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what do you try to always buy thats on offer?

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  • hilstep2000
    hilstep2000 Posts: 3,089 Forumite
    Anything that has a long shelf life!
    I Believe in saving money!!!:T
    A Bargain is only a bargain if you need it!



  • Nescafe original (even now I don't live with the parents as I don't drink it but i get it for them)
    Toilet rolls
    Shampoo
    Washing up liquid
    Washing powder (but we mainly get this in bulk from makro)
    Lenor fabric conditioner
    Super noodles
    Savoury rice

    Starting to shop with my parents so that both them and me and the boy can take advantage of more offers though
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    Oct 2025 Grocery Challenge: £244/£300
  • pww2004
    pww2004 Posts: 146 Forumite
    Doewe Egberts coffee
    Plenty Kitchen roll
    Tinned tomatoes
    Steak
    Don Simon Juice
    Copella Juice
    When cycling, I pay the same road tax as any other zero carbon emission vehicle.
  • valk_scot
    valk_scot Posts: 5,290 Forumite
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    Everything possible. There's days I'll put my whole shop through the till and the only thing that's not on some sort of offer will be the cat litter.
    Val.
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,639 Forumite
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    As this is more a shopping thread rather than Old Style, I've moved it over to the Grocery Shopping board.

    Pink
  • Middy
    Middy Posts: 5,394 Forumite
    Most things:
    . Baked beans
    . Washing stuff
    . Washing up liquid
    . Toiletries
    . Meat
    . Booze
    . Loo roll (well I always buy 18 rolls of Nicky for £4 in Farmfoods)
    . Cheese
    . Cereal
    . Crisps
    . Sweets
    . Fresh soups
    . Coffee
    . Cleaning stuff
    . Oxo cubes
    . Kitchen towels

    I always buy enough to cover me to the next time its on offer. Its a rare thing for me to buy something at full price unless I totally run out or need a particular ingredient for a recipe and none of the Big 4 have it on offer or not available at Aldi, FF or Iceland.
  • Washpowder
    Fabric softner
    Toilet roll
    Dishwasher tabs
    Crisps
    Rice
    Pasta
    Beans
    Chopped toms
    Various beans for chilli stews
    Stock cubes

    Deodorant
    Uht milk :)


    Will start to stock up cereal
    Ds2 born 3/4/12 8lbs 8.5:j
    Ds1 born 28/4/07 9lb 8 :j
    Frugal, thrifty, tight mum & wife and proud of it lol
    :rotfl::j
    Make money for Xmas challenge 2014 £0/£270
  • pollys
    pollys Posts: 1,759 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    If something I use is on offer then I stock up on it. I don't tend to pay full price for things like

    washing powder/conditioner
    dishwasher tablets
    cleaning stuff
    shampoo/conditioner
    shower gel/deodrant
    toilet/kitchen roll

    I also stock up on tinned tomatoes/soup/beans/spaghetti/pasta etc but as there are 6 of us I do sometimes have to buy odd tins at full price whilst waiting for an offer.

    Pollys
    MFW 1/5/08 £45,789 Cleared mortgage 1/02/13
    Weight loss challenge. At target weight.
  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    valk_scot wrote: »
    Everything possible. There's days I'll put my whole shop through the till and the only thing that's not on some sort of offer will be the cat litter.

    Ocado had 25% off cat litter a few weeks back which surprised me!


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  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
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    Anything that has a long shelf life!

    That normally means to me, stuff that your bored off!!! Anything tasty would be long gone !!!!

    Have a stash of leek n potato cuppa soup bought dirt cheap but bored off it. (will get to it in time!)
    Stocked up on catfood but th_f79d7bcd.gif prefers the jelly/steamed/grilled variety so am slowly working through the gravy variety left!!
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