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There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see where
the money goes.
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There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly
in Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to
rip you off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending
for two atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do
the shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see
where the money goes.
Robbie


£60 per week? I wish.


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There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip you
off at every chance.


Tesco's ploy seems to be to get people to be a sort of member of their
"family" and buy from them regardlessly. So when Tesco open a large
"Extra" type of store 'everybody' assumes that they must offer the
best VFM and buys everything there, to the detriment of local
specialist shops. This is especially serious if the Tesco store opens
_in_ a city centre rather than suburbia.

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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, "Roberts" wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.

Anyway, I'm coming to the conclusion that people should forget
investing in banks, gold, shares etc. The optimum investment is
probably tinned fish.

My staple diet has doubled in price over the last year or so.

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On 28/04/2012 02:50, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.

Anyway, I'm coming to the conclusion that people should forget
investing in banks, gold, shares etc. The optimum investment is
probably tinned fish.

My staple diet has doubled in price over the last year or so.

HN


From what I observe on the odd occasion I go anywhere near a city
centre, people are eating continuously. Why they need any food at home I
can't imagine.



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There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month
mostly in Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their
attempts to rip you off at every chance.A few years ago that money
covered spending for two atheletic children and us two so don't be
too hard on SWMBO. I do the shopping myself so perhaps try doing
the weekly shop yourself and see where the money goes.
Robbie


£60 per week? I wish.


Is this just food shopping and nothing else?



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On 28/04/2012 12:49, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:25:31 +0100, stuart noble
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On 28/04/2012 02:50, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.

Anyway, I'm coming to the conclusion that people should forget
investing in banks, gold, shares etc. The optimum investment is
probably tinned fish.

My staple diet has doubled in price over the last year or so.

HN


From what I observe on the odd occasion I go anywhere near a city
centre, people are eating continuously. Why they need any food at home I
can't imagine.


Kebabs, Mc Donalds, KFC. One needs the odd few nutrients with the
grease salt& sugar.

HN

A doner is probably the perfect balanced meal, but enough for the whole
day, not just a snack. I believe dog biscuits pack more nutrients though
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On 28/04/2012 02:50, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.

Anyway, I'm coming to the conclusion that people should forget
investing in banks, gold, shares etc. The optimum investment is
probably tinned fish.

My staple diet has doubled in price over the last year or so.

HN


From what I observe on the odd occasion I go anywhere near a city
centre, people are eating continuously. Why they need any food at home I
can't imagine.


Kebabs, Mc Donalds, KFC. One needs the odd few nutrients with the
grease salt & sugar.

HN

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Tesco's do adopt underhand tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on
shelves quite frequently and even fell foul myself once. Needless to say
the misplaced items always end up in a cheaper space.


Do you mean whole shelves-ful of goods misplaced?

Or just an occasional pack? For the latter it's what you'd expect if
someone has chosen a pricier version fo something then sees the cheaper
version - they take a cheaper one and put the pricey one on the shelf in
place of what they just took. No-one walks back to wherever in the shop
they got the first item from.

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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:12:16 +0100, stuart noble
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On 28/04/2012 12:49, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:25:31 +0100, stuart noble
wrote:

On 28/04/2012 02:50, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.

Anyway, I'm coming to the conclusion that people should forget
investing in banks, gold, shares etc. The optimum investment is
probably tinned fish.

My staple diet has doubled in price over the last year or so.

HN

From what I observe on the odd occasion I go anywhere near a city
centre, people are eating continuously. Why they need any food at home I
can't imagine.


Kebabs, Mc Donalds, KFC. One needs the odd few nutrients with the
grease salt& sugar.

HN

A doner is probably the perfect balanced meal, but enough for the whole
day, not just a snack. I believe dog biscuits pack more nutrients though


You must indeed be from a fortunate part of the planet. My
recollection of donors is a nice hot spicy meal ideally suited to
round off an almighty booze up.

