Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

tbw

Thank you - that worked fine once I'd found the on/off button ! It was on the top (I got a few unexpected things when I pressed the buttons on the side) - I don't think I've switched it off since I bought it !

fairclaire

Sarahdol75 wrote: »

Is this going to be the way i look come saturday :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You will smash it and who cares what you look like? You've been smashing this one every year since Ive had the pleasure of knowing you. Research is EVERYTHING and you've done so well in your fundraising efforts. make that £2 count for me because any donation helps :A

davemorton

purpledonkey wrote: »

Cake cake anyone? :coffee:

I so hope its also those colours when its cut into!

Savvybuyer

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Cow & Gate Friends Broccoli, Potato & Chicken Discoverer 6mth+ (100g)95p/Any 6 for £4.00 50p
Cow & Gate Friends Cauliflower, Cheese & Pasta Explorer 7mth+ (130g)£1.00/Any 6 for £5.00:( 75p
Cow & Gate Friends Peas, Potato & Cod Explorer 7mth+ (130g)£1.00/Any 6 for £5.00:( 75p
Cow & Gate Friends Broccoli, Chicken & Rice Explorer 7mth+ (130g)£1.00/Any 6 for £5.00:( 75p Actually, crossed this one out when I came to it as the 130g versions generally are worse M price per 100g than the 190g Friends Forever at £1.

I bet M has all four of the 130g Friends versions as well, even though I have three of them, and all four of the 100g Friends even though I have only one of them:(. I think it's these RTCs again and each of them selling out randomly and disappearing in different stores. I may find I have got more than I currently have on the list as I still have the information from further stores to go through!

There's no such issue on the Steamed Meals 230g as they are available 'everywhere' (or at least if I occasionally find stores that miss one, or don't have much of the range, the full range is always in more than one other store for me out of even four).

Savvybuyer

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Galbani Maxi Mozzarella (250g)£1.50:( £1.00 I'm doubting it - might still have £2.15.

I think I'm doubting this because I've only ever seen the RTC price on the SEL in one store:eek:. (I suppose I would need at least one store in order to make me aware of the RTC in the first place...) Nearly all the other stores that have it for me have SEL of £2.15; however there are quite a few that don't have 250g at all - so maybe they have had it but put the £1 RTC on the SEL, as a result it's sold out and completely vanished without trace. Yet I have one store that does have it and had no SEL at all, so, maybe there is something up with this and they really are £1 RTC? There's nothing that says to me that that one store with the £1 RTC displaying was store-specific at all but I just haven't seen that anywhere else so I'm doubting whether it really is a wider RTC even though I sort of think it is but am just doubting it.

I'm right again - it is £1 RTC as seen by me in that one store but I just have this internal doubt about things sometimes:(:rotfl:. (I think that's what makes me right most often - I just doubt myself so that I make sure I am right:cool:.) I think it's the comparison I'm doubting more than the M price. I think it's a case of buy in M again:( at £1 from stores that have £2.15 SEL or no SEL - I was just lucky that I happened across that one store with the £1 RTC SEL and substantial stock left (probably because they'd only just changed it soon before I arrived and saw it).

gocat

Well that was a nice quiet shop at A's earlier. Roads were empty too. Was there something exciting on TV ? lol.
Usual reductions. Melons, bags of salad, ready prepared snack fruits 10p. Plus some basic shopping
A vs M

1x Asda Smartprice Lemon Curd (411G) £0.22 £0.22
0.17x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (PER KG) £0.12 £0.11
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Fromage Frais (500G) £1.00 N/A
0.17x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Braeburn Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG) £0.31 N/A
2x ASDA Eden Falls Still Natural Mineral Water (4X2LT) £2.50 £2.50
1x ASDA Baker's Selection All-Butter Madeira Cake (EACH) £1.00 £1.00
1x ASDA Whole Milk (6PT) £1.30 £1.30
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Pears (1.2KG) £2.00 N/A
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Yogurt (500G) £1.00 £1.00

A vs S
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Yogurt (500G) £1.00 £0.65

A vs W
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Yogurt (500G) £1.00 £0.90

Savvybuyer

I have found M Pedestial Fan 16 Inch at £10. However, it's an RTC price and I'm wondering whether, if it's left, it will fall even more with an expensive price (for me several pounds is always expensive:rotfl:) such as that! Is £10 a good price for a pedestial fan? I've done a quick check through "Pricerunner" - which is all I can do with non-grocery items like this which is not my area of expertise as to what things should cost - I have no clue at all! - and it seems that 16 inch pedestial fans are generally very much more expensive and the best I have is £14.99 (which goes up by about £6.50 for delivery, so over £21 - if anyone managed to buy it in M it would be straight £10 and just the travelling cost to and from the store).

