Cribynkle
squawk
Sainsbury's gold label are the best tea bags ever! .....bit of a de-rail because they're not value.............
'Value' products - what's good?
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Sainsbury's gold label are the best tea bags ever! .....bit of a de-rail because they're not value.............
Not sure? But it sounds as though you've the value bases covered.
Maybe it's a case of food efficiency and planning rather than anything else? The process of getting a big bird nigh on every week seems to really cut our food budgets, especially if you get a reduced offer. Last week and we got a huge free range bird for £5 - enough to make a roast for 3, soup and a risotto. When thrifty and organised, leftovers in the fridge here tend to get used up ruthlessly in stir fries, curries and other bits.
Dries pulses and cheaper cuts of meat can really help. I'm beginning to get tempted by that often offered hand-me-down pressure cooker, but if you've time supervising/herding the little one it could be an option.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
What do you actually buy at sainsburys??
Tbh I've always thought it was overpriced and not always that good on the few occasions I've been there. But then I've pretty much always had to watch what I spend and now I'm so used to it I can't not do it iykwim 
Maybe it's just the Dundee one that's not that great??
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
We're talking Sainsburys here aren't we?
Binliners - agree with you
Sponges with green scratchy things - are fine as I use one a day and throw them away for hygeine reasons. At 14p for 5 I can afford to.
Sainburys standard instant coffee is 66p per 100g and imo is as good as Nescafe (£1.99) and cheaper and better than Lidl alternatives. They must be making a mistake.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I prefer the cheaper Red label ones. The cheapo Brown ones are weak and I'd never try the basics.
Sainsburys 'ordinary' pork mince is generally better eating than their 'Healthy Options' version with reduced fat and more affluent looking. packaging It's also half the price .... and rarely available in anything other than larger stores for some suspiciously convenient reason. Sainsburys Locals, or whatever they're called, take the piss.
hippogriff
Imposter
wtfftw
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We probably make our biggest savings at the poundshop (technically a 99p store). The cleaning goods are fine. I really rate Astonish products and Easy isn't bad either.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
The basics are OK actually, and they are Fairtrade
Fairtrade? No shit? The ones in the white and orange plastic bags?
Might give them a try.
In the meantime don;t buy Iceland teabags...80 for quid might sound nice but they're weak as fuck and bitter with it.
WIN ^ ^ ^
Tesco value noodles are about 8-10p a pack
I normally stock up on about 10 packs with each major shop
toblerone3
Grrrrr
no way, ever. i've never had value teabags that make even a drinkable cuppa, let alone a good one.
Let me add my tuppence to the value teabag debate. I bought Tesco Value teabags the other day. (33p for 80 bags) with a sense of trepidation. I hate value food that is horrible.
But actually they are OK. Not as good as PG tips but if you let it brew a little bit longer its OK imo
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Mogden
I like tea
Tesco Value quiche is right proper tasty. Even cold it's got lots of flavour whereas I usually find shop bought quiches are weak and watery. Don't know about one from Sainsburys though. All the value biscuits and chocolate biccies from Tesco are nice although Flashy doesn't like the cookie so much. All the more for me *nom nom* 
secretsquirrel
Respectable married lady
Sainsburys basics peppers and bananas - big bag of peppers for less than buying two regular 'loose' ones. Big bag of bananas for around £1.20
I love the 99p store. Box of 100 tetley tea bags for 99p and last time I was in there, they were doing 4 packs of branston baked beans for 99p
wtfftw
roof's about to blow ♩♪♩♬ ♬♩♪♩
Indeed! We have the branston beans in the cupboard.I love the 99p store. Box of 100 tetley tea bags for 99p and last time I was in there, they were doing 4 packs of branston baked beans for 99p
The food they have in varies greatly but it's often worth doing a sweep before hitting a supermarket.
Gavin Bl
terrible awful baaad
Agree on Sainsbury's pepper bags - esp if you can get them when they have a 'not-many-green-ones' batch.
Sainsbury's cheapo bacon is nice too, its just chunky and rougher cuts - nice and tasty as it goes.
Their wholewheat spaghetti used to be good value too. Not sure now with price of pasta going through t'roof.
Another not to scrimp on IMO - is Potatoes. Agree on Tea bags, buy good uns.
Sainsbury's cheapo bacon is nice too, its just chunky and rougher cuts - nice and tasty as it goes.
Their wholewheat spaghetti used to be good value too. Not sure now with price of pasta going through t'roof.
Another not to scrimp on IMO - is Potatoes. Agree on Tea bags, buy good uns.
Nah, but they quite often use heavier cropping/less tasty strain for value products though. Watery 'value' tomatoes of no discernable flavour, white spuds that don't fluff up as well in roasts and so on. Most is fine, but there are some things worth upgrading to.
Seasonal stuff in markets often offers way better value than the value ranges too.
ethel
Well-Known Member
my uncle supplies all of the supermarkets and they all come out of the same field. i'd just check the variety on the bag. although, to be honest most supermarket toms are rubbish.
it does amuse me when i see some parsnips go into an m+s bag and some from the smae field go into a tesco value bag.
secretsquirrel
Respectable married lady
D'ya know I almost added a comment about not many green ones being preferable but thought I might seen weird
Does anybody really like green peppers? My favourites are orange and yellow ones (I can't believe I actually have an opinion on this!)
D'ya know I almost added a comment about not many green ones being preferable but thought I might seen weird
(I can't believe I actually have an opinion on this!)
Nope, I only like red and orange
