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Canny shopping.

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Urmstongran Sun 12-Jun-22 11:56:46

We live in an apartment above commercial so shopping here is easy. Down in the lift to our ‘larder’ (Sainsbury’s). Also in the square is a new Aldi, Boots, Quality Save and Iceland. Other shops are independents. A nice mix really and very handy.

I write a small list most days. We don’t have a freezer, no need. We shop by deciding each day what we fancy. Himself is in his element down there and has become a canny shopper! Today - Aldi strawberries from Fife were 70p cheaper (and looked nicer) than the Spanish ones in Sainsbury’s. Milk was 25p cheaper and a bag of frozen peas 80p cheaper! So a saving of almost £2 today alone.

He says prices have soared recently post-pandemic. He notices all the prices now as he shops so regularly. He says marketing ploys are very clever these days. One food item was a whole £1 dearer yesterday in Sainsbury’s yet was then promoted as an ‘offer’ with 50p off the price - doubtless to be returned to the new ‘normal’ expensive price on Monday!

He said our jar of freeze dried coffee had gone up by a whopping £1.50 so he nipped into Iceland to buy it. There are such huge differences in prices these days it pays (if time and location allow) to shop around.

What about your grocery shop? Are you on-line ordering? Local farm shops (lucky you) or buy in bulk for toiletries at Costco? What trends are you noticing?

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Quichette Tue 14-Jun-22 04:03:55

In the U.S. I belong to a local farm cooperative and get all our produce, meat and dairy products from them They are mostly organic, grass fed meats, free range eggs, grain products grown by the Amish, etc. Almost everything is sourced from less than 100 miles from our city of 2.3 million. They deliver to the door. Currently they are giving us strawberries and asparagus, new potatoes and a large variety of salad greens quite inexpensively compared to shop prices. A full liter of whole organic yogourt is about 2.5 pounds. We are fortunate to be in a strongly agricultural area. You cannot find this in for instance Arizona or Alaska. The selection is more limited in winter and a longing for strawberries in February will go unfulfilled! Is there anything like this in the UK?

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GreenGran78 Tue 14-Jun-22 04:28:01

It's true about the price of Aussie lettuce. One fast food chain has changed to putting shredded cabbage in their burgers.

I'm so jealous about the glut of strawberries. I'm looking forward to getting home and buying some. I only eat British ones, and haven't had the chance to buy any yet, this year.

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Pittcity Tue 14-Jun-22 09:08:27

I've just picked and eaten the first strawberry from a 50p plant bought a few weeks ago. I'll probably get a punnets worth out of it!

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Riggie Thu 16-Jun-22 13:02:03

I think its great if you live near a lot of shops and can price compare. Where I am no supermarket is near enough to another and I'd use more petrol than I save. I used to go to Lidl when I had family living near one, but now they've moved and the nearest one is a drive away to somewhere I have no other reason to go to, so again any savings are wiped out by the trip and junk from the centre aisles of junk!! And I live in a town. But apart from an odd expensive convenience store and a couple of Chinese supermarkets full of things I don't want to buy, there are no food shops in the city centre.

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