The Food Credit Crunch

[flashy]

can i be allowed to start a thread about special offers on food at markets and in supermarkets please? maybe we could tell each other if anything has gone down in price in certain places, lets face it, we all need to keep an eye on our money, especially with everything going up like it is doing


Iceburg lettuces...50p at tesco this week

[emzy]

I'll join this one Flashy

2ltr Cravendale is on roll back at Asda and is only £1 a bottle at the mo

[flashy]

thats cheap considering how much milk has gone up recently, i was in tesco yesterday and i buy uht milk and that is 67p a litre at the moment, used to be somewhere around 50p a litre

[lancsdave]

If you sup a lot of milk then the 6 pint bottles of semi skimmed at Asda are currently 2 for £3.

[flashy]

i buy 6 uht cartons of milk a week for me n Reece, its pointless buying fresh milk for the two of us in bulk because it would go off before we drank it....but thats dead cheap for a big family Dave

[MargaretR]

Even if you dont shop online you can compare prices at
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Home.aspx
You may be asked to register - no charge for it

You can enter the items you want to buy and it will compare prices for you at Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Avocado.

You wont be committed to complete the purchase until you get to the actual chosen supermarket's checkout page, so you can browse prices, and back out at any time.

Depending on what you are buying, it varies which supermarket is cheaper overall.
You can view special offers and bogoffs.

[flashy]

lol did you mean Ocado Margaret?

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by flashytart

lol did you mean Ocado Margaret?

LOL yes - having one for tea tonight so it must be on my mind

[emzy]

Originally Posted by flashytart

i buy 6 uht cartons of milk a week for me n Reece, its pointless buying fresh milk for the two of us in bulk because it would go off before we drank it....but thats dead cheap for a big family Dave

I go through about 10 ltrs of milk a week, but the cravendale has a longer shelf life than normal milk (i beleive that it is filtred more than normal milk so guess more of the bacteria etc is removed, but I may be wrong) Its last about 2 - 3 weeks i think when opened, never have had any open long enough to go off though lol

[pipinfort]

Originally Posted by flashytart

Iceburg lettuces...50p at tesco this week

Tesco have a few items of fruit & veg on offer every week at the moment, as well as the lettuce i remember pineapples being a pound , it has been advertised in the paper all week. Make a list and stick to what you need, anything extra you see ask yourself `do you really need it........?`

[AccyLass]

Originally Posted by emzy

I go through about 10 ltrs of milk a week, but the cravendale has a longer shelf life than normal milk (i beleive that it is filtred more than normal milk so guess more of the bacteria etc is removed, but I may be wrong) Its last about 2 - 3 weeks i think when opened, never have had any open long enough to go off though lol

I too buy Cravendale, it lasts 7 days once opened, but if unopened, the use by date on the bottle is about a month after it has been bought

[pipinfort]

Originally Posted by AccyLass27

I too buy Cravendale, it lasts 7 days once opened, but if unopened, the use by date on the bottle is about a month after it has been bought

Yes we get it to, with the little milk drinkers in ours we buy in bulk because it has great dates.

[Claire Cal]

They have 6 items of fruit and veg on offer at aldi every week at the moment.

[jambutty]

In the rush to dominate the food market, supermarkets have decimated the milk industry. Dairy farmers are struggling to make ends meet. Some claim to be getting less than it costs them to produce it and have to diversify to try and subsidise the product.

So I get my daily 2 pints of milk delivered by a local farm. Actually to aid in keeping the cost of delivery down, my milk lady only delivers on Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays. And she collects payment once every five weeks. But I can handle that OK.

Even though it has recently been increased to 50p a pint I will continue to support the local farmer, for two reasons. It helps to keep the milk industry alive and you still get real milk, albeit bereft of a decent amount of cream. Sadly you cannot buy ‘green top’ anymore.

[lisa1234]

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http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/

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