What's cheap in the Supermarket each week

rbeck31

I've come across sites that tell you what's on sale, and magazines tell you what is "in season" but so often now prices can be affected by many other outside influences.

Therefore, does anyone know of a site that can tell me, each week, what is cheap by food group for example. I did my menu planning last week and then when I came to do the shop I found that quite a lot of what I was planning had suddenly become really expensive.

Had I known beforehand what to use and what to avoid, it would have really helped.

Thanks in advance

bcl999

I think you need to change your method. I check the supermarket sites on-line for their special offers and then work out my menus. When I'm actually in the store, I check the reduced sections and sometimes the menu changes depending what is there.

pawsies

try mysupermarket.co.uk before you shop

Stompa

http://www.supermarketspecialoffers.com/

http://www.madaboutbargains.co.uk/offers/Off-Your-Trolley.htm

Edwardia

It takes more time to check supermarket websites rather than a price gathering website, but in my experience they tend to be more accurate.

I totally agree with looking at offers first, much like older French people would go see what's good in the market that day. Hopefully then you are eating in season produce that's at max freshness and therefore great nutritionally. Hopefully.

I have a ring binder with recipes in alphabetical order by main ingredient within Meat, Poultry, Game, Fish, Veg, Fruit. I don't ever stick to the recipe but it's a starting point. They are just recipes from magazines, veg boxes and supermarket leaflets stuck on the blank side of old A4 letters/faxes and put in plastic pockets.