Buy a years worth

nannygladys

I had to buy tinned toms the other week and couldnt believe how much they had gone up, I bought a load when I saw them on offer in the summer and they seem to have doubled in price!!!!

I dont intentionally bulk buy but when I see a good offer then I will buy a load no matter what it is, so one week it could be loo rolls and the next coffee refill bags. I tend to use money that I havent spent from my weekly shopping, I put all this into another purse and then use it for this purpose.

hornetgirl

Not particularly moneysaving, but it did occur to me as I was putting birthdays into my new diary that buying the year's birthday cards in one go might save a bit of time, and make it more likely that people would receive them on the right day as no last minute rush to buy.

Poggy40

bramble1 wrote: »

I think i have about 10 years worth of fairy liquid! i got it when it was on offer in Makro and think it will outlive me!

Tuna is a really good one - i'd do that.

Talking of Tuna.....what in God's name has happened to the price of *that* recently?!

In Mr S's the other day 4 small cans of John West Tuna were £6.99!_pale_ :eek:

Luckily, after rooting to the back of the shelf, I did manage to find the last 4 of Sainsbo's own make for £3.50, but how on earth can they justify that price?

I know they are now caught by pole and line which was always going to increase the price, and I accept that, but this has been the case for quite a while, but the prices are only recently decending into stupid territory!

I am not a big horder, although I would like to be, but I have no storage space for everything, sadly.

totallybored

hornetgirl wrote: »

Not particularly moneysaving, but it did occur to me as I was putting birthdays into my new diary that buying the year's birthday cards in one go might save a bit of time, and make it more likely that people would receive them on the right day as no last minute rush to buy.

I have a card stockpile! I found lots of reduced birthday cards in a Paperchase sale a few years ago so bought loads. I also got a free funky pigeon code last summer and had quite a lot of photo cards done in advance for birthdays, Xmas, valentines etc (got them delivered to myself but with the recipients name on the front and the do not open until relevant date).

Kazipoo

I tried to do this, but we find if its there we use it faster.

I always have a stockpile of beans, tomato ketchup, tuna, tinned potatoes (for emergencies), carrots, peas, basically any tinned items that are cheap or on offer. Pasta, but we tend to go through this quickly, I buy cheapy rice and use it for rice pudding too.

mrsd

hornetgirl wrote: »

Not particularly moneysaving, but it did occur to me as I was putting birthdays into my new diary that buying the year's birthday cards in one go might save a bit of time, and make it more likely that people would receive them on the right day as no last minute rush to buy.

I buy cards when they are 7 for £1 in my local card shop, also means you can save on postage, I buy stamps when Superdrug have them 20% off, that way you can send them 2nd class as you have them early and make a saving.

Memory_Girl

SailorSam wrote: »

I've got packets of dried stuff as well Memory Girl, but what are pigeon peas.

A dried legume - quite high in protein, used a lot in Caribbean food .......... not as DS2 thinks .................... seeds to grow pigeons from.

When they are split - they are sold in Indian supermakets as Toor Dal.

They are pretty nutty and tasty though.

MG

Just dug my last invoice from A Foods - I got £152 worth of food for £22 incl delivery so my NY resolution is to keep shopping there.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

I too bulk buy when cheap and store it away in the house. I got stung with basmati rice though as I found some crawlers in it and had to chuck it out. There is a fine balance between bulk buying and overbuying. Toilet roll is ok though (and acts as insulation!)

alex21

I got a roll of clingfilm from work when I was pregnant with my DS which I have used constantly and is just about at the end now. My son will be 17 years old in March. I really wish I'd got 2 of them now!!:D

CupcakeLisa

i have 6 months of cereal in the cupboard, i bought a years worth of shower gel last year and about two years worth of washing up liquid.

i also have about 30 packets of brown pasta from when it was 22p in tesco - its now up to 89p, that saved me over £20 and will last for years but we will have eaten it all by then! i have alot of cupboard space so im going to try and do more of this in 2012