Sainsbury's Basics good/bad items

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equine_casserole wrote: »

a really good tip to impress guests is to purchase basics bathroom tissue and create beautiful table swan napkins. You can even use basics chocolate buttons as eyes.

-a cheap and eco-friendly way to express yourself and save money.


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That reminds me of evenings many years ago.............cheap entertainment regualrly rearringing the pile of bulk buy loo rolls in a friends flat, every bathroom visit would produce a new loo roll sculpture, It became quite competitive!

Patr100

The Basics tuna has gone up yet again in my local store.
I hate it when that happens!!!

1carminestocky

But strangely enough the biscuit selection pack and carrots have gone down in price. As has the Mozzarella ball. Bloody mushrooms are up, though, lol.

Jakejakejake

wonderbetty wrote: »

Not sure if someone else has mentioned this, but stay away from the basics stuffing (16p ish). Maybe each batch is different but we tried it this week and it is soooo salty tasting. I even added extra onions, bread and sage but it tasted too bad.
I'll wait a month or too and try again just in case we got a bad one.
Like many people I am seeing sainsbury's in a new light and have found things like ribena and cereals are on offer when I need them.

On the back of sainsbury's products, you can see whether a product comes from a different supplier. It is the number by the barcode, usually something like B0023 or F0532 - that sort of thing. Most times they are the same, but there are often multiple suppliers for some products.

1carminestocky

Add the corned beef slices to the list of recommended products - very thick slices (only 8 in the pack) and probably the best supermarket sliced corned beef we have tasted.

Steph112

Things I've had:

Basics Salmon - very nice but leaves water once cooked, so make sure it's off as the water ruins the taste

Basics Orange Juice - Good but has a kind of creamy taste sometimes

Basics Apple Juice - Didn't like it personally

Basics Weetabix - Think my mum said she had these and said they were grey and no good

Basics Sweetcorn - Think I had this and was very chewy. Wouldn't buy it again

Basics Apples - Small but taste fine

Basics Stir Fry Veg - Fine but must eat quickly as leave horrible creamy coloured water in bottom of bag if left for too long

Basics Tinned Tomatoes - Dad always raves about these

Basics Red Grapes - Very yummy and sweet. Bought different red grapes recently and they're horrid, no flavour or sweetness. Will be buying basics only in the future

Basics Milk and Dark Chocolate - I like them both. The milk one tastes kind of like Christmas tree chocolates lol. Great for cooking. Don't drink anything right before or during eating the dark as the taste disappears

That's all I can think of for now!

Paula_anne

Over the last few weeks we've tried:

Basic soup (tomato & chicken)- not much taste but it got eaten
Basic yoghurt- tasted horrid, will move up a brand
Basic mushy peas- yum i liked these.
Basic tinned carrots- kids wouldn't eat them.
Basic fishfingers- kids loved them.
Basic battered fish- (last nights dinner) was b1oody gorgeous!!!!!!!
Basic tinned fruit (all)- very good.
Basic crisps hoops- very nice kids loved them.
Basic bean and sausages tinned- kids loved these also.
Basic peanuts - really good
Basic cereal bars - really nice.
Basic fresh fruit- again really good.
Basic veg- aswell are really good.

Got to go do food shop now it's turning out to be really exciting (my life is so dull) can't wait to try new basics!!!!

mardatha

is it not unhealthy? I always thought the poor people ate spam/corned beef?
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I dont care if its unhealthy , if I like it I eatit!
And yesyes I am poor !
But not poor enough to eat spam...

blahn

Good:
Natural yogurt
Tinned baked beans
Tinned spaghetti
Pasta shapes (a bit chewy but we like it)
Flour
Milk chocolate
Mozzarella ball
Ready salted crisps
Loose basic apples (taste like Pink Lady)

We didn't like the ketchup though. But then we've never eaten Heinz - don't suppose we would have liked that either.

Bitsy_Beans

My hairdresser calls this Avalanche food as everything is in a white label!!!
Anyway I buy pretty much everything basics and given that this thread is soooooo long you've probably mentioned most things.
Their sweet popcorn is very nice and only 90 calories for a 20g serving (which is a nice full dessert bowl size) so if you like to chomp whilst watching TV I can recommend this. It's not as sickly as say Butterkist which is thick with sugar but more like cinema popcorn.
The one thing I won't try is the Weetabix. Revolting. Stay well away from.
I use their basics Rice Crispies and value chocolate (yum!) to make rice crispie cakes for the kids. Bargain except I end up eating them all!!!
I noticed yesterday they do a Basics Gin. Now I don't drink Gin but it would be really nice if they did a basics vodka or rum