Tesco Discussion Chats & Grabbits 11+ Xmas/NY (Incorporating HC's Glitch & B1tch Pub)

3Dogs

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

i've just read the thread Karlie posted about- does anyone here use "Approved Foods"? I am just looking at their site and it looks ok but wondered if anyone here had any experiences of it, good or bad?

I have only read good things about them but you do have to take care of the delivery charge which is calculated by weight. I think it has it's own thread on Food & Shopping forum

katierose1_2

Thank you so much for this sunshinestar its really helpful and i really appreciate it. :A

Oh and on the topic of Karlies post, i've just been reading through the thread and its actually really interesting so thanks Karlie.

sunshinestar101 wrote: »

there is 2 adults - me and DH, and 2 kids.

we eat 3 meals a day, plus have treats... on an average week (few weeks ago menu), this would be something like our food menu -

Monday - Breakfast - Cereal/toast/pancakes/crumpets (bread,pancakes and crumpets are usually whoopsies)
Lunch - tinned soup (or leftover veggies from sunday dinner made into home-made soup)- 2 tins between 4 of us - lots of whoopsied or homemade bread to fill us up.
Dinner - Pork chops, mash, veg.

cheap/home-made biscuits/cakes/whoopsied fruit through the day/week.

Tuesday - Breakfast - same as Monday
Lunch - Sandwiches n crisps, yogurt - whoopsied bread and yogurts
Dinner - Fish n chips from chippie

Weds - Breakfast - same as usual.
Lunch - Pasta with sausages.
Dinner - Spag Bol (whoopsied mince)

Thurs - Breakfast - same again
Lunch - Tortilla Wraps with leftover spag-bol and cheese inside.
Dinner - Homemade shepards pie (whoopsied potatoes/mash)

Friday - Breakfast - as usual
Lunch - At Nannys house
Dinner - Fish Fingers/nuggets chips n beans

Sat - Breakfast - same again
Lunch - pasty/sausage roll of some sort from Greggs.
Dinner - stew (whatever i have left in the fridge)

Sunday - Breakfast - same.... again
Lunch - Chicken Dinner (whoopsied veg etc)
Dinner - sandwiches with leftovers from lunch.


I make lots of my own things, like bread, biscuits etc.... buy whoopsied veg and freeze it, or cook it n freeze it for ease (like mash potato)

i very rarely throw any food away, even if its a little amount, just bung it in a freezer bag n freeze it or keep it in the fridge...

never seem to get much whoopsied meat, but always loads of veg.... and i buy lots of herbs/spices/sauces to change the flavours of stuff to make it more intersting.

If we can walk anywhere, we will.... our limit is half hours walk away - if its further than that, we will take the car..

Gas and electric are on meters, so we know exactly where we are and can never overspend.

any old clothes/shoes/brick a brac we have, i take to a clothes shop that buys them from us by weight - works out about £5.00 per bin bag. i use this money for treats...

only have the heating on when its cold - for the kids... when they are in bed, all warm and cosy, we turn it off and snuggle under a blanket.. or go to bed and watch tv there. Lights are hardly on, on a night, just a lamp in the living room whilst we are up and a lamp at top of stairs for kids in night.

pay as you go mobile phones - hardly ever top up as free calls from house phone. only use when calls are free/low/local rate.

Hope that helps... sorry for waffling on.

katierose1_2

French_Knickers wrote: »

Its all lies I tell ya!!!

Sorry French Knickers but i've seen your legs in tights so you will always be a female in my mind, just the same as HC will always be hagrid from Harry Potter (sorry HC)!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

sunshinestar101

plus - i dont smoke/drink/go out very often. when i do, its usually to somewhere where i know people, so can get in clubs/pubs for free, plus free bottle of champers etc.... usually spend about £20-40 on a night out.... but cant remember the last hight out i had.... or will be having.....

i sound boring and like a scrooge dont i!!!


i promise im not..... my kids are spoilt ( baaad mummy!) - wear nice clothes and never go without...

ive been on both sides of money - So loaded i baught a house 'just like that' with cash... and so skint that ive had to water down a tin of beans... but its all part of learning... money is money - if you havent got it, how can you spend it.. same goes with debt - if you havent got it... how can they take it....

zippydooda

kadison wrote: »

Can I just ask, where is the DTD sign? I've looked carefully at every sign at my local's CS desk and have never seen any DTD sign anywhere. This is why I'm so scared of going to ask for DTD.....

just read your question asking where this is. well in our store (sw1nd0n) it WAS behind cs desk but it has been removed. they told me it had fallen off (yer right) but i have had dtd in there though, it was offered to me for the meal offer a few weeks ago and i got £24

purdita

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

i've just read the thread Karlie posted about- does anyone here use "Approved Foods"? I am just looking at their site and it looks ok but wondered if anyone here had any experiences of it, good or bad?

I do!!
I don't order on a regular basis but stock up on things like couscous, rice, stock cubes etc. when it's really cheap. I recently ordered loads of Helmans mayo. Massive jars of it 2 for £1.
Although it's usually out of date it's always been fine....and it's only a best before, not a use by so there's no probs health wise
They seem to be doing a deal on the delivery too. £5 odd for nearly 60KG.

French_Knickers

Well, free mince, free beef, whoopsies peppers, mushroom and onions can mean only one thing.............time to get a chilli on the go!!!!

Oh yeah cartons of tomatos which tesco paid us to take away and tins of (glitched) mixed taco beans.

I bet that whole slowy full doesn't owe more than about £2 lmao.

HappyChappy84

Bottle of Sink The Bismark please bar person.

41% beer and £40 for a 330ml bottle:eek::eek:

http://www.brewdog.com/sink_the_bismark

HappyChappy84

katierose1 wrote: »

Sorry French Knickers but i've seen your legs in tights so you will always be a female in my mind, just the same as HC will always be hagrid from Harry Potter (sorry HC)!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Hagrid/Rab C Nesbit/Claude Greengrass - all the same to me.:beer:

sunshinestar101

French_Knickers wrote: »

Well, free mince, free beef, whoopsies peppers, mushroom and onions can mean only one thing.............time to get a chilli on the go!!!!

i have that exact same slow cooker!!!

they are the BEST!!!

:rotfl: