What Value products do you buy.

[Amelie]

You know the ones, Tesco 'Value, Sainburys 'Basics', or in Shooms case Waitrose 'Still fucking expensive yet still bland as fuck' ranges.

For me, there are things i will compromise on and things i won't. Take toilet roll, i always buy decent one- the cheaper one is shit if you will pardon the pun. Pure orange juice (cept its not pure lol), i do the value one in this. I buy cheap Lemo too, the no added sugar 17p one from Thasda. I don't like cheap bread- it does that whole thing where only surgery can remove it from the roof of the mouth. Cheap butter, deffo. Cheap bleach, cheap floor cleaner shit but never cheap washing powder or washing up liquid.

I buy cheap Pork chops, but i can't stand that cheap fat mince that looks all white and maggoty.

What value products do you not mind, and which do you hate.

 

[Amelie]

Oh, forgot to say never ever buy B&Q value paint, it really is the wankest of wank in value shit. It takes three coats and still its patchy.

 

[Jonno]

I love value lager and crisps, but can't stand value bubble bath.

 

[Jonno]

Great thread btw - a real though provoker

 

[Mesh]

I don't think you can scrimp on meat..cheap mince, chicken etc is disgusting.
I buy budget tinned stuff like chopped tomatoes, peas etc..but not beans it has to be Heinz.

I like all the cleaning stuff to be branded..but I'll buy it from a cheapo shop like Home and Bargain..the instructions may be in German..but it does the job

 

[Amelie]

Great thread btw - a real though provoker

Well it compeled you to pull outta big gay al from human resources arse and leave him panting for more whilst you typed a response did it not. You do the math.

 

[ilovepiano]

Oh, forgot to say never ever buy B&Q value paint, it really is the wankest of wank in value shit. It takes three coats and still its patchy.

Yeah I'm with you on that. I once bought some B&Q white value paint, and it was like trying to paint the walls with milk. :|

 

['Shabba']

Ha ha, me and Sweet were in Tesco a couple of years ago and i was harping on about how wrong buying 3p beans is, you just wouldn't bother, what kind of people are that tight they can't even buy proper neans blardy blardy blah, and this woman barged past us both gave us a filthy look and picked up 2 cans!!

There is a range of supermarket own yet quality items, which i tend to opt for. Even though, my mother got a book for Chrismas called "the good shopping guide" (or summat) and it lists the unethical products and why, like bad for the envirionment, imported, chemicals etc. and almost all supermarkets own product were in the seriously shite list. I'm trying to be a more ethical shopper and buying the stuff that rates high in this book but it's quite hard sometimes.

 

[dodgymix]

I buy all my food in M&S....I wish I did anyhow...:$

 

[Konspiracy]

Ha ha, me and Sweet were in Tesco a couple of years ago and i was harping on about how wrong buying 3p beans is, you just wouldn't bother, what kind of people are that tight they can't even buy proper neans blardy blardy blah, and this woman barged past us both gave us a filthy look and picked up 2 cans!!

lol

When I was a student with no money sharing a flat with 6 other lads we pooled together what cash we had left and went to Kwik Save

In total we spent about 11 quid on many types of food of the "No Frills" brand

The worst of the lot had to be the No Frills beans and mayonaise, the beans tasted of nothing and left an aftertaste something along the lines of a beer fart the day after a long session, and the mayonaise had the consistency of manfat, truly disgusting. When we left the flat we left about 20 tins of beans and 3 jars of mayo

Man Alive can verify this story, he chipped in with about 1.67 I think

The missus buys the value tinned tomatoes and thats about it I think

 

[Northern Star]

Value chopped tom's n tin foil

wont scrimp on the cleaning stuff cus its jus shite and always buy decent washing up liquid as the pots are always still greasy if go value

Meat...i have been know to buy value meat but only if the pennies are short havnt bought any for a while...the last mince i got was organic which was really nice

I buy all my fruit n veg fresh not organic but not value either

 

[dj_jam]

bettabuy lol

 

[fugjostle]

Morrisons Cloudy Lemonade owns meh ass

Don't cheap out on much else, with the exception of buying stuff from Wilko's like a regular ole tramp :$

 

[dj_jam]

Morrisons Cloudy Lemonade owns meh ass

ey! that aint value! bettabuy is value!!!!!

 

[PepeLePew]

Own brand water is the only boggo stuff I will buy now. I have tried pretty much one of each type cheap stuff in the past... once.
Lol at the comments on mayo. They echo my sentiments entirely

 

[nics]

if im skint thats when the cheap stuff gets bought,

i think lemonade is the same no matter what brand it is, but you just gotta buy proper coke

i never buy cheap nasty mince, beans, bread, mayo, marg.

my mate used to work for paxo (the stuffing people) and they also made stuff like sharwoods stuff and jar sauces, she used to tell us to buy the cheapest value stuff coz it was all made in tha same factory but just packaged differently, wether it be netto own or marks n sparks!!

im not proud, if im skint i'll walk into aldi or netto or the like and buy cheap shite food................needs must n all that!! it was good enough for me when i was a kid.

but one thing that was always a no no when iwas in school...........never walk round or turn up to school with a cheapo shop carrier bag!!!!!

 

[Mesh]

but one thing that was always a no no when iwas in school...........never walk round or turn up to school with a cheapo shop carrier bag!!!!!

LOL..I remember that..we all used to save our Wade Smith carrier bags to bring our dinner to school in..God forbid anyone clocked ya with a Kwicky bag

 

[jenwah]

lol we used to have them string sports connection bags for our lunch n that haha.

mum used to try makin me go wit a tesco bag and i still wouldnt have it lol :S

when i go shoppin, i dnt really get a lot of value stuff, cause i tend to go shoppin when i have a lot of money in the bank, then pay by card (altho i got stung for £170 the toher day and nearly died of shock )

-but a lot of that was beer and i got 2 cds too - but still!!!!

i get value kitchen roll, dishcloths and them spongy things for washin up.

washin up liquid has to b fairy, and my washin powder has to b them ariel liquitabs and that comfort softner (like my mum )

i'll but value fruit juice, and own brand cheese, erm.....i buy that tesco long life bread too, cause i never know how much of it i'm gonna eat and end up throwin half a loaf away .

i think most other things i buy branded stuff. but i dunno. :|

 

[lou-lou]

LOL..I remember that..we all used to save our Wade Smith carrier bags to bring our dinner to school in..God forbid anyone clocked ya with a Kwicky bag

haha we used to save them JD sports bags with a pull string! I was always alright coz me mum and dad always shopped at sainsburys but u'd always have some poor kid with a kwick save bag.

Anyway.............

If I could afford it id buy organic, but i cant.

must say thou if you buy fruit or summat you can tell the difference from sainsburys and morrisons. Morrisons fruit and veg is shite, always goes off dead quick

 

[lou-lou]

God i hate it when antz mum buys value tomato ketchup or brown sauce , its horrid!! :| what the point when u can spend a tiny bit extra and it dont taste like crap. I dont believe in cheap coke too, its hanging!