Expert League In Thrifty Everyday (Situations)

zippydooda

aau1 wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl:

I think "fumessed a shop" could catch on, don't you?

we'll have to use it from time to time and wait for the 1st person to ask what it means:D

zippydooda

aau- you definitely gone now.

zippydooda

should I time the 40 min ish to see tour light go off

zippydooda

I would say you just shut you lappy up at 2.30 am without logging off

zippydooda

5 on the trot and its time for me to go. goodnight anyone still reading

lookinforabargain

I am Zippy

zippydooda

lookinforabargain wrote: »

I am Zippy

good night lfb

lookinforabargain

Nighty night

dipdap

Morning anyone who's left up

Savvybuyer

zippydooda wrote: »

5 on the trot and its time for me to go. goodnight anyone still reading

:beer: Easy to get 5 in a row in my absence:D.

dipdap wrote: »

Morning anyone who's left up

That's me then:).

As promised, details of the items that compare in the '2 for £3.00' frozen at Mr A. Not much that we've not already been aware of and buying, but it's good to go through and check sometimes in case some have been missed.

Best, in terms of pure APG money, and not taking account of weights of products - which frankly is just too much for me now:o - does seem to be the R White Lemonade Lollies (vs T). The most expensive individually priced item in the 2 for £3, the Meat Free Chicken Style dinner with Sage & Onion Stuffing, £3 for one, is sadly 3g over the 10% weight limit in T:(. In any event, if it were exactly 10% more, it would neither take away nor add nothing to APG (after weight adjustment) as T isn't on price reduction for it. Non-comparable I'm afraid (despite showing a price for T on MSM).

I haven't been able to do a comprehensive search, including Morries prices, as there are a lot of A-own brand meat-free products in the 2 for £3 and it's sometimes difficult to notice own-brand equivalents - other than the obvious such as straight M Savers instead of A S'price. Therefore, excluding any of those possible, in order - biggest APG amount first (A5da price first, competitor next):

R White Lemonade Lollies (3) £2.00 £1.00 (vs T) (until 8/7, i.e. 7/7)
Nestle Nobbly Bobbly Sticks (4) £2.00 £1.24 (vs T until 8/7 or S until 2/7)
Oreo Vanilla Ice Cream Cones (4) £2.00 £1.24 (vs T until 8/7)
Robinson's Fruit Shoot Apple/Blackcurrant Lollies (6) £2.00 £1.25 (vs M, not Northern Ireland, was comparing last week, may be ending very soon, back-up vs T at £1.49 - T's (not very good) offer until 29/7)

This much (above) I already knew.
However, I've now found there is also:

Wall's Cornetto Classico (4x90ml) £2.00 £1.32 (vs S until 2/7 - in other words urgent, as the last day effectively would be 1/7)
Wall's Cornetto Strawberry (4x90ml) £2.00 £1.32 (vs S as above)
Given that some of us have been finding some 6packs of Wall's Cornetto in M straight though, for £1, the above 4 packs don't seem the best.
Unfortunately the Walls Enigma Vanilla & Chocolate and Walls Enigma Raspberry (£1.35 in M) appear not to be in the 2 for £3 in A currently, but £2.50 each.

Cadbury Nuts about Caramel (3x100ml) £2.00 £1.49 (vs T until 8/7)
Wall's Magnum - either Classic or Almond or White £2.00 £1.50 (vs S until 2/7)
This is getting not very good now...

We move into items that are individually £1.75 in A:(
Wall's Soft Scoop Vanilla Ice Cream (1.8L) £1.75 £1.40 (vs T until 29/7) - but this is £1 straight in Ocado (APG does not compare vs Ocado sadly), so if you bought it with a Nestle Smarties Cones pack, making both this Wall's tub and the Cones pack £1.50 each, it'd then (hopefully) give £1.75-£1.40 = 35p + 14p (10%) = 49p. Making the Wall's £1.01 (i.e. still more expensive than Ocado's current straight price) - and you're having to buy a second item, a Nestle Cones pack, in A and paying in effect £1.50 for that (and not even anywhere as cheaper as 10% lower than £1.24 when the Cones pack was last appearing, quite some time ago now, on the APG and was on offer elsewhere).

In short, you may take it I don't think Nestle Cones + Wall's 1.8L tub is very good:D.

Jumping back to items that are individually £2.00: A's own brand Meat Free Meat Balls (400g) £2.00 £1.72 (vs T)

Cadbury Dairy Milk Luxury Ice Cream Sticks (3) £2.00 £1.75:( (vs T).

Even worse, Mars Ice Cream Bars (4) and Snickers Ice Cream Bars (4) are both £2.00 vs £1.89 in W. As you can see, not much APG there either. I think these may be £1.75(?) in M's at the moment, but internet search suggesting these are the minibars in M rather than these ones (and M's website seems currently on go-slow for me in the offers area).

Aunt Bessie's Vegetarian Toad in the Hole (190g) coming up £1.75 vs £1.69 (W, outside N.I. only - and not sure if M has it and whether its price is lower than that)

Bird's Eye Vegetable Nuggets (320g) - not as good as they used to be (were £1.00 in T and M) now £2.00 vs £1.99 (T & S). M might be £1.50 on them - but probably not - it's a total guess. You can see I don't pay much attention to high prices like £1.50/£1.75/£1.99!

A's CBY Meat Free Cauliflower Cheese Crispy Grills (4 per pack - 397g) possibly ought to compare £1.58 vs £1.58 T - but showing N/A for T on MSM (perhaps T's same-number-and-weight version aren't 'crispy' enough??). Similar situation found with the A5da Meat Free Lincolnshire Sausages (300g) - perhaps they should compare to T's Meat Free Lincolnshire Style Sausages (300g), but I notice the pack for T pictured on msm says "BBQ" - though no doubt you could barbeque A's version too. A's is marked as a 'new item' which could be why they haven't been married up yet (if indeed they should be).

We now move into the realms of [Strike]fantasy[/Strike] [Strike]fiction[/Strike] items that are cheaper but not by 10%.

Both A5da Meat Free Burger (8 per pack - 454g) and their CBY Vegetarian Spicy Bean & Nacho Burgers (4 per pack - 454g) are £1.58 vs £1.72 for T. A grand total of about 4p APG on them, and that's if they compare from £1.58 and not (£3.00/2) £1.50.

So choose one item (and only one pack) from the above list (I'll post it again, just with the item names and price comparisons) and one pack of 4 Nestle Smarties Cones.

Finally, in case the Smarties Cones suddenly appear (but then I suspect the comp. would be ruined since the non-Smarties item you bought would then go £1.50 vs the rival's price), the Smarties are currently £2.49 in T, S and M. There's no multibuy elsewhere, meaning it would be full prices at the rivals - even though others of the items in the above list are on 2 for £3 in some of the rivals (and would have been £1.50 for both vs £1.50 for both - but this would not be the case with one half of the multibuy being the Smarties Cones (not on multibuy elsewhere than A)). If you are (outside N.I. and) worried about the sudden possible appearance of the Cones, one of the (poor) comps. vs W would seem less risky, as the Cones are marked as N/A there. However, your other half of the 2 for £3 would probably then compare at £1.50 (unless there is a multibuy glitch:D) vs W's price. So - just go for it - it hasn't stopped me on several occasions and it's worked (so far!), but no blaming me - it's for you to decide whether to take the risk:).