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DH and Brands

redmel1621 · 2007-09-02 11:22:18

Hi I am starting the Grocery Challenge for sept. and want to try and cut back a little on the cost of our shopping even by a few pounds a week... One main problem I have is DH is quite fussy when it comes to food and we MUST buy branded food (mostly) food he will definately not neg. on are Bread - must be Kingsmill/Hovis -…

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allIcouldwishfor Posts: 603 Forumite

2 September 2007 at 7:18PM

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

If it's only you that goes shopping, could you introduce one or two value things by coming home with whatever item and saying "they didn't have any X (usual brand) left so I thought I'd try these instead"?

I've done this. Just one or two things each time and let him make his own mind up. I'm not keen on deception myself as, for a start, it's too much like hard work tipping value stuff into premium packaging and secondly, I wouldn't like it if someone did it to me.

I like cooking with wine......sometimes I even put it in the food!
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