Leave the remnants on the table, floor or whatever and you wake up to
view a pale grey corpse like material poking out from a pitta bread in
the throes of rigour mortis.

As a colleague once pointed out, "kebab shops just couldn't exist
without pubs", "who would dream of eating a kebab when sober".

On another note, how does all the fat remain in the "meat" after the
boil up?

I also wonder how someone can rotate a cwt or so of meat in front of a
grill plate for hours on end without giving everyone food poisining.
Very little of the "meat" can actually be cooked in this manner
surely? I would suspect the mean temperature of the lot would be only
10 or so degrees above the room.

On a plus point I would imagine that the lemon juice is quite
healthy:-)

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There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month
mostly in Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their
attempts to rip you off at every chance.A few years ago that money
covered spending for two atheletic children and us two so don't be
too hard on SWMBO. I do the shopping myself so perhaps try doing
the weekly shop yourself and see where the money goes.
Robbie


£60 per week? I wish.


Is this just food shopping and nothing else?

Yes plus toilet rolls and hair shampoo and similar items. I do closely
examine the prices for example some weeks it may be cheaper to buy coffee
by the large tin

and sometimes the two large sizes would be cheaper
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:12:16 +0100, stuart noble
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On 28/04/2012 12:49, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:25:31 +0100, stuart noble
wrote:

On 28/04/2012 02:50, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month
mostly in Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their
attempts to rip you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for
two atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do
the shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and
see where the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.

Anyway, I'm coming to the conclusion that people should forget
investing in banks, gold, shares etc. The optimum investment is
probably tinned fish.

My staple diet has doubled in price over the last year or so.

HN

From what I observe on the odd occasion I go anywhere near a city
centre, people are eating continuously. Why they need any food at home
I can't imagine.

Kebabs, Mc Donalds, KFC. One needs the odd few nutrients with the
grease salt& sugar.

HN

A doner is probably the perfect balanced meal, but enough for the whole
day, not just a snack. I believe dog biscuits pack more nutrients though


You must indeed be from a fortunate part of the planet. My
recollection of donors is a nice hot spicy meal ideally suited to
round off an almighty booze up.

Leave the remnants on the table, floor or whatever and you wake up to
view a pale grey corpse like material poking out from a pitta bread in
the throes of rigour mortis.

As a colleague once pointed out, "kebab shops just couldn't exist
without pubs", "who would dream of eating a kebab when sober".


I would - and do. But it does go betetr when ****ed.

On another note, how does all the fat remain in the "meat" after the
boil up?

I also wonder how someone can rotate a cwt or so of meat in front of a
grill plate for hours on end without giving everyone food poisining.
Very little of the "meat" can actually be cooked in this manner
surely? I would suspect the mean temperature of the lot would be only
10 or so degrees above the room.


I have long wondered that - especially when, on a quiet night, the
elephant's leg gets dismounted and put back in the fridge for the next day.

My rules a

donor on a quiet night *only* from trusted establishment;

donor from less trusted establishment provided it os coming out of the bain-
marie pans after having lingered for a respectible time

else, ask for a shish - at least it is being cooked in front of you.


On a plus point I would imagine that the lemon juice is quite
healthy:-)

HN

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A doner is probably the perfect balanced meal, but enough for the whole
day, not just a snack. I believe dog biscuits pack more nutrients though


You must indeed be from a fortunate part of the planet. My
recollection of donors is a nice hot spicy meal ideally suited to
round off an almighty booze up.


Bread, meat, salad. You won't go short of much with a diet like that. Of
course if you're ****ed the salad only serves to leave a trail behind you.

Leave the remnants on the table, floor or whatever and you wake up to
view a pale grey corpse like material poking out from a pitta bread in
the throes of rigour mortis.

As a colleague once pointed out, "kebab shops just couldn't exist
without pubs", "who would dream of eating a kebab when sober".

On another note, how does all the fat remain in the "meat" after the
boil up?

