What Value things have you tried and liked?

song_of_calliope

Value ketchup is pretty good - a bit sweeter than Heinz but I soon got used to it. Value kidney beans and value frozen corn are indistinguishable from branded. I don't like Value Cola and much prefer Freeway from Lidl. I also don't like value carrots as I found they rotted more quickly than the loose carrots - seemed like they hadn't been dried properly before they were packed.

Wee_Pilsbury

Hi all

I regularly buy Basics/Value/Smart Price : -

• UHT skimmed milk
• Fish fingers from Mr T - I prefer them to branded but maybe that's just me
• Jaffa cakes - yum yum :cool:
• Fruit and veg
• Sponge cake mix
• Pitta bread
• Tortilla wraps

In fact I'll usually try anything except meat as I'm a bit fussy about that.

If the basics range doesn't do an item I'll try shops own brand and overall, my shopping bill has plummeted. Yesterday for example I had to pop into Mr T on my way to visit my old mother. I decided to take her some biscuits and went to get Kit Kats - Mr T wanted £1.79 for a standard pack of ordinary Kit Kats :eek: - even !!!!!! Turpin had the decency to wear a mask! Needless to say I took Mr T's own brand version at 88 pence and I can happily say they tasted exactly the same.

Edit

Meant to add that as far as biscuits go, I have yet to find one in the basics/value ranges that wasn't every bit as nice as the big brands. Don't think you can lose with biscuits

CandyB101_2

A cheap and favourite meal for tea .... Enough for the 3 of us + dinner for me x2

2 x Tuna Flakes (39p tin)
Value Pasta 19p/bag
Value Frozen Sweetcorn ??p
Colemans?? Tuna Pasta Bake Mix @50p
Sprinkle of Value Cheese

Accompanied by 4 pack Value Part Baked Rolls @ 39p

Not forgeting the 6p Value custard to accompany my home grown rhubarb.

jackieglasgow

bump for bump's sake

DebtFree2012

The only thing I have found I don't like is their value peas, just seemed tasteless and dehydrated (not my cooking lol!).
had value instand custard powder last night - went down well.

missychrissy

I really like some of the value tinned soups. Most of the time I cook from scatch but occasionally I like the convenience of a tinned soup. Asda veg soup is lovely and only 17p per can and other supermarkets have similar products often on the bottom shelf.

spike7451

Value beans & sausages,the biscuits,pasta ect.I drink CoOps yellow label cola at 29p a bottle,tastes better than the real thing.Tesco value bog roll...why pay £2 odd for a twin pack of a branded one? I mean a quick swipe of the arrse & it's flushed down the bog anyway...
TBH the's lots of great value products out there & in this tight climate,even the 'I'd never buy those' food snobs are now buying them.I've a mate who's a stacker in Tesco's & she told me the demand for the value lines has shot up over the past few months.
Example is I like a whisky,quite often when I go & buy a bottle,all the Tesco's own brand (at £10.79) have gone leaving the brands on the shelf.Tesco recently had Grant's whisky on offer at £10 for a 70cl.They were sold out.

scottishminnie

I tried the Asda Smart Price chocolate digestives last week and really liked them. I'm sure they were 31p so I won't be buying McVities again (not that I'd bought them in a while).

I also have 4 jars of the Asda Smart Price pickled beetroot which was 10p a jar (not sure if that is the usual price) and it is absolutely fine.

I'm horrified at what I used to spend on some of the branded stuff:eek:

kathie1101

It's probably already been mentioned, but Tesco Value teabags. 80 bags for 29p. I've pretty much always drunk Tetley Tea, but thought I would give these ago. Was pleasantly surprised, they make quite a strong cup as well, so will easily make 2 cups with. I will definitely be buying these from now on.

vgstar44

I'll second the Asda smart price choc digestives...they taste no different from the more expensve brands.
Also smart price custard creams, bourbon , choc chip cookies and caramal wafers are all worth getting. No one would even notice they were value.

Smart price cheese spread , Smart price pork pies (my hubby cant get enough of these)

my absolute bargain tho is the smart price shower gel 8p!!!