Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

chocgirl_2

I have just eaten a Basics Lasagne, was very pleasantly surprised as to how meaty it was for 75p!

I have tried a few of the Basics ready meals, favourite is the salmon cottage pie which has lots of flakes of salmon but also usually has a couple of good chunks.

The very best thing about the basics ready meals is that there is absolutely no rubbish in there. If I wanted to make a lasagne / cottage pie exactly to s'burys receipe I could, no problem. Not many cheap ready meals you can say that about.

On the basics coke front, OH says it is brilliant - and stays fizzy for longer than branded ones!

Patr100

Typical. All this hollow talk about Sainsbury's competing with the so called discount stores like LIDL who consistently have low prices and I notice that at least 3 of the Basics items I buy regularly the Pizza, baked beans and rice pudding have all gone up 5p at the same time.

PenguinOfDeath

chocgirl wrote: »

I have just eaten a Basics Lasagne, was very pleasantly surprised as to how meaty it was for 75p!

The very best thing about the basics ready meals is that there is absolutely no rubbish in there. If I wanted to make a lasagne / cottage pie exactly to s'burys receipe I could, no problem. Not many cheap ready meals you can say that about.

I agree with this, I used to get Sains basics ready meals as lunches at work, cheap for a hot and tasty meal and nothing in them that shouldn't be there.

gardengull

Very surprised nobody has mentioned Sainsbury's basics cereal Wheat Biscuits (Weetabix-a-like).
Square, no rounded edges, the flakey-bits are a bit bigger within the 'biscuit' but very good flavour comparison.
Much, much cheaper than the branded one too.

robin58

gardengull wrote: »

Very surprised nobody has mentioned Sainsbury's basics cereal Wheat Biscuits (Weetabix-a-like).
Square, no rounded edges, the flakey-bits are a bit bigger within the 'biscuit' but very good flavour comparison.
Much, much cheaper than the branded one too.

Even more cheaper in Aldi.

Same basic recipe/type but £1.55 for 48.

Patr100

gardengull wrote: »

Very surprised nobody has mentioned Sainsbury's basics cereal Wheat Biscuits (Weetabix-a-like).
Square, no rounded edges, the flakey-bits are a bit bigger within the 'biscuit' but very good flavour comparison.
Much, much cheaper than the branded one too.

I tried those but in terms of calorific energy they provide, compared to weetabix or Sainsburys' own main brand, they were significantly lower, I was still hungry. They are also much dryer and need more milk to be edible which they soak up like a sponge really fast. I buy the cheaper Lidl equivalent to weetbix (Bixies) when I can.

indierocker85

We have bought quite a few of the basics brands, here's our good and bad so far

Good

Mozzarella Cheese, Whole Ball and Grated
White Bread Loaves
Multipack crisps (cheese and onion are AMAZING) - 75p for 12 bags
Fish fingers
Digestives Biscuits
Garlic
Cheddar Cheese
Thin Bleach - Good for cleaning wheelie bins

Bad

Chicken Kievs - The filling is very bland and greasy, lacks any real flavour

Summer69

My store have recently started doing basics melon and pineapple. Great sizes for us singletons too as there is enough without there being any waste

Miroslav

Will have a good read at some point as going to try them out as I have the £20 off £60 spend code.

VfM4meplse

Resurrecting this thread so no-one makes the mistake of buying Sainsburys ice cream cones for they are completely tasteless.