I also wonder how someone can rotate a cwt or so of meat in front of a
grill plate for hours on end without giving everyone food poisining.
Very little of the "meat" can actually be cooked in this manner
surely? I would suspect the mean temperature of the lot would be only
10 or so degrees above the room.


Aka old man's leg

On a plus point I would imagine that the lemon juice is quite
healthy:-)

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H. Neary wrote:

Tesco's do adopt underhand tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on
shelves quite frequently and even fell foul myself once. Needless to say
the misplaced items always end up in a cheaper space.


Do you mean whole shelves-ful of goods misplaced?

Or just an occasional pack? For the latter it's what you'd expect if
someone has chosen a pricier version fo something then sees the cheaper
version - they take a cheaper one and put the pricey one on the shelf in
place of what they just took. No-one walks back to wherever in the shop
they got the first item from.


No, not whole shelves. Take a look at some of the cut price
"bargains", often a slightly different product is placedclose to or in
the place of the "bargain" and care is needed to identify that the
"offer" apples to that item.

The last rip off they tried was at Bangor at Xmas [I do not shop at
Tesco's a lot].

Jamesons on offer at around £16 a bottle. There was no £16-00 Jamesons
in view though, and of course in it's place directly under the offer
was a shelf full of 12year old.

Having a bit of time on my hands and having fallen foul of Tescos
ploy's once before, I complained when as expected, my "bargain" came
to £23-00.

I eventually walked out of the store with my Jameson's at £16-00,
having had a certain amount of amusement along with it.

If I had thought it were an honest error by some hurrying shelf
stacker I would not have insisted on purchasing at the offered price.
Tesco's however have a track record in this field and how many people
check each individual bottle price on the till reciept at Xmas?

I'm sure they made plenty from their "error".


I use Asda all the time, with occasional trips to Morrisons. I cannot
recollect a problem of a similar nature with either.

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No, not whole shelves. Take a look at some of the cut price
"bargains", often a slightly different product is placedclose to or in
the place of the "bargain" and care is needed to identify that the
"offer" apples to that item.

The last rip off they tried was at Bangor at Xmas [I do not shop at
Tesco's a lot].


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I'm sure they made plenty from their "error".


I stopped shopping in Tesco because of their attempt to rip me of over cases
of wine.
They had loads of cases piled up with an offer price on them but when you
got to pay it was some other wine that was on special. I then had a look
around and these "wrong" product labels were all over the store.
I went from being one of the top 200 customers to a customer elsewhere.

The best service for whiskey was Sainsburys,
I picked up the empty tube for a special offer half bottle and took it to
the till to pay, they then sent a member of staff to get the real bottle.
After 10 minutes waiting I ask where they were. They still hadn't come back
after another five minutes and a manager went to see. He came back and said
they had lost the product and asked if a full bottle would be OK if he
refunded what we had paid. That saved me £44 on an xmas present.

Sainsburys also gave me the worst service when they failed to deliver out
xmas shopping because of snow. Made worse because we had booked an evening
delivery slot and they all went home early so there was nobody there when we
phoned to see why we hadn't got out delivery. They paid us £50 for that
cockup.



I use Asda all the time, with occasional trips to Morrisons. I cannot
recollect a problem of a similar nature with either.


Asda is my local store so it gets used a lot, never had any real problems
there.

BTW I spend about £150-£200 pw on "groceries".



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There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly
in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip
you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see
where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.


WTP?

Unless it's veg you either keep the extra item in the cupboard or stick it
in the freezer

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No, not whole shelves. Take a look at some of the cut price "bargains",
often a slightly different product is placedclose to or in the place of
the "bargain" and care is needed to identify that the "offer" apples to
that item.

The last rip off they tried was at Bangor at Xmas [I do not shop at
Tesco's a lot].


8

I'm sure they made plenty from their "error".


