Cost Of Food Set To Soar

quintwins

Popperwell wrote: »

However...if you have the money(I say if)they had 8(or was it 9)fresh large chicken breasts individually wrapped for £9.99 is that good value? You can get smaller frozen breasts that are cheaper but I guess this comes out around £1.20 per breast. I could eat one or split it and make two meals from one(or use some in a sandwich)

Thats an ok deals for someone likes you on there own but not so much me as a a family, i get on average 24 huge chicken breasts for £19 from a local butchers who supplies to resurants, there massive with no water added so don't shrink at all, one will do a casarole/curry for all of us and 2 will do us all as a roast dinner and there really tender.

I only every buy supermarket chicken breasts when reduced now and i'm always disappointed, at tthe moments i have 4 i got for 44p awhile back and i can't bring myself to use them until i have to.

lally666young

we went to a wholesale butcher which is open to the general public and we got all sorts for £30, we got a big tray of chicken breasts for £20, 6 american style quarter pounders for £2, a lamb shank for a fiver and a huge peice of belly pork which we will cut into slices, joints and one for bacon for £8.00. It was a bit of a trek but we did save tons. We will go again before xmas.

quintwins

lally666young wrote: »

we went to a wholesale butcher which is open to the general public and we got all sorts for £30, we got a big tray of chicken breasts for £20, 6 american style quarter pounders for £2, a lamb shank for a fiver and a huge peice of belly pork which we will cut into slices, joints and one for bacon for £8.00. It was a bit of a trek but we did save tons. We will go again before xmas.

last time i wnet i spent £140 i got

40 chicken breasts
80 sausages (nicest sausages ever)
6 caramelised onion sausages
half a sirlion which we cut into 10-12oz steaks and got 15
2 boxes of breaded chicken just like we get from the chippy, theres about 25 in each box but there nice, i use dto do hubby 10 me 8 and the kids 4 each until i relised when we went to the chippy we got 4 each and the kids shared 4 between them and we were just eating them for the sake of it.

we go a couple of times a year it's a but of a drive but worth it

Uniscots97

Not staple foods but Mr T's have Quality Street (big boxes) for 2 for £4. Nice for a treat or a present.

If you like ready made stir fry sauces know your prices, sometimes B&M and Home Bargains will be cheaper (i.e. Blue Dragon for 10p or 25p each and they rotate which ones are on offer) but not always. I bought a jar of sweet and sour and could have gotten the same brand in Mr M's for 15p less.

lally666young

quintwins wrote: »

last time i wnet i spent £140 i got

40 chicken breasts
80 sausages (nicest sausages ever)
6 caramelised onion sausages
half a sirlion which we cut into 10-12oz steaks and got 15
2 boxes of breaded chicken just like we get from the chippy, theres about 25 in each box but there nice, i use dto do hubby 10 me 8 and the kids 4 each until i relised when we went to the chippy we got 4 each and the kids shared 4 between them and we were just eating them for the sake of it.

we go a couple of times a year it's a but of a drive but worth it

I deffo agree with that one. Its a shame that most of them are out of town or near villages, that is the only problem with these places, ours advertises on the radio. Shame I have to travel half way accross the county to get to it. But ours is doing fish, it has a bakery, fruit and veg and I nice meat counter. Mind you I did freak out when I saw chicken tootsies for sale and everyone was buying them!!!!

camNolliesMUMMY

The bargain shops can be quite good, a few weeks back I bought 6 jars of Thai red/green curry paste at 19p a jar.
Tinned toms n beans are on offer most of the time 4 tins for £1.
Toilet roll n kitchen towel and toiletries are usually bought there too.
If we want a particular sauce I go to home bargains first just incase they have something similar.

quintwins

lally666young wrote: »

I deffo agree with that one. Its a shame that most of them are out of town or near villages, that is the only problem with these places, ours advertises on the radio. Shame I have to travel half way accross the county to get to it. But ours is doing fish, it has a bakery, fruit and veg and I nice meat counter. Mind you I did freak out when I saw chicken tootsies for sale and everyone was buying them!!!!

I don't know what that is please don't tell me :rotfl:

Ours only does meat but it sells wholesale to resurants and is just a wee shop on the side of a butchers, ive never seen them advertised they seem to run on word of mouth, yet there always very busy, alot busier than any of the local butchers.

jackel

Hello All - Went to Tco. yesterday. They have their baking range all(most of it) at three for two. Got wholemeal breadflour, dried fruit, and some of those little batter mixes (think they are so handy).

I think many people get the wrong end of the stick about farm subsidies. They do not make farmers rich but they do make it possible for them to produce food and sell it at a lower price than if it was not susidised. It is benefit to the consumer not to the farmer. jac xx

lally666young

I was tempted to go back to approved foods, but even there prices have skyrocketed!! I do like home bargains and B & M's but it is hard for us to get to them. My friend owns a local pub and if I ever need anything dry food I will ask him to order it for me.

Popperwell

Lamb and pork seem particularly expensive at present. Even so called cheap cuts of lamb like neck fillet/stewing steak. So when the other light I saw the size of pork/lamb Nigella was cooking it must have cost a fortune...:eek:or perhaps she knows all the right places to buy from...