The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Karmacat

Cherries in brandy, omg ... so good!  I wonder if Asda sell miniatures of spirits in their online orders?  Might splash out.  One thing I need is paper - I need to write out a few to do lists, so that they're instantly accessible.  With the water, for instance: yes, recycle existing supplies and refill bottles.  Test the expensive filter I bought but have never used.  Check how to make an emergency filter (I have a sack of no-additive local charcoal sitting in my airing cupboard to start making it, but I need to know details!).  Buy new water purification tablets - I have some, but they're *really* old, and I take them on trips.  Haven't been on any trips for ages, but I'm petsitting at someone else's house in the new year.  

houseinafield

MingVase said:

Amazon sell big tins of Nido.

Thanks for this. I buy Nido from Amazon on subscribe and save which brings the price down to 5.10 for 900g. May I ask if anyone has found a better price elsewhere please.

Si_Clist

houseinafield said:
...  I buy Nido from Amazon on subscribe and save which brings the price down to 5.10 for 900g. May I ask if anyone has found a better price elsewhere please.

We get ours from Tesco and I reckon the least we've paid when it's been on offer is around £6, so assuming you don't pay for delivery that seems pretty much unbeatable to me.  Has it got the best part of two years to BBE?

tboo

houseinafield said:

Thanks for this. I buy Nido from Amazon on subscribe and save which brings the price down to 5.10 for 900g. May I ask if anyone has found a better price elsewhere please.

Si_Clist said:

We get ours from Tesco and I reckon the least we've paid when it's been on offer is around £6, so assuming you don't pay for delivery that seems pretty much unbeatable to me.  Has it got the best part of two years to BBE?

Finally spotted some in Tesco's, it was 400g for £4 though. Got a tin just in case.

The Amazon price seems good.

muffin_man_7

Checked amazon cheapest I can find was just under £5 for 400g reduced from£8 plus change forgot the amount  so I'm thinking might be short dated    I'll keep looking for now I've a stock of the skimmed  to fall back on if needed   

  Managed to book covid booster for 29th Dec 
My son in law got his booster to day different to the other 2 began with M   

Si_Clist

muffin_man_7 said:

Checked amazon cheapest I can find was just under £5 for 400g reduced from£8 plus change forgot the amount  so I'm thinking might be short dated    I'll keep looking for now I've a stock of the skimmed  to fall back on if needed   

  Managed to book covid booster for 29th Dec 
My son in law got his booster to day different to the other 2 began with M   

Currently £7.50 and £4.00 for 900g and 400g respectively at Tesco, which seems to be the usual price there until the clubcard offer comes round again, in which case the bigger tin is usually the one that's reduced.  

BTW, I am reliably informed that it keeps perfectly well at least two years past BBE if unopened!

Toonie

Veg wars are on again. Sainsbury Christmas veg is 19p each (white potatoes, carrots, parsnips, Brussels, red and white cabbages). I've bought a couple of each that I like and this week I'll be making soup to stock up the freezer for easy lunches.

muffin_man_7

Aldi is the same  19p for cabbage Red and white Brusselsprouts 500g white potatoes 1kg swede each
Carrots1kg and parsnips 500g hope  helpful 

RAS

Lidl? Echalion shallots, red cabbage, sprouts, brussel sprouts, carrot and "mini roasters."

Didn't see any red cabbage in my local Aldi. Did get a small red cabbage in Lidl rather than one that won't all be used. 

Edit, not double sprouts; parsnips. 

houseinafield

Thanks everyone for Nido prices. Just rechecked the Amazon price and yes £5.10 for 900g with subscribe and save. We have Prime so no added delivery charge and BBE 07/23. They have the 1.8 kg tins and the 2.5k but the 900g suits us. (Our Tesco rarely has it in stock).As you say Si_Clist, the BBE is years over the date stamp. I'm not a stickler for dates on most things though. 

I check Amazon prices against Tesco and they often come up considerably cheaper with s&s. Probably as often, they don't!