Elite 11+ - Fleecing a supermarket near you!

mhoc

Mixed news about mystery wines.

Firstly I've got a £10 code that came in the post with a very nice booklet and on topcashback the cashback is up to 4.04 for the next few days :j

so I had a look at mystery wines on the Tesco wine website and the normal £36 boxes were not listed - even when out of stock they are always there.

As I was ringing them anyway I also asked why they were no longer there- thinking that they might no longer be stocking them. Indeed they are no longer stocking them and the £48 mystery boxes are now the normal price :mad:

He said that the £36 boxes had been the same price for years and it was ridiculous to have wine for that much.

so much for having free delivery and a £10 wine code.

so the new base line price for wine is £4 a bottle :eek::eek::eek:

a 25% increase - so if you have a nice wine hoard now of £3 bottles treasure them and eke them out.

Asda often has good wines on offer 3 for £12 eg the very recent Yellow Tail offer which was kindly matched by Tesco.
So buying 12 random mystery bottles for £48 is even more of a gambol - if most of your box is box standard £5 to £7 Tesco "finest" everyday bog standard wines then its not much of a saving or an offer.

Evangeline1971

locarr wrote: »

programme and article here re Should people be eating more fat? something I mentioned a couple of times previously...that you need to eat fat to lose fat!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29616418

You can watch Trust Me, I'm a Doctor on Wednesday 15 October at 20:00 BST on BBC Two or catch up afterwards on iPlayer

Quote from that article:
"One reason for this may be that fat is extremely satiating, so when people cut it out of their diet they consciously or unconsciously replace the calories with something else, often refined carbohydrates like white bread or pasta."

It's true, Since I switched from margarine to butter I don't snack as much and since I've been having coconut oil I've slowly been losing weight without even trying. I used to feel hungry most of the time but don't anymore :cool:

mhoc

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Another weight reduction. Walkers Quavers Cheese appears to be going from 6x19g to 6x17g:(:(.

OMG - that much be the most pointless thing to eat 17g of
Quavers

Sarahdol75

fairclaire wrote: »

Oh dear you are having a rough time Sarahdol. There seems to be a lot of bugs around at the moment. Try and rest up and feel better soon

Thanks, yes lots of bugs going around, everyone I know at the minute, has got something wrong with them

Off for a spa day tomorrow with some friends for her birthday, so I am hoping the sauna, pool, and the ice and fire rooms, will help ease, my shoulder, neck and back problems/pains.

EMMAP wrote: »

Waiting for my parents to get back from the hospital, catching up on doctor who. Dad had a minor op today but they messed him around with the time of it so he's basically been there all day. It's not serious but it's always a worry

Hope your dad is ok.

Call_of_Trouty wrote: »

I had the vegetable the other day, I give it 4.2 out of 10

I agree, not keen on these soups, no taste, although had the tomato one today and that was quite nice:)

Savvybuyer

Morrisons vs Asda:rotfl:

M Savers Raspberry Ripple Mousses (6x100ml)80p 67p

Bet cha they don't work!:rotfl:

mrsmac10

Pacifica Thanks:beer:

mhoc

bubbs wrote: »

No.7 Makeup Mirror reduced from £49 to £7.49 instore @ boots £7.99
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/no-7-makeup-mirror-reduced-from-49-7-49-instore-boots-2024536

