Reduced food item challenge Sunday 26th Aug - Saturday 1st Sept.

ladybabe

went to asda 5pm today and got the following

1x4x cicken tikka skewers £1 rrp £2
2x8x lamb and beef kebabs £1 rrp£2
2x4x burgers £1 rrp £2
2x 1kg marinated olives 50p rrp £10 each
potato salad 24p rrp 74p
hoummas 38p rrp £1
prawn thai salad 77p rrp 1.49
meditaranian salad 43p rrp 99p
doughnut peaches 60p rrp 1.50

non food
ladies pumps £4 rrp£8

rufydoofyM

Went in for ginger pop and left with,

6 x taste the diff vine cherry toms (were £2) paid 25p total £1.50
3 x fruit salads 320g (were £2) paid 15p total 45p
2 mangoes (were £1.50) paid 39p total 78p
2 pks organic courgettes (were £2) paid 25p total 50p
1x bunch spring onions (were 70p) paid 19p
4 x fresh pineapple chunks 190g (were £1.50) paid 20p total 80p
4 x sweetcorn x2 (were £1) paid 10p total 40p
mini houmous x3 (was £1.29) paid 34p
cheese and chive dip (was £1.09) paid 29p
ttd cured ham (was £2.89) paid 74p
2 pks pork loin steaks (were £3.11) paid 74p total £1.48
skinless haddock fillet (was £3.65) paid 89p
2 x loch trout fillet (were £2.49) paid 64p total £1.28
cornish hake boneless fillet (was £3.62) paid 89p
2 x org dbl cream (was £1.25) paid 29p total 58p
1 x sgl cream (was 70p) paid 19p
tom and basil puff pastry tart (was £2.99) paid 74p
1 x lemon meringue pie (was £2.90) paid 74p
victoria fresh cream cake (was £2.19) paid 54p
1 x Celebration cake (was £8.50) paid £2.14

non food
2x water pistols were £2 paid 60p
pk of 3 t shirts was £12 then £6 less 25% paid £4.50
4 pks socks @ £3.50 half price and less 25% paid £1.31
watch was £16 then half price then less 25% paid £3.50 and £2.50 in points

total food shop paid £15.51 should have been £79.22 so saved massive £63.71
non food shop paid £14.44should have been £46 so saved another massive £31.56

All because we ran out of ginger pop. happy days:j:j:j
OH is so proud, tells everyone what a fab shopper I am ( more like addicted I'm on first name terms with the staff and when I don't go in for 4 days or more they miss me ):D

she_who_can_not_cook

back in work so tesco tonight finest mushrooms was 1.25but was 31 p went to the meat reduced there was two lge loin pork was 9.99 now 7.38ish i left them along with the quid off the steaks

Turkishdreamer

Called in at Asda on way home for work. Wanted mushrooms and creme fraiche for a mushroom risotto.

Came out 10 minutes later with the following, all for £1.45p:-

500gm of mushrooms - 15p - rrp
4 Granny Smith apples - 15p - rrp
200gm tub of double cream - 45p - - rrp 90p
Brocolli & cauliflower - 23p - rrp 85p
Vine tomatoes - 20p - rrp £1.85
Endeme bean, spinach & butternut squash tub - 28p - rrp £2.00

I used half of the mushrooms and 2 tablespoons of the cream in my risotto. Served it with the Endeme bean mix.

Tomorrow I can make a mushroom soup, using the remaining mushrooms and cream.

A brocolli & cauliflower bake with roasted tomatoes.

£1.45p well spent and 2 days meals:)

franskies

popped up to the co op for onions and came back with...
muller banana crunch yoghurts x2: 15p each
co op salted butter x2: 35p each
little stars fromage frais: 36p
coriander: 22p
big yummy tub of apple and cinnamon yoghurt: 35p
2 cheese and onion pastry rolls: 17p
can't moan!

Turkishdreamer

franskies wrote: »

popped up to the co op for onions and came back with...
muller banana crunch yoghurts x2: 15p each
co op salted butter x2: 35p each
little stars fromage frais: 36p
coriander: 22p
big yummy tub of apple and cinnamon yoghurt: 35p
2 cheese and onion pastry rolls: 17p
can't moan!

Hope you remembered the onions:D

franskies

i did sadly they were not reduced

Scarlett82

How on earth do you get all these bargains?! I wanna join in!!! Do you just look in the bargain bin sections that they have, or is there some other secret I don't know about?
And are there particular times that are best to go? Or is it a case of getting to know your own store and their times for reducing?

Soworried

Scarlett82 wrote: »

How on earth do you get all these bargains?! I wanna join in!!! Do you just look in the bargain bin sections that they have, or is there some other secret I don't know about?
And are there particular times that are best to go? Or is it a case of getting to know your own store and their times for reducing?

My Sainsburys and Tesco seem to do them at around 6pm on a Monday- Wednesday. Thursday-Saturday around 7.30pm and Sunday around 3.30pm.
My tesco has just 2 reduced areas that everything gets moved in to but the sainsburys has 4.
Co-op seems to do them at around 10am and very good prices, Morrisons at around 4pm. I am yet to work out my asda but it is the huge metro centre one.
I didn't go out yesterday but I will tonight.
Well done everyone on the bargins. I want to pinch that butter. :rotfl:

Lynsey

Scarlett8 - I would recommend getting to know you stores. I find different stores have different "traits".

Well done on the fantastic bargains, some great finds. :T

The posts show what can be achieved and was intended to be a fun thread and has been. Amazing the variations.
On a more serious side, hope it gives others confidence to find those "gems" and sadly some rely on getting reduced food bargains to provide a better quality of food for their families which they may have been able to afford otherwise (they deserve to be 1st in the queue).

I hoping to pick up a few bargains later.

Lynsey