What Value things have you tried and liked?

angelatgraceland

Look out for the bogofs on major brands in Iceland. Jaffa cakes and Cadburys fingers are good examples. Often, the cereals have 50% extra free and dont seem to be available elsewhere. Tesco and Asda cornflakes(boxed ones)Malted wheeties,Wheat biscuits-Tesco and Asda. Never buy Asda value chicken portions though-they taste foul(excuse the pun) they taste of fishmeal at a guess.
Ive bought the soya milk and added chocolate drinking powder to make up the equivalent of the Alpro one a lot lot cheaper.

moanymoany

Reading through the thread, I realised that I forgot several things.

Value golden syrup - love it with the value oats.
Value cling film and foil. Also sandwich bags.

I'm going to look for the 3kilo bags of pasta and low fat mayo.

I find the value washing up liquid great, they have thickened it up. I also love the cream cleaner. It is JUST as good as the posh stuff. I use it to brush clean the toilet, it works lovely.

Value bleach is thin, but it works well where the thickness doesn't matter.

Agree about the value microfibre cloths.

We decided to stop eating cheap eggs, chicken and milk. We now don't eat much chicken and fewer eggs. In fact we've stopped eating much meat. I buy frozen quorn mince and it cooks up ok. I measure it out at 75grams each and pad it out with veg. I do use the value stewing meat, it makes a good old fashioned stew. It would be perfect for slow cookers.

Value panty liners are good, although I don't use them much - it's an age thing!

The value handwash is the only one that doesn't make my hands very dry and scaly. Vile colour though!

When you think about it, we OS and Thrifty moneysavers must between us save massive amounts of money compared to extravagent shoppers and cooks. My husband works with a chap, he and his wife spend THREE/FOUR times as much as we do on food and grocery shopping.:eek: That for us is a saving of about £6,000 a year. It must be about the same for most of us.

Coooool:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

lemonade_money

There is certainly lots here that I will be trying! We always buy value cheese, long spaghetti and other white pasta (we eat a lot of wholewheat pasta and can't find this value ), oats (like others I use these mainly for baking), sometimes the value peppers but I only like the red ones and the value ones tend to be just in packs. Also the value plain and SR flour. I'm sure there is loads more but I can't think of them at the moment!

Oh yes - tesco value digestive biscuits are really nice!

scottishsue

But what does SP stand for?

Rage_in_Eden wrote: »

Well as I did an inventory of my pantry earlier I can tell you that in there are Asda Smart Price tinned fruit, pulses, the chilli and curry sauces (the chilli is yum ), tinned new pots (the work really well in onion and pot spanish omlettes), peeled plum toms (don't pay extra for chopped you can do that yourself), "weetabix". We always get SP pittas, crumpets and garlic bread. The SP baked beans used to be nice but they've gone "weird" (DH quote there) and so we splashed out on a huge tray of Heinz as they were something like 10 tins for £2 and we're not impressed with those either. You will generally find though that SP stuff is better for you as they don't put as much sugar, salt and fat in them to save money. SP garlic bread is better for you that the "Good for You" range. We also always get SP butter.

black-saturn

No Idea what SP stands for. Stew pot maybe?

I tried value Cola which is OK as a mixer but to drink on it's own it's not as nice as normal Cola.

newlywed

scottishsue wrote: »

But what does SP stand for?

Smart Price - Asda - Maybe??

vixtress

i quite happily use asda smartprice (sp) butter, pasta, oats, tinned toms, tinned kidney beans, pure orange, panty liners, mature chedder, lamb chops (in curry) flour
i am sure there are more but i cant think, dont like the toilet roll, bread or washing up liquid though.

filigree_2

These are from various supermarkets

Successes:
Flour for bulk baking at PTA fairs
Medium Cheddar
Baked beans for recipes
Most veg, especially mushrooms
Sainsbury's muesli was recommended in a recent survey of "healthy" cereals
Passata and tinned tomatoes
Tinned fruit, just rinse the syrup
Pasta
Basmati rice (not long grain)
Tortillas
Corned beef
Peanut butter - tastes like the posh stuff from the health food shop
Chocolate for PTA baking
Bacon bits - with a bit of rummaging you can get some that are perfect rashers
Peppers
Sanitary towels and liners - no different from what Kotex etc were selling when I were a lass, and cheaper!
Scrubby sponges
Yorkshire pud mix - I have to admit this is nicer and cheaper than anything I can make myself
Cereal bars - nice and not as sugary as other brands
Fresh filled pasta
Wrapping foil - supposedly you can't use this for roasting, but I've never had a problem
Baby shampoo - not sure about babies but it's ok for me
Salmon, smoked salmon and trout
"Cif" style cleaner
Baby wipes
Gravy granules
Fizzy water
Vinegar for cleaning
8p noodles are OK but I prefer to get them cheap from ethnic shops

Not so good:
Crumpets - the standard ones are nicer and only cost a few pennies more
Mild cheese that isn't Cheddar - flavourless and waxy
Carrots - I'm picky and I only buy carrots organic
Tuna - looked and smelled like catfood
Washing powder - left a residue on the clothes and I've decided I prefer something with a bit of scent
Salsa - not much different to ketchup, I had to use it up in cooking
Tea and coffee - really horrible and since ordinary tea only costs 1p a cup it doesn't seem worth the saving
Washing up liquid - not much use for home use, but I did use it for rinsing out the odd teacup at work because you only need a drop
Frozen sweetcorn - really hard and chewy
Jam - positively glowed with dubious colourants

NekoZombie

Tesco value chicken noodles at 5p. I cook them with a fair bit of water (to make them soupy) then add mangetout, baby seetcorn, sliced peppers, pak choi and chilli flakes. I let this cook for about 2 minutes (I like the veg softened but crunchy-ish) then add and loads of tesco value prawns last minute. Yum!

Other good ones include tesco value tomatoes (always chopped though, as they're thicker) and tesco value pizza. I then add the toppings I want (spinach, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes) at the fraction of the cost! Tesco value pasta is ok too.

angelatgraceland

Lidls sandwich bags at about 49p for 120. Ive tried all brands cheap and expensive but these are generous size and strong as well as the fact that you get 120 for 49p. They come complete with ties.