good old co-op

irishwexford

went in there on Friday and managed to get enough bargains for five main meals for under a tenner, went in this morning and got another five meals for just over a tenner. Stewing steak and a stew pack (two meals), sausages (90% pork) two meals and a pizza and ham. Dont you just love it when you get a bargain.

BitterAndTwisted

I wish I knew! My local Co-op is pants. There's a huge amount of local competition and their fruit and veg prices are astronomical. I have no idea how they ever sell any and the yellow-stickers are few and far between whenever I'm in there. Note to self: try popping in at ten o'clock at night.

GreenNinja

My local Co Op is pretty good too! Tuesday seems to be the best day for bargains on the meat etc, I usually pop in around 5.20 on my way home from work and can get some really good reductions which helps the meal planning!

missminx007

i managed to get a smallbacon/gammon joint for a pound yesterday!!! our local co op is great too, I still havent really fathomed out when they knock things down though, I think they might do it in the day so it gets more chance to sell.

tessie_bear

i like the coop...always something reduced...i too have not fathomed when is the best time as it changes

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mardatha

Somerfields quite near us recently changed to the co-op and the difference is amazing. The shop looks cleaner, the stuff is better, and the reduced stuff is brilliant when I can get up for it. Quality shop.

McKneff

There is a big advertising campaign at the moment on the TV about just buying what you want when you want it. It incenses me because i find it impossible.

I want a couple of tomatoes - they are in packs of 6
same with onions
apples
carrots
etc, etc, etc.

So i go to Morrisons 2 minutes away and get exactly what i want when I want it.

The manager says he cant and doestnt have any choice.
Why arent the managers allowed to manage.

NEH

Our co-op seems to have improved....I noticed before Xmas that they were doing a lot of competitive offers with the likes of Asda and Tesco. I found it quite surprising as the one near my mum's used to be sooo expensive...

Since New Year there have been a number of good reductions...

There seems no rhyme or reason with ours either....Sandwiches etc are reduced from 12:30 onwards and there is a number of things in the 2 reduced sections but we've been at other times of the day and there is still reductions...

Some of their regular priced items aren't too bad either and actually would work out cheaper than Asda or Tesco taking into account petrol....Don't know whether because they have the advertising campaign at the moment they're lulling you into a false sense of security....:rotfl:

You do have to beware of being overcharged though...

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Yesterday in my local Somerfield/Co-op, I bought 5 packs of 'mixed nuts in shell' a reduced price of 38p . This is for a 400g pack. Initially they were selling for '2 for £5'. The best before date is 01/02/11 but I imagine they can keep for quite a while yet.
This supermarket is actually closing down on 18/2 and they were selling heavily reduced wine for £1.99 a bottle on Friday but are now unfortunately all gone. I carried 17 bottles of red wine from Chile up the hill.
First pain, then pleasure!

sassyblue

Our local co-op was ok until they got taken over by somerfield now it's brilliant! I very often don't bother with any other supermarkets because it's a one mile journey to co-op, compared to 5 or 10 miles to the others, tesco, morrisons etc.

The dividends aren't as good as Tesco but on a par with Nectar points for sainsburys.

We don't get brilliant marked down prices like some of you have had though :cool:

The only trouble with ours (and it's well known for it lol) is there's loads of pensioners around so they go slowly for them to pack their goods...... some pensioners even work on the tills (fab, part time work for them if they want it) but they're so s.l.o.w too. sometimes l want to scream! I can't pop in before the school run because you never know how long it'll take.