Hows everyone doing with supermarket reductions?

erichamster

kippers wrote: »

I went to Tesco's at 5pm tonight and got some lettuce and spring onions and some houmous and tzakziki reduced, so I was pleased with this.

However, I must tell you all about the cream....they reduced it to 75% off and people were stacking their trollies with it...one person had 48 of the large double cream pots that you can buy and a couple of women were actually pulling them out of each others hands!

What on earth can you do with that much cream that is out of date on 31/12?...and is it really worth fighting over?

You can make butter, I always buy cream if it's cheap and make really nice butter as it's so expensive. People think it's really unusual when I tell them but it's sooo easy, you just whisk the cream (it must be double cream, single won't work) until it separates, then you press the buttery part together to get all the liquid out and wash it.
The liquid is buttermilk, which you can use in some cake recipes or feed to your cat. You then add salt or garlic or herbs or whatever to the butter if you want. I think you get about half butter and half buttermilk so it needs to be cheap enough taking that into account. HTH

markwilkinson

As above, you can make butter from double cream.

Pour the cream into a suitable lidded and leak free container, Kilner Jar for example.

Shake vigorously, eventually the cream will separate into butter and butter milk. Transfer the butter part into smaller containers which can then be frozen. :money:

fibilou

you can whip it and freeze it, make it into ice cream, make it into parfaits, make it into carbonara sauce, make it into cheesecake, make it into delice and plenty more other things. Maybe she worked in a restaurant/hotel ?

kizzie_nikita

I bought 8 pots of cream for 19p each, and some sausage rolls today for 39.

merlot123

I/we used to go yellow sticker shopping almost evening at our local Tesco store, but we found we were buying stuff we wouldn't have normally bought, hence my Husband needing to start a diet shortly.

No more reduced sandwiches - just because they are cheap.

No more puddings - I don't eat sweet things anyway, but my OH does.

I will only get something if I can really make use of it - it's only a bargain if I needed it in the first place.

Some of you are soo lucky to find stuff for 10P etc, our local store doesn't reduce to that price.

I think the best thing I found in the past week was two fresh Tuna steaks reduced to £1.50, and I've never eaten fresh Tuna, but golly it was lovely.

merlot123

FatVonD

We've been really lucky with food reductions at our local Sainsbugs the last few days, we've got.

3 x trays of sardines in a chilli/garlic dressing, 74p each (from £2.99)
1 x smoked mackerel with peppercorns, 74p (from £2.99)
4 x tubs of houmous, 19p each (from 56p)
3 x cannelloni with ricotta and spinach, 49p each (from £2.20)
2 x sweet and sour chicken, 84p each (from £3.50)
2 x Levi roots chicken, 84p each (from £3.50)
3 x Levi Roots spicy beef, 84p each (from £3.50) :T

I must stay away from there now as there's no more room in the freezer :rotfl:

yangptangkipperbang

Waitrose Jewelled Christmas Cheesecake.............



............it was luverly too !

gailey_2

Wow everyones doing so well.

well i tried waitrose yesterday near mams was no reduced bays.
reductions were amongst normal stuff and found red labels harder to spot.
The reductions they did have were minimal 50p max this was large out of town store so brought nothing but wine for nye and essential choc mouse 90p for 6 as my fave.

Still was nice to see mum. might try city centre branch in future and see better luck there.

Today co-op doing sunday hours
not sure about tesco metro.

Thinking todays my last day of proper reduced hunt.

Will take down future dates in co-op and revists !!! thats near me.
will get bike out shed and get to tesco expres.

but hubbys working next few sundays and tesco metros a distance with 3 kids in tow but we hae plenty I cant complain.

Seems like every meal latly is reduced.

much of our new year food was reduced in some way.ate 3reduced pizzas yesterday 99p was reduced to £3.50 yesterday from £4.17 full price thats a crazy price a for premuim pizza could get a dominoes at lunch time for that amount.

today is reduced chicken and stuffing with leftover potatoes and frozen veg.

yesterday lunch was yummy covent garden reduced wild mushroom soup with reduced rolls..

gailey_2

Well lucked out on reductions.

yesterday tesco metro shut
co-op sunday trading-hardky anything there most todays date debating if should go back today.

went spar-nothing couple things todays date wondering if should visit today.

tesco express was dire minimal amounts off wondering as some open to 11 you need to bereally late in an express.

Not that im worried we have plenty here.

last nights tea was reduced chickem and stuffing balls with leftover tatas. frozen peas and had to buy yorkies.

cooking rest up today to make chicke rissotto.

have some snacky stuff leftover from new years.
have to use some pastry so making a quiche.

need to meal pla rest of week so know what to defrost.

need to update freezer list with whats been used,
do stocktake cupboard and write a wish list.

we do need more ham
fruit
cheese
potatoes but thats about it.

kendall17

Picked up 2 packs of fresh chicken breast from our local co-op yesterday. The ones that are supposed to be £8, half price to £4, got them for £2.

Noticed with our co-op they start their small reductions a day early (only a local on, newly opened).