Do you have a secret trick?

cornishchick

Brie said:

Topher said:

Sorry Brie, I have to correct you there. (I’ll assume I have years of experience over you and that’s why you don’t know) …. It’s STOLEN chocolate that has no calories. I.e. if you steal someone else’s chocolate they’re the person who bears the guilt for all the extra calories they CHOSE to bring into their house, and their diet; you then steal it for a calorie free contribution (it’s fruit as you correctly point out) to your five a day. 

Ah!  Good to know a bit more about the science of it all!!!  Of course I did realise that if you slice things like cakes or desserts like this calories do leak out.  Same applies to biscuits - broken ones are much better for you due to calorie leakage.  On the other hand whole biscuits have a lot of calories and whole biscuits that are dunked suck in even more errant calories from across the universe making them one of the worst things anyone could possibly eat.  

Not sure if this has been mentioned but. Equally if you cut a cake in half and eat it. Thats still one portion.. can't argue with science . 

Longwalker

Also calories dont count when someone else is picking up the tab

So when you get taken out, stop with the lettuce leaves and do the three courses and take wine - at least a bottle , cos they are all free calories

Nonnadiluca

I know this won't work for everyone, but having a 'shopping buddy' can help save money. I shop weekly with DD and, for instance, we get a large bag of potatoes and share it as neither one of us needs a whole bag;  we share a subscription for recycled loo rolls; we use one Lidl plus app for both of our shops and share the money off as individually we wouldn't spend enough to qualify; I often get money off vouchers for Tesco but again, wouldn't spend the £40 or whatever to qualify so get  both lots of shopping together and split the discount; if she's getting an ocado order she will phone and let me know what special offers are available on things I use. This helps us to save a bit of money and reduces food waste a bit too.

Rosa_Damascena

Nonnadiluca said:

I know this won't work for everyone, but having a 'shopping buddy' can help save money. I shop weekly with DD and, for instance, we get a large bag of potatoes and share it as neither one of us needs a whole bag;  we share a subscription for recycled loo rolls; we use one Lidl plus app for both of our shops and share the money off as individually we wouldn't spend enough to qualify; I often get money off vouchers for Tesco but again, wouldn't spend the £40 or whatever to qualify so get  both lots of shopping together and split the discount; if she's getting an ocado order she will phone and let me know what special offers are available on things I use. This helps us to save a bit of money and reduces food waste a bit too.

Sharing the loot in this way works really well! Whilst I don't do this myself, whatever I can't use goes on Olio and stuff is snapped up within minutes.

Brie

Rosa_Damascena said:

Nonnadiluca said:

I know this won't work for everyone, but having a 'shopping buddy' can help save money. I shop weekly with DD and, for instance, we get a large bag of potatoes and share it as neither one of us needs a whole bag;  we share a subscription for recycled loo rolls; we use one Lidl plus app for both of our shops and share the money off as individually we wouldn't spend enough to qualify; I often get money off vouchers for Tesco but again, wouldn't spend the £40 or whatever to qualify so get  both lots of shopping together and split the discount; if she's getting an ocado order she will phone and let me know what special offers are available on things I use. This helps us to save a bit of money and reduces food waste a bit too.

Sharing the loot in this way works really well! Whilst I don't do this myself, whatever I can't use goes on Olio and stuff is snapped up within minutes.

I've considered doing this with random strangers in shops especially for those large bags of stuff of which you only need 1 or 2.  Instead sometimes I've opted for opening packs and buying singles if that's all I want.  Works best if there's a bin of item by weight that is empty or only has dreadful looking ones in it.  So I'll open a bag of 3 courgettes, take the 1 I want and put the other 2 in the by weight bin. 

And yes I have been known to snap off some of the mushroom stems and recently got out my pen knife to remove a large portion of unwanted broccoli stalk - it would have doubled the weight of what I wanted to buy and would have gone directly in the bin at home as it was too woody to be eaten.  I also leave the vines from tomatoes behind too on the principle that if I wanted 1 I'd take it off a vine so why take the vine even if I want all 5 on it.  (not the packaged stuff in this case....) 

MrsCatz

I do this with my mum, we shop together and divvy up in the car park before we go our separate ways.