I stopped shopping in Tesco because of their attempt to rip me of over
cases of wine.
They had loads of cases piled up with an offer price on them but when
you got to pay it was some other wine that was on special. I then had a
look around and these "wrong" product labels were all over the store. I
went from being one of the top 200 customers to a customer elsewhere.


SWMBO encountered a case of this (smoothies, etc.) and took photos with
her phone. She was challenged by a very snotty employee, to which she
replied "It's a public place and I teach retail law". Then she walked off!

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I do closely examine the prices for example some weeks it may be cheaper
to buy coffee by the large tin and sometimes the two large sizes would
be cheaper


Happens all the time, I'm glad my phone has a calculator.

Which is better value, 1 x 12 pack on offer at £1.63 or or 2 x 7
packs at 84p each total £1.68?

I guess it's a bit anal but it relieves the boredom of the shopping
chore and I feel better knowing they havn't caught me out. B-)

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... they take a cheaper one and put the pricey one on the shelf in place
of what they just took. No-one walks back to wherever in the shop they
got the first item from.


I do... but more often than not I won't have picked what I think will
be the cheaper until I have checked the price in the other place in
the store that the same goods are kept. This normally only applies
between the chilled and frozen departments.

I can't say I've noticed "misplaced" stuff which I assume means that
the shelf edge ticket description doesn't match the product. I have
caught the shelf ticket not matching what the POS beeps up though.

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The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, ...


BOGOF's, nearly always on non-perishable stuff so just bung the
"free" one in the cupboard. I tend to stock up on things that are on
offer either BOGOF or "Buy 2 for £2".

so I just use Morrisons or Asda.


Nearest Morrisons (22 miles) was a dark and dreary place with narrow
isles with fing baskets of tat shoved down the middle getting in the
way. Went in the other month after it's rebuilding post fire a year
or so back, much improved bright airy, may have wider isles still
baskets of tat parked down 'em though.

Asda is OK but at 32 miles further than our normal Tesco which is
still 28 miles. There is a Tesco at 24 miles but that one doesn't
stock some of the products we want, like wise the Waitrose at the
same place. There is a Sainsburys at 22 miles but I'm pretty sure you
have to pay for the car park as that is council owned. You have to
pay at Waitrose as well but the free Tesco carpark is just across the
road. B-)

Distances are single, double 'em for the round trip.

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The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I only
want a normal quantity, ...


BOGOF's, nearly always on non-perishable stuff so just bung the "free"
one in the cupboard. I tend to stock up on things that are on offer
either BOGOF or "Buy 2 for £2".

so I just use Morrisons or Asda.


Nearest Morrisons (22 miles) was a dark and dreary place with narrow
isles with fing baskets of tat shoved down the middle getting in the
way. Went in the other month after it's rebuilding post fire a year or
so back, much improved bright airy, may have wider isles still baskets
of tat parked down 'em though.

Asda is OK but at 32 miles further than our normal Tesco which is still
28 miles. There is a Tesco at 24 miles but that one doesn't stock some
of the products we want, like wise the Waitrose at the same place. There
is a Sainsburys at 22 miles but I'm pretty sure you have to pay for the
car park as that is council owned. You have to pay at Waitrose as well
but the free Tesco carpark is just across the road. B-)

Distances are single, double 'em for the round trip.


Hmmm. We're lucky!
Morrisons 1 mile, Sainsburys 2 miles, Tesco 4 miles, Asda 6 miles, Lidl 6
miles, Aldi now (unfortunately) 15 miles. Only parking charges are for
Morrisons but we only use that in emergency, for the same reasons you
cite.

Homebase 800 yards! Waste of shoe leather.



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Dave Liquorice wrote
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The other gripe are these "for one" offers.
I feel ripped off if I only want a normal quantity, ...


BOGOF's, nearly always on non-perishable stuff


Not her they arent. Bought a total of 6 on 3 different
offers today that are all perishable. Two for stuff for
the freezer and the other one chilled pizzas.

so just bung the "free" one in the cupboard.


