How to save money at Sainsburys
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You're missing a trick there. I use a variety of shops, including occasionally tesco and tesco extra. If you bide your time then you'd be able to buy petrol up to 20p cheaper than the normal going rate. Less then a pound a litre is a lovely thing
If you use a local shop (say, a farm gate shop), you may be pleased with both prices and quality, and, you might just be saving some food miles, employing local people etc etc.
And as a bonus generally they are actually pleased to see you and have a product knowledge and interest.
Its not all about money, think quality not necessarily quantity
DH
FWIW my 'local' huge Tesco Extra store is surrounded on three sides by fields of soft fruit PYO and ready picked, the cheery striped aproned butcher at his part of the farm shop has a far superior/better looking selection too. This is is rural Norfolk though, so not really of interest to larger urban areas I suspect
And as a bonus generally they are actually pleased to see you and have a product knowledge and interest.
Its not all about money, think quality not necessarily quantity
DH
FWIW my 'local' huge Tesco Extra store is surrounded on three sides by fields of soft fruit PYO and ready picked, the cheery striped aproned butcher at his part of the farm shop has a far superior/better looking selection too. This is is rural Norfolk though, so not really of interest to larger urban areas I suspect
virtually all produce if not all come from the central distribution warehouse regardless off location
assuming we are talking national chains and not independents
all local stores are more expensive than the supermarkets by up to 30%
the basics will be the same
they will have fewer offers and other goods will be more expensive so you may pay dearly for the convenience
if you dont beleive me take your local bill and compare to the "shopping on line" website
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For the first time in my life (possibly) I bought from a high street butcher today, but feck me £4.62 for 6 sausages and one burger (for my lad)! Fair play they were nice but tbh I just wanted to avoid having to go to a supermarket but at around twice the price supporting local shops is sometimes unsustainable.
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Life's too short to jump through hoops and surrender you personal information to get the tuppence off of cling peaches that seems to be the way these things work.
That's what Mrs WS tells me, anyway.
That's what Mrs WS tells me, anyway.
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But supermarket is cheap for a reason - because it's shoite. I allow 'Er Indoors to do all her shopping at the local supermarket, but buying their meat is out. In the past, had too many chops, etc that were like shoe leather. Our local butcher is a bit pricier than Asda, but the quality is worlds apart.
Local is healthier too. Grill supermarket bangers and you get a pan full of fat. The sausages from the butchers leave hardly any fat in the grill pan, because they aren't full of cheap, mechanically removed gristle. Typical supermarket sausage probably contains what they can get away with - mostly lips and ar$eh0les.
Price isn't the only consideration when it comes to what you feed your family.
But supermarket is cheap for a reason - because it's shoite. I allow 'Er Indoors to do all her shopping at the local supermarket, but buying their meat is out. In the past, had too many chops, etc that were like shoe leather. Our local butcher is a bit pricier than Asda, but the quality is worlds apart.
Local is healthier too. Grill supermarket bangers and you get a pan full of fat. The sausages from the butchers leave hardly any fat in the grill pan, because they aren't full of cheap, mechanically removed gristle. Typical supermarket sausage probably contains what they can get away with - mostly lips and ar$eh0les.
Price isn't the only consideration when it comes to what you feed your family.
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Some of the best (full bird roasted at home) chicken I have ever eaten has come from Aldi. Unbelievable until you try it.
We've been battling with chicken suppliers for years. The big supermarket stuff is wooly dry rubbish. M&S was reasonable as were the private butchered stuff. Then Aldi came along and changed the way we buy some of our meat.
We've been battling with chicken suppliers for years. The big supermarket stuff is wooly dry rubbish. M&S was reasonable as were the private butchered stuff. Then Aldi came along and changed the way we buy some of our meat.
Why not cut out the middle person and grow it yourself? I've been eating homegrown carrots, french beans, courgettes, spring onions, beetroot etc and have frozen redcurrants and blackcurrants in the freezer. Parsnips, root parsley, leeks and salsify are looking healthy. Medlars are ripening on the trees. No quince yet, one of these years the begger might start producing. I hate bought carrots, but homegrown are wonderful.
Oddly enough Aldi and Lidl often sell better stuff than the other supermarkets, although some produce is poor. Fresh veg and frozen fruit are good.
But supermarket is cheap for a reason - because it's shoite.
Grill supermarket bangers and you get a pan full of fat. The sausages from tcheaphe butchers leave hardly any fat in the grill pan, because they aren't full of , mechanically removed gristle. Typical supermarket sausage probably contains what they can get away with - mostly lips and ar$eh0les.
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The independent proper butcher we use is roughly the same cost for sausages and burgers than the premium s/market stuff. They don't shrink to half the size like the cheap carp.
I can't believe I am discussing supermarkets.
A local greengrocer, and one in the town where I work, are both cheaper and better than most supermarkets.
Undoubtedly the quality is better, as previously mentioned, but my point was that it's not sustainable for our family to buy meat that way. If you can afford it that's fine but it's not hard to see why many are closing down. Our local greengrocers are slightly more expensive and the produce is poor though my missus does use them more.
There's more truth in that than you may have realised - not the turkeys though. We regularly buy tubs of chicken livers from our local butcher to cook for our cat. (LMB may want to skip this post
) Last time we bought some, they had obviously come from a different supplier. On the tub, it stated that the livers were halal . Won't be bothering with these again, and until we source something different, puss will be going without his favourite treat. This is the thin end of the wedge.
Aldi's always a bit of a lottery. 'Er Indoors has experimented, some things are fine, lots aren't good at all. Yes, ordinary supermarket chickens can be bland with a strange consistency to the meat. We gave up on chickens for roasting, until we tried the Co-op ones, which are really good and the flesh shreds as you pull it apart - just like chicken used to before they messed around with feed, etc.
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