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

silvasava

Went into Aldi's & they do not seem to have the Bramwells Cheese sauce mix in mine I looked where all the other sauce & gravy mixes were & asked but no go. Am I looking in the right place?????
Thanks for the Iceland tip VA I can get there when I can't do Farm Foods

kitschkitty

As per the post earlier I found them in my local above the freezers (though I didn't find them right away), they were along with about 4 or so other packet sauces, sausage casserole, shepherds pie & bolognese or such like.

karren

lol, i buy everything value that I can, and yes the toilet roll from farm foods and home bargains is good quality, im sure they were £2 for 9 the other day, i bought a few packs and popped them in airing cupboard.

stardrops isnt 50p but it lasts ages i use it for literally everything, and with few drops of vanilla essential oil its fab stuff as cleans through anything and when ive run out of washing powder ive used it and clothes came out clean

snowleopard61

kitschkitty wrote: »

Just wanted to say a big thanks for this one, last week I bought 2 packets and they were only 25p, used one today, it was lovely
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I tried the Bramwell's cheese sauce mix too and was really pleasantly surprised. I'd never tried making it from a mix before (not very OS obviously) but it's much cheaper, and of course quick and easy. I'd definitely use it again. Big thanks for the tip.

silvasava

Found the Bramwells Cheese Sauce mix :j I had more time last night to look I also bought the Chilli Mix to try as I usually use Colmans & hope it's as good

tessie_bear

do people use the pound shop much for food ?im going to look next time im passing as i do go in there but have never really looked at the tins etc

Lettuce_Wraith

tessie_bear wrote: »

do people use the pound shop much for food ?im going to look next time im passing as i do go in there but have never really looked at the tins etc

You cant really rely on them consistently stocking a product, as I suppose pound shops just buy in whatever is cheap at the time. Certainly many of the smaller stores work on a "Here today gone tomorrow" basis, but its worth the few seconds to have a look around now and again.
The store near to us recently sold a range of pickles, Onions, Beet, Jalapino peppers, Chutney etc. So at "BOGOF" prices - 2 for £1 (50p each) the Jalopeno peppers are a third of the price I pay in Morris*** and the jar is nearly 3 times larger. (1/2 kilo) . We bought some to taste test then returned a couple of days later to stock up as they had a June 2015 best before date.

So yep it is certainly worth poking around the foody areas in Pound shops.

Petlamb

Our local poundland also does mince, cooked chicken, ham trim etc. Sometimes the ham trim is marked down to 50p, so tempting to try.

Uniscots97

silvasava wrote: »

Found the Bramwells Cheese Sauce mix :j I had more time last night to look I also bought the Chilli Mix to try as I usually use Colmans & hope it's as good

Glad you found the cheese sauce. Not tried the chilli mix, let us know how you get on.

Mistral001

One lemon goes a long way as its flavour is so strong. One sells for about 29p at Lidl.

A little can be used at a time for flavouring fish, black tea and even a hot drink with sugar.