Reduced bargains and yellow stickers shopping

SquirrelNutkins

Tesc* yesterday:

pack of plums 30p
2 stir fry veg 38p each
mushrooms 15p

mince beef 1.40
mackarel fillets .70p
chicken breasts 1.05

The sunday before that I got tons of stuff, was a struggle carrying that home, here is what I remember:

4 packs of milk 13p each
2 avocados 18p
2 packs raspberries 30p each
pack of apples 34p
T`s finest easy peelers 34p
pack of pears 30p
lettuce 7p
a red cabbage 10p
2,5 kg potatoes 18p

There was more, I know I´ll remember it after I post this

supki

At sainso yday I got 2 packs of casserole veg pack 30p each, wholemeal nimble bread 19p, 4 large white baps 12p and crumpets 19p.

indierocker85

I got some a nice large pack of Chicken thighs for £2.25 on Friday, and some Lamb rump steaks for £1.40, used the chicken to make some slow cooker freezer meals, and froze the rump with some rosemary garlic and herbs, great the thaw and throw in the slow cooker for the day.

System

2 packs of Clementines for 40p each
Big bag of spinach for 40p
Tuna and sweetcorn sandwiches for 25p
Turkey slices for 40p

beluga

Made a quick trip to Mr S at lunchtime and came back with a pack of 16 frozen burgers and 16 frozen sausages, 50p each
I also got a half price chorizo ring (long dated) and some lovely brie for £1.50 (reduced from £2.20, not amazing but I wanted some for lunch anyway).

HOWMUCH

In Mr S got 2 packs of chicken drum sticks 1kg per pack, reduced down to 99p per pack, so 23 drum sticks for £1.98

VfM4meplse

Was on the lookout for some bread at Sainsbos yesterday evening - just fancied a slice of toast - and ended up with 3 loaves of Vogel bread (800g) at 24p each. Straight into the freezer (less the slice I toasted). ?9 weeks until Christmas - I don't think I shall need to buy bread in all of that time

billieboy_2

Waitrose - just got 3 packs of 3 leeks trimmed, reduced from £1.62 to 59p per pack. They were on 3 for 2 so the till took off £1.62 and I got all three packs for 15p .

puzzlehead

Quick question...


What do you do with all these 'oops' goodies, like if they have that days date as best before?


I'm just curious because I see lots of people posting their buys on a sc site but I worry what I would do with it all, can you freeze them?

merzal

I only buy things I know I can use in the next few days or freeze.
Things like fruit and veg will often last a few days (or longer for things like potatoes and onions) as long as they are in good condition when bought.
With the veg I can't use before it goes off I either blanch and freeze or make soup. (Bought a slightly damaged huge pumpkin for 2p last week and made a big batch of soup the next day). Fresh food is also bought for our 4 bunnies.
Meat I either freeze as it is, use the next day or make a meal from it and then freeze.
I've bought fresh pasta before and frozen that as well as desserts, bread, samosas, spring rolls, cooked meats and pizzas.
We have a huge chest freezer which helps and I try my best to buy only things we will actually use. Remember to check that products can be frozen as some of the fresh fish etc have been previously frozen so would need to either be used the next day or cooked into a meal before freezing.
The people at my local Mr T's are all very civilised when looking for bargains, we are all very polite and there is no grabbing or pushing, we are all happy to share our bargains with each other!