Reduced bargains and yellow stickers shopping

marris

Wizzbang wrote: »

What do you do with fresh YS bargains you can't freeze- i.e. how fussy are you about use by dates?[/QUOT
max 2 days for YS fresh stuff. and i also do not buy anything with mayo unless i'm gonna use it the same day but that is my rule.;)

Wizzbang

Yeah, I mainly meant meat and dairy- those kinds of higher risk items. I could care less about dates on fruit/ veg and other things like that when you can easily see when they've gone off.

marris

Wizzbang wrote: »

Yeah, I mainly meant meat and dairy- those kinds of higher risk items. I could care less about dates on fruit/ veg and other things like that when you can easily see when they've gone off.

meat only for the freezer for me. yoghurt is fine for 2-3 days.milk is fine 2-3 days.i don't use eggs after their use by date, but again that's me.

paxtecum

Waitrose at 4.30 pm, shuts at 5pm
Hovis British Farmers White Loaf £1.50 to 10p (x2)
Waitrose Fragrant and Aromatic pilau rice £1.69 to 29p (x4)
600g easy peeler oranges £1.99 to 39p (x3)
Cheddar and celery sandwich £1.45 to 39p
Two cod and parsley fish cakes £1.29 to 29p
2 cod portions £2.49 to 69p
£18.47 to £3.90 saved £14.57

marris

got some bargains

organic whole milk 1pint £0,09
muller greek style yoghurt (4 pack) £0,55
yeo valley natural yoghurt 500g £0,25 x 2
the saucy fish co salmon fish cakes (2) £0,55 x 2
Mr M cheddar cheese 270g £0,25
Mr M Ardennes & bacon pate 170g £0,25

kitschkitty

Great shopping in Waitrose today, 19 items (all reduced to 19p - 65p) including 2, curries, 3 rice, 3 sides, 4 loaves, milk and other bakery items, total £7.55 but the multibuy offer on the curries took £3.65 off so it only cost me £3.90 that's just under 21p per item!

kitschkitty

Wizzbang wrote: »

What do you do with fresh YS bargains you can't freeze- i.e. how fussy are you about use by dates?

Not too fussy, but I won't buy coleslaw etc as in the past I've found it's gone "fizzy" on the day already, I also won't buy prawns (say in a sarnie) or other seafood that can't be frozen of I won't eat it that day. Try to be fussy on which/how many bakery products, as have also had some go mouldy very quickly and have to be thrown away.

RuthnJasper

My luck was in today. Got a pizza (the very one I wanted but couldn't afford the full price) at ½-price yellow-stickered in local Co-op today. Happy days!

Best luck I've had in weeks! :j

paulineb_2

I got 5 loaves of bread, rolls, white and wholemeal. packs of salad, some rocket and spinach leaves,lemongrass, spring onions, fresh fruit pots, rice noodles, grapes, ginger, 2 packs of mushrooms, a pack of veg for making soups/stews, everything cost between 10 and 20p and I spent £3.50 on the lot. Tesco at around 7.15pm

fionajbanana

Sainsburys - stupid how their stores open 9-7 on BHs, yet they are dead after 5pm. As I popped in on the way back from work at 5:30pm, I got chatting to the girls as they were bored out of their mind and Head Office need to look at the sales figures and adjust opening times on BHs accordingly.

OK back to the YS. Good job I came in as I had nothing planned for tea. Mushroom stirfry pack 40p and stir fry lean beef strips 75p. Got some extra lean diced lamb with tomorrow's date for £2.50. If Sainsburys have a lot of one line with the same date, they reduce it the day before to shift it.