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Which 'premium' brand will you not do without?
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I also have a few.
Walkers Baked Crisps
HP Sauce
Hellman’s Mayonnaise
Heinz Tomato Ketchup
Coke Zero
Doritos Cool
Kleenex Man Size Tissues
I have tried other cheaper alternatives and been disappointed so I wait until what I want is on offer to stock up.No buying toiletries Graduated May 2017Decluttered 2016 2469 items, 2017 1580 items :j2018 3060 itemsSealed Pot Challenge No 0380 -
Fairy liquid, i think the cheap stuff is a false economy as you need to use more.
Pepsi max - a very nasty and expensice addiction of mine !0 -
Fairy liquid, i think the cheap stuff is a false economy as you need to use more.
Pepsi max - a very nasty and expensice addiction of mine !
Oh yes I forgot, I only use Fairy Clean & Care washing up liquid as I find anything else a false economy. However I do always stock up whenever it's on offer!0 -
Marmite - supermarket ones just don't taste right. And no Vegemite either!0
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Blackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool0
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Mainly tesco brand or value but we have to have heinz soups, beans and spaghetti.
Have tried all different cordials but we only like robinsons.
Tea and coffee is tetley and kenco.
We stock up on these when the offers are onMum, wife and dinnerlady!0 -
Southern Comfort can't live without it.0
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Fairy washing up liquid
Lurpak
Domestos
M&S pitta bread
Free range eggs
Otherwise a complete non brand tart!January 2020 Grocery challenge £119.45/£200
February 2020 Grocery challenge £195.22 /£200
March 2020 - gone to pot...
April 2020 - £339.45/£200
May 2020 - £194.99/£3000 -
- Schwepps diet lemonade.
- Coconut milk (by kara) the only fake milk I can drink without gagging!
- Soup by Waitrose (in tins) just somehow 10 times better then any other supermarket brand.
- Ainsley Harriot cup-a-soup Hot and Spicy, the ONLY cup a soup without milk added!
- Pink Lady apples.
- Leave-in products by Kerastase (ok strictly speaking bought for me but I will never substitute for a cheap brand as IME they don't do anything helpful.)
- Pepsi Max
- Will not buy 'reformed' ham/chicken/turkey.
- Free Range eggs.
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I also won't compromise on tea. I drink so little of the stuff that I don't see why I should have value when I do. I'm a Twinings fanWife and mother :jGrocery budget
April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.0524lbs in 12 weeks 15/240
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