On 17/02/2021 19:04, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The Natural Philosopher formulated the question :
On 17/02/2021 10:01, alan_m wrote:
I'm in the fortunate position where I don't necessarily have to worry
about the price of food and can buy what I like but I do use Lidl and
Farmfoods at times, the latter who have some branded goods that I use
regularly and usually at prices 30% cheaper than Tesco/Asda,
especially if buying £50 worth at a time with the 10% discount
vouchers. It's actually more convenient to go to my local Lidl than
travel further to one of the major supermarkets and then spend an
hour searching through their massive warehouse buildings for the
items I want.

Lidl is the one we use most and just a ten minute walk away. It is
co-located with a Home Bargains, both quite new and a much older Tesco.
We generally prefer the Lidl offerings, only going in the others when we
cannot find something in Lidl.

My food costs are probably less than 10% of my total outgoings.Â* I am
not sure I give a **** about knocking 10% off them

Do you live on beans on toast?

No. I have a massive mortgage thanks to the ex, and a massive council
tax bill, a lot of maintenance thanks to the ex, a massive oil bill
thanks to the size of the house..

£3500 a year on food is not a big ticket item £18,000 a year on a
mortgage is....


At a rough check - Our food purchases represent around 35% of our
regular bill spend each month. G + E + W, C Tax, broadband phone.

You lucky man



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