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

trinidadone

ikkle87 wrote: »

Sainsbury's:
Basic's Chicken Curry 48p a can (though I'm sure it was 40p a can a week or 2 ago) really yummy
Basic's Chicken and Mushroom noodles 16p bit like a pot noodle
Basic's Jumbo toilet rolls 6 pk £1.75 really soft better than I expected
Basic's Garlic Bread 74p for 2
Basic's Houmous 85p really yummy

Asda:
Smartprice Crisps 12pk - 71p quite nicely flavoured, not too much not too bland.

Thanks Ikkle97, I have added your recomendations to the first page

trinidadone

lillytoad wrote: »

morrisons curry sauce ranges from 8p to 16 p just like the chinese only problem for me is every time i go to france have to get loads for the ex pats

is it any good?

trinidadone

Stompa wrote: »

It seems fine to me.

thanks stompa, i have added your rolls to the first page

trinidadone

Sazrina wrote: »

I've recently started buying more SmartPrice items and have been really impressed. Most of them have already been mentioned but two that I would add are the Bolognese Sauce and Sparkling Water. The Bolognese has quite a light flavour but it works really well with something like some stuffed pasta for a very cheap meal. The water is ridiculously cheap and tastes no different from any other brand.

Tried the dairy toffee today and wasn’t convinced, it was far too solid.

thanks newbie, I have added your recomendations and dairy toffee to the front page. Feel free to add others which have already been mentioned

trinidadone

each_peach_pear_plum wrote: »

Sainsburys Basics Fromage Frais (45p for 6) and chocolate mousse (31p for 4) come highly recommended in this household!

eppp

thanks for the recommendations, have included, love the handle name

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hartleysjam wrote: »

smart price & tesco value binbags= explod-a-rubbish :eek: :rotfl:

welcome to moneysaver hartleysjam, thanks for the rubbish reccomendation have added the avoid bin liners to the front page

trinidadone

frugallily wrote: »

Morrisons value baby lotion is awful. Like water it is so thin.

thanks frugalily, i have added "avoid" at the front page

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judeee wrote: »

My kids can't tell the difference between a 20p packet of Tesco Value instant mash than a much more expensive proper Smash. I'd even say it has a slight edge because my son had two lots just dinner time today!

thanks judee, added to the front page, thankyou

trinidadone

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Sainsbury's Basics double-concentrate orange squash is a hit in our house at the moment. Nicer than the branded versions, we think. It's much better than the Asda and Tesco equivalents, for some reason.

thanks jimmy thewig, have added to the front page

trinidadone

Flibsey wrote: »

asda smartprice washing powder is fantastic. I use it for clothes, the kitchen floor, removing cooked-on foods from oven trays... I laso buy the sparkling water. I like a bit of fizzy lol.
I like totry things out, I will try cheaper items and if I like them, I'll keep buying them. if not, I'll go back to my next cheapest brand. take for instance asda concentrated washing conditioner. I like the asda brand moonflower one, but not the smartprice.

washing up liquid, I'm currently using fairy because of all the vouchers I got from supersavvyme.com... in my name and my husband's! using them combined with a tesco's offer, I got 4 650ml bottles for £1. one of those lasts our small family 2 months!!! I've found the own brand washing up liquids dont actually last as well as fairy, and I've no idea why because they look and feel very similar!

oh, and Lidl Freeway Cola is great in my humble opinion. but kind of addictive.

I would buy more cheaper items, but a lot of packaged food is padded out with whey powder and nobody in my family can have lactose, and whey has it in so in our house, whey = bad times. also Lactose is being used more and more as a flavouring which is really annoying. it's even in salt and vinegar crisps!!

thanks flibsey, i have added your recomendation to the front page