Top Tips for Grocery Shopping Saving

Lugh_Chronain

Snugglebunny8 wrote: »

not a Mr T fan but recently tried the recommended Springforce loo rolls, 1.99 for 9, found them very good!

People were also previously recommending the 99p Stores Soft Silk Toilet Tissue 6pk. Comes in white and peach.

Snugglebunny8

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

People were also previously recommending the 99p Stores Soft Silk Toilet Tissue 6pk. Comes in white and peach.

thanks, dont have a 99p store near us but hubby does near work so will send him looking!

diluvsdiscounts

I tend to buy lots of whatever is on offer that week.So for example last week when I went to Mr T's armed with a £4 off£40 till spit,big bottles of Lenor were on offer at £2 so I bought 4.This week I bought 3 bottles of Surf liquid(the same size bottle in persil was £10 and surf was £3!!)I won't have to buy any washing detergent now until well into the summer so that free's up some cash to spend on other things.
When the Branston beans were on offer last year I bought a cupboard full(literally) but I go to slimming world so we go through loads because they are syn free.
When the glitch was on Mr T online were two codes worked together I stocked up on about a years supply of pasta,rice,soy sauce,mint sauce,ketchup etc.
Superdrug had an offer on charmin loo roll a while back were 12 rolls was about £3.49 so you guessed it we had loo roll everywhere.
This year my new years resolution was to keep a diary of my bargains noting down how much each purchase has saved me plus how much I have earned through quidco,topcashback etc. This week I have saved £95 so not to be sniffed at.
My moto is my moneysaving keeps me in part time employment,I used to be self employed and worked sooo many hours that by doing this it pays me to only work three and a half days a week so I have time to enjoy my life and have enjoyed so and hopefully will continue to do so.
My final bonus is that for all my hard work shopping,spending and saving in Mr T's I get to spend my clubcard vouchers in Goldsmiths,that's my little treat.

freyasmum

I've never done a proper weekly shop (and I'm not particularly loyal to any supermarket - I do favour Sainsburys over Tesco, Asda and Morrisons though!).

Instead, I buy what's on offer. De Cecco linguine in Sainsburys is 78p for 500g right now, so I bought a few packs. Branston beans were in tesco a few months ago for £2.55, BOGTF so I got a few packs then too - works out cheaper than value. Asda sold a four pack of tinned tomatoes for 50p at least six months ago. I'm only now coming to the end of them Birdseye petits pois - £1.07 for 700g is cheaper than sainsburys own as well. I still have butter in the freezer from when Asda were selling it for 50p a block.

Every year, Sainsburys has the huge boxes of fairy at half price, so I'll buy one or two - enough to last till the next offer comes on.

I don't just buy value products or the cheapest of the cheap - I buy the products I favour at the prices I like.

Frozen veg is equally nutritious, if not more so, than fresh. A handful into mince for cottage pie, for example, not only ramps up the nutritional content but also spins out the mince a bit.

You also might like to check out the Grocery Challenge on Old Style. It's really supportive and there are loads of recipes/ideas that may help you reduce your bills.

* Bolded products are current offers

p.s. you can freeze bread, milk, cheese and butter. It's handy to have these things in the freezer to save any popping out to the shops and spending £20. Not that I've ever done that, of course :whistle:


Ohhh, and another thing (last thing thing, I promise ), lots of people bulk their mince out with oats and/or lentils. It's up to you if you wanna try. I don't do it, tried it once and ended up with enough bolognese sauce to feed the 5,000 :eek: I prefer to add in lots of lovely veg - courgettes, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, carrots, peppers (frozen, unless they're to be used in a stir-fry), whatever you fancy.

