Examples of surprising prices

Rosa_Damascena

Bluegreen143 said:

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!

I love the smell of icing sugar, it evokes childhood memories of bakeries and birthday cakes in white cardboard boxes...heaven then and now, even though I know how bad it is for me now.

London_1

was in asda's just now with Dd and spotted Birds custard powder at £1.25 a tub which is good as its been £1.65 for ages, bless her she treated me to a tub to go into my dried goods stash upstairs on my book shelves
JackieO xx

CJRyder

Noodles have really shot up from about 20p for the cheap stuff to about 45-50p. There also seems to be a big influx of Asian instant ramen brands coming into play. They seem to be retailing at £1/pack equivalent (£4.10 for a 5 pack in one Orange supermarket, £5.50 for a 5 pack in the local Asian supermarkets). Until recently I have never realised just how many variations on instant noodles there are. Stocks have been acquired...

happydenial

Yes, I’ve noticed over the past 6 months or so that noodles have either gone up in price or are just no longer on the shelves. A pack of noodles with veg and a soft boiled egg - yum - has been a staple weekly lunch of mine for years! HB used to do a pack of 4 for £1 which disappeared ages ago, and even the supermarket brand ones are more expensive. 

Aldi had a special offer of the Koka brand on a while ago for 40p so I bought 10 packets 😬

joedenise

Morrisons today had their own brand butter at £1.89 per pack so have picked up 4 packs which will last quite a while as it's mainly DH who uses it.  

oldhaggis

I bought M&S own brand salted butter at £3.40 for a 500g pack today. It's the cheapest I've found recently.

fatbelly

I checked today that Farm Foods are still doing 2 x 250g butter (salted/unsalted) for £3.20.


I already have a load in the freezer

joedenise

My M&S didn't have any cheap butter at all only the more expensive branded ones.  Unfortunately I don't have a Farm Foods anywhere near me, otherwise I would use it regularly as they have lots of bargains.

If I find one near where I am in the motorhome then I usually pick up a few things to take home with me!

JIL

I picked up a tub of lurpack spreadable today, sell by date 15/11 500g for £1.55. Also a box of special k with a battered box for £1.25.

I felt like I had won the lottery.

Pixie_Cosmo

Not surprising really, but my favourite winter lunch - Heinz Lentil Soup - is now around £1 tin, rather than 8 for £5 or whatever the offers were last year. So now I'm making my own lentil and carrot soup which is a fraction of the price.