Sainsbury's Vouchers

blueelephanttrunk

I have £50 Sainsbury's vouchers that I want to use to the best I can, I've been recently doing my shopping at Aldi / Lidl / local Asian supermarket, so have put off using them for a while. Even though I got given the vouchers, it still feels wrong spending so much more on things than it would cost me at Lidl.

So, I was thinking what I could buy there that I couldn't really get for cheaper elsewhere. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Clowance

go in regularly and buy stuff thats on offer - roasting joints of beef at 4.99/5.99kg come up regularly and are melt in the mouth gorgeous. Won't buy beef anywhere else now.
OR go in about 7pm and look for reductions - ours does veg/fruit and bread at this time, some may do meat?
You may as well use the vouchers even if only a few at a time, its keeping your cash in your purse after all.

gilly1964

Do you need any clothes or things for the house

Bigger Sainsbury's sell these sort of things

jenniewb

Depends on what you need really. I'd also think about what the things in Aldi et al don't have or don't do so well with.

If you really don't need anything, maybe stock up? Medicines, tissues, bath, body and skin products can be useful to stock up on. Homewares (depending on what your store stocks) could be worth buying to stock up on (changing pots and pans every few years if they're the non-stick variety), branded alcohol (eg Baileys-which I believe no other supermarket store has sucessfully been able to mimic, no matter how close they've come!). I don't know about your local Lidl/Aldi but the stores I've been in have never had fresh fruit thats as fresh as that in Sainsburys (or Tescos..etc) so maybe treating yourself there?

And if your really stuck, a magazine binge, a paid-for-dinner party (or partly paid for!) or buy something big and sell on ebay if your vouchers run out too soon.

disneymum

A word of caution - if these are paper vouchers Sainsburys will not give you any change. So if you spend £9.20 they will not take your £10 voucher as a form of payment. Very annoying.

As for what to get look at the website to see current offers. I find toiletries on offer very reasonable. Toothpaste/shampoo/mouthwash etc are pretty good on offer. As are the BOGOF sunlotion and detergent/dishwashing tablets offers.

Fruit is a total rip off. Meat/fish is ok quality but definitely try going late evening for reduced to clear bargains.

blackandwhitebunny

Why not go over to the discount coupon thread and print off all the coupons for laundry products from supersavyme and then you can stock up at a discounted rate as well.:D

DCFC79

Bear in mind offers may end on tuesday night but i think the website tells you when offers end.

MyRubyRed

If you really don't want them can't you sell on ebay?

SharkyGeorge

If you need toys they often have quite good offers. They also sell homewares eg plates, pots, pans that are quite decently priced

Smurf2011

How about spending them on things you could sell later like dvds or stocking up on birthday cards/presents!

Pupnik

When do they expire? You could put them aside for Christmas to buy presents/ food, you may appreciate that £50 at that time of year.

If you go to a bigger store they have quite a big clothes range- I have a lot of work clothes from there and the quality is much better than somewhere like Primark or Peacocks but for around the same prices, and they often do 25% off all clothes. Homeware is also good- lots of well priced pans and the like which are frequently on offer. At the moment they have a lot of garden items- furniture, compost, pots- you name it. Plus there are lots of toys, books etc which you could stash away for Christmas.