Value Range foods compared

[Frnc]

Had a Sainsbury's meal deal today. Sandwich, crisps and drink. Got pure orange, and 'lightly salted' small bag of crisps to be healthy. 947 calories! I'm over my day's allowance now, if I have nothing for tea. Well that'll teach me. I only got it because the decorator was working on the living room, and I didn't want to disturb him too much. Was quite expensive as well. I think the sandwich was nearly a fiver. It was more or less a filled baguette though.

[jennyjj01]

Had a Sainsbury's meal deal today. Sandwich, crisps and drink. Got pure orange, and 'lightly salted' small bag of crisps to be healthy. 947 calories! I'm over my day's allowance now, if I have nothing for tea. Well that'll teach me. I only got it because the decorator was working on the living room, and I didn't want to disturb him too much. Was quite expensive as well. I think the sandwich was nearly a fiver. It was more or less a filled baguette though.

Meal Deal A FIVER!!!
I had a Morrisons Medium Salad upped to a tasty meal deal, this week
The Salad is £3.50 on its own, but add a bottle of tropicana and a Veg Samosa and the total was only £3.75 I smashed my 5 a day that day.
Unusual to get a good deal in Mozzers

[jennyjj01]

Sainsburys own brand whisky, 700ml, £12.49. Equals £17.85 /litre. Tastes a bit off initially, but after a bottle or two (not in one night, obviously!) you stop noticing, and it's pretty decent. Aldi own brand is a tiny bit cheaper, but I prefer shopping at Sainsburys. Though Aldi is ok. The other brands I buy are Whyte and Mackay, Famous Grouse and Grants, but these are all about £19 or £19.50 now, even when on offer.

Cheers.
Mr JJ likes tha Aldi Whiskey, but mostly he buys loads of JD when it's on offer, which is frequently is, somewhere. Trouble is, 'shrinkage'

[Frnc]

Sainsburys own brand whisky, 700ml, £12.49. Equals £17.85 /litre. Tastes a bit off initially, but after a bottle or two (not in one night, obviously!) you stop noticing, and it's pretty decent. Aldi own brand is a tiny bit cheaper, but I prefer shopping at Sainsburys. Though Aldi is ok. The other brands I buy are Whyte and Mackay, Famous Grouse and Grants, but these are all about £19 or £19.50 now, even when on offer.

Cheers.
Mr JJ likes tha Aldi Whiskey, but mostly he buys loads of JD when it's on offer, which is frequently is, somewhere. Trouble is, 'shrinkage'

Massive amounts evaporate when you open it. Honest. Especially if you let it breathe.

[GeraldTheBonzai]

Can strongly recommend the Aldi "Cassario" dark spiced rum. Tastes great and costs a fraction of a designer label.

[ForgeCorvus]

Can strongly recommend the Aldi "Cassario" dark spiced rum. Tastes great and costs a fraction of a designer label.

Being the grandson of a true Yorkshireman ( more then a little tight). I think of myself a connoisseur of midrange dark rums.
My current favourites being "Caribbean Pearl" and "Captain Morgan's Spiced".

I have a friend who shops at Aldi..... I might have to acquire a bottle for testing purposes

[jennyjj01]

Tinned Fruit Cocktail!!!!!

It's a staple and something I hold a reserve of for when TSHTF One tin = two breakfasts or 6 jelly trifles

Generally I pay between 89p and £1.05 for either LIDL's or Aldi's own or Princes or Del Monte*

So Today I was pleased to find Farmfoods do an own brand 400g tin for just 49p
I'd never seen FarmFoods as an own brand on tins.

So, I bought one tin to try with my weekly trifle making session. Was it worth it?

It's in light syrup, not fruit juice. No big deal.
It has about 1/3 less cherries or small grapes than Lidl's
It has about 10% more pineapple, but in shreds.
The peaches and Pears are not as sweet. It was of noticeably lower quality.
There was noticeably more juice, less fruit.

Apart from that, it was generally OK and made my 6 trifles, each getting half a cherry and a small grape.

If Lidl's at 89p is 10/10, then this was 7/10
But at 49p. it was better value for money... just about.

It's not breaking my bank to hold 20 tins of the Lidl stuff at 89p each, but for anyone prepping on a tight budget, you won't get cheaper than 49p.

Close but no cigar

*Del Monte is very much just trading on a name and it's nothing special.

[pseudonym]

49p for a treat during SHTF moments, sounds good to me Jenny. Thanks for doing these.

[jennyjj01]

49p for a treat during SHTF moments, sounds good to me Jenny. Thanks for doing these.

Exactly. The difference between 'survival' and 'living'
Post SHTF, Fruit will be an expensive/valuable commodity so putting a few tins away is a no-brainer. At this price, a dozen tins or more won't break the bank. And it's edible enough for rotating into regular diet.

Worth looking out for whether Farmfoods is going to do more home badged tins.

Couple with 80p block of jelly, 33p sachet of custard and 40p half litre of milk and you have a weeks worth of trifles for 2 quid.

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[nightowl]

A Which survey recently had Aldi and Lidl's own brand baked beans as joint winners ahead of Heinz and co. Tried them and they are pretty good to be fair.