moneysavermum_2

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

I tend to buy lots of whatever is on offer that week.So for example last week when I went to Mr T's armed with a £4 off£40 till spit,big bottles of Lenor were on offer at £2 so I bought 4.This week I bought 3 bottles of Surf liquid(the same size bottle in persil was £10 and surf was £3!!)I won't have to buy any washing detergent now until well into the summer so that free's up some cash to spend on other things.
When the Branston beans were on offer last year I bought a cupboard full(literally) but I go to slimming world so we go through loads because they are syn free.
When the glitch was on Mr T online were two codes worked together I stocked up on about a years supply of pasta,rice,soy sauce,mint sauce,ketchup etc.
Superdrug had an offer on charmin loo roll a while back were 12 rolls was about £3.49 so you guessed it we had loo roll everywhere.
This year my new years resolution was to keep a diary of my bargains noting down how much each purchase has saved me plus how much I have earned through quidco,topcashback etc. This week I have saved £95 so not to be sniffed at.
My moto is my moneysaving keeps me in part time employment,I used to be self employed and worked sooo many hours that by doing this it pays me to only work three and a half days a week so I have time to enjoy my life and have enjoyed so and hopefully will continue to do so.
My final bonus is that for all my hard work shopping,spending and saving in Mr T's I get to spend my clubcard vouchers in Goldsmiths,that's my little treat.

you sound really savvy and i think these days its the only way. I too buy alot of the items i use if they are heavily discounted. I never buy 50 wash persil at full price of £12.00. I will only buy it or similiar at £6 and then ill buy 2 or 3. I try to buy 5kg bags of rice at £5 or £6. I set a limit on how much ill pay for an item i.e margarine max £1 , bread £1, cereal try to get it for £1.50 max or bogof. I have found I am dropping down brands as wont pay the full price of items i previously bought. As a rule wont pay over £3 for a bottle of wine and try to buy bleach for 50 to 60p. Treats i.e cakes, chocolate and biscuits i buy value brands or bogof or half price. I have currently got £5 off £25 spend at m and s. So have been going there for nice things and buying basics from Sainsburys.

I still spend a fair bit for 1 adult and 3 kids and am sure I could learn from this thread and I hardly used printed coupons which I am sure could save me alot. I usually take a shopping list but sometimes i have been known to leave it in my bad :mad: but i will meal plan and keep alist.


PLEASE KEEP LEAVING THE SHOPPING TIPS COS WE ALL NEED THEM.

thegirlintheattic

I always look for half-price (or near) offers on tinned/packaged goods that I regularly use and bulk buy when they are on offer. Might mean I spend £100+ that week but the savings last all year.

Due to Chinese new year Mr A is having a sale on Sharwood's and Uncle Ben's sauces (only £1) and packets of microwave rice. Last week Dolmio sauces were only £1 (down from £2.50 ish) and Heniz Soup is still 50p down from about 99p. All of which will last most of the year.

Snugglebunny8

I tend to stock up on my favourite things when on offer, I love Mr Kipling Treacle Tart (rest of family dont so is my treat!) I dont usually get it as nearly £2, but its 94p at moment in Mr S, I go twice weekly usually and been on offer all month til 24th, so I by one each vsit, have a little bit as a treat when I finally sit down in the evening! have 5 in store cupboard

Im also buying a Flora Buttery every visit at 94p, have enough until end May use by dates, Surf Ive got enough until end of the year at £4 (Mr T) and Persil £5 in Mr S. Toothpaste at half price enough until June, and last year Mr T Fairy liquid glitch I still have enough until about May still.

I also stock cupboard with Sharwoods curry pastes when on £1 offer

Am buying clementines half price each visit and half price ham, 12 eggs £2 from 2.50 this week.

Mr S often have good deal for 4 x salmon fillets at £5, they are about due again, I fill up freezer

diluvsdiscounts

nje24 wrote: »

you sound really savvy and i think these days its the only way. I too buy alot of the items i use if they are heavily discounted. I never buy 50 wash persil at full price of £12.00. I will only buy it or similiar at £6 and then ill buy 2 or 3. I try to buy 5kg bags of rice at £5 or £6. I set a limit on how much ill pay for an item i.e margarine max £1 , bread £1, cereal try to get it for £1.50 max or bogof. I have found I am dropping down brands as wont pay the full price of items i previously bought. As a rule wont pay over £3 for a bottle of wine and try to buy bleach for 50 to 60p. Treats i.e cakes, chocolate and biscuits i buy value brands or bogof or half price. I have currently got £5 off £25 spend at m and s. So have been going there for nice things and buying basics from Sainsburys.

I still spend a fair bit for 1 adult and 3 kids and am sure I could learn from this thread and I hardly used printed coupons which I am sure could save me alot. I usually take a shopping list but sometimes i have been known to leave it in my bad :mad: but i will meal plan and keep alist.


