What Value things have you tried and liked?

Bargain_Rzl

I've remembered some other Value/Smartprice things I buy:
Runny honey (for baking)
Jam/marmalade (for baking)
Tinned sweetcorn
Smoked salmon offcuts (good for pasta sauces)
Bacon offcuts (good for pasta sauces/risotto)
Fizzy water

BTW, greenpixey, I have often seen it said on here that value vodka passed a few times through a Brita filter tastes just like the posh stuff (think that tip came from Ticklemouse, cheers TM!)

oldMcDonald

greenpixey wrote: »

I can only think of a few items but these are some that we buy and find just as good as the expensive brands.
Asda Smart Price:

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80 Teabags for 29p
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:T After reading the rest of the posts I started to think I was the only one who liked SP Tea!!

We buy ASDA SP:

bananas
peppers
apples
tomatoes
mushrooms
kidney beans
baked beans
tinned toms (not chopped - not worth the extra pennies, can chop 'em myself!)
cottage cheese (DH loves this)
coffee
All their biccies
mayo
tom ketchup
self raising and plain flour
all tinned fruit
scrubby washing up things
washing powder
washing up liquid ( I dont mind it being a little watery)
teabags (yay!)
butter (DH says its good, I don't eat it so can't comment)
vinegar (for cleaning)
oats
mature cheese (again, DH eats this and says its good)
natural yog
frozen peas
complete dog food biccie things (dog seems to like them, again - not tried 'em myself!)
Loo rolls
Baby wipes
Instant whippy angel delight type things (7p!!)

Only SP thing I refuse to buy:

Pasta sauce (awful!)

Justamum

I like the Value pasta - though I've noticed a lot of people on the thread don't like it.

I also like the Value sultanas. I buy them frequently, supposedly "just in case" I want to make a fruit cake. I have to confess that most of them just end up inside me - whenever I am in the kitchen I grab a handful, so I suppose it's not really very money-saving.

I agree with another poster - the Value microfibre packs of 3 are rubbish. I bought Tescos own range 97p individual ones which are lovely and soft, work really well, and are bigger than the value ones.

poohbear59

I tried the value bacon last week and it was very good quality. On the packet though it does say that it could contain either unsmoked or smoked so you have no choice. I bought it for cooking with but family ate in in sandwiches.

demonicangel

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

Wouldn't recommend the three pack microfibre cloths though - they're more like old fashioned dishcloths and don't really polish things properly.

They are great as boosters/inserts when using cloth nappies, very absorbant!

I got them for that sole purpose as I didnt want to pay out £3-£5 ish for one or two 'ready made' inserts!

GeordieBird

Anything EXCEPT mayonnaise :eek:

But especially good are tins of veggies, tomatoes, beans etc. :T

GB x

fizzel81

trying to think now as quite a share of the shopping i buy is value ranges


baked beans
tinned tomatoes
biscuits
flour
butter
oats (use them for 2 of my boys in the bath)
frozen peas
Loo rolls
biscuits
kitchen rolls
dishcloths and the sponge cleaner things
tin foil
some fruit and veg (always go on what it looked like)
fromage frais/youghurts
apple/orange juice
ham/sandwich meat

this is all i can think of for now


things i will not buy is bread, pasta sauce, tea bags, washing up liquid, rubber gloves, washing powder, and today i found the rice crispies tase awful as do the weetabix, the squah taste vile thats something i would rather spend more on
baby wipes are a no as ds skin is so sensitive hence the reason we do not use the washing powder

Uniscots97

forgot to say value caramel wafers! nearly as nice as Tunnocks.

embb

I don't buy many SP things, but what I do buy I love

Tinned Beans & Sausages
Value pack biscuits
Garden peas
Tinned tomatos

Think that's it!

Eskimo12345

I know a few of these have been mentioned already but I get tesco value -

tinned toms
tin foil
porridge oats
pure-orange-juice-from-concentrate-in-a-carton

and yesterday I bought mustard & tomato sauce, tasty as!