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

anniecave

Items I buy regularly...


Asda Smartprice Tomato Ketchup (550g)
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ASDA Smartprice Sweetcorn (907g) - frozen
ASDA Smartprice Vegetable Soup (400g) - tin
ASDA Smartprice Dairy Toffee (175g)

Tesco Value Orange Juice (3x200ml) - from Concentrate

Sainsburys Basics Tomato Juice 1 litre

trinidadone

vikki_louise wrote: »

I prefer Asda's down Dolly Mixtures to any other shop or brand! Asda do (or used to) do 2 lots of Dolly mixtures, one in a coloured packet and one in a white smart price packet. The smart price packet ones were the nicest

hi Vikki_louise I want to add your smartprice recommendations for asda, but not completely clear !!!! are you recommending smart Dolly Mixtures???

trinidadone

unicornblue72 wrote: »

the OH shampoo is asda procet so thinks own make not vaule the alberto balsam shampoo and stardrops are not a asdas own you can get it many places likes wikos etc think the alberto shampoo is 3 for 2 pounds at asda at the momment and is really very good more so if it passed the girls teenager test (apparlty the conidoter is very good for hair exetions !!!! ) also use asda vaule facial wipes good for getting make up off which my girls seemed to cake on fours inches thick

hello unicomblue72, is the asda smartprice shampoo a recomendation? also, I will add the smartprice facialwipes to the front page, thankyou

trinidadone

flexrider wrote: »

Here some more (from the misss shopping today)

Smaller retailers
Farmfoods=packets of bacon=4 quid (2 quid each per 3 packs we only bought 2 lots for our freezer)
3 packets of lamb chops=2 quid
2 large Chickens=3 quid


Cooltrader stores= 3x 2LTR of pepsi, Diet coke,Pepsi max and Coca cola zero=2.00 for 3 bottles of 2LTR (depending on availabilty)
48 packets of chrisps in box all flavors....2.00
weigh watchers ready meals (curry,talatelli,cottage pies ect) 99p per meal.

Will add more when we been shopping again in a few months time and compare the difference

thanks for all the reccomendations on discounted / cheap foods. Unfortunantly I cant add any of these to the front page, as the thread is only focusing on value, smartprice and Basics price, sorry

trinidadone

Willow92 wrote: »

Asda Smartprice pancakes are quite nice, you get 6 in a pack but I've forgotten how much they are.

Last night I did some shopping (all Tesco Value) and got 3 jars of pasta sauce (19p each) 300g of penne pasta (17p) and 4 breaded fish portions (97p). I have tried the pasta and the sauce before they are quite good but I can't tell you about the fish yet.

hi willow92, thanks for the reccomendations, including the fish portions. I have included those in the front page. FYI Busygirl said the pancakes cost 29p, thanks again

trinidadone

charlishae wrote: »

Great Thread! I would add the asda smartprice garlic bread as one to avoid as its basically bread with no garlic taste at all!

thanks for the reccomendation charlishae, I have included the garlic bread in the "not worth buying" list on the front of this thread, thanks again glad you like the thread

trinidadone

anniecave wrote: »

Items I buy regularly...


Asda Smartprice Tomato Ketchup (550g)
[URL="mhtml:{A2E06208-DDDA-4AC6-A52B-54E5AA4F6629}mid://00000027/!x-usc:http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Stuffing_And_Breadcrumbs/ASDA_Smartprice_Sage_And_Onion_Stuffing_Mix_85g.html"]ASDA Smartprice Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix [/URL](85g)
[URL="mhtml:{A2E06208-DDDA-4AC6-A52B-54E5AA4F6629}mid://00000027/!x-usc:http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Longlife_Fruit_Juice/ASDA_Smartprice_Pure_Orange_Juice_from_Concentrate_3x200ml.html"]ASDA Smartprice Pure Orange Juice from Concentrate (3x200ml)[/URL]
ASDA Smartprice Sweetcorn (907g) - frozen
ASDA Smartprice Vegetable Soup (400g) - tin
ASDA Smartprice Dairy Toffee (175g)

Tesco Value Orange Juice (3x200ml) - from Concentrate

Sainsburys Basics Tomato Juice 1 litre

hey anniecave, thanks so much for the recommendations. I have included all of them on the first page of this thread, thanks again

quintwins

trinidadone wrote: »

thanks for the reccomendation charlishae, I have included the garlic bread in the "not worth buying" list on the front of this thread, thanks again glad you like the thread

tesco value garlic bread is lovely, also recently tried value pizza (fresh one) aslong as you add extra cheese and any other bits you might have it's yummy

h007

Hello my name is h007 and i am addicted to tesco value midget gems

Willow92

Hello again! Smartprice Coco Pops are really yummy, I think they're 75p a pack. Oh and the Tesco Value fish portions weren't too bad, the batter on them was really tasty but the fish wasn't anything special (I didn't expect it to be at that price...).