Fabulous Christmas present for a teenager/young adult

savvy_sal

0.9 x ASDA Bananas by Weight per kg £0.61 £0.61
1 x ASDA British Whole Milk 4 Pints (2.27L) £1.00 £1.39
2 x ASDA British Semi Skimmed Milk 4 Pints (2.27L) £2.00 £2.00
1 x ASDA British Skimmed Milk 4 Pints (2.27L) £1.00 £1.00
1 x ASDA British Iceberg Lettuce Loose £0.49 £0.49
1 x ASDA Green Seedless Grapes (500g) £1.50 N/A
1 x Nairn's Fine Milled Oat Cakes (218g) £0.80 £0.86
1 x Bahlsen Choco Leibniz - Dark Chocolate (125g) £1.00 £1.00
1 x Batchelors Cup a Soup with Noodles Chicken Noodles... £0.50 £1.19
2 x Princes Fruit Cocktail in Juice (415g) £1.00 N/A
4 x Princes Peach Slices in Grape Juice (415g) £2.00 £3.96
1 x Kingsmill Tasty Thick Sliced Wholemeal Bread (800g... £0.79 N/A
1 x Kingsmill Crumpets (6) £0.75 N/A
1 x ASDA Fresh Tastes Baby Spinach (160g) £1.00 £0.99
1 x ASDA Sweet Potatoes (1Kg) £1.00 £0.99
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Chicken Breaded Bites (250g) £1.98 N/A
1 x ASDA Radish (200g) £0.44 £0.45
1 x ASDA Fresh Tastes Mango, Melon & Pineapple Fingers... £1.25 N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Cooked Gammon (300g) £3.00 N/A
1 x ASDA Butcher's Selection Chicken Thighs (1.5Kg) £4.00 N/A
1 x ASDA Gala Apples (600g) £0.84 N/A
1 x ASDA Conference Pears (600g) £0.77 N/A
1 x ASDA Chosen by You Houmous (215g) £1.00 £1.06
1 x ASDA Chosen by Kids Easy Peasy Peelers (500g) £1.25 N/A
2 x Activia Yogurt - Pineapple & Coconut (4x125g) £3.00 £3.00
1 x Branston Small Chunk Pickle (360g) £0.94 £1.00

morries milk multibuy being picked up
activia multi on both sada and morries
womble today

mhoc

Yes I know I usually make my own Pasta Bake, far more taste but it was a case of needs must today and I did have a 60p mailing (well two actually)

Far better for £2 in Asda but we have to pay for parking and its further into town so you have to fight with traffic ...

carrots, parsnips, potatoes and Rocha pears - I only ever buy the odd filler veg in Tesco but I thought I would use up my Orchard MOCs and the nice till person scanned them all

Savvybuyer wrote: »

800g Pasta Bake £3.68 in A? 400g £2.00?

Speaking of ready meals, given that the M ones went up in weight - and went outside of the weight range:( - I have some smaller ones - takeaway ones - at 385g and on offer in M. Doubt they will compare to those from T PP/APG though... (booger when they were comparing the 'wrong' ones, that we wanted to compare and they did, but now they are even more not comparable, we want for the correct ones to compare (takeaway vs takeaway) but they probably do not).

Of course, they don't sell loose parsnips in M at £1.29/kg do they?:rotfl:

The 1Kg carrots have gone N/A vs M though - probably right, even though we'd hope for previous price in M (from when they were stocked) - at least to help (non-N.I.) customers of T whose shopping was otherwise cheaper, or nearly cheaper, in M - 69p on 1kg previously.

There are 1.2Kg carrots in M at 49p! Works out much better, subj. to womble paying and cond.spends outstriping etc., than T or A. I hope the 1Kg A carrots, given that they are 57p rather than a bit higher, now go N/A vs M rather than comparing to 69p and losing out. I couldn't find any 1Kg carrots in M today (expected at 69p), instead only the 1.2Kg carrots now, at 49p. So I hope the 1Kg A carrots go N/A and stop losing money for us vs M on the wombles.

The 1.2Kg carrots in M (unusual maybe for a weight increase and a price reduction!:D:T) should not be put on a Match & More shop - as 1Kg is within the weight range there, for Match & More purposes.

Outside of weight range on APG and T PP. Inside of weight range on M M&M. We do not want 49p vs 68 or 69p for A and 96p:eek: for T on M match & more. 1Kg carrots in Aldi more expensive too, so no 1.2Kg carrots on Mvs Aldi. Unless 1Kg carrots are not sold at all by Lidl, then it would not be good on any Mvs comp. Only if Lidl does not stock, would they then, potentially, be Mvs Lidl. In short, if buying the excellent-priced 1.2Kg carrots in M, just buy them separately! Also :money: don't need to be spending £15 then:rotfl::rotfl:;):rotfl:.

A 1kg carrots - A 57p vs Sains 60p? Not 10% cheaper. Still more expensive than M ones, but may help if using wombles to pay in A or if no M near you (or for N.I. etc.).

Dizzy_Ditzy

Evangeline1971 wrote: »

Quote from that article:
"One reason for this may be that fat is extremely satiating, so when people cut it out of their diet they consciously or unconsciously replace the calories with something else, often refined carbohydrates like white bread or pasta."

It's true, Since I switched from margarine to butter I don't snack as much and since I've been having coconut oil I've slowly been losing weight without even trying. I used to feel hungry most of the time but don't anymore :cool:

They say if you're following a low carb diet that you need to eat "proper" fat, to keep the hunger pangs at bay