Value Pasta Price on the Move Again

alex21

Yesterday I was in Mr A and saw the value pasta and spaghetti down to 18p from 42p. Lowest recently was 9p but I got a few packs anyway. It's quite fun IMO! Should I buy or hold out for a further drop but risk another rise! I do think they change these so often to con us into thinking we are getting a reduction when in fact it was recently even lower but pasta is such a good staple and really keeps well.

little_pink_purse

i would say hold lol
i too have my own pasta pile lol 26 bages to go

BusyGirl

Thanks for this, yesterday I bought 10 bags of pasta, so £1.80 for 5kg and 10 packs of spaghetti, also £1.80 for 5kg . I still have a stash from last time when it was 9p per pack but I'm not sure that they will drop it below 18p, it's still a good offer and we now have about 6 months worth of pasta!;)

Petlamb

Some peoples pasta stockpile makes me feel better (worse?) about mine... a mere 3kgs of the stuff! Some was free, some given from my mum Bless her.

Still, if it drops to the 9p end of the scale when I have cash (i.e. after student loans), I think I'll blow a fiver or so and stockpile us!

julietiff

Sainsburys up to 41p too.

meg72

Asdas dropped to 18p as well

picklednut

Does the value price pasta taste ok? I must admit I'm a bit of snob when it comes to value price but I always buy VP flour as I figure flour is flour so I suppose pasta is just pasta? Does the pasta taste nice?

Microwave_Dinner

picklednut wrote: »

I suppose pasta is just pasta? Does the pasta taste nice?

IMHO although I've regularly eaten value pasta, Italian brands such as De Cecco (turquoise and yellow packets) or Napolina taste best. If you wanted something really special then the Carluccios ones are excellent. For day to day use, my former Italian flat mates used to choose Buitoni.

When value pasta is smothered in tomato sauce and loads of cheese it will taste good enough for a casual dinner but if you were to compare a value one and premium side by side just drizzled with olive oil and quick grind of salt, there'd be no competition!!

onlyroz

TBH I've never been a fan of value pasta. "Good" pasta should have a rough surface so that it holds the sauce.

CAPTAINBLONDECHICK

picklednut wrote: »

Does the value price pasta taste ok? I must admit I'm a bit of snob when it comes to value price but I always buy VP flour as I figure flour is flour so I suppose pasta is just pasta? Does the pasta taste nice?

I wouldn't recommend the Sains one at all - but the Asda one, in my opinion, is great. I bought a few bags when it was 9p just to try, but will I buy only it now.

SailorSam

I bought 3 bags of the 22p stuff from Tesco yesterday that was mentioned on here last week.