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

AnotherMakes3

I regularly buy a lot of sainsburys basics stuff

Basics Tortilla chips 200g
Basics salsa jar
basics carrots
basics apples
basics bananas
basics fromage frais x 6
basics garlic bread
basics baked beans
basics soft cheese (like philly)
all the basics biscuits were nice
basics kitchen rolls
basics diluting juice all flavours

trinidadone

AnotherMakes3 wrote: »

I regularly buy a lot of sainsburys basics stuff

Basics Tortilla chips 200g
Basics salsa jar
basics carrots
basics apples
basics bananas
basics fromage frais x 6
basics garlic bread
basics baked beans
basics soft cheese (like philly)
all the basics biscuits were nice
basics kitchen rolls
basics diluting juice all flavours

thanks for the reccomendations, I have included those on the first page of this thread, thanks again for dropping by

trinidadone

quintwins wrote: »

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

hey Quintwins, thanks for the recom endations, I have included those under the "tesco range" on the front page of this thread, thanks again

trinidadone

h007 wrote: »

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

hello h007, thanks for the recomendation, I see like me you have a sweet tooth I have included the migits under the tesco range on the front page of this thread, thanks again

trinidadone

Willow92 wrote: »

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...).

hi willow92, thanks for the reccomendation regarding the breafast cereal, I have included this in the front page of this thread. I was not sure if the fish portions were a reccomendation or not? if they are can you confirm if they are frozen or chilled, thankyou

trinidadone

lemoncake wrote: »

I don't buy many basics, but their value kidney beans are good.

hey leoncake, and a warm welcome to moneysavingexpert.com, congratuations on posting your first entry . I wanted to include the sainsburys basics kidney beans, can you confirm if they are in a tin format, or a packet?

trinidadone

lemoncake wrote: »

Thanks for the welcome, just feeling my way round. I like tesco tinned value kidney beans. I've not tried Sainsburys ones.

kool, I will add the kidney beans to the first page, come back any time

7_week_wonder

Hi,

I may as well add my experiences, though I think most of them have been covered before:

Sainsburys good:
Basics Cambembert (lovely and ripe!)
Basics Mozzarella
Basics Tea bags (love the fact they are fair-trade too)

Sainsburys bad:
Basics kitchen swing-bin bags (never again - they rip sooo easily)

Morrisons good:
Value pasta twirls
Value dried apricots (better than the more expensive ones)
Value mixed dried fruit
Value dried sultanas
Value flour (plain and SR)
Value peanuts (good for making HM peanut butter, but probably too small and oily for snacking?)

Morrisons bad:
Value Mozzarella (too salty and otherwise bland)

That's all I can think of just now.

trinidadone

7_week_wonder wrote: »

Hi,

I may as well add my experiences, though I think most of them have been covered before:

Sainsburys good:
Basics Cambembert (lovely and ripe!)
Basics Mozzarella
Basics Tea bags (love the fact they are fair-trade too)

Sainsburys bad:
Basics kitchen swing-bin bags (never again - they rip sooo easily)

Morrisons good:
Value pasta twirls
Value dried apricots (better than the more expensive ones)
Value mixed dried fruit
Value dried sultanas
Value flour (plain and SR)
Value peanuts (good for making HM peanut butter, but probably too small and oily for snacking?)

Morrisons bad:
Value Mozzarella (too salty and otherwise bland)

That's all I can think of just now.

hello 7 week wonder, thanks for the recomendations and "not worth buying" I have included those on the first page, thanks again for the tips

bekk0_2

I have brought mainly the basics range in my Grocery shopping this week from Sainburys thinking i was going to save money on what my weekly grocery shopping usually comes to. It has come to about £12 more than i usually spend lol. Defeats the purpose of buying the basics range i guess allthough i have got more for the money.