Shop Well For Less

[dave50]

Has anyone seen this program? The families that feature on it are unbelievable. They want help to save money but are slaves to top brands because "they must be better" or say that they just buy the same brands that their parents always did, why? They never try anything different. Are they stupid or thick or both?

[dave50]

Mikey - I haven't heard the word wassock for a long time!

[zebo]

I have stuff that I bought in Aldi almost 40 years ago! Their non-food items can be very good, I bought a hand trowel cum rake for a couple of pounds and it's brilliant. There are items on which I won't compromise, coffee's one, but generally I buy what I prefer. We buy a lot of cold meats in Lidl, their own brand, Dulano and their grated mozzarella is brilliant on omelettes.

[EcclesCake]

I buy what I want, from where I want at a price that I am happy to pay. I refuse to do multiple supermarket visits to get the best deal when it eats into my time and fuel tank.

I have seen past episodes of this series and there are clearly areas where savings could be made but I strongly suspect that many of the families quickly slip back into their old ways.

There most certainly are significant differences between brand name and shops own. Most noted was breakfast cereals for me.

[hc4361]

I have tried ALL the butters available but Anchor is the one I like the most, so I bulk buy when it's on special offer.

[Smowball]

The couple lastnight I couldn't believe how many clothes she owned and how much she spent per month!

[mikey4444]

Dave50....AB's list of banned words prevents me from using anything ruder than Wassock !

[meglet]

I don't buy cheap wine ever since seeing an article about how much of the cost of a bottle is tax. Tax is a fixed rate per bottle and bears no relation to the cost of the wine (that’s VAT’s job). Currently the rate is £2.05 per bottle of table wine. So the more that you pay for your wine, the less you pay in tax (as a percentage) and the better the quality of the wine. So a really cheap bottle of wine will have really cheap contents.

[mikey4444]

Meglet....try that Pinotage at Lidl and come back here !

[meglet]

Mikey, challenge accepted.

[237SJ]

Meglet - I think I saw the same programme as you. The wine cost, after production costs, bottling, tax, shipping etc worked out at about 20 or 30p per bottle.