What are the best and worst basics/value/smartprice own brand products out there?

trinidadone

2gorgeousgirls wrote: »

Back at Tesco's today and checked stock cube price.

Beef/Chicken/Vegetable cubes - 10 for 19p

Also bought

Mixed herbs 19p
Tinned rice pudding 17p
Fabric conditioner 2L 88p

Haven't tried the conditioner yet but will be doing a wash overnight and will let you know tomorrow if it is any good.

Hey 2gorgeousgirls, great to hear from you as ever, the thread is still going on, cant believe the amount of import from fellow moneysavers!!! please do let me know how the value washing conditioner is. BTW, if you have a sainsburys near you, i strongly recommend basic baby lotion, only 11p, and fantastic

the above to the front page

trinidadone

karenccs67 wrote: »

Asda Smart Price toilet paper a big NO NO.....

Thanks Karen, I will add this to the front page.

***cupcake***_2

Tesco Value Lemon Curd @ 22p is lush. Morrisons value choccy @ 35pish also lush. xx

trinidadone

***cupcake*** wrote: »

Tesco Value Lemon Curd @ 22p is lush. Morrisons value choccy @ 35pish also lush. xx

thanks cupcake (loving the handle name ) will add your contributions to the firtst page, any more???

Alleycat

Morrisons value lemonade wasn't great - had hardly any taste and made what should have been a gorgeous pimms a bit boring.

Morrisons value rice snaps (rice crispies) - daughter said they were disgusting and they did indeed look pretty horrible. Basically disintegrated in the bowl.

Yay for Morrisons value (and Tesco and sainsbury basic) biscuits. We've so far tried the jaffa cakes, choc chip cookies, chocolate digestives, bourbons and custard creams (can you tell we like biscuits?!) and they're all really nice.

Also good was the Morrisons recycled loo roll. Cheaper than the basics and was absolutely fine to use.

2gorgeousgirls

Thanks for recommending the baby lotion. No Sainsbury's in my town but there is one about 10 miles away. Next time i'm in that direction I will pick up some of the items on the Sainsbury's list.:)

Tried the fabric conditioner in my overnight wash. Smells like Comfort Pure but not just as strong. Use Tesco own brand mostly at present but will downshift to this. At only 88p for 56 washes its a bargain.

Yeah, more money saved.:j

koolcargirl

just a thought for those using own brand stock cubes, please compare the salt content it can more than the named brands however, sains basic veg cube (1g per 100ml) is lower than oxo veg cube (1.23g per 100ml) just a thought.....

trinidadone

Alleycat wrote: »

Morrisons value lemonade wasn't great - had hardly any taste and made what should have been a gorgeous pimms a bit boring.

Morrisons value rice snaps (rice crispies) - daughter said they were disgusting and they did indeed look pretty horrible. Basically disintegrated in the bowl.

Yay for Morrisons value (and Tesco and sainsbury basic) biscuits. We've so far tried the jaffa cakes, choc chip cookies, chocolate digestives, bourbons and custard creams (can you tell we like biscuits?!) and they're all really nice.

Also good was the Morrisons recycled loo roll. Cheaper than the basics and was absolutely fine to use.

thanks for your commets alleycat, i have added your comments to the first page. I notice you listed various biscuits, have you tried all of those in the sainsburys basic version and tesco value range also?

trinidadone

2gorgeousgirls wrote: »

Thanks for recommending the baby lotion. No Sainsbury's in my town but there is one about 10 miles away. Next time i'm in that direction I will pick up some of the items on the Sainsbury's list.:)

Tried the fabric conditioner in my overnight wash. Smells like Comfort Pure but not just as strong. Use Tesco own brand mostly at present but will downshift to this. At only 88p for 56 washes its a bargain.

Yeah, more money saved.:j

good to hear the washing conditioner in tesco is worth buying, will try some when i run out. 88p woooooooooooooow

trinidadone

koolcargirl wrote: »

just a thought for those using own brand stock cubes, please compare the salt content it can more than the named brands however, sains basic veg cube (1g per 100ml) is lower than oxo veg cube (1.23g per 100ml) just a thought.....

thanks for the response koolcargirl, and welcome to moneysavingexpert. I notice you joined in 2008, this is your second message, where have you been