Shop at supermarkets
but stick to your shopping list and ignore special offers unless they are actually on your list. Nearly everything sold is cheaper than at your local butchers, general store or greengrocers.
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:23, 13 replies)

bollocks is it.
for starters, see those little 15g jars of herbs and spices for 99p? You can get a 200g bag for about the same.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:29, closed)

Nearly everything

( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:34, closed)

birds eye chilies
supermarket - toddy little packet with about 8 of them in for 79p. Chinese wholesale grocers, a bag the size of my head for a couple of quid.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:40, closed)

Yeh but I can't eat a bag the size of my head full of chillis before they go off
and so far you've saved me pennies. Most stuff is still cheaper in a supermarket, they have the buying power.
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:46, closed)

well don't get a bag the size of your head then,
they charge by weight.

In my experience most veg is cheaper in the grocers. But you're obviously some kind of supermarket fanboy so I might as well speak to a brick wall.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:52, closed)

No, I just don't live anywhere near one of these magical places where veg is cheaper at the grocers

( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 21:00, closed)

Prices vary from place to place I guess,
it's just that you seemed to get massively offended at the suggestion that people could perhaps try shopping elsewhere. So much so that you had to start a counter-thread.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 21:07, closed)

Not offended
Just realistic, supermarkets are cheaper because they have greater buying power. Overall if you stick to your list and ignore all the shit they tempt you with it will be cheaper. That's why they make millions and local shops suffer.
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 21:10, closed)

It sounds like you're trying to use reason to arrive at facts, here.
The problem with reason is that a lot of it is assumptions. What you say makes sense, but the conclusion isn't necessarily true.

You're right about the special offers and deals and whatnot, I'll be honest I'm a sucker for them. But we shop at a farmers' market every week and won't baulk at paying a tenner for a chicken. My Dad might spit his tea out when I tell him how much I spend on the roast, but his weekly shopping bill comes to £60-£90 whereas ours is usually around the £30 mark.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 21:17, closed)

Can i just jump in here and say
POUNDSHOPS or if you are realy in to saving the pennys the 99p shop.
We now get all or shampoo, conditioner, dishwasher tabs etc from one.
Before some says it isnt the same stuff, yes it is a bottle of shampoo and a bottle of conditioner from asda cost £5.98 exactly the same bottles with exactly the same packaging and contents cost £2 thats a saving right there that is, yes you may not get fruit and veg but you can get all your cleaning stuff there, also pepsi cola 2lt £1 asda 1.79 and this from londis that well known pervayour of dried pasty things in the tepid cabinate
so the moral is use different shops for different things dont be fooled in to doing it all in one shop
( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 22:09, closed)

Steve Jobs called
he asked "Paper or plastic?"
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 12 Nov 2011, 11:44, closed)

Don't forget street markets
I saved a packet in London getting fruit & veg from the market.

Agree about offers - nothing is a bargain if you don't really want it, no matter how cheap. Save 50% = spend 50%
(lolwhites, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:36, closed)

Offers are a massive con
My wife came back the other day with 3 multibags of wheat crunchies because they were on buy one get two free. I said "well thats £2.50 we wouldn't have spent and 30 packs of crisps we wouldn't have eaten"
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:44, closed)