Examples of surprising prices

Longwalker

sarahj1986 said:

I’m not usually a brand snob but fizzy cola has to be either Pepsi max or Diet Coke. I got an 8 pack of Pepsi max just under 2 weeks ago £3.50 now it’s £4. It’s getting to the point I can no longer justify the price. I’d rather go without which I guess isn’t a bad thing. Especially as Tesco  own Fanta and Sprite are 4 for £1

Try lidl own brand - the bottles not the cans. Im a Diet Coke / Pepsi Max junky but can happily drink the lidl own brand from the bottles - the cans arent so nice

JIL

Chicken legs from m&s
Are these the ones? This is ocado and I have noticed they are always a few pence more than m&s shop.

happydenial

I think those were the ones - I’ve no idea about the weight of the pack, but I got three huge chicken legs which I roasted for sandwiches x 4, and then made soup x 4 with the leftovers, so economical for eight portions. They were definitely £1.20 tho, I remember mentioning it to DH. 

cbsexec

Yes those are the ones.  I think chicken drumsticks were £1.20.   I also had some nice veg for a good price too.   I don’t have a M&S anywhere close but if you do it would be worth popping in 

London_1

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I got a bag of granulated sugar in Savers last week for 62p which I turned into caster sugar for baking by whizzing up in my blender.I think caster sugar in the supermarkets is arounf £1.20 a bag so well worth the effort of a few minutes in the blender. Do it for a bit longer and voila you have icing sugar  
JackieO xx

pumpkin89

M&S and Waitrose are always cheap for chicken thighs, legs, drumsticks and wings.  Because they have higher welfare standards than other supermarkets, they have to commit to buy whole birds - i.e. they have to balance the amount of legs they sell with the amount of breasts.  There is generally higher demand for breasts so they price the other parts accordingly.

Longwalker

London_1 said:

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I got a bag of granulated sugar in Savers last week for 62p which I turned into caster sugar for baking by whizzing up in my blender.I think caster sugar in the supermarkets is arounf £1.20 a bag so well worth the effort of a few minutes in the blender. Do it for a bit longer and voila you have icing sugar  
JackieO xx

I do this whenever I buy sugar - only one takes it in tea, 1/3 granulated, 1/3 caster . 1/3 icing 

JIL

I bought the pack of chicken legs from m&s today and they were £1.20 for 3.

I would not even have looked if I hadnt read about them on this thread so a big thankyou for posting.

Carrieandco

Sapindus said:

We've just had a Grape Tree open in our town centre and I price checked the ground flax seed against Aldi.  Aldi is £6+ a kilo in a small pack, and GT is £5 for a 1 kilo pack.  Based on this I suspect their sunflower seeds will also be cheaper, something I use a lot of. 

I work in a branch of Grape Tree.  For large packs of seeds, nuts, dried fruit etc the prices are very competitive and you can get 2% back with the loyalty card too.  I’m very lucky to be able to get staff discounts on lots of basic ingredients.

Bluegreen143

I never buy caster sugar, I just use granulated for all baking and it turns out fine 🙂

Like the idea of making your own icing sugar though!