that doesn't really --- hold water !