So, it does look like £10 is a very good price - best of luck finding it - I had it in one M!

Savvybuyer

gocat wrote: »

Well that was a nice quiet shop at A's earlier. Roads were empty too. Was there something exciting on TV ? lol.
Usual reductions. Melons, bags of salad, ready prepared snack fruits 10p. Plus some basic shopping
A vs M

1x Asda Smartprice Lemon Curd (411G) £0.22 £0.22
0.17x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (PER KG) £0.12 £0.11
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Fromage Frais (500G) £1.00 N/A
0.17x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Braeburn Apples (Typically 0.2kg) (PER KG) £0.31 N/A
2x ASDA Eden Falls Still Natural Mineral Water (4X2LT) £2.50 £2.50
1x ASDA Baker's Selection All-Butter Madeira Cake (EACH) £1.00 £1.00
1x ASDA Whole Milk (6PT) £1.30 £1.30
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Pears (1.2KG) £2.00 N/A
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Yogurt (500G) £1.00 £1.00

A vs S
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Yogurt (500G) £1.00 £0.65

A vs W
1x ASDA Fat Free Natural Yogurt (500G) £1.00 £0.90

No loose braeburn apples - really? They are useless on fresh fruit & veg. in M IMO. I hesitated before putting any Nectarines on the list as I wasn't sure what they would pick up (they usually go for some more expensive packs:(). I'm not convinced that M do not have loose braeburn apples, although they are not an item that I routinely collect due to their usual individual expense:rotfl:.

I have the Apricots on my list as they were 93p in M last Wednesday (list not being updated this time). Just to note that I found packs now in two stores on Saturday and now showing £1.21 SELs - the packs also appeared to have lost the price on the yellow circle on them and now gone to a yellow circle with no price printed in it, probably on a different BC. So those may have gone up or been in the process of going up - probably M Apricots 330g at 93p again and M Apricots 330g at £1.21 - depending on which BC you pick and depending on which ones your store has left - or it could be two stores with incorrect SELs:rotfl:. I reckon they were 'in process of going up' - maybe like the Wyke cheese:rotfl:. I expect APG will, if it gets them at all, now be getting higher price:(.

The trouble was you still ended up paying more on the Natural Yogurt than if you'd bought it straight in S. So, with the 35p overpayment on that (after APG) making the rest of the 10% virtually worthless - tuppence on lemon curd:(, 13p on milk, immediately lost!

Mind you my shop against T the other day was nearly as bad - ended up with about 70p as it was non-glitch and just one good item and pence in 10% on SP items - all of my wombles, that gave anything at all, were better than the APG on my own shop (which I made a point, however, of claiming). I say I only ended up with 70p - but I only spent about £2.50 in the first place:rotfl:.

EDIT: Actually that was a good shop with 10p reduced items etc. I had one receipt the other day - as a result of all their "reduced" stuff they didn't buy enough:( but, having bought all that reduced stuff and saved money there, they ruined it by (IMO) paying well over the odds on a few other items. That's the problem - it's no good getting 10p reduced items only to blow several pounds on one expensive item that you* also buy. *Not you literally - I mean my shopper.

purpledonkey

davemorton wrote: »

I so hope its also those colours when its cut into!

It is indeed :beer:

Savvybuyer

There are some braeburn apples here - although it says "(2)" but shows a picture of only one?!?:

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/morrisons-price-comparison/Fruit/Morrisons_Hand_Selected_Braeburn_Apples_2.html

"Hand Selected" Braeburn Apples - maybe they are therefore the price collectors don't think they are comparable. But what are the ones in A? How the hell are they selected? If they are not put into the shelves by someone's hands...:rotfl::rotfl:

They're all flamin' "hand selected" aren't they?:rotfl:

They may be some other loose braeburn apples in M (if for example those above are packs of two) - I can't imagine all they have are "hand" selected ones! Do you know - I'm going to look for Braeburn Apples on Wednesday now!!

Well, with every post:eek: or second post now being mine, it is surely time to go to bed!! I'll see you later:wave::wave:.