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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Stokey Sue » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:31 pm

I’ll look into the Lidl app, though if not buying alcohol I have trouble getting to £25 in there. Could stock up on cheese :)

One thing I noticed in Morrison’s was that the lower priced and own brand cleaning products are back at last, I’ve been paying £3 and more for Dettol anti- bacterial spray but Morrison’s own is 85p :o

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Pampy » Thu Aug 13, 2020 1:54 pm

Renee wrote:That's no good to me then Pampy, because there's a particular red wine that I really like, but thanks for mentioning it!

You can buy other stuff! :lol: :lol:

I'm going to stock up on free-range chicken for the freezer.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Renee » Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:32 pm

That's true Pampy, but there were a few things that I wanted from Waitrose, also it gave my car a bit of a run which it needed. I suppose I could do all my shopping in Lidl, because I certainly wouldn't starve and it is now my nearest supermarket. Maybe next week!

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Sakkarin » Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:03 am

Sounds like a good deal Renee, but couldn't find anything about the offer, however check out the customer responses on the download page, someone suggests that there is grief ahead if you try and redeem a coupon. Where did you find the offer info, is it after you download the app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... e&hl=en_GB

Lidl's website is rubbish anyway, it looks as if the app is just a mirror of it. I want product details and prices, not offer info which is often not current.

I checked last month's Lidl spend, and I spent £85 there, so it would actually be worthwhile for me.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Renee » Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:15 pm

My favourite wine from Lidl is the South African Pinotage, which is down at the bottom. They still have the wine and the price is £3.89. I couldn't find it on the website.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:38 pm

I went to a different Waitrose this morning (Northwood) and they had these RTC.

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/ ... 519-675520

I bought three and have frozen them. Not quite sure yet what to use them for.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Sakkarin » Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:01 pm

I moaned a while back about only having a "Little Waitrose" locally - with the closure of our town centre John Lewis, even that's now gone, so Northwood is now my nearest Waitrose (I don't count the service station Mini Waitrose at the Dome roundabout) :-(

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:06 pm

Is Ricky no nearer? It’s much bigger.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby PatsyMFagan » Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:51 pm

Pepper Pig wrote:Is Ricky no nearer? It’s much bigger.


Ricky is my nearest and as you say, much bigger ... I love to treat myself to a monthly stroll round that one. They have a coffee shop there too - we could have a mini meet ;)

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:58 pm

Other than all the Waitrose coffee shops have been closed for nearly 5 months Pat that’s a nice idea. :lol:

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby PatsyMFagan » Fri Aug 21, 2020 5:39 pm

Pepper Pig wrote:Other than all the Waitrose coffee shops have been closed for nearly 5 months Pat that’s a nice idea. :lol:


I haven't been back since before lockdown - but as other coffee shops have now opened, I thought theirs might have too :?

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby slimpersoninside » Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:24 pm

The one we would use if we did 'click and collect' are using the closed cafe area for this.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Pepper Pig » Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:25 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Pepper Pig » Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:47 pm

I had a look at the old coffee shop at South Harrow today. It looks a bit forlorn. They had been using it as an NHS shoppers area but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Stokey Sue » Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:22 pm

In Morrison's yesterday I noticed their own brand ground coffees being sold off at £1.25 per 227g bag, bargain, they are pretty good

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Sakkarin » Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:34 pm

Dear me, they have a coffee that goes up to strength SIX, I thought the scale only went up to 5. My strength tolerance is between 3 and 4...

https://groceries.morrisons.com/product ... -270583011

Am toying with a trip (6 mile cycle there and back) but am reminded that Lidl's French blend is only £1.09. Maybe that's what prompted the reduction, it isn't flashed as a special offer. Shame it's not their Sumatran that's going for £1.25.

Just spotted that their beans (only expresso and italian blend) are going for £1.25 too. Lidl £1.69.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Stokey Sue » Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:52 pm

It was flashed on the shelf edge, maybe because it was a lower price than before, I don't read the small print if I don't need to

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Chipotle Flakes

Postby Sakkarin » Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:23 pm

Oh dear, I just cycled to Morrisons and completely forgot about the coffees!

My jar of Sainsbury's Chipotle Chilli Flakes has nearly run out, and in a trip to Morrisons just now, at 95p their Chipotle flakes seemed cheaper. However on getting home I found that the Sainos pot was 45g and the Morrisons just 30g, so it was a false economy. I've checked out the other contenders online and worked out the relative costs so you know the score...

Sainsbury's £1.00 for 45g = £2.22 per 100g
Asda £0.90 for 40g = £2.25 per 100g
Morrisons £0.95 for 30g = £3.17 per 100g
Tesco £1.20 for 37g = £3.24 per 100g
M&S (Ocado) £2.57 for 34g = £7.56 per 100g
Bart (Ocado Price) £2.20 for 28g = £7.86 per 100g

ONLINE SPECIALISTS:
Mexgrocer POWDER £2.65 for 100g = £2.65 for 100g + delivery
Mexgrocer WHOLE Chipotle £2.80 for 40g = £7.00 per 100g + delivery
Cool Chile Company £3.50 for 40g = £8.75 per 100g + delivery
Cool Chile Company WHOLE £3.95 for 40g = £9.88 per 100g + delivery

The delivery ones are much, much cheaper by the kilo. Odd that whole chillies are more expensive than the flakes/powder.

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:33 pm

Goodness, what differences! Do you think that the quality is similar (or that it matters)?

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Re: Bargain Basement

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:44 pm

Possibly the flakes and powder are made from broken chillies? That might explain them being cheaper

Spice Shop chipotle flakes are a stonking £4.35 per 25g bag = £17.4 per 100g :o
I think that's where I got mine but as they come in a sachet I've transferred them to an anonymous jar, no delivery as I bought them in the Brighton shop. Very coarse flake

Steenberg's Crushed Chilpotle, often the best in my experience are only £2.60 for 40g = £6.50 per 100g and they come in a nice reusable jar (I have never chucked a Steenberg's jar)

https://steenbergs.co.uk/chile-chilpotl ... 40g-chi042

So the variation continues in the posh ranges

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