Online grocery shopping advice...

Goldiegirl

chesky wrote: »

Somehow I very much doubt that your food purchasing habits come anywhere near the heading 'money saving'.

I thought bulk buying things you use when they are at low prices was one of the keys to money saving.

Just because Mr Singleton isn't buying yellow sticker items and feeding a family for a week with one chicken, don't mean that he's not interested in getting value for money.

DigForVictory

As I've understood it, MSE isn't about dropping the total cost but getting more fun per penny - and frankly I covet OH's store cupboards...

When the teenaged boys have moved out, I may see if a very well planned shop via Eurostar is financially explicable. (Or if I can coax the WI into sorting a chara...)

spookyhelen

I online shop at Tesco and there may be an issue buying certain items in bulk as occasionally there is a limit to how many per item you can order.
Not always the case but the only hindrance I can think of.

rockm87

Amazon is quite good for groceries and you can use camel camel camel to track prices, they email alert you when products are within your desired price range and you can stock up. you can also 'subscribe & save' which I think gives bigger discounts too.

aidey

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

I'm seriously considering having my groceries (mainly bulk stuff not fruit/veg/meat etc) delivered but I was wondering....
Being completely agnostic when it comes to supermarkets I just buy from whoever is the cheapest. Is joining ALL of the supermarket delivery services likely to be cost effective/possible once delivery is factored in?. I'd also probably only shop about once a month.

Am single as well, and what I have done is signed up to tesco and Sainsbury, and taken advantage of each of their free delivery/money off for first orders, and have ordered all the big heavy stuff, and will see who offers the best delivery deal, and pop in just for milk/reduced bread etc.

I don't drive so this is a godsend. :-)

Knackeredoldbat

We do a version of this and manage very well. Three adults, 2 cats, all toiletries and household bits for £240 a month.

When we first started we had a budget of £300 but have built up stocks and have perfected the system and cut the budget.

We use mysupermarket to see who has offers on what we use regularly. Then we make sure to match any offers/coupons which is all easy online. We then buy all dried food, tins, loo rolls for the month from the supermarket (preferably on a £1 delivery slot). Take the cost off our budget and divide the rest for weekly fresh food. Twice a year we do a huge ecostore order for soap powder etc and a bulk nut and seed order.

Supermarkets are all vying for our custom and are desperate to tempt you in with all sorts of deals and offers. Make the most of them