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Cheap thin food bags

I'm looking for the kind of bags you get in the supermarket, the decent size no frills ones for loose onions/veg etc. They must be really cheap from somewhere, but I can't find them? I'm thinking of them as a cheap/money-saving alternative to shop bought food/freezer bags.

Can anyone point me to where they can be gotten?
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  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    The supermarket. Buy one vegetable at a time and use a bag for each one.

    Anyway, they are called produce bags and a quick google search shows you can get 250,000 of them for £800 + VAT. That should be more than enough for anyone.
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  • Callie22
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    Depends how many you want but the Sainsbury's basics medium freezer bags are thin and pretty cheap. I think they're about 60p a pack.
  • imho
    imho Posts: 2,515 Forumite
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    £1 shop.I dont know how many in the roll as i have thrown the packaging away.
  • squiggles
    squiggles Posts: 1,635 Forumite
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    imho wrote: »
    £1 shop.I dont know how many in the roll as i have thrown the packaging away.

    I got some from poundland. Pack of 100, 30cm x 30cm.
  • abibee
    abibee Posts: 441 Forumite
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    I didn't think of the £1 shop. I did get a roll of bags off Ebay, but they're so small as to be useless.
  • Mint1955
    Mint1955 Posts: 685 Forumite
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    Wilkinson a do their own make small and medium bags both on a roll and very cheap

    Small are the size of a round of bread so good for a sandwich medium are much bigger more like a veg bag at supermarket
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    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5105296
  • imho
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    edited 21 July 2014 at 8:49PM
    The £1 shop ones are not small.
  • yorkie18
    yorkie18 Posts: 1,070 Forumite
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    I find the Sainsbury's ones are best for me. I think they are 80p for 100, but they are quite sturdy for a basics brand.
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  • Pun
    Pun Posts: 740 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Superdrug do a roll of 100 good-sized bags for £1.
  • consultant31
    consultant31 Posts: 4,814 Forumite
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    I don't think the thin ones are suitable for the freezer are they?
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