PLEASE KEEP LEAVING THE SHOPPING TIPS COS WE ALL NEED THEM.

Haha I like the thought of being savvy!! My DH and DD call me frugal constantly and bought me the Delia Smith frugal cookery book last christmas as a joke.Do you know it's the best cookery book I've ever had so if the cap fit's wear it.
We waste absolutely nothing and I think that is a BIG part of being frugal. There are plenty of times in the past that I have bought things that have been on offer and I've bought them only to end up wasting them so they weren't a bargain in the first place,so I've learnt from this and only ever buy things if I know they will get used.
We always have a few meals worth of food in the fridge and I meal plan up to two weeks in advance,using the freezer aswell.I buy good quality mince from the butcher at 5lb for £10 and I tend to batch cook and get about five meals out of 3lb(there are only 3 of us)I also buy a kilo pack of bacon pieces from the butcher for 99p what a bargain they are.Out of one pack I make carbonara,pasta bake,bacon&lentil soup and probably a huge omelete for breakfast.
I made a bean curry the other day and the whole thing cost about £1.40 I know it's sad but I always think it tastes better when it was a bargain.
My close friends know how "savvy" I am but to the outside world I don't think they would know any different,although I have recently learnt that people have wondered how we afford such good holidays when I only work part time.
My DH is happy because he has the car of his dreams,My DD is happy because she gets almost all that she wants(I hope)She even uses quidco now when ordering nail stuff etc from ebay(I trained her well)
It can be done with a little effort and to me it is a hobby that I enjoy.
I must confess though that I get annoyed at people who bleet on conyinously about "being skint" but do naff all about it.

Snugglebunny8

diluvsdiscounts wrote: »

Haha I like the thought of being savvy!! My DH and DD call me frugal constantly and bought me the Delia Smith frugal cookery book last christmas as a joke.Do you know it's the best cookery book I've ever had so if the cap fit's wear it.
We waste absolutely nothing and I think that is a BIG part of being frugal. There are plenty of times in the past that I have bought things that have been on offer and I've bought them only to end up wasting them so they weren't a bargain in the first place,so I've learnt from this and only ever buy things if I know they will get used.
We always have a few meals worth of food in the fridge and I meal plan up to two weeks in advance,using the freezer aswell.I buy good quality mince from the butcher at 5lb for £10 and I tend to batch cook and get about five meals out of 3lb(there are only 3 of us)I also buy a kilo pack of bacon pieces from the butcher for 99p what a bargain they are.Out of one pack I make carbonara,pasta bake,bacon&lentil soup and probably a huge omelete for breakfast.
I made a bean curry the other day and the whole thing cost about £1.40 I know it's sad but I always think it tastes better when it was a bargain.
My close friends know how "savvy" I am but to the outside world I don't think they would know any different,although I have recently learnt that people have wondered how we afford such good holidays when I only work part time.
My DH is happy because he has the car of his dreams,My DD is happy because she gets almost all that she wants(I hope)She even uses quidco now when ordering nail stuff etc from ebay(I trained her well)
It can be done with a little effort and to me it is a hobby that I enjoy.
I must confess though that I get annoyed at people who bleet on conyinously about "being skint" but do naff all about it.

totaly agree with last bit! :T well - all of it! I think its great our children learn from us to be savvy and know the value of money, my 11yo saves and buys 2nd hand PS or DS games from Game, or checks Amazon before buying, he wanted to buy a dvd present before Christmas and compared prices to get best deal, free p+p etc, am so proud! :rotfl: DD just been to town with her friends and returned with presents for us all from 99p store and The Works, really thoughtful things at great prices. This Christmas lots of people said how pleased they were with their Body Shop goodies from us, all bought at around 75% off in Jan sales, they don't know that, they get great gifts and I dont bankrupt us lol!

moneysavermum_2

How often do people shop? I go weekly. Do you think you should go to mysupermarket and research deals on at each shop. Or do you just go to one shop and buy when things are on offer. I usually have a few of say washing powders in, bleach, beans in stock.

Which shops do you usually buy from and is it only for convenience i.e its the nearest.

I shop weekly but often wonder whether its more economical to go say every 10 to 14 days.