What things can't you compromise on?

wssla00

Diet coke for me too! However approved food are doing it at 59p a bottle two bottles for 99p! Worth getting a load!

Trinny

Actually Diet Coke doesnt have to be the real thing for me. I drink Spar value diet cola - in the 2L bottle - its priced at 28p and its just as good as the branded stuff IMHO

Trin

zippychick

Hi Jo:hello:

Personally I feel it varies very much from person to person. I buy mostly value products but do not compromise on free range eggs, and good quality butcher meat. I would rather have no meat than compromise on that. I don't eat meat daily or in every meal. I make my own bread and try to take advantage of reduced items for more luxury products

there are quite a few threads which should help you

What things can't you compromise on?

Weezl recently did a poll here

Save zillions on cleaning products :j

Others which may or may not be relevant.....:o (as some is older discussion but interesting none the less )

Os cleaning materials - what should my basics be?

butcher or supermarket ?

What to buy in tesco value range

Best value "value" meat

Free range or value eggs

Tesco value snobbery - disguising your value products:o

What value stuff should be avoided

Hope that's a good starting point for you - I'll check back in tomorrow. Only logged on briefly

I'll also add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together

(on reading, Im not sure if i have interpreted your thread right - oh so tired. Will check tomorrow. If I have read you wrong , apologies :rotfl::eek:)

thanks:A
Zip

yummymummy1987_2

thank you all for replying.
Ive never heard of stardrops before, which of the cleaning aisle's is it in? Im quite lucky as my parents own chickens so i get about 12 eggs at least a week and they are delicious!!! My mum also is a cook at a local private school so ive let her know that im happy for left overs lol!!! My dp is a manager at tesco's and we get 10% off so ive decided we need to shop there every week, some weeks we would go to sainsburys/asda yet its only 5 mins closer.

Soda crystals, im not sure if these are the same things but a few months ago my nan bought me a back of soda something in a green bag as id been saying my sink was a bit smelly. i remember on the packet it said you could use them for washing, very good at getting blood and ink out etc are these soda crystals???? I remember her saying that a bag was less than 80p and i have a bottle of comfort so was thinking i could get a bag of this for washing? or am i getting confused as to its uses

Jo

undercover_angel

I don't usually post on this forum but I was having a nosey and thought I'd reply to this as my OH also has a slight diet coke addiction but I refuse to pay over £1 for a bottle of fizzy drink.

After trying several, we found that ALDI's diet coke is very close in taste to the real thing and is about 40p a bottle. Worth a try.

x

triggerhappy_2

It has to be Hellman's mayo for me. I bought some Sainsbury's mayo but it just wasn't the same.

terryw

Colman's mustard.

gunsandbanjos

yummymummy1987 wrote: »

Soda crystals, im not sure if these are the same things but a few months ago my nan bought me a back of soda something in a green bag as id been saying my sink was a bit smelly. i remember on the packet it said you could use them for washing, very good at getting blood and ink out etc are these soda crystals???? I remember her saying that a bag was less than 80p and i have a bottle of comfort so was thinking i could get a bag of this for washing? or am i getting confused as to its uses

Jo

That is indeed soda crystals in the green bag. You'll find them in most big supermarkets near the washing powders etc. I never tried them on their own, i used to mix them through a big box of persil or whatever to stetch it. Made my washing smell lovely and fresh and got most stains out, even hubbys grubby work stuff.

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McKneff wrote: »

Bread, I like nice bread. I dont mind paying extra to get it fresh daily.

The rubbish that some supermarkets sell is a joke. Okay for toast but
thats about it.

I agree I love the Warburtons seeded batch loaf and its aroud £1.44 a loaf but as I live alone I usually seperate it into four slices at a time,wrap in foil and freeze those I'm not using.So a loaf last me well over a week that way.I would never downsize wahing up liquid.I opened my last large bottle of Fairy washing up liquid on 1/12/09 ( i decide to see how long a bottle would last me,I only wash up once a day as I'm on my own and see no point in wasting hot water) and have about an inch left in the bottle No doubt to me its worth the extra cash.I only buy Lurpak light butter as well as I perfer its taste,I can't abide the 'yellow' butter I suppose its what you get used to. I can economise on quite a few things but some stuff I use for preference

BitterAndTwisted

There's NOTHING that I won't buy or at least try first before rejecting it. Most of the "Value" or own-brand goods are produced by the leading manufacturers anyway, they're just packaged specially for the supermarkets. I can't think of anything that I've tried that's been noticeably inferior