Tesco Everyday value - brief reviews

h007

everyday value diet cola 17p but far too sweet

CocoPop06

Tesco Value breaded white fish portions (frozen) are lovely, I think they are £1 for 4 in a box and they are realllly nice!!

anniemf2508

Things that i buy all the time:
Mushy Peas
Tinned chopped tomatoes
Baked beans
Tomato soup
Chicken instant noodles
Milk and white chocolate
Golden Syrup
Flour
Mixed herbs
Butter (for cooking, don't like it on toast)
Mozarella
Soft Cheese
Gammon joint
Cornflakes
Fizzy water (for making tempura batter)
Potatoes
Peppers
Long grain and basmati rice
Tomato ketchup
Kidney beans


Don't like the bread
Will not buy value eggs or most of the meat.
Tried the pasta but the kids weren't keen
value sausages are nasty
loo roll
found the squash as false economy even tho double concentrate we seemed to use twice as much.

flubberyzing

anniemf2508 wrote: »

value sausages are nasty

found the squash as false economy even tho double concentrate we seemed to use twice as much.

I haven't had the sausages in a year or so, but I don't think they're too bad. They cook in the oven, so handy if you don't have a separate grill. They taste absolutely fine in a fry-up or sarnie.

As for the squash, I actually find it stronger than some other brands, but I have only tried the blackcurrant flavour.

Owain_Moneysaver

CocoPop06 wrote: »

Tesco Value breaded white fish portions (frozen) are lovely, I think they are £1 for 4 in a box and they are realllly nice!!

Shall have to try them, I usually get the haddock at 4 for £2.

The white fish in butter sauce are okay, a little chewy, but acceptable. Not as cheap as £1 though.

katy_ann

MoaningMyrtle wrote: »

Tomato ketchup 19p a bottle, down from 22p. This tastes fine, it is slightly thinner in texture to the branded ones.

I agree with this one, also chocolate chip cake bars, 50p for 5 x

Liz3yy

I am a big fan of Tesco value items and since we've had to cut our spending right back I now buy them even more

I / we like:
Pasta / spaghetti / lasagna sheets
Toilet roll
Fruit squash
Garlic bread stick - only 32p and tastes lovely, it's brilliant for bulking out a cheap pasta meal
Washing up liquid
Eggs
Tea bags
All biscuits - especially custard creams, ginger nuts and chocolate digestives
Dusters
Dish cloths
Kitchen roll
Cream cheese - makes a great pasta sauce with garlic added
Baked beans
Chocolate and caramel wafer bars
Mushrooms - half the price of standard ones and last ages
Tomatoes - don't last that long but are fine in cooking and go great with a cooked breakfast
Tinned sweet corn
Mushy peas
Tinned tuna

We don't like:
Weetabix - known as wheat biscuits. They are small and very hard
Coffee powder
Tinned tomatoes - too thin and watery
Washing powder - doesn't dissolve well in machine

We also won't touch any fresh value meat or fish - we buy standard or go to local butcher

By using as many value items as possible we have cut our weekly bill by around £10

Liz3yy

Meant to say the value ketchup is great too. We won't buy value bread, it's too thin and doesn't last, we insist on Hovis

quintwins

flubberyzing wrote: »

I haven't had the sausages in a year or so, but I don't think they're too bad. They cook in the oven, so handy if you don't have a separate grill. They taste absolutely fine in a fry-up or sarnie.

As for the squash, I actually find it stronger than some other brands, but I have only tried the blackcurrant flavour.

Do all sausages not cook in the oven? i generally cook all my sausages in the oven anyway.Value sausages are ok for in sausage casarole but for a fry up or with mash i keep an eye out for reduced sauages.

krlyr

Everyday Value beef mince - pretty fatty when preparing and cooking (made HM burgers and the chopping board, spatula and my hands got absolutely coated in fat) but once cooked and drained off the taste/texture isn't bad, no one noticed the difference between the burgers I made with the EV and the regular own brand mince.