Stretching every penny.....things you love under 50p!

Uniscots97

Eenymeeny wrote: »

Great thread, sorry to hijack but looked for this yesterday in my local Aldi
Could anyone tell me where it's usually displayed please and would it be ok for cauliflower/macaroni cheese?
Thanks

I've used it for macaroni, cauliflower and broccoli cheese and its fab. Its not in the store where you would expect. I've used 3 stores (2 in my local area and 1 in another so I'm assuming the location in store will be the same for yours). If you go along the freezer aisle (not the one next to the chilled but the other side, usually backing onto the "offers" baskets i.e. clothes, garden stuff), there are items above the freezer i.e. stock cubes, snack noodles, their own pot noodles, packet pasta + sauce (dried), gravy granules etc, its about there. Hope this helps. I would have expected it to be with the packets of pasta and jars of sauce etc. If you still can't see it ask one of the staff as they will be able to locate it for you.

Uniscots97

If you don't like strong tea you'll love Morrisons Savers tea bags, 80 for 35p.

snowleopard61

Recently discovered Aldi's 'Chunky Chopped Tomatoes' (in a carton not a tin) for 39p. They are the nicest carton/tinned tomatoes I've ever had.

Eenymeeny

unixgirluk wrote: »

I've used it for macaroni, cauliflower and broccoli cheese and its fab. Its not in the store where you would expect. I've used 3 stores (2 in my local area and 1 in another so I'm assuming the location in store will be the same for yours). If you go along the freezer aisle (not the one next to the chilled but the other side, usually backing onto the "offers" baskets i.e. clothes, garden stuff), there are items above the freezer i.e. stock cubes, snack noodles, their own pot noodles, packet pasta + sauce (dried), gravy granules etc, its about there. Hope this helps. I would have expected it to be with the packets of pasta and jars of sauce etc. If you still can't see it ask one of the staff as they will be able to locate it for you.

Thanks for that. I visit a few different Aldi stores so hopefully will find it. They do sometimes place items where you'd least expect them!
I've always made my own cheese sauce but am beginning to doubt whether it is really worth the outlay in ingredients and labour, going to try a few sauce mixes with fresh veg etc added

Uniscots97

I usually make my own cheese sauce too but if I'm having an off day or I want to keep costs down I use the cheese sauce powder.


Home Bargains have Crosse & Blackwell Pasta in 5 (Macaroni Cheese is my favourite, surprise, surprise!) and its 39p. No need for milk to make this one, just water and heat.

Rainbow82

Eeek, I'm so excited that I just had to share, morrisons has their savers chilli sauce back in store and it's down to 45p! It's the mildest chilli sauce I've found and at that price it's cheaper than the passata, onion and kidney beans I would need to make it. Plus adding a tin of beans makes it mild enough for even OH to love it.

Very much reccomend this

On a side note I'm wondering if I should be worried about the fact that I was so excited to find/share this that I an still in the supermarket carpark on my phone even though it is -2 and I'd have been better waiting till I got home to post this, hmmmm.

Uniscots97

Rainbow82 wrote: »

Eeek, I'm so excited that I just had to share, morrisons has their savers chilli sauce back in store and it's down to 45p!

:j, where about's in the store is it? Is it in a can/jar or bottle? Just so I know what I'm looking for. Must add it to the shopping list.

Rainbow82

unixgirluk wrote: »

:j, where about's in the store is it? Is it in a can/jar or bottle? Just so I know what I'm looking for. Must add it to the shopping list.

It was in the aisle with the sweet and sour Chinese sauces and the Thai curries. It was actually shoved on the bottom shelf next to the savers sweet and sour underneath the free from range and it's in a jar, I think it's 440grams.

Uniscots97

One for the ladies,


Tesco Value Pant Liners, 30 for 22p.

Slinky

Haven't read the whole thread, but we buy the value ketchup from both Mr T and Mr S. About 31p the last time we bought it. Husband used to eat Heinz, we've gone all the way down through the levels to value and he's still happy to eat it!

Also buy value brand tinned toms, 31 or 35p.