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Tesco Value Range - Good/Bad

We have Morrisons and Sainsbury's but no Tesco, and Tesco is my main shop.

Good:
Bran Flakes
Tea Bags
Peanut Butter
Tuna Flakes/Chunks
Pate
Cornflakes
Eggs
Apples
Grated Cheese
Digestive Chocolate Bars
Fish Fingers
Sausages
Rich Tea Biscuits


Bad:
Rice Snaps

All I can think of right now.
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Comments

  • raphanius
    raphanius Posts: 1,340 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    tesco value 'weetabix' is like woodchip
    Wins: 2008: £606.10 2009: £806.24 2010: £713.47 2011: 328.32
  • brindles01
    brindles01 Posts: 1,003 Forumite
    edited 5 June 2011 at 1:34PM
    Tesco Value Mince - frozen - very very bad!

    My Rottweiler loves it, defrosted and raw with his kibble :D:D;)

    but in my opinion it is certainly not fit for human consumption and how it passes as 'food' is way beyond me :(

    Tesco Value Teabags - good/okay

    I personally don't like my tea strong like builders brew and Tetley et al usually produce a cup like that unless I just dunk the tbag (which is a waste of money IMO), so these teabags produce just the right strength for me at 27p for 80, if you want a strong cup just leave the teabag in you cup to 'brew' a while longer.
    DTD - Doing Tesco Daily - while I still have vouchers!
  • mymerrywidow
    mymerrywidow Posts: 4,986 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    good
    baked beans

    bad
    pot noodles
    life is like a loo roll. the nearer the end you get, the faster it goes.
  • Evren
    Evren Posts: 33 Forumite
    Heh, I would say the opposite about the beans, I find them waaayyy too saucy and not...beany enough

    Good
    Pasta
    Flour
    Sausages (Frozen ONLY)
    Bacon

    Bad
    Weetabix
    Cola
    Beans
    White Bread
    A work in progress. <3
  • The cola is disgusting but going up a level to own-brand the 56p Tesco Zero soda is good. Freeway from Lidl is even better.
  • Miroslav
    Miroslav Posts: 6,193 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Tesco Value White Chocolate and Raspberry cereal bars are very nice. 76p for 6 currently.
  • glowgirl_2
    glowgirl_2 Posts: 4,591 Forumite
    I've had Tescos own brand (the one up from value) milk chocolate with hazlenuts and it was the best I've ever had including premium brands:)
    Thank you for this site Martin
    The time for change has come
    Good luck for the future
  • rev229
    rev229 Posts: 1,048 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee!
    I rather like the value weetabix but can no longer find it, same with value brown sauce seems to have disappeared.
    other likes
    orange juice
    butter
    flour
    biscuits
    coco pops
    bran flakes
    fruit &veg
    saugages (ds14 prefers)
    orange squash
    loo roll (Kids are andrex puppies and it doesn't block loo)
    actually in a bid to safe money I buy as much value as I can. Meat is from waitrose and always reduced. Can no longer afford on label stuff, if its not reduced or value then we don't have it!!
    crisps
  • chaosweddings
    chaosweddings Posts: 411 Forumite
    i always buy value:
    baked beans
    tinned spaghetti
    chopped tomatoes
    lasagna sheets
    pasta sauce
    salad cream
    coco pops
    cereal bars
    tinned fruit
    biscuits
    grated cheese
    garlic bread
    pizza bases
    lemonade
    sweetener tablets
    tuna chunks
    kidney beans
    sweetcorn
    sweet n sour sauce
  • jollymummy
    jollymummy Posts: 944 Forumite
    I buy the following Value stuff:
    SR Flour
    lasagne
    penne pasta
    spaghetti
    tinned sweetcorn
    frozen sweetcorn
    chopped tomatoes

    Wouldn't touch the cheap meat - unlike Homer Simpson :)
    :hello:
    NSD 3/366
    4/366. 2016 Decluttering challenge
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