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What food from Waitrose do I need to try?

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 21/01/2025 00:00

I've never shopped at waitrose, apart from popping in for an emergency water bottle, kind of thing. I'm an Asda/Lidl budget shopper 🤭

I've got a voucher to use there for an online shop, £15 off of an £80 shop.

So which food would you recommend i buy? Which food tastes amazing and is a must try? I'm thinking of venison, never had that

Is the pasta superior? Any seasonings?

Do share x

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Hoochyvida · 21/01/2025 19:13

I shop between waitrose and Tesco. Lots of things cheaper in each place.

I love Waitrose Japanese range, their salmon en croute, Belgian white choc ice cream, the spinach and carrot rice from the Indian section with their korma is lovely and their hot rotisserie chicken cant be beaten. They do a lovely edamame/wheatgerm mix which is great for a quick meal.

And I like the yoghurt coleslaw. And a supergreen salad which has been on offer in Jan.

So quite a lot.

fromthegecko · 21/01/2025 19:12

Pistachio tira misu

Coronation tear & share bread

Bollihobs · 21/01/2025 18:58

Ooh and their own brand granola, much better quality than Tesco etc. and very nearly half the price!!

BiggerBoat1 · 21/01/2025 18:55

Their fruit fools are lovely.

bugaboo218 · 21/01/2025 18:55

As pp have already said their fruit and veg lasts longer than any other supermarket. Their meat is good lots of organic meat if you choose that, but non- organic meat is supposedly higher - welfare .

My recommendations are:

Chicken
Indian ready meals
Essentials brie
Lemon or chocolate tart/torte.
Essentials blackcurrant cheese cake.
Their triffle flavour ice- cream
Essentials Vanilla ice- cream or raspberry ripple ( my children adore this)
Their tomato and chilli jam.
Essentials weetabix and rice pops
Coffee or lavender short bread.
Their chilli and prawn pizza
Essentials natural yoghurt.

Essentials and Waitrose own brand cleaning and laundry products are very good too.

Bollihobs · 21/01/2025 18:54

LindorDoubleChoc · 21/01/2025 02:45

The mozarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce ! Divine.

OMG how have I never seen these, they sound amazing!!!

Hotafternoon · 21/01/2025 18:53

LindorDoubleChoc · 21/01/2025 02:45

The mozarella stuffed meatballs in tomato sauce ! Divine.

Yes, this is my favourite.

Bollihobs · 21/01/2025 18:51

witchycat2 · 21/01/2025 18:42

There are some good things in Waitrose, you just need to be savvy.

Get a mywaitrose card - free coffee everyday (bring your own cup) and you get personalised offers. I get a coupon for 50p off their own bread every week, reducing it from £1 to 50p. I often get coupons for 50p off milk, eggs and other things I buy, making those items cheaper than the budget supermarkets.

I like their No1 pizzas. The best supermarket pizzas I've ever found.

Their fruit is good and lasts longer than other supermarkets IME. I often get it reduced at the end of the day (so on today's date) and it still lasts days.

Absolutely. So much of their stuff is a perfectly normal price and the shopping experience is much better than most places.

The pizzas are definitely better than other places, the bread is really nice and they have a much bigger choice in some sections.

BigDahliaFan · 21/01/2025 18:50

Sardine picante with chilli in the posh tin. So gorgeous.

their essentials range is very good.

Bollihobs · 21/01/2025 18:46