No thrills groceries and toiletries

Hovel_lady

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https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3348070

bottleofred

I find home bargains excellent for many branded products, but also very good for ranges I've never heard of. Regarding the supermarkets, I would have bought lots of value pasta, tinned tomatoes and rice etc, but if there are any offers on the good tinned tomatoes, I buy them instead, as the price is only usually a few pence more. The tomatoes I find particularly important as there is much less juice in the non value ranges and I find this important when making Lasagne or Chilli etc. I have no complaints about the value ranges in lasagne sheets or kidney beans either.

shebangs

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Standingtall

shebangs wrote: »

Hi Yasmin

You are right its a typo and should say 2011 but yes I have paid off over 11000 in 2 years I have been in a DMP with payplan and its been a long hard slog but I cut back as much as I could tolerate to pay off what I owed as quickly as possible ive basically lived on half my income for 2 years, I cut back started shopping in shops like Home & Bargain, B&M Bargains and the market and thought before I bought anything. Im debt free as of the end of next month and thats whats been in my mind everytime I think about how "skint" I am at the mo

Shebangs x[/QUOTE
That's amazing Shebangs, well done:T

I tend to buy Sainsburys value ranges when it comes to dried, tinned and frozen. I also alter at between there and Lidl. The strawberry muesli stuff is only £1.50 or so Lidl for instance. I made the mistake of buying mussels in garlic from Lidl however, yuck! it was vile!

wannabee_in_credit

I am ok using value brands for a lot of my shopping (there are a few exceptions). I'm ok with S'bury's, Tesco and Asda but less keen on Morrisons. I also am lucky enough to have Aldi, Lidl, BM and Home Bargains all nearby. When I have time and inclination I shop in them to get some branded bargains.

shebangs

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camuk81

Its a shame asda didn't roll out the scanners they tested. We were lucky enough to be include in a hand held scanner that scanned everything as it went along. It gave a running total as you went along, then you handed the scanner at the checkout and they spot checked 13 items. Totally open to abuse but was very hand to keep a watch

shebangs

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camuk81

Lol, apparently you can get apps for your phone but i'm going to be good and stick to what I know at the minute, Though until this thread hadn't thought about the bits I pick up like shampoo and conditioner. Always look for the deals but might go browsing later this week!

candylucy

Hi Ukeuro

I've used quite a few of the skincare products from Aldi and they are generally fab! At the mo I'm using a face serum which is about £3 and also their eye creme which is about the same. They also do a version of YSL Touche Eclat (which costs about £20) for about £3 and it is absolutely brilliant - does exactly the same job as the ridiculously expensive version.

Hope this helps x