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My 1st tesco value shop!

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  • quintwins
    quintwins Posts: 5,179 Forumite
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    You wasted money.

    Rim blocks ? In all my adult life I've yet to buy a single one.

    How much money saving have I done ? £700 ? £300 maybe ?
    kimandju wrote: »
    I thought the same! lol Quick swill bleach and scrub round

    Each to there own, some people like to know there toilet is always clean, me I like those blue blocks but i rarely buy them. The op has still saved money on what she normally buys and thats what we're all about here...right?
    DEC GC £463.67/£450
    EF- £110/COLOR]/£1000
  • datlex
    datlex Posts: 2,252 Forumite
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    If you order from Tesco Online and order the smaller sizes and they don't have those, they give you the larger sizes for the same price. Works the same with other things too always order cheapest you'll accept and you may get a more expensive version at the same price as the cheap one. (If you order a more expensive one and they give you a cheaper one, you'll only pay the price of the cheaper one) you can't lose
    Paid off the last of my unsecured debts in 2016. Then saved up and bought a property. Current aim is to pay off my mortgage as early as possible. Currently over paying every month. Mortgage due to be paid off in 2036 hoping to get it paid off much earlier. Set up my own bespoke spreadsheet to manage my money.
  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    The value toothbrushes are good for when my son stays at a friend's overnight as he never brings them back!
    Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

    December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
  • paulineb_2
    paulineb_2 Posts: 6,489 Forumite
    There are a few tesco value items I buy but I prefer aldi and home bargains, if you have a home bargains near you check it out, its an excellent shop.
  • My oh must be a snob.....he won't use anything but home bargains loo roll these days :D
    Now thanks to Tommix & Queen Bear, now Lady Westy of Woodpecker :)
  • 23rdspiral
    23rdspiral Posts: 1,929 Forumite
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    we had the value curry sauce for dinner last night, made just with reduced cauliflower and reduced mushrooms, with value rice, and asda's value narn bread (c.30p for 2 decent sized ones, they tasted really good!) and it was very very nice :)
    Relax, Breathe, Love 2014 Challenges:Cross Stitch Cafe Challenger 23. Frugal Living Challenger. No buying cleaning products. I used MSE advice to reduce my car insurance from 550 to 325!! & paid it off in full!!!
  • ellawood
    ellawood Posts: 222 Forumite
    Tesco value multigrain crackers I think they are 39p are really niceand well worth the money
  • Maitane
    Maitane Posts: 360 Forumite
    The tesco value jaffa cakes, while completely non-essential, are great.
    "We always find something, hey Didi, to give us the impression we exist?" Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot.
    DFW Club number 1212 - Proud to be dealing with my debts
  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm making DD a princess palace cake for her birthday and have got Mr S basics sponge mix, plus some basics Swiss rolls in various sizes for the towers - spent under £1.50 - and saves me mucking about with trying to make the towers - stress I don't need right now...
    Bossymoo

    Away with the fairies :beer:
  • pinkmami
    pinkmami Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    Most of the time I buy shop own brand and where I can I buy Value. There are some things I just cannot change from branded like baked beans, coffee, dairylea, teabags, etc.

    this is what I regularly buy value:

    ketchup 28p 590g
    ham £1.50 for 364g
    yogurts 6x55g 42p
    OJ 1litre 65p
    pizza 50p each or £1.50 for a large one
    bottled water 2l 24p
    tinned peaches 410g 42p
    tinned peas 300g 20p
    tinned kidney beans 400g 21p
    tinned chopped tomatoes 400g 31p
    frozen ready meal £1 (handy for a very quick fix before a football match )
    bourbon biccies 400g 61p
    ginger biccies 300g 25p
    custard creams 400g 35p
    cornflakes 500g 31p
    maltwheats aka shreddies 750g £1.14
    coco snaps aka coco pops 375g 83p
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