Supermarket Shopping Article Discussion

santashelper_2

MakingEndsMeetToo wrote: »

When I shop it's good to find that something I want is on a BOGOF offer (provided that the price hasn't been lifted to make it a bad buy). However, when things are on offer and I really don't need or want two, what can I do with the extra one? This is especially vexing with perishable foodstuffs.

While this might seem like a "non-problem" there are times when I don't want to lug extra stuff home, or concoct recipies to use up extra ingredients. Ideas?

Is there anyone you could shop with and split the cost of shopping but get a lot of bogof so your shopping will be halved, or do you know a local salvation arm or the like to donate the extra item to obviously it would need to be quite local to be worth it or even an older person living on their own maybe grateful instead of throwing it away

A_little_stressed!!

Do we have a fee replacement website for fixture ferrets? I'm not bl00dy paying!

da666shooker

Hi

I have been surfing this site for a long time, and have saved quite a bit of money and thought its about time i left a message on here.

After looking round I found out about mysupermarket.com and fixture ferrets, i thought they were great so got started straight away.

i went onto fixture ferrets and then found out that you have to pay for the service, i was a bit unsure on whether to do so, but then thought, hey if it saves me money why not! i think i paid about £5 for a year subscription, can't remember exactly but it was near that mark.

anywho, boy i'm glad i did it!!!!!

i went through all the bogofs and reduced prices etc etc and created a spreadsheet for tesco, sainsburys, somerfield and morrisons, on the spreadsheet i had a section for each supermarked, then the item, then the price, then i worked out the unit price, (for bogofs etc).

I then went onto mysupermarket and selected top offers for asda, sainsburys and tesco just incase any weren't listed, and i did come up with a few extras to add to the list!

Then after work I went to the local aldis and got my list out and checked the unit price against the aldi price, and if it was cheaper i put it in the trolley. Then i came to pay £68.18! i then went to tesco and go the remainder of the list (as the unit price from the offers in the offer supermarkets were cheaper in aldis anyway!), so I get to tesco till and pay £18.00

Then on my way home i popped to somerfield to get 4x400g pilgrims extra mature cheese and some frozen sausages coming to £5.00

So my total was approx £95.00

Now heres the best bit, there are just to two of us here, and the food will last us about 2 months!!! (thankfully we have a large freezer!), so the only things i need to top up on are lettuce and eggs.

so with the help of fixture ferrets and mysupermarket i have saved a packet! and it works out that the weekly cost for food is £5.94 each per week! i can hardly believe it, i feel like framing the receipts!

Thankfully i'm lucky enough that where i live all the supermarkets are in the same area, so haven't even wasted petrol by doing it!

You may think, crikey!! thats a lot of time to spend on organising a shopping trip but it only took one lunch hour (well actually i only get 30 mins!) so i think it is well worth it.

so for anyone out there who is unsure on whether to pay for fixture ferrets, i would recommend you do as you will get that money back straight away from the savings you make!!

Sorry this is soo long, i'm just really excited about all this money saving and figure i should tell the world!!

xax

priceslayer

What's happened to the Tesco/Morrison's/Sainsbury's/Asda's own brand of high fibre cereal - the (much) cheaper alternative to Kellog's All-Bran? All of a sudden it's disappeared off the shelves and I am left with no alternative but to pay about an extra 80p for All-Bran? It's very strange that all of the supermarkets have stopped selling their own brand. They still have their own version of Bran Flakes but these are not as effective.

Hope someone in the supermarket business can give me an answer.

saisamour

ver, very impressed

Rob_Wills

The time of day that you go shopping can make a BIG difference to the price you pay.


I have found Somerfield to be the best at this, reducing prices by up to 75%. For example, I have never paid more than 32p for a top quality granary 800gms loaf of bread. :j

bigperk

A very useful and interesting article. I am puzzled by one surpising omission though - Iceland is not mentioned at all. They have also experienced significant growth on a par with Lidl, etc, and feature in the latest Which? report. In our experience they have provided excellent value, extremely good quality food, plus on occasions almost unbelievable special deals.

Maybe they just didn't feature in your survey - if so, perhaps a marker for the future?

Rick38

I may be a bit biased as I work for them, but Morrisons special offers can't be beaten. If you are lucky enough to have a few different supermarkets around you, it might be a good idea to go around them and 'cherry pick' the deals. Remember, a bargain is only a bargain if you saved on something you would normally buy! No point saving a quid on something that wasn't on your list! One thing I have noticed is that a lot of products, particularly own label, are changing pack sizes. In this age of price increases it may be a pleasant surprise to see your usual products at the same price, but check out the pack size! 454g down to 400g, 330g down to 300g etc, keep an eye out folks!

Rick38

priceslayer wrote: »

What's happened to the Tesco/Morrison's/Sainsbury's/Asda's own brand of high fibre cereal - the (much) cheaper alternative to Kellog's All-Bran? All of a sudden it's disappeared off the shelves and I am left with no alternative but to pay about an extra 80p for All-Bran? It's very strange that all of the supermarkets have stopped selling their own brand. They still have their own version of Bran Flakes but these are not as effective.

Hope someone in the supermarket business can give me an answer.

Kelloggs don't make own brand cereals, but the majority of own label cereals are manufactured by weetabix. Maybe a raw material problem they are experiencing at the moment. As soon as I see Morrisons All Bran back on the order pad I'll let you know.

10past6

Rick38 wrote: »

In this age of price increases it may be a pleasant surprise to see your usual products at the same price, but check out the pack size! 454g down to 400g, 330g down to 300g etc, keep an eye out folks!

Interesting, and thanks.