Silly, but really getting to me, advice please

There are lots of price match adverts on tv and one the papers especially between Aldi and Sainsburys. Perhaps you could refer her to one of these?

Callistemin21 No, my friend has always been a good cook and in the past we have eaten delicious food she has cooked, but since the transfer, made years ago when her DD was very short of cash when her DH was doing his probationary year as a policeman, to give them moral support, during a difficult year, she has stayed with them, she has no money problems.

Since then we have had croissants with the consistency of cake, rather than deliciously buttery flake pastry, and a gift of short bread, that tasted as if they were made with axle grease rather than butter, even the birds wouldn't eat them. and the packaging was twice the size of the contents, not usual with biscuits.

So Bluebelle we don't all just love Aldi and Lidl.

Pukka
Ignore her .Your choice what you buy.

What’s wrong with being honest here? No I don’t want to go there and I will not be going there anytime soon so please don’t bring it up again. Those saying go just once, what on earth is that going to achieve?

Just and change the subject.

Pearlsaminger that's a good idea. You could give her some really disgusting wine too...

I don't have a favourite but recently decided to waste half an hour of my life putting my typical 'shopping basket' into the Sainsbury's, Aldi, Waitrose and Tesco online shopping sites. The results were surprising; Tesco was the most expensive, Aldi cheapest, Waitrose was cheaper than both Tesco and Sainsbury's, but the difference between the most and least expensive shop was only about £2. Seems hardly worth shopping around given the price of petrol.

Next time she comes for dinner, make your normal ‘my supermarket meal…’

Then when serving dinner bring her out a same but different meal made with items from ‘her supermarket..’

Throw it on the plate so it looks unappetising and miserable..

Then tell her ‘Yes, I went to your supermarket. Your meal is made with their food. Our meal is made with items from my supermarket. Enjoy!

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PS: I’m joking!

Maybe your mother in law doesn’t have much of a social life. Apart from shopping which she clearly enjoys and doesn’t get out much. She means well I am sure can’t you take it on the chin it’s just talk really.
It’s like having relatives as I have who constantly outdo people with worse ailments. If I have a cold my sister has flu. If I say my arthritic shoulder is bad she has it all over her back. I learnt to let it go in one ear and out the other for my sanity.

I'm with Casdon on this. I have one food intolerance and neither Aldi or Lidl stock everything I need. I prefer to shop at other supermarkets as it's all under one roof, and I don't want to spend extra money on petrol travelling between all these different supermarkets.

When DD was at university, she prided herself on her bargain hunting skills, yellow stickers, £stores, Lewisham market at 4.00pm on a Saturday, she was there.

Her brother came to stay, also a student, and got so fed up of being told at every meal what a bargain every mouthful he ate was, that he ended treating them both to fish and chips, so he could have a meal with without a mouth by mouth commentary on what a bargain it had been, where she had gone, how much she had paid etc etc.

I of course meant "not" worth falling out over ha

I think it is the veiled insinuation that I am wasting money, easybee, hit the nail on the head.it's not worth falling out with her over, I just needed to vent! Teacheranne, that is the answer, I like my shopping delivered, although I have pointed that out too lol. I did have a giggle re the markets and the tat too in the posts above .
I just wish I was able to come back with some clever, but not rude ( even if I am saying worse in my head) come back, thanks for listening and cheering me up x

I think i can be a bit like this about food but in different ways too
I suppose we are all irritating in our own ways!

Pukka

And I have no problem with any supermarkets at all, just in the habit of shopping where I shop, not saying there’s anything wrong at all with budget supermarkets, I know some of what they stock are great, just happen to never have gotten into it, I may in the future ( I don’t actually care that much!) and I like to get my shopping delivered as it’s more convenient. Just fed up feeling so attacked lol

There’s the answer, just tell her you are very busy and prefer to have your groceries delivered - which Aldi and Lidl don’t do..

My friend was like that eazybee, she would do a forty mile round trip to a shop because the cheese was £1 cheaper. And my MIL was like that about Stockport market - it was cheap because it was tat.

It's a long standing family joke that my father in law could have bought everything cheaper down the market. Christmas, Birthday, Father's Day - "Why did you buy me this? I could have got it much cheaper down the market"

Year after year we soldiered on trying to impress him, while trying to be enthusiastic about the presents he bought us "Down the market" which were sometimes hideous.

Some people do have a missionary zeal about low price supermarket shops, and there is the veiled insinuation that you are wasting money which is probably what is irritating you.
Difficult to fend off without being rude.

Why not just tell her that you choose not to shop in that shop, you prefer another, and how you spend your money is your business.

That can be said to someone politely, it doesn't have to sound rude.

And I have no problem with any supermarkets at all, just in the habit of shopping where I shop, not saying there’s anything wrong at all with budget supermarkets, I know some of what they stock are great, just happen to never have gotten into it, I may in the future ( I don’t actually care that much!) and I like to get my shopping delivered as it’s more convenient. Just fed up feeling so attacked lol

Just say you don't have time to shop around. My main shop is Tesco which is close to me. There is a co op I get some stuff in mid week as I can walk there and occasionally I use Aldi but it is further away and I don't have time to go to several shops. Nappies and wipes are from Aldi though but have always bought in bulk of those. DD1 gets things in multiple shops - BM stores, Aldi, Poundland, somewhere that has lots of frozen food but she likes shopping around. I think I used to but can't be bothered now.

She's determined to keep suggesting that you try that supermarket
You're determined that you won't

Never the twain shall meet ?

Just say ‘I’ll have to go there next time’, say it with a smile and repeat every time.
Or, go to said supermarket and buy a couple of products that have obviously come from there, leave them out every time she comes round. Then let her think you shop there regularly!

Thank you all, that’s given me some ideas to work with, and feel better for getting it off my chest, it’s really winding me up. As minor as it is really! And to hear I’m not the only one who gets this!

I have never gotten into shopping there
Pukka is this some American cheapie store that we here in the UK know nothing about.

Personally, I shop at Lidl, Aldi, Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsburys, the farm shop - whichever I'm near at the time.