I cant afford Grapes, Bacon, Cheese and Eggs

mm123

Aldi do grapes for about 1.70 for a box which i think is a good price - always best and cheapest to eat fruit and veg that is in season..

flutterbyuk25

I have to agree with everyone else.

Cheese - it's always on offer at one of the supermarkets. I always buy it on BOGOF. It lasts for ages date wise, and can be frozen.

Eggs - I only ever buy free range. Morrisons do 15 for £2.50 most of the time (as mentioned by another poster). Tesco is most expensive for free range I find. I tend to use a local farm stall where I get 6 large free range eggs for £1.10. I noticed this week that in Tesco you can get 30 battery eggs for £3, I wouldn't buy them myself but that's cheap!

Grapes - like strawberries etc these are seasonal items so are more expensive this time of year. I only tend to buy in summer. Try Aldi/Lidl for their weekly/fortnightly offers.

Bacon - I don't buy as I'm veggie so can't help with that!

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burge23

Totally agree about shopping around. Lidl are doing there cheddar for £1.44 this weekend. As we have a large mouse in the house (OH) I'll be stocking up. The Farmfoods bacon is good as is Asda's Smartprice bacon. £1.20 ish a pack. My son has been swapped onto apples which Lidl and Aldi do pretty reasonably. Asda also have their kids ones for £1 a bag along with clementines or the like. They're small but you get a lot and when it's for a 5 year old they're ideal. Grapes are more of a treat although Aldi's and Lidl's are fine and a lot cheaper. Check the bags if you are getting them though. The pre-packed are often better. Tesco are currently doing 2 400g blocks of cheddar for £4 and on a different note 2 x 500g packs of Lurpak Spreadable for £3 , that's £1 cheaper than any of the other current offers and cheaper than own brand.:j Remember it freezes too. Aldi also do really nice speciality cheeses for £1; Smoked cheddar, Wensleydale with Cranberries and another I can't remember. 25p cheaper than Lidl and miles cheaper than elsewhere. We had them at Christmas and they were nice.

KimYeovil

If you are single buy large eggs - then you have six portions instead of three portions.

Derivative

Tesco Value cheddar slices are 59p for 240g, around £2.50 for a kilo. Actual cheese, not processed.

Free range eggs are a luxury - essentially adding a donation to a charitable cause when you buy your eggs. Nothing wrong with that but not something you should do on a budget. Annoying thing for me is that I have to go quite far out of town to get caged eggs as we can only buy 15 at once.

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I buy 12 free range eggs from my local butchers and they cost 1.99 which work out a little over 12p each.But they are ex-large and come from a local farmer so I find its well worth paying a bit more tesco's eggs seem to be colourless and insipid,possibly only good for making kids fairy cake with.
I like a proper egg with soldiers for my breakfast and at that price its a pretty reasonable breakfast I think.Bacon I only buy for my DGS as he adores a bacon butty.Grapes I do buy as I enjoy them not only as a fruit but chopped up in a salad as well I don't buy biscuits or shop made cakes but prefer to spend on fresh food as much as I can.I suppose its a case of you takes your choice and pays the price.

lilac_lady

I'd do without the grapes if it meant being able to afford free range eggs instead of the other kind.

chelms38

A lot of food items have gone up and it will get worse as bread,rice,oats,cheese & milk will soar over the next couple of years.

zenseeker

chelms38 wrote: »

cheese & milk will soar over the next couple of years.

Milk prices are falling, as are cheese and other dairy products

Rebekah24

I wouldnt buy any of those items full price!!

Eggs - value or whoopsie

All other items on whoopsie

Cheese on whoopsie, can go in the freezer!