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twinklyeys wrote: »

Oh my goodness Cosmic.........have you been clearing the warehouse out of those bars? Were they going through at 1p per box?
Congratulations on such a haul, you guys are the bees knees when it comes to this, I really need to pull my socks up and try a bit harder!:p

Each packet (6bars) costs 40p (careful some shops are scanning at £1.99)
5 boxes per case, I have a brass neck :rotfl::o got that haul in just 2 shops.

The I love you mum thortons chocolates scan at 1p.

French_Knickers

purdita wrote: »

:T:T:T Well done
Meat is my favourite whoopsies but last night it was only being marked down to half price at 8.30 so I didn't bother waiting for final reductions. There was lots of fillet steak too:(
I noticed they've also changed location of the whoopsies fridges.
What time did you get these tonight?

To be honest it depends, but usually the meat and ready meals get done last after the bakery and fruit n veg.

Tonight was a nightmare as nobody wanted to do it as it was nobodys job tonight. Its good when this happens as it all sits on the shelf at 20 or 30% off and nobody wants it....they all go home and us stalwarts get it for 80 or 90% off when they do finals and theres usually plenty of it.


I'd advise taking some time and lurking around one or two nights to see what actually happens to that meat later on. Don't be afraid to flutter your eye lashes or wear a nice low cut top and ask a few questions iyswim. Alls fair in love, war and whoopsying

Tinyshoes

French_Knickers wrote: »

This is why I don't generally do DTD's on batteries (have done once just so i had a few in the drawer for emergencies) or strawberries, and other assorted oddments.

The store I wore out my welcome in I'd only done 3 DTD's but they were all huge so well worth having to give that one a wide berth for a while.

Thats how I treat dtd personally.....unless its big I leave it alone.

Strawberries for dtd???? I bought mine whoopsied last night for 20p. No need to 'waste' a dtd opportunity on stuff like that imo.

Each to their own of course.

I'm the other way around I don't have courage/b***s to go for big ones so I tend to chance smaller everyday things if I see an OOD SEL. I won't scan them first either just in case I'm being watched and they accuse me of knowing beforehand.

I have had 2 bigs ones for me both alcoholic ones. :rotfl:

Went for a full 6 bottles once but only braved one bottle of champers.

Wool27 was definitely the expert when she was down this way, I bet loads go unnoticed in my locals now.

Tinyshoes

purdita wrote: »

Bed beckons so will bid you all goodnight.

Night purdita.

Fudge_Cake_2

Ok so this is from a couple of days of posts :eek::p:o

Kymie - How lovely to have finally met your friend, that sounds wonderful. I hope you had a great day together :j

Snap - 1p tree deforestation :T:T:T So glad the doc was a little more helpful this time but poop that the antihistamines weren't the answer Hope you find the answer soon! :A

Laura Cello - :eek: Ferrero Rocher!! :eek:

Gemini Jes - Dentist grrrr! You poor thing, I feel your pain, literally! My tooth is so sharp and the temp filling I have seems to be degrading by the day :eek: Fingers crossed it lasts til my next app!

QPR - Sending huge hugs to you. Terrible that the dietician couldn't be of any help. Really hope you manage to get some help to make the changes you need. It must be horrndous trying to figure it out by yourself xxx

Mrs Jagger - Good luck on your mission of a healthier, slimmer you! :T:j

simon31leeds - Lovely to hear how you got yourself out of that black hole and turned things around. Well done you :T

Bag a bargain - You're welcome :D (look you're mentioned again! :rotfl:)

dcon_blue - Fab budgeting, go you!!! :T

HC - Well done for collecting the report, hope it's all sent off and you're one step closer to getting it all sorted :T and Rainbow does Top Gear! :eek::eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T

locarr - Flying the flag in your avatar :T

AMMat158 - Sorry to read of someone else with terrible migraine trouble You're constant headache/migraine must be hell on earth. I really hope the new meds help hugely towards a pain free life :A

Speaking of...Purdy, how are things with you? :Axxx

weddingfunds - :eek: Terrible day at work for you, have you heard anything about the little boy?

Enterprise - :jYippeeeeeeeeee OH is home, that must be the biggest relief for you:j How is he doing?

dreamerbea - So glad your dd got on well with her 1st day of SATs, hope the week has continued in a similar fashion

3dogs - Bess looks STUNNING :T:A

Debs - Well done on your continued weight loss :T

Nikki - ((((((HUGS)))))) What a gorgeous, wonderful, lovely Mummy you are. It's only natural you're going to worry about the changes DS going to uni is going to bring but as Tinyshoes and others have said, you'll learn to adapt and really appreciate the time you have together (there is A LOT of holiday while at uni ) Also congratulations on conceiving so early into your relationship with DH and having such a successful marriage, seems to be a rarity these days :(:(:A

magicowen - :A Thank you, you're such a lovely lady! :Axxxxxxx

FK - Good news from the doc :T Fingers crossed it spells out an answer and it's a simple matter such as an inhaler that will have you feeling much better :A

JumbleJack - French onion soup :T Looks truly delicious :T

ausmummy - Bless you! I echo what I said to Nikki. I think it's fantastic that you appreciate the time you have with DD and want to hold onto her at home for as long as possible. You're not weird, you love her and love her company. But as I said to Nikki, you learn to adapt and when your dd comes home from her 1st day at school with tales of the friends she's made and what she's accomplished all on her own, your eyes will fill with tears of pride and you will be so happy

HRT and Brummie down South - Welcome :hello:So glad for you to join us :j

jamsponge - Thank you so much for the update on the dolphins, so pleased they're doing well :A:A Hoping with everything that I have that it continues :A

