Abroad with your car this summer - pack it with coffee

SeethingSaver

How much is a 250g pack of coffee in your usual supermarket? Around £3/£3.50 How much a pack of coffee filters..£1.50 for 80?
Before you get on the ferry suss out the local Aldi at the ferry port where in France you can get 500g pack, which is double the usual you see normally, of very decent coffee (the Red pack called Tradition) for 1.95 euro and 100 pack of size 4 filters for 55cents.
The situation is much the same in Holland and brand name coffee is also much cheaper than UK.
For something that doesn't weigh a lot or take took much packing you can save probably your ferry crossing cost.
Other tips for Shopping might be inspired on the Dutch equivalent of mysupermarket - http://www.supermarktaanbiedingen.com
Haven't found one for France so if anyone knows one would be glad to hear what it is.

CKhalvashi

SeethingSaver wrote: »

How much is a 250g pack of coffee in your usual supermarket? Around £3/£3.50 How much a pack of coffee filters..£1.50 for 80?
Before you get on the ferry suss out the local Aldi at the ferry port where in France you can get 500g pack, which is double the usual you see normally, of very decent coffee (the Red pack called something like Familial) for 1.95 euro and 100 pack of size 4 filters for 55cents.
The situation is much the same in Holland and brand name coffee is also much cheaper than UK.
For something that doesn't weigh a lot or take took much packing you can save probably your ferry crossing cost.
Other tips for Shopping might be inspired on the Dutch equivalent of mysupermarket - http://www.supermarktaanbiedingen.com
Haven't found one for France so if anyone knows one would be glad to hear what it is.

I'm going to be doing this when we get back to Ukraine, as coffee is £1.04/100g, and it's better than the UK (Russian branded), then with Georgian wine/Marlboro Lights in Poland, as you can't easily get the former in the UK and the latter works out at £2.20 a pack!

CK

Edwardia

I'd say the Grand Mere brand in France is better than the Familial, personally.

Money_Doctor

I think it would be very helpful to have a thread where people can post bargains at e.g French Hypermarket, I guess the problem would be infrequent contributions

Middy

Sorry about this. I have some relatives that live in France and when they see their daughter in the UK, they fill their estate car with things like washing liquid, dishwasher tablets, bleach, flour, toiletries as the French supermarkets don't do BOGOFs, half price etc. They stock enough for 6-8 months then when their daughter goes to France, she has a boot full of the above.

Edwardia

My (French) uncle lives in France and whenever he comes to UK he stocks up on stuff in the 24hr Tesco not far from the Channel Tunnel.

EycplUK

We got Surf washing powder for £4 for a 6kg box ! :j
In Adinkerke , Belguim .
Got 4 boxes and the car smelled really nice as well ! :):)

huckster

Middy wrote: »

Sorry about this. I have some relatives that live in France and when they see their daughter in the UK, they fill their estate car with things like washing liquid, dishwasher tablets, bleach, flour, toiletries as the French supermarkets don't do BOGOFs, half price etc. They stock enough for 6-8 months then when their daughter goes to France, she has a boot full of the above.

It is the same in Spain, where food and clothing is generally more expensive than the UK. Yes the have some items which are much cheaper include coffee, but overall the UK is cheaper.

It can be difficult to compare, as the quality varies. With some food types e.g meat, in mainland Europe they are willing to spend more.

Middy

huckster wrote: »

It is the same in Spain, where food and clothing is generally more expensive than the UK. Yes the have some items which are much cheaper include coffee, but overall the UK is cheaper.

One of my regular customers has a daughter and her family in Italy. When she goes to Italy, she always takes a suitcase full of clothing as a child's coat here costs £15 and in Italy - £50! They live in north Italy, just over the Swiss border and its chilly in winter.

SeethingSaver

Edwardia wrote: »

I'd say the Grand Mere brand in France is better than the Familial, personally.

I'll look that one out and try it. I did get my names mixed the Familial is from Lidl, the Aldi one is called Tradition. Both are Red packets. Have you come across a moneysupermarket type site for France by any chance?

SeethingSaver

Money_Doctor wrote: »

I think it would be very helpful to have a thread where people can post bargains at e.g French Hypermarket, I guess the problem would be infrequent contributions

There do seem to be a lot of price differences for things between countries. As an example look at the IKEA catalogues online for UK, France, Spain, and the Czech one for example. Items are said to be priced for the local market so the same thing can be very different cost just over a border. Centre parcs are also so much cheaper in Holland and Germany it is often less to book one of them and pay the ferry costs than go to one in UK.