I tend to stock up on things that are
on offer either BOGOF or "Buy 2 for £2".


Yeah, I do too, happy with half price.

so I just use Morrisons or Asda.


Nearest Morrisons (22 miles) was a dark and dreary place with
narrow isles with fing baskets of tat shoved down the middle
getting in the way. Went in the other month after it's rebuilding
post fire a year or so back, much improved bright airy, may have
wider isles still baskets of tat parked down 'em though.


Asda is OK but at 32 miles further than our normal Tesco which is
still 28 miles. There is a Tesco at 24 miles but that one doesn't
stock some of the products we want, like wise the Waitrose at the
same place. There is a Sainsburys at 22 miles but I'm pretty sure you
have to pay for the car park as that is council owned. You have to
pay at Waitrose as well but the free Tesco carpark is just across the
road. B-)


Distances are single, double 'em for the round trip.


I have most of them in two spots and only 2 miles between the groups.

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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:50:45 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:25:52 +0100, Roberts wrote:

I do closely examine the prices for example some weeks it may be cheaper
to buy coffee by the large tin and sometimes the two large sizes would
be cheaper


Happens all the time, I'm glad my phone has a calculator.

Which is better value, 1 x 12 pack on offer at £1.63 or or 2 x 7
packs at 84p each total £1.68?


A week or two ago Sainsburys were selling Smirnoff vodka at £15.98 (or
something like that) for a 700ml bottle.
Fair enough, but next to the loads of unsold bottles there were a few
one litre bottles of Smirnoff vodka at £15.00 each...

I've noticed that places like Sainsburys do quite large reduction
"special offers", such as Schweppes tonic for £1.00 instead of £1.17,
and Burgen seedy loaves (yes - I occasionally buy non-booze) for £1.00
reduced from £1.20, but that has since gone up to £1.39.
Fine for non-perishables...

The retail market seems to be very volatile at the moment. Even BP
locally have brought the price of their unleaded petrol (137.9p) to
below that of Shell a couple of hundred yards away...

I'm quite fortunate that I have a few super(?)markets reasonably
locally. If I really could be arsed to walk, Sainsburys is about 10
mins away, Morrisons perhaps 20 mins, and Asda is 6 or 7 mins drive
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H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:12:16 +0100, stuart noble
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On 28/04/2012 12:49, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:25:31 +0100, stuart noble
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On 28/04/2012 02:50, H. Neary wrote:
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100,
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There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a
month mostly in Tescos but we are moving away from them
because of their attempts to rip you off at every chance.A
few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on
SWMBO. I do the shopping myself so perhaps try doing the
weekly shop yourself and see where the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt
underhand tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves
quite frequently and even fell foul myself once. Needless to
say the misplaced items always end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off
if I only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or
Asda.

Anyway, I'm coming to the conclusion that people should forget
investing in banks, gold, shares etc. The optimum investment
is probably tinned fish.

My staple diet has doubled in price over the last year or so.

HN

From what I observe on the odd occasion I go anywhere near a
city centre, people are eating continuously. Why they need any
food at home I can't imagine.

Kebabs, Mc Donalds, KFC. One needs the odd few nutrients with the
grease salt& sugar.

HN

A doner is probably the perfect balanced meal, but enough for the
whole day, not just a snack. I believe dog biscuits pack more
nutrients though


You must indeed be from a fortunate part of the planet. My
recollection of donors is a nice hot spicy meal ideally suited to
round off an almighty booze up.

Leave the remnants on the table, floor or whatever and you wake up to
view a pale grey corpse like material poking out from a pitta bread in
the throes of rigour mortis.

As a colleague once pointed out, "kebab shops just couldn't exist
without pubs", "who would dream of eating a kebab when sober".


You have just described my breakfast.

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Yeah, I do too, happy with half price.


They are not half price! It's the price you would pay in other outlets
that are not the major supermarkets.