Wool - Lovely to see you post. Bloomin heck you hit your new T's hard! :T Well done you! And congratulations on the bouncy castle business, I hope it really takes off

bensonsmum - What an amazing way to earn money with the drug trials. Sadly I think I'd be discounted straight away due to all the meds I'm on but thank you for offerring the info around

Cici-k -:T CONGRATULATIONS!!! What amazing news :A I really hope that everything progresses as it should with your pregnancy. Good luck and sending my bestest wishes :Axxx

nixilix - Congratulations on becoming an Aunty again :T

Maryan - Lovely to have you back but I'm so sorry to hear of your epic trouting today That must have been horrendous, it would have really shook me up too. I hope you're feeling better now :Axxxx

josie-ann - Bad luck on the freezer Really hope that you can get it sorted speedily and cheaply

Milo - What happened with your arm?? Hope you're ok :Axxx

mogchops - Lovely to have you back

wendyak - Sending hugs :A Sorry you had such a bad day. I know exactly how you feel, it's horrid when people don't think before they speak and are extremely rude. I get it all the time, people always say nasty things to me, saying my blue badge is fake/not mine etc etc :mad::(

Bestie - :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: So sorry I couldn't resist! Well done for finally cracking the code of the elusive dishwasher! :rotfl:

Naebbirac - :(:( That's awful of your Mum to be so ungrateful when you've gone to so much trouble. What a lovely lady you are to put so much effort into making her holiday special. Please don't take it to heart, it's not your fault and I really hope after a good night's sleep she comes crawling back with her tail between her legs and you have a FABULOUS time together :A

Zippy - Not sure if you're reading but I hope your daughter was over the moon with your wonderful surprise :A

Old Bear - Please stick around, we all love you and you're greatly missed :A

Scamps - If you're reading, sending huge hugs, I hope you're doing ok :Axxxx

Celebrate - Look after yourself hun, you're gonna burn yourself out again xxxxxxx

ETA: Don't know how I forgot to mention....AMAZING well done to the haul of MisalignedHalo and again to you too Miss Laid....I'm also curious as to how many T's you visit

:rotfl:Have I excelled myself?? :o Has to be my longest post ever and a nice way to round up this edition of the Elite

French_Knickers

lovingtescoforever wrote: »

Just to add, I wouldn't make it hell for the customer. More to the staff not changing/checking the tickets. No OOD tickets, no DTD. Simply really.

You wouldnt because its not your job to manage the price integrity team. What would actually happen is you'd get fed up of whinging to the price integrity team after you've had a roasting off the managers for how much DTD you are giving out and would then take it out on the customers instead.

Simples innit

Tinyshoes

French_Knickers wrote: »

To be honest it depends, but usually the meat and ready meals get done last after the bakery and fruit n veg.

Tonight was a nightmare as nobody wanted to do it as it was nobodys job tonight. Its good when this happens as it all sits on the shelf at 20 or 30% off and nobody wants it....they all go home and us stalwarts get it for 80 or 90% off when they do finals and theres usually plenty of it.


I'd advise taking some time and lurking around one or two nights to see what actually happens to that meat later on. Don't be afraid to flutter your eye lashes or wear a nice low cut top and ask a few questions iyswim. Alls fair in love, war and whoopsying

Other way around in my store, meat gets done first, then ready meals and fruit and veg around the same time, need a partner in crime as I can never be in both places at the right time. Bread and cakes usually starts as these are finishing. Deli counter stuff is last to go down to decent price.

Totally agree about lurking to see what happens as in one local they take all the meat/ready meals out the back. I always thought I was getting there too late when the shelves were empty.

lovingtescoforever

Tinyshoes wrote: »

I'm the other way around I don't have courage/b***s to go for big ones so I tend to chance smaller everyday things if I see an OOD SEL. I won't scan them first either just in case I'm being watched and they accuse me of knowing beforehand.

I have had 2 bigs ones for me both alcoholic ones. :rotfl:

Went for a full 6 bottles once but only braved one bottle of champers.

Wool27 was definitely the expert when she was down this way, I bet loads go unnoticed in my locals now.

Talking about limits. The biggest I've done is 6 bottles of wine.

But I would never go and pick up say 30 packs of strawberries. No where near brave enough. Or even a Better than half price product I would only pick up 2 or 3:o esp with this Mark about:rotfl: maybe the batteries p!ssed them off this morning, hmm 10 packs might not have been sensible. I had a £6 wys £40 I wanted to use that's the main reason for 10 to boast the spend up. However it had ran out:mad::o

lovingtescoforever

French_Knickers wrote: »

You wouldnt because its not your job to manage the price integrity team. What would actually happen is you'd get fed up of whinging to the price integrity team after you've had a roasting off the managers for how much DTD you are giving out and would then take it out on the customers instead.

Simples innit

true:o
Maybe I should wear armour next time I approach the CS desk.
Brilliant post fudge-cake btw!

OldBear

Hi all,

Thanks to those (few ) who said it was nice to have me about the place again.

Thanks also to those nice enough to drop me a 'Thanks' PM for hosting Happy's tutorial. Very kind indeed, folks, but it's no problem, really. I'm happy to do this for any of our own.

I will insist, of course, that it gets linked on the 1st page of the new thread.

Anyhoo, talking of those not around; has anyone heard from Sunshine, or Meerkatsmimm lately? Hope both (and their new babies :A) are well.

Peed off a bit at T's tonight. Popped over to pick up nice Oral-B toothbrush for DS (at 1/4 price with Exchange CC vouchers :beer:) with a plan for a wee Price Flop Cake and veg shop.
Guess what? No magazines! :eek: Disgrace, a shop that size.

So revenge was taken in the form of removing all the 40p Brunch Bars they had. :T

Time for bed.

OB

Edit: Cici-k, congratulations. :T :T :T

Finally...

Fudge_Cake wrote: »

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Awesome post, honey. :kisses3: