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Student Food Shopping!
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I guess this won't apply to much for those who are catered. But for those who have to do their own cooking...where do you usually shop?
I've been at home for now so the cost of food hasn't been so much. And my friend's been saying go for the reduced price time in Sainsbury's at 10pm etc...
Any general ideas?
Thanx:)
I've been at home for now so the cost of food hasn't been so much. And my friend's been saying go for the reduced price time in Sainsbury's at 10pm etc...
Any general ideas?
Thanx:)
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Same here... Sainsbury's is the only supermarket near me. Except Farmfoods - all freezer products £1 a bag/box
I try and go with friends and get things on buy-one-get-one-free offers with them. If you're doing a lot of shopping at Sainsbury's you can get a Nectar card...it gives you a pathetic amount off but it's better than nothing.
If you reuse old bags in Sainsbury's they give you 1p back for each bag. Unfortunately they won't let you get away with putting one item in each bag...I did try...
morrisons is definitely the cheapest though, although asda's not far behind.
I keep thinking about asda's pizzas. Those 14" ones for £3. Buy a couple, cut them in halves and shove them in the fridge. That'll be my week's lunch sorted!
Eg the 9p noodles which taste a hell of a lot nicer with a dash of extra spices. its a bit extra but not as much as super noodles etc.
Plus our asda is right in the middle of studentville down on Smithdown road, so its geared up to students, with *huge* bags of pasta and stuff. all the student food you can dream of. And its 24 hours, so you can go at random times of the day and night
Netto is good for cans and alcohol, the Starberg lager is good for about £4 a crate, so is the wine selection.
i'm biased, i work in tesco - so shop there :yes:
the supermarket that i really do dislike is safeways :mad:
They should have a Cosco's near every uni...cheapo bulk buy!
Waitrose is a bit more expencive, but the food there is much better I think. I really loath Safeway with a vengence, the place is foul beyond words.
I cant speak about Aldi, but a lot of Netto stuff is very good. But even if you dont want to find out what is, the branded tins are still quite a bit cheaper- 5p off each can of Heinz soup or beans isnt to be sniffed at if you buy 20 of them, is it?
:yes:
There's a safeways down my road, so sometimes it's more convenient for me to go there than pop down the hill to tesco.
However, if I pop down on say a saturday afternoon - they have about 3 checkouts open. The staff never say hello or offer help packing (not that I need it, but meh, that's besides the point). They're not exactly polite either.
It makes me wander how they ever pass the mystery shopper thing.
At tesco, we have to be/are polite and everything, offer help packing etc etc. Sometimes I even help them out to their car and stuff. Bleah. :rolleyes:
You need to explore Beeston more. There's an Iceland and a Kwik-Save there too. More importantly, there's a Big In Booze, which does some fantastic deals on good quality booze.
But you don't drink.
Well, it sells crisps too...
I'd rather fork out the extra 5p - it'll make me sound really snobby but I just dislike supermarkets like lidl and aldi
Well if youve got the money to waste like that youre richer than most of us.
me? nope :no:
I still live at home, but even so...why would we just pop to aldi or somewhere just to save 20p on some beans?
I think it must be the way I've been brought up...you'll have to forgive me :rolleyes:
Or just your bad maths...
Say you buy two cans of beans a week.
The difference is 10p a week, over 52 weeks = £5.20. That's half of another night out.
Imagine if you do that with another couple of items, and you've got a couple of extra nights out, or an extra-nice xmas present for someone, or something. Kermit's right, every little bit helps.
no, my maths isn't that bad
I don't even like heinz beans..so we buy tesco beans. Not that that's really relevant. Say I spent the extra 5p or whatever on the beans, I'd probably save it elsewhere.
Edited to say..you said at the end, 'every little helps' - that's tesco's slogan
Tesco are expensive though on most things.
You could say, well I'll live on beans and rice, that will save me money to go out more often.
But food shouldnt be something just to get over and done with, its a pleasure, something you should take time and effort in. I'd rather eat well than go out every night on the razz.
Yeah... but isn't Cosco only for people in the Civil Service? You need to qualify for a card to shop there
I don't eat much. So i shop at the UFO (Union Food Outlet)
indeed, yes.
I'm not going to spend my life worrying about the cost of beans.
I don't want to eat beans or whatever from places like that, so I won't. I'm not just going to pop into aldi to save me a few quid thankyou very much
to the person who said tesco was expensive..in comparison to what?
Comparrison to Asda, Morisons etc. Sainsbury's and Booths are about the only places more expensive. But both their quality of food and selection is much better than tesco's.
Personally I think either Tesco or Waitrose are the best, Waitrose has the best qaulity food, but their selection isnt quite as wide as Tesco and sometimes they are a bit over priced. However I do think they are not as expencive as everyone makes out.
Sainsburys is alright, I've not got one near me so I dont go in them very often, not bad.
Safeway is foul, it seems to atract really scummy people with kids shouting and screaming and their mums hitting them, moody staff, expencive coffee. Shite.
And I've never been inside a Nettos, Bulk bargin buy, or whatever and I really have no desire to do so.