Tesco Value snobbery??

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aldi items are even better value then value

Hardup_Hester

I decant cheap cheap bubblebath into hand wash dispensers, but more for convenience than snobbery.

daisyroots_2

My snobbery comes from a different direction. I decant into the prettiest pack, the one that appeals to me in terms of colour, design or wording. Or the sturdiest, sometimes. It's your home, not Tesco's, and you arrange it to please yourself, my love.

Raspberry_Swirl

it just makes me happy that my food cupboards are full and i didn't break the bank doing it. couldn't care less what packaging stuff is in...

Linda32

As it has been said, I couldn't care less either, I certainly don't feel poor doing it, more like tight IMO

We've recently swopped all smellies to value/basics range and I havn't found anything yet which isn't up to scratch.

As for tooth paste, I guess that could be your one luxury brand and just buy whatever named brand is on BOGOF

freyasmum

I have to agree with most others... I couldn't care less what the packaging is like, as long as the product itself works. Having said that, I have loads of tubes of 'branded' toothpaste (and a few (:rolleyes:) other things - showergels, shampoos, etc as Tesco gave me them when they had their coupons). If you feel like you really can't use the cheap packaging, buy the more expensive when it's on offer as I can't imagine you would find an easy way to decant the toothpaste.

Lx

Yategirl

daisyroots wrote: »

My snobbery comes from a different direction. I decant into the prettiest pack, the one that appeals to me in terms of colour, design or wording. Or the sturdiest, sometimes. It's your home, not Tesco's, and you arrange it to please yourself, my love.

Hear Hear! Until my children became toddlers (and got heavy handed..... :rolleyes: ) I used to decant all soap and shower gel etc into ceramic soap dispensers.... not because I didn't want people to see what I used (though it is nice when they don't know! ) but because the dispensers matched the decor I had.

Choose the dispensers (for example) that match your decor... whether "other empty brand bottles" or ones you have bought (there are loads out there that are so cheap in tesco/asda etc... and in all sorts of patterns/colours!)

Arrange your home to suit you!

dolly_day_dream

I have great fun with this. I am on a very tight budget and value products are a must. Quite often I meet parents of pupils in the supermarkets and the looks on their faces when they look in my basket is priceless. Ashamed - never - I am buying within my budget and not getting into needless debt. I am also proud to say that most of what they see is ingredients.

I consider myself very lucky to live in a country where we can still buy food relatively cheaply. I was astonished to discover that if I were living in Bangladesh to buy enough for a healthy diet - no frills - would cost the equivalent of over £1000 a week! The United Nations have started to show food costs in relative terms so that we in the west can truly understand the difficulties faced by the rest of the world.

angelavdavis

I once had an open house last summer - and fed everyone on cold meats, salads, etc from Lidl.

Of course no one knew and there were all sorts of great comments on the food.

A few months later, when discussing supermarkets with friends and OH's family, I got "Oh, I wouldn't buy anything from Lidl - poor quality...."

So, did I keep it to myself, did I heck! I relished dropping the bombshell!:D

dawnylou

No - I would never bother changing the packaging etc.
Who cares what brand it is? So long as it is edible/usable if I have saved some money then I am pleased with myself.