Brambling

many years ago a friend's father met his second wife offering to split a BOGOF on vegetables  this was before SM stopped doing the BOGOF on fruit and veg to avoid wastage. Both were widowed and were complaining that the offer was no good for singletons. 

General_Grant

Brie said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Nonnadiluca said:

I know this won't work for everyone, but having a 'shopping buddy' can help save money. I shop weekly with DD and, for instance, we get a large bag of potatoes and share it as neither one of us needs a whole bag;  we share a subscription for recycled loo rolls; we use one Lidl plus app for both of our shops and share the money off as individually we wouldn't spend enough to qualify; I often get money off vouchers for Tesco but again, wouldn't spend the £40 or whatever to qualify so get  both lots of shopping together and split the discount; if she's getting an ocado order she will phone and let me know what special offers are available on things I use. This helps us to save a bit of money and reduces food waste a bit too.

Sharing the loot in this way works really well! Whilst I don't do this myself, whatever I can't use goes on Olio and stuff is snapped up within minutes.

I've considered doing this with random strangers in shops especially for those large bags of stuff of which you only need 1 or 2.  Instead sometimes I've opted for opening packs and buying singles if that's all I want.  Works best if there's a bin of item by weight that is empty or only has dreadful looking ones in it.  So I'll open a bag of 3 courgettes, take the 1 I want and put the other 2 in the by weight bin. 

And yes I have been known to snap off some of the mushroom stems and recently got out my pen knife to remove a large portion of unwanted broccoli stalk - it would have doubled the weight of what I wanted to buy and would have gone directly in the bin at home as it was too woody to be eaten.  I also leave the vines from tomatoes behind too on the principle that if I wanted 1 I'd take it off a vine so why take the vine even if I want all 5 on it.  (not the packaged stuff in this case....) 

Were the loose courgettes priced the same by weight as the pack you split?  So therefore did you pay more or less per kilo for the product you paid for than if you had bought the bag of 3?

Broccoli - is priced for the product including the stalk.  If you didn't want the stalk you could have added it to composting material, knowing you had paid the correct price for the broccoli. If it really was inedible then presumably nobody else was going to pay top dollar for the stalk and the supermarket will have sent it to landfill.

comeandgo

Brie said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Nonnadiluca said:

I know this won't work for everyone, but having a 'shopping buddy' can help save money. I shop weekly with DD and, for instance, we get a large bag of potatoes and share it as neither one of us needs a whole bag;  we share a subscription for recycled loo rolls; we use one Lidl plus app for both of our shops and share the money off as individually we wouldn't spend enough to qualify; I often get money off vouchers for Tesco but again, wouldn't spend the £40 or whatever to qualify so get  both lots of shopping together and split the discount; if she's getting an ocado order she will phone and let me know what special offers are available on things I use. This helps us to save a bit of money and reduces food waste a bit too.

Sharing the loot in this way works really well! Whilst I don't do this myself, whatever I can't use goes on Olio and stuff is snapped up within minutes.

I've considered doing this with random strangers in shops especially for those large bags of stuff of which you only need 1 or 2.  Instead sometimes I've opted for opening packs and buying singles if that's all I want.  Works best if there's a bin of item by weight that is empty or only has dreadful looking ones in it.  So I'll open a bag of 3 courgettes, take the 1 I want and put the other 2 in the by weight bin. 

And yes I have been known to snap off some of the mushroom stems and recently got out my pen knife to remove a large portion of unwanted broccoli stalk - it would have doubled the weight of what I wanted to buy and would have gone directly in the bin at home as it was too woody to be eaten.  I also leave the vines from tomatoes behind too on the principle that if I wanted 1 I'd take it off a vine so why take the vine even if I want all 5 on it.  (not the packaged stuff in this case....) 

You walk about with a knife on your person?    Ok, I understand the broccoli if it’s sold by weight, but think you opening packets to take out one is dishonest as the packeted items are different priced to open ones.  Also ,do you point out to staff at checkout that your tomatoes are the loose on vine ones, not the loose salad tomatoes?

Siebrie

At work I have some cutlery and china in my drawer, because the supply at work is minimal and tends to disappear. This means that I have to wash them after use, but on our floor there is no hot water. I wash immediately after use to prevent staining and sticking, with a tooth brush I brought for this purpose!