Recently the supermarkets were selling branded coffee on a BOGOF for
around £5 for two jars of coffee. The exact same coffee was on sale in
pound stretcher and freezer type shops for £1.99 to £2.50 a jar.

Fresh fruit and vegetables sold in major supermarkets with BOGOF offers
is usually under half that price in places like Aldi/Lidl and quarter of
that price at a local market.

I recently went into a Sainsbury store where grapes were £1.75 per box
or 2 for £3. At the end of the isle the exact same grapes, same box
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You must indeed be from a fortunate part of the planet. My
recollection of donors is a nice hot spicy meal ideally suited to
round off an almighty booze up.


Put enough hot chilli source and strong raw onion on it and the "meat"
doesn't matter.

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Alan wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Dave Liquorice wrote
H. Neary wrote


The other gripe are these "for one" offers.
I feel ripped off if I only want a normal quantity, ...


BOGOF's, nearly always on non-perishable stuff


Not her they arent. Bought a total of 6 on 3 different
offers today that are all perishable. Two for stuff for
the freezer and the other one chilled pizzas.


so just bung the "free" one in the cupboard.


I tend to stock up on things that are
on offer either BOGOF or "Buy 2 for £2".


Yeah, I do too, happy with half price.


They are not half price!


The BOGOFs certainly are.

It's the price you would pay in other outlets that are not the major
supermarkets.


Nope.

Recently the supermarkets were selling branded coffee on a BOGOF for
around £5 for two jars of coffee. The exact same coffee was on sale in
pound stretcher and freezer type shops for £1.99 to £2.50 a jar.


The BOGOFs that I bought today, frozen cheese filled pastry triangle
thingos are only available in other supermarkets and I now that the
price before the BOGOF was the normal price in all of them for those.

Fresh fruit and vegetables sold in major supermarkets with BOGOF offers


We don't see much of that at all here.

is usually under half that price in places like Aldi/
Lidl and quarter of that price at a local market.


I don't know about that, there is no Aldi close enough to be viable for me.

I recently went into a Sainsbury store where grapes were £1.75 per box or
2 for £3. At the end of the isle the exact same grapes, same box size,
were in a "value pack" at £1 !


That isnt the case with the BOGOFs I bought today
and I don't generally see BOGOFs fruit and veg here.
Its normally for other supermarket stuff, more often
than not stuff with useby dates. Not that there is any
problem with the BOGOFs I bought today useby date wise.

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Hmmm. We're lucky!
Morrisons 1 mile, Sainsburys 2 miles, Tesco 4 miles, Asda 6 miles, Lidl 6
miles, Aldi now (unfortunately) 15 miles. Only parking charges are for
Morrisons but we only use that in emergency, for the same reasons you
cite.


Asda ~800 yards, you drive/walk past lidl and toolstation on the way.

Tesco ~2 miles the other way near screwfix.

Aldi is about 1 mile past Morrisons which is ~2 miles.

Sainsburys, comet, homebase, argos, etc. 2 miles the opposite way to
Morrisons.

All free parking if you get a refund by spending £5 in morrisons.

Then there is merry hell about 6 miles away.

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On 28 Apr 2012 23:28:39 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

Nearest Morrisons (22 miles) ...
Asda is OK but at 32 miles ...
Tesco which is still 28 miles.
There is a Tesco at 24 miles ...
Waitrose at the same place.
Sainsburys at 22 miles

Distances are single, double 'em for the round trip.


Hmmm. We're lucky!


Lidl 6 miles, Aldi now (unfortunately) 15 miles.


Lidl is 32 miles and in a city centre so a bit of PITA to get to. A
slightly less PITA route is couple of miles longer.

Aldi is 22 miles or 24 miles.

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Hmmm. We're lucky!
Morrisons 1 mile, Sainsburys 2 miles, Tesco 4 miles, Asda 6 miles, Lidl
6 miles, Aldi now (unfortunately) 15 miles. Only parking charges are
for Morrisons but we only use that in emergency, for the same reasons
you cite.


