- I buy a supermarket's own brand or their value range most of the time. We have certain things we like though and so I get these when they are on offer.
- I buy cheese in bulk. Asda and Tesco have been doing 2 blocks of their cheddar cheese for £5 for quite a few months and I find this works out so much cheaper (especially as the man only likes certain cheeses and so I can't completely scrimp on this)
- I shop frequently. At the moment we have been eating quite a lot of salad and if I were to buy enough salad for the week I'd throw at least half of it away - it just goes off too quickly. And so once a fortnight we do our "big shop" of all the tinned and frozen bits and then twice a week or so (whenever we're running low) we'll go out and get fresh stuff.
- When I see treats that we like on offer - I get them. In Jan/Feb this year Tesco were doing 4 Easter eggs for £3 - 75p each! We bought 12 Easter eggs... That meant there was enough for everyone we had to buy from and then some left for us (Cadbury's Easter egg chocolate is the BEST!)
- I use frozen or tinned instead of fresh when we can as it is usually cheaper. For example if we were to buy Asda's own fresh spinach we'd pay £1 for 160g, but if we buy their own frozen spinach it is £1.15 for 1kg! And it doesn't go off. And it tastes just as good for cooking.
- We cook from scratch alot. The man likes to make his own burgers (he likes to experiment with hot sauces and spiciness in them...) and at £2.75 for 750g of beef mince it makes sense to do it that way. Asda are currently selling 2 packs of 4 burgers for £5. Once he has bulked them all out with onions, etc and made them how he likes we get about 8 burgers out of our pack of mince. And as they are just for him I'll freeze them in greaseproof paper and just pop in the oven whenever he fancies ones.
- I do the big shop online. Delivery costs £1 for some midday deliveries now (I even saw one time slot for 50p this morning!) and if you think of the cost of getting the bus/taxi or even just petrol it makes sense to sit on your backside and let someone else do the hard work! Plus this way I can shop all their best offers. I can add things in and take things out of my "basket" constantly and I always have an accurate running total. I find that when we shop instore if we're getting a trolley-full then the end price is often a bit of a mystery until it's too late.
- I make the most of my Tesco vouchers. When you shop online you get a big list of things you have money off vouchers for when you get to the checkout. Often I'll go there first and make a note of anything that is worth it (mixing vouchers with their instore offers makes alot of sense) and then add these things. Often they offer you vouchers for things that you purchase frequently or that you might like because you like something similar. A few weeks back I got a box of cereal for 45p because it was on offer for £1 and I had 55p off it - not too shabby considering Tesco's cheapest box of chocolate cereal is 83p for 375g.
I don't know if these tips are helpful at all to you but let me know. Anyone got any tips to share?
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