Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Enterprise_1701C

Ooooh, forgot about fig rolls. Probably just as well because the pack tends to disappear near me!

Sarahdol75

Evening all.

TrulyMadly wrote: »

That was a one off Christmas treat:o:D

Just had the shock of my life.

Jumped in the shower and started my 20 second wash:rotfl:

I felt something sticking to my side. It was a cockroach:eek::eek::eek:

I screamed and brushed it off with the back of my hand. Then it was moving around all over the shower floor. I screamed again but managed to get out of the shower quickly.

I then put on my glasses and saw it was a black sticker from my new jimjams I wore last night:rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Westvleteren wrote: »

Just for fun

What is your top 5 favourite biscuits?

1/ Custard Creams
2/ Chocolate Hob Nobs
3/ Hob Nobs
4/ Classics
5/ Ginger nuts

1/ Chocolate Hobnobs
2/ Chocolate Digestives
3/ Jammie Dodgers
3/ Cadbury fingers (the one with white inside)
4/ Toffee pops

Sarahdol75

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Ooooh, forgot about fig rolls. Probably just as well because the pack tends to disappear near me!

:eek::eek: disgusting

elainemn

Have you tried these? really nice especially at 41p per packet.



http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-compare-prices/Chocolate_Biscuits/ASDA_Chosen_by_You_Milk_Chocolate_Oatie_Crumbles_300g.html?TrackingCode=AQYHAAE.lPphC_UnrEWT8tqqpj_JGQ

Anon

Someone mentioned the T own brands with the fancier names? Have you noticed the big billboard and poster adverts saying Exclusively At T and pushing them as brands?

Interesting approach - they are also opening a new discount format Jack's in Chatteris in Cambridgeshire on Wednesday.

Low prices and no frills: can Tesco’s secret plan defeat Lidl and Aldi? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/15/low-prices-no-frills-can-tesco-defeat-lidl-and-aldi?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Anon

Savvybuyer

LANGO1966 wrote: »

Have a lot of smaller wombles of under £1 which i will struggle to use before the closure of the PAG site, going to recycle bin.

Claim them on 2nd October (just to be on safe side) - will be able to spend them until (almost) the end of October.

I seem to be putting aside, rather than destroying, receipts that offer small vouchers - they might add up to buy some low-value item in October that I can't get a PG back from. There will always be something they can buy, whether some tins or a pint of milk. Don't go buying SP Gravy carton after 3rd (2nd?) October though:rotfl: - if it stays at now current price, it will be much more expensive than what it was. Gone from 20p, up 15p:eek: to 35p. Compares 35p vs 20p M/T. T comp. was yesterday so I wouldn't 100% guarantee it - M comp. should stay all weekend and a little more (excludes Northern Ireland), though I seem to be losing on the M comps at the moment - Baking Potatoes not picked up:(, Magners 18 pack Cider now £12 at A, £10 at T and M, M not picked up - and it mattered unfortunately as M overall was a better comp. than T on their shop.

Celebrations Tub 650g is comparing one at £4 vs £5 T (they bought only one tub).

I have decided to stock up on frozen food and non-perishable items between now and the beginning of October, that I won't be able to get 10% off competitor's item in future, unless prices go down which I don't expect. I have spent my £17 womble on three more bags of Chicken Breast Fillets, this time the £4.99 ones against T £3.50. I got about £6 back but have reduced that to £1 now:( as I then did a shop on essential eday items. However, I did manage to pick up only one womble:huh: yesterday, after two others I got were examined and found to have too few items, but got another £8 from the single one. I think some small champagne (obviously wasn't very good for us) went £25 vs £20 against two competitors, including the one that mattered so that made up much of the £8. I have a lot more receipts from today that I am working my way through. Someone kindly left me an exact £3 womble that I can use to buy a pack of socks. If I am not getting APGs back from APGs but using them, as I will on some of them, I am going for 'big ticket' items that will cost several pounds cash to buy from elsewhere (or from A) once the PG is gone.

I will be getting a fresh supply of my perishable items as near as possible to 2nd October so I can claim APG if A vs a competitor is the best place to buy.

pacifica9

Good evening Elite.
Hoping everyone is warm, happy and well. Hugs to those not so.
Popped into the Co-op today and they have mince pies on sale. In mid September! What's that about?!

Savvybuyer

It's not all their reduced items that lost but other items instead:(. They went well to buy bananas at full price. The fruit they bought that was reduced turns out to be all Apple Slices & Grapes - they paid 15p each but managed to buy five:rotfl:. They also bought some reduced fish but that hasn't showed. Instead, all lost on Honey Nut Corn Flakes and orange juice:(.

12 items (6 different) on your receipt qualify for comparisonAsda morrisons
3x ASDA Smart Price Jaffa Cakes (135g) £0.93 N/A
1x ASDA Honey Nut Corn Flakes (500g) £0.99 £1.50
2.26x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Banana (order by number of bananas or select kg) (per kg) £1.72 £1.71
2x ASDA Wild Rocket (60g) £1.00 N/A
1x ASDA Custard Creams (400g) £0.44 £0.45
1x ASDA Whole Milk (6pt) £1.48 £1.50
3x ASDA Orange Juice with Bits from Concentrate (1lt) £2.37 £3.00
5x ASDA Apple Slices & Grapes (80g) £1.50 £1.50
Comparison total (compared products only) £8.50 £9.66
cheaper +£1.16

Right idea on the Apple & Grapes, I bet purely inadvertently:(, except they shopped a bit early in the day rather than managing to have them reduced even more and used on a honey nut and juice shop - what a waste! Well, right to a point - Apple & Grapes lose on the comps. against T & S:(.
Jaffa Cakes are 1p cheaper in M - technical different pack size.

curl_girl

pacifica9 wrote: »

Good evening Elite.
Hoping everyone is warm, happy and well. Hugs to those not so.
Popped into the Co-op today and they have mince pies on sale. In mid September! What's that about?!

I noticed Christmas cakes, puddings and mince pies in Sainsbury's on Thursday. Completely mad, surely they will sell zero and have to account for the wasted shop space.

Savvybuyer

Vs W (not Northern Ireland)
1x Aunt Bessie's Mini Homestyle Roasties (700g) £2.00 £1.02