Asda ~800 yards, you drive/walk past lidl and toolstation on the way.

Tesco ~2 miles the other way near screwfix.

Aldi is about 1 mile past Morrisons which is ~2 miles.

Sainsburys, comet, homebase, argos, etc. 2 miles the opposite way to
Morrisons.


I should also have said: extensive pleasant woodland 2 miles, beach 800
yards!


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On 29 Apr 2012 12:41:40 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

Asda ~800 yards, you drive/walk past lidl and toolstation on the

way.

Tesco ~2 miles the other way near screwfix.

Aldi is about 1 mile past Morrisons which is ~2 miles.

Sainsburys, comet, homebase, argos, etc. 2 miles the opposite way

to
Morrisons.


I should also have said: extensive pleasant woodland 2 miles, beach 800
yards!


Open fell side outside the door. Once past the last farm up Tynehead,
about 3 miles away, heading south there is nothing but open fell for
around ten miles. And I mean nothing no tracks, no paths, no
habitation, just the occasional long abandoned mine working. Similar
in a NW'ly direction. West you only need to go about 5 or 6 miles
before you reach signs of human activity.

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On 29 Apr 2012 12:41:40 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

Asda ~800 yards, you drive/walk past lidl and toolstation on the

way.
Tesco ~2 miles the other way near screwfix.

Aldi is about 1 mile past Morrisons which is ~2 miles.

Sainsburys, comet, homebase, argos, etc. 2 miles the opposite way

to
Morrisons.

I should also have said: extensive pleasant woodland 2 miles, beach 800
yards!


Open fell side outside the door. Once past the last farm up Tynehead,
about 3 miles away, heading south there is nothing but open fell for
around ten miles. And I mean nothing no tracks, no paths, no
habitation, just the occasional long abandoned mine working. Similar
in a NW'ly direction. West you only need to go about 5 or 6 miles
before you reach signs of human activity.

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Sometimes it snows.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/allsorts-60/5227039555

I loathe suburbia, but not THAT much.


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I should also have said: extensive pleasant woodland 2 miles, beach 800
yards!


Woodland, river and nature reserve about 400 yards.
No beach but I don't really like beaches.

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

Happens all the time, I'm glad my phone has a calculator.


Some supermarkets show the price per 100g/100ml of products on the shelf
price ticket.

Which is better value, 1 x 12 pack on offer at £1.63 or or 2 x 7
packs at 84p each total £1.68?


Clearly the second; 5p extra for 2 more items.


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"H. Neary" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, "Roberts" wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly
in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip
you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see
where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.


WTP?

Unless it's veg you either keep the extra item in the cupboard or stick it
in the freezer

tim

http://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/...ce-food-waste/

Most of the shopping in supermarkets must surely be for food.

I used Tesco's for fruit & vegetables but felt I was being ripped off
if I only wanted a normal quantity.

For cleaning products I find Aldi or Lidl hard to beat, probably
because a lot of their own brand products do not have advertising
agencies to support.

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On 29/04/2012 00:28, Bob Eager wrote:
Hmmm. We're lucky!
Morrisons 1 mile, Sainsburys 2 miles, Tesco 4 miles, Asda 6 miles, Lidl 6
miles, Aldi now (unfortunately) 15 miles. Only parking charges are for
Morrisons but we only use that in emergency, for the same reasons you
cite.


You're very lucky. Nearest shops both ways down our road are Tescos.
Nearest petrol station to my route to work, and nearest supermarket to
my office are also Tescos.

That said I walk halfway across town a couple of times a week to buy
bread in Waitrose. It's more money, but so much better!
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Hmmm. We're lucky!
Morrisons 1 mile, Sainsburys 2 miles, Tesco 4 miles, Asda 6 miles, Lidl 6
miles, Aldi now (unfortunately) 15 miles. Only parking charges are for
Morrisons but we only use that in emergency, for the same reasons you
cite.


