Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

1carminestocky

craftybynature wrote: »

Have been trying lots of basics ranges.

Cashew nuts are great.
Peanut Butter, very good.
Instant Noodles. great for kids
Choc Chip cookies, lovely.
Beans and pork sausages, surprisingly good at 36p for a large tin.
Baking potatoes. excellent.
Grapes (when avaialable) very good.


Only thing i really wouldnt buy again is the Instant Choc Whip dessert. really not good!

Quite incredible value! Our kids love them and rate them as just as good as the Heinz alternative - which is approx £1 for a much smaller tin. A massive saving.

craftybynature

I brought the mayo last night, will let you know what i think asap.

1carminestocky

equine_casserole wrote: »

it just goes to show how much money these guys actually make.

a much smaller tin costs a £1 and the basics equivalent is what -39p. Thats a saving of over 18-20%.

(puts obsessive geek's head on, lol) The basics tin is 539g whilst the Heinz one is 440g.

Basics price per g = 0.0668p
Heinz price per g = 0.227p


Almost 3.5 times the price (adjusted).

fuzzybear01

I don't think you can go wrong with basics lasagne sheets (32p), there are 10 in each packet.

I buy chocolate digestive bars 20pk for around £1. Perfect for little ones. They are individually wrapped.

purplevamp

I've bought the mayonnaise and it taste lovely. I'm on my 4th jar of it.

We get the basic frozen sausages and they are ok, but best cooked in the oven as they stick to everything otherwise. Best in a toad-in-the-hole.

Although I love most of the basics range, I feel they could change the packaging on items for lunchboxes. Instead of having the word "basic" on the individual choc biscuits (for example) they could put them in a plain wrapper. They do this for the normal biscuits, mint ones in green, milk choc in red.

kavanagh123

love the spam hash!! mmmm!

buxtonrabbitgreen

I work in Sainsburys and have been buying the basic range ever since they were introduced. Was very hard up a couple of weeks ago so bought the peanut butter and tea bags, ususally I am quite fussy about these but I found them really nice. Plenty of crunch in the peanut butter and the tea is no different from the brown label. The only drawback is tring to separate the t bags.

fuzzybear01

purplevamp wrote: »

I've bought the mayonnaise and it taste lovely. I'm on my 4th jar of it.

We get the basic frozen sausages and they are ok, but best cooked in the oven as they stick to everything otherwise. Best in a toad-in-the-hole.

Although I love most of the basics range, I feel they could change the packaging on items for lunchboxes. Instead of having the word "basic" on the individual choc biscuits (for example) they could put them in a plain wrapper. They do this for the normal biscuits, mint ones in green, milk choc in red.

The tesco ones come in a plain wrapper by the way

1carminestocky

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

I work in Sainsburys and have been buying the basic range ever since they were introduced. Was very hard up a couple of weeks ago so bought the peanut butter and tea bags, ususally I am quite fussy about these but I found them really nice. Plenty of crunch in the peanut butter and the tea is no different from the brown label. The only drawback is tring to separate the t bags.

Agreed! :mad: We have resorted to the scissors, TBH. 80 fairtrade tea bags for 28p has to be the bargain of the century, though, so we will put up with c.rap perforations

craftybynature

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

The only drawback is tring to separate the t bags.

I suppose if you are making a pot, you can cut 3 or 4 (or how many you use) off as one lot.

Are the t bags full of powdery bits, we had Asda cheap t bags at work once, and i am sure they were filled with the sweepings off the floor.


The boxes of face tissues at 25p are a great buy, good for the little spills, (and little noses)