Supermarket End Of Day Reductions

concrete_kid

I understand that if you are going to use a item that night, it's a good idea to buy the reduced one. But i can't help thinking that having a trolley load of food that goes off the next day is slightly pointless (especially for the food that cannot be frozen)

I mean it's great going home with 20 cabbages for £1, but is anybody really going to be able to use them in 1/2 days. When you could just buy a fresh one for 50p and use it when you want. I think this especially true of Sainsbury's where they only ever knock about 50p off. It just seems to me that you waste more money buying things you don't really want just because they are cheap, and will probably end up in the bin in the next couple of days anyway.

Beki

concrete_kid wrote: »

I understand that if you are going to use a item that night, it's a good idea to buy the reduced one. But i can't help thinking that having a trolley load of food that goes off the next day is slightly pointless (especially for the food that cannot be frozen)

I mean it's great going home with 20 cabbages for £1, but is anybody really going to be able to use them in 1/2 days. When you could just buy a fresh one for 50p and use it when you want. I think this especially true of Sainsbury's where they only ever knock about 50p off. It just seems to me that you waste more money buying things you don't really want just because they are cheap, and will probably end up in the bin in the next couple of days anyway.

there's not much that can't be made into a soup, or a pie, or some other meal - and then frozen for a rainy day

mrsthrifty_2

concrete_kid wrote: »

I understand that if you are going to use a item that night, it's a good idea to buy the reduced one. But i can't help thinking that having a trolley load of food that goes off the next day is slightly pointless (especially for the food that cannot be frozen)

the dates are suggested use by dates ...... veggies keep very well for several days after their date especially this time of year if you keep them in a cool place.

meat fish and cooked meats etc can all be frozen for later use.

I personally dont have a problem with dates , I check everything thoroughly before using and have never bought or ended up with anything that looked dodgy.

trolly loads that I have seen I always assume they either have large families to feed or share it with others, if it ends up in the bin then yes it is a waste of money and pointless

ames100

went to my local tescos on .... think it was wed, and was the best one ever- Just meat- got about £70 of fillet steak for £3

everyone was nice and polite and i have found the more there is to go around the more patient people are to wait as they are almost 100% guaranteed to get something.

My freezer is now officially full to the brim so took some stuff to the old guy down the road

Also got 3 chicken meals with mushroom and cream sauce - 30p each
melon- 10p
1kg mince- 33p
finest dimsum- 30p
organic milk- 10p
finest burgers- 20p
more chicken meals 30p each

valk_scot

concrete_kid wrote: »

I understand that if you are going to use a item that night, it's a good idea to buy the reduced one. But i can't help thinking that having a trolley load of food that goes off the next day is slightly pointless (especially for the food that cannot be frozen)

My OH regularly goes into work with a bag full of Danish pastries, scones, doughnuts etc for the staff tea room. (He's a lecturer.) At 10p per box of whatever it's a cheap way to popularity! His most sucessful day though was when I sent in three huge Thorntons chocolate cakes that were reduced to 20p each. They were the kind that had a dozen Continental chocolates on the top for decoration. I think most folk would have a heart attack if they ate a whole one of these but the departmental secretaries certainly scoffed them fast enough.

I buy meat, ready meals and such for the freezer and work on the assumption that fruit and veg will be good for at least three days. Yoghurts and such? One day at least. I don't buy more than I can use. There's always another day.

Schamansky

@ concrete kid

Of course you have a point, and buying stuff straight for the bin is the most pathetic way of wasting money - why not chuck your cash straight in the bin to start with? Saves the trip to the shops, after all. Time, fuel, effort.

Please rest assured that we use what we buy. Some gets eaten the same day, some on the next day, some gets frozen and hardly anything ever gets chucked. At the end of the day, I have a big moral issue with throwing food away in a world where millions of people suffer from malnutrition and starvation.

newmumincov

concrete_kid wrote: »

I mean it's great going home with 20 cabbages for £1, but is anybody really going to be able to use them in 1/2 days. When you could just buy a fresh one for 50p and use it when you want. I think this especially true of Sainsbury's where they only ever knock about 50p off. It just seems to me that you waste more money buying things you don't really want just because they are cheap, and will probably end up in the bin in the next couple of days anyway.

I find that fresh fruit and veg last quite a while past their best before date, especially if kept in the fridge. Often things will last, blemish free for a couple of weeks past their best before date, seriously. If you're not so worried about blemishes then you've got even longer. Actually, in the case of swede, I prefer it when it's not quite so hard as it is when fresh.

However, if they aren't going to keep, I have a 6 litre slow cooker. Slightly old veg still makes a good stew, and stew freezes very well. I used to do an end of day reductions run specifically for stew once every 2 months. Unfortunately these reductions are a lot more popular these days so I can't seem to get stuff locally.

You can also blanch and freeze fruit and veg if that's your thing

pinkpong

20 cubbages for £1 my guinea pigs would be in heaven. I wish I was so lucky. :T

mrsthrifty_2

newmumincov wrote: »

I find that fresh fruit and veg last quite a while past their best before date, especially if kept in the fridge. Often things will last, blemish free for a couple of weeks past their best before date,
You can also blanch and freeze fruit and veg if that's your thing

I suppose I am lucky to have a cold utilty room seperate from the house, I line a box with newspaper and stand the box on newspaper as it is a concrete floor, store whatever veg I get whether normal or reduced price and then cover with a sheet of newpaper .
Last year I built up quite a store of root veggies over the christmas and new year weeks when several days reductions were being done together and it lasted quite a while, I also remove all wrapping

When did you see a use by date on a market or roadside stall, once wrapping is removed the date is extinguished and you rely on your own judgement

aqueoushumour01

what time is it best to go to the supermarkets for these clearance prices?