You're very lucky. Nearest shops both ways down our road are Tescos.
Nearest petrol station to my route to work, and nearest supermarket to
my office are also Tescos.

That said I walk halfway across town a couple of times a week to buy
bread in Waitrose. It's more money, but so much better!
Andy

no one does bread like waitrose.



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On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:12:56 +0100, Andy Champ wrote:

On 29/04/2012 00:28, Bob Eager wrote:
Hmmm. We're lucky!
Morrisons 1 mile, Sainsburys 2 miles, Tesco 4 miles, Asda 6 miles, Lidl
6 miles, Aldi now (unfortunately) 15 miles. Only parking charges are
for Morrisons but we only use that in emergency, for the same reasons
you cite.


You're very lucky. Nearest shops both ways down our road are Tescos.
Nearest petrol station to my route to work, and nearest supermarket to
my office are also Tescos.

That said I walk halfway across town a couple of times a week to buy
bread in Waitrose. It's more money, but so much better! Andy


I agree. There is now a Waitrose 8 miles away on the other side of
Canterbury. However my wife works about 150 yards from it so we get the
benefit sometimes. And we get a lot of stuff from Ocado anyway.



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"H. Neary" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, "Roberts" wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly
in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip
you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see
where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.


WTP?

Unless it's veg you either keep the extra item in the cupboard or stick it
in the freezer

tim

http://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/...ce-food-waste/


I think the claim (in the title) is ridiculous.

I buy BOGOFs all the time and I have never in my life thrown away food
because I haven't got around to eating it.

People who are minded to overfill their fridge and not rotate the food
properly will do so regardless of the existence, or not, of BOGOFs.

(In any case, the numbers that I have seen suggest that 80% of food waste is
from the supply chain, not the shopper, after s/he has bought it)

Most of the shopping in supermarkets must surely be for food.


And the point is?

I repeat, unless the item is short life fresh veg (or fruit), it will store
one way or another long enough until it is needed (and even some of the
veg/fruit will store longer if you cook it first)

I used Tesco's for fruit & vegetables but felt I was being ripped off
if I only wanted a normal quantity.


The problem in most supermarkets is packet size. If I buy a packet of veg I
am eating it everyday for the week. I prefer to be able to select my own
quantities. The price is irrelevant

For cleaning products I find Aldi or Lidl hard to beat, probably
because a lot of their own brand products do not have advertising
agencies to support.


I agree.

I am amazed at the difference in price for basic products with zero
difference in cleaning power.

But this is no differente to generic drugs. 25p for a packet of
ibuprofen/aspirin/paracetamol, 2.69 for a "brand" containing exactly the
same chemical composition, why do so many people pay it?

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"H. Neary" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:41:15 +0100, "Roberts" wrote:

There are now just the wife and I and we spend about £240 a month mostly
in
Tescos but we are moving away from them because of their attempts to rip
you
off at every chance.A few years ago that money covered spending for two
atheletic children and us two so don't be too hard on SWMBO. I do the
shopping myself so perhaps try doing the weekly shop yourself and see
where
the money goes.
Robbie

A bit off topic ? but I agree totally. Tesco's do adopt underhand
tactics. I've seen things "misplaced" on shelves quite frequently and
even fell foul myself once. Needless to say the misplaced items always
end up in a cheaper space.

The other gripe are these "for one" offers. I feel ripped off if I
only want a normal quantity, so I just use Morrisons or Asda.


WTP?

Unless it's veg you either keep the extra item in the cupboard or stick it
in the freezer

tim

http://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/...ce-food-waste/


Most of the shopping in supermarkets must surely be for food.


That doesn't necessarily mean that most BOGOFs are for food tho.

I used Tesco's for fruit & vegetables but felt I was being ripped off
if I only wanted a normal quantity.


For cleaning products


I spend **** all on those.

I find Aldi or Lidl hard to beat, probably because a lot of their
own brand products do not have advertising agencies to support.



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