Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

mardatha

Do they deliver and can you shop online ? And if you go into the store are the Basics all in one place or scattered ?
edited-- they dont deliver to me. Drat. Are they open 24 hours or what ?

ShelfStacker_3

They're open til 10pm most nights in my local store (fairly big one) at least. The Basics stuff is scattered around, usually on the lower shelves beneath the more expensive stuff.

Forgot to mention the Basics mild cheese - always loved that stuff for cheese on toast, has just the right consistency as far as I'm concerned

mardatha

thanks -- I might sneak up to the Edinburgh one some night near closing....

1carminestocky

Well, we experienced our first ever late delivery today. 20 mins late but the driver rang us and informed us and apologised etc. He then turns up, apologises again and hands me a £10 e-voucher off our next shop for being late! 'Come late next week as well' says I We'd already used a £15 off £80 e-voucher they sent us for this shop so all in all a VERY cheap shop :eek:120 items (predominantly Basics but also quite a few half price branded groceries) for £67 including delivery. :eek:

ShelfStacker_3

Had some Basics chicken chunks in Basics sweet and sour sauce tonight... underwhelming is probably the word - the sauce tasted of pretty much nothing, although the chicken was good. I suppose for 30-something pence you can't complain

mardatha

we went today and found it a wee bit more expensive than asda but its nice to have a change and new things- so I'll go back for a few weeks just to try everything.

bluetimone97

Basics part bake bagettes, cooked and filled with basics ham, basics pepperoni and basics salami, topped with basics grated cheddar, grilled and topped with whatever salad stuff you like, great filling snack, my 3 teens love it.

BookJunkie

After reading this thread i decided to try out a sainsburys shop with basics items. usually shop at tesco but found that the shop price has been increasing!

Really Impressed with:

Basics Chopped Tomatoes (33p - i opened a tin of tescos own, not value, chopped tomatoes at the same time to taste test and the sainsburys basics was sweeter - not bitter at all!)
Basics Cookies (40p)
Basics Chocolate Digestive Bars (1.09p but 18 in a pack!)
Basics White Chocolate (27p and so yummy -nicer than the milk version and no difference to milkybar)
Basics Courgettes (£1.64 but 4 in a pack - nice in omelette, spag bol etc)
Basics Carrots (£1.33 for a huge bag)
Basics freedom food endorsed salmon (2 fillets cost me £2.34 - found 1 bone but it is a fish! really tasty)
basics 6 white pitta breads (25p!)
basics broccoli in a bag (79p for 300g)
basics cauliflower in a bag (79p for 300g)
basics lemons (59p for 4!)

Things that were OK

basics milk chocolate
strawberry + white chocolate cereal bars
basics mushrooms (a bit soggy)

I will definately continue to shop with sainsburys basics and im even more of a convert now i have found out about their animal welfare standards (no battery eggs, sustainable fish, free range pork etc). i usually buy freedom food endorsed chicken and got some of that offer too!

Stubert

BookJunkie wrote: »

Basics White Chocolate (27p and so yummy -nicer than the milk version and no difference to milkybar)

I had some of this yesterday, it was lovely!

1carminestocky

Seems like more and more canny shoppers are discovering the delights of Sainbug's basics shopping. :money: