Post-Christmas supermarket markdowns

Yazmina · 10 January at 10:53PM

10m wrapping paper for £1.75. I don't buy loads of pressies, so it should last a couple of years!

rachsecret · 11 January at 11:55AM

I found some really posh Christmas puddings in a ceramic bowl wrapped in a lovely t-towel from M&S reduced to £1.50. They last forever so I picked up 3. ;-)

RAS · 11 January at 3:15PM

Didn't photo it but sides of smoked salmon were £2.99 in Aldi on December 30th. And posher pates in clip-jars were less than the wholesale price for said jars.

Last night large pots of extra thick double cream were 75p in the Co-op.

Rosa_Damascena · 12 January at 2:11PM

A friend picked up some of these for ?£1 each, expire in July. Christmas pud not my thing but beautifully packaged I have to admit:

Image: https://www.trolley.co.uk/img/product/LJM235

Dizzycap · 13 January at 7:32AM

rachsecret said:

I found some really posh Christmas puddings in a ceramic bowl wrapped in a lovely t-towel from M&S reduced to £1.50. They last forever so I picked up 3. ;-)

Yes, my mother did the same, except she cleared the shelf at M&S which fortunately, had only 6 remaining

2 for her, 2 for me and 2 for a couple of her good neighbours

- That's the 2025 & 26 Christmas pud sorted

It fits in very well with another Totally FREE Christmas challenge I'm doing again this year. Loved it last year, so doing it again this

rachsecret · 13 January at 5:59PM

Dizzycap said:

rachsecret said:

I found some really posh Christmas puddings in a ceramic bowl wrapped in a lovely t-towel from M&S reduced to £1.50. They last forever so I picked up 3. ;-)

Yes, my mother did the same, except she cleared the shelf at M&S which fortunately, had only 6 remaining
2 for her, 2 for me and 2 for a couple of her good neighbours - That's the 2025 & 26 Christmas pud sorted
It fits in very well with another Totally FREE Christmas challenge I'm doing again this year. Loved it last year, so doing it again this

A totally free Christmas sounds amazing! Let me know if you have any tips.

I am definitely going to cut down on what I spend at Christmas as I am due to retire this year and so am moving from being able to spend what I want, to being much more careful. I will only be 54, but have saved like crazy for years to be able to do this.