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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

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I'll join this one Flashy

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

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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

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

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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

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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.

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lol did you mean Ocado Margaret?

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

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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

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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........?`

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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

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

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

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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.

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this is a good website for tips on saving money

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

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THATS WARE I GO FOR MINE, AND ITS FRESH EVERY DAY NOTHING BETTER FOR YOUR 5 A DAY.:D

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Jersey Royals 69 pence for 750grms.....Galia melons 69 pence...tomatoes 69pence.....pineapples 69 pence plums 69 pence...all at Aldi.
No excuse for not getting your five a day.

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@ flashy. If you go through 6 litres a week then its 2 pints a day. More than enough to buy fresh. The milk from my milkman lasts a week without going off .

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Ian i was reading about the cravendale milk, that works out a lot cheaper than the stuff i buy, i may be investing in that in the future PLUS i can recycle those cravendale cartons you can't recycle the uht one's (not unless you take them down to tesco) and i'm well into my recycling

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rocky biscuits 50p at ASDA:D

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If your out and about in blackburn and need a drink go to the tesco metro can of proper coke 38p

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only 25p at home bargin :D

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If anyone likes Thorntons Chocolates(and who doesn't ?)then buy the bags of mis-shapes from Home and Bargain 79 pence for a 200gram bag.......go under the name of Club Cocoa......I shouldn't have told you this...they will all be gone the next time I go in.

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Home and bargain in blackburn ? :P

Also it's chilled ;)

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your wright again Margaret:D

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OK just had my online shopping delivered (bloody chickenpox, cant wait til he's got rid of the lurgi) and we have the following offers:

Tea/Coffee 2 for £4 (200g coffee)
Cooked meats (3 for £3) (200g wafer thin meats)
Cereal 2 for £2 (asda 350g boxes)
Prepared salad 2for£1
Clover 2 for £2
Hovis bread 2 for £2
Warburtons fruit loaf 2 for £1.50
Bernard Mathew Chicken breast 2 for £2 should have been £5

So now you all know whats on my shopping list lol

Actually seems quite good this time, got about 15 bags worth of shopping for 70 quid so either my spending habits have changed or Asda have sent me a sympathy 'cant get out the house' thing, like red cross sent the prisoners of war.

ok bad simile, am very bored.....going now

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I see that cucumber as come down in price at asda...now 60p

One question......does anyone on here shop at Aldi?

since asda as gone expensive these days, was thinking of going to Aldi..........what ya think?

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Yes...go for it. We do a lot of our shop there...also go to Lidl for some things too.
I have always found the stuff to be of good quality......though it is mostly their own brands.

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I think the last time i went to Aldi was when beans were 8p a tin...lol

IS it posh now they have done it up?

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Well, I have to say that beans are no longer 8p a tin......and yes I guess it has gone a bit upmarket......but I bought a bunch of roses there last week for £1.89 and they have lasted really well.
I can't say that I have been disappointed with any of their products.

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my dad shops at aldi, he goes just for the beans, he reckons they are better than hp????

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They are...they really are......we ran out the other day and had to resort to a tin of Heinz...and they were.....bobbins. I didn't like the sauce on them at all.

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i used to think they where really hard, kinda reminded me of bullets

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Not any more they're not.

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i'm talking years ago when i was pregnant with Reece though, i havent had any since

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1 litre bottles of ribena are £1 at asda reduced from £2.68.

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Fosters Lager 10 cans for ...... £ 5.99 at BM ; absolute steal ! :)

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Tesco has plenty of half price deals on wine at the moment.:rolleyes:

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Greesham Ducks are half price at Tesco atm. a lovely duck for ~£6 is a bargain IMHO.

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Muller corners, 10 for £2 at asda

(just thought i'd share that with you all lol)

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i know you lot dont really shop in Blackburn but Heron has 2 packs of 'i cant believe its not butter light' for £1 :D i've been getting them and freezing them

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can you freeze marg?????

Never realised. lol.

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You certainly can. :)

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I cant believe its not butter contains-
hydrogenated soybean oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%2...27s_Not_Butter

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You can freeze lots of stuff that you wouldn't think of freezing. When my sisters hubby was in the army they were quite a way from the shops and she used to buy milk and freeze it. I have also boght cheese when it was on special offer and put it in the freezer:alright:

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i save a lot of money by freezing stuff, we dont use a lot of bread in our house, i only buy 1 loaf a week cos we hardly eat it, i keep the bread in the freezer and take out a couple of slices when we need it, it saves it going green before we've used it all :D

thanx for the karma Nicki :D

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Just got 3 peppered steaks from Asda for £2 there is no fat all steak and really nice worth a try .

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How about adding the cost of actually cooking the food costs to here? I make two dinners at a time to save fuel. ie. one chilli and one shepherds pie.Cook the mince and onions together then split the mix into two and carry on with other ingredients. Cook both in the oven, saves fuel again. Have one dinner today and fridge the second to be heated in micro next day.Roast one day and casserole cooking at the same time ?

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I have a small paperback book called 'Will it Freeze?'
It is a valuable source of info when avoiding food waste

You might not know that bananas should be kept away from other fruit because as they ripen they emit a gas which causes other fruit to ripen faster, and, rather than throw away overripe bananas, you can freeze them pureed for future use in smoothies and cakes.

Overipe tomatoes can also be pureed and frozen for use in sauces and soups

PS - dont throw away limp lettuce -make soup

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i freeze milk cos i dont have a fridge.... if you freeze butter defrost it in the fridge cos it seperates if you dont...

anyone like smoothies? its not a special offer really but you can get tropical smoothie mix (bag of frozen fruit lol) for 39p at farmfoods and they are selling 2 cartons of fresh orange for £1.... one bag (mixed with orange) made a pint and a half of really nice smoothie :D

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Also if ya freeze ya milk make sure ya take a cupfull out beforehand, because it expands when freezing:D, oh and check it aint got any cracks in the bottle before ya defrost too otherwise ya will get it all over:eek:
If it has ruptured it's better not to use the milk.
defrost in the fridge too;)

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Bargin booze in ossy are now charging 3p for a carrier bag!!

Just thought ya would like to know:D

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HAHAHAHAHA can you eat carrier bags? ;);)

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HAHAHAHA, was gonna open a thread, but thought why bother....:D..;)

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http://www.fixtureferrets.co.uk/

A website showing ya ALL the lastest promotions in the supermarkets;) for all ya grub etc....

dont say i never give ya nowt:p

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Ill give you a tip dont buy Farleys baby milk its gone up from £4.96 to £7.99 a tin!!!! now called Nurture.

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Strawberries a pound at Asda and damn nice they are too:)

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a lot of the meat is on an offer - eg buy diced beef at 3.50 - or get two for 6.00 so you getting a pound off at least - it seems expensive if you buy weekly shop but i buy monthly so these offers are not too bad - same with some shampoos etc -

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Diced Beef in Elveve because your worth it:D:D

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Pet food from supermarkets has been an expensive item for me, but today I found this site-
Pet Supplies, Pet Food, Pet Accessories at zooplus
If you order over £29 worth you get free delivery, and a discount on first order.
Most well known brands are stocked - if you have space to store it - well worth the outlay on getting in several weeks supply.

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TESCO are selling some wines that are 7.99 each or 3 for a tenner!!!! Buy 6 bottles and you get another 5% off!

I buy meat in bulk on whittakers butchers stall in Blackburn. Its always good quality and works out a lot less than supermarkets. Apart from Lambs that is who I get from teh local farmer.

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ASDA prices have gone up. they arent selling the £1 strawberries now (they were last weds tho) and there were a few other things that have gone up as well.... mince was up 10p

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Bought the strawberries on Sunday, not been in since;)

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Yeh Been To Asda Today For A Change, Just To Pick Up A Few Bits !! Lol £40 Later.......... Found It Quite Expensive, I Should Have Stuck To Tesco As Im Staff There, And Get 10% Discount,its Nt Much But Its There

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well that didnt last long did it!?

Noticed the mince had gone up:mad:, also my sausages have too!:(

when is it gonna end?

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oh just remembered....bacon is a lot cheaper at iceland, also cheese;)

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the stawberries are now £1.69!!!!!! thatsa bit more than the £1 they were last week........ you think its so people will go in for the £1 ones and come back with the £1.69 ones

for some reason they had run out of carrots and only had the ready cut ones that go off quicker....

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Never mind the carrots, most stuff we used to get at Asda went off quick.........we now go to Tesco so roll on the accrington branch.......

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yeh me too hope i can get a transfer from burnley branch ??

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Wouldn't bother, the rest of the town will be shut by then !

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The strawberries used to be £1.88 (if memory serves) I got 2 punnets from the place on broadway for £1 last week, bargain!!!!

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If any of you like fish, Tesco at haslingden have got seabream on at half price about £1.92 each.

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British Supermarkets Start A Price War, With Milk, Bread and Butter Slashed | Business | Sky News


Think they should slash more items too dont ya think?

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Where i work we have Bogof offers on all the time.
We have promotional shelves which have a range of offers on and change every month.
We still do the Five a week fruit and veg price cuts and many more offers besides including great deals on wines and beers.
Sorry but thought i would drum up a bit of buisness for Tesco!
Not that they need it mind!

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Strawberries are £1 again at asda :D

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:D I know emzy, bought some today....yummy:p


Bacon, cheese and crisp cheaper at iceland :mosher:

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bacon - 50p for 4 slices @ Morrisons ;)

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large bottles of ribena were 1.oo each last week forgot to post on here - usually about 1.99 for a small bottle - i dont usually buy ribena but it worked out cheaper than usual juice - and cathedral city was reduced to £2.00

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Just a little wonder, read this morning that due to the credit crunch, people are bein more selective with their weekly shop, more and more people are relying on shop brand names as opposed brand names, and people are cutting down on luxury goods such as wines and flowers ect

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I`ll certainly not be cutting down on wines..............;)

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Gets my vote too pipinfort, nice glass of South African white will do for me:D

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The new Ariel Excel Gel is only £2 at Asda at the moment, and its great stuff, even on low temperatures, it says on the telly you can even use it at 15 degrees, i dont have 15 on my washer but used it at 30 degrees and its brought my clothes up a treat AND its better for the environment at a lower temperature:D


18 washes for £2, now thats what i call cheap :D

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Jack Fulton's have various cans of pop on offer, Coke or Dr Pepper mix and match 3 for a quid, various flavours of Tango 4 for a quid.:D

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Tesco - 4 bottles of Stella (4%) for £2.47 :D

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Umm.. only 4%...what size are the bottles? 275cl,330cl,500cl..or the big 648cl?..a bloke needs to know these things before making a commitment.;)

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Asda 12 loo rolls for £5. Shades ones

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Oh come on Sue in these hard times the Accrington Observer is free and its recycling as well:rolleyes::D

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:rofl38::rofl38:

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Lidl - 12 slices of streaky bacon for 99p...and it is dry cure too......they have back bacon for those who prefer this cut, also dry cure 99p......I don't think you get quite as many slices of the back bacon though.

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Our Peg gets some every week Margaret, great for Sunday morning fry, sorry grill up:D

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Ski yogurts (smooth)...50p...well they were last time i looked :rolleyes:

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where from Panther? lol

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Lidl own brand clothes washing tablets are great and 36 washes in the box for not much money less tahn 3 quid I think

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Currently at Aldi......Neopolitan Ice Cream 1 litre 59 pence(only the neopolitan is this price)....Waffle cones 39 pence for six.....plain or chocolate coated.
Gourmet French lemonade...cloudy ot pink 69p.....2 litres of Creamy soda 59p(not cheap rubbishy stuff....but their equivalent of 'taste the difference')

Grapes 49 p Nectarines 49p for five.....new potatoes 49p......vine tomatoes 49p......you just cannot beat these prices.....no excuse for not getting your 'Five-a-day'.
Happy shopping folks.

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There's some real bargains there Margaret, 59p cremy soda straight out of the fridge this weather is okay with me:mosher:

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you are spot on about that Jaysay......I am not a great fan of fizzy drinks, but this is lovely stuff......heck you can't buy a can out of a machine for that price.

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Well, over the last two months I've been drinking nothing but pop (because of meds) and I wish I'd have heard about it sooner Margaret

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Jaysay, they still have it......and large bottles of pink lemonade, and diet lemonade....all at similar prices....real good value.

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Hopefully I'll be back on my favourite tipple this weekend, White Wine, but its always handy to have some pop in for during the week don't want to be ratted every day:D

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Where abouts margaret? just been fer some n couldn't find it.:confused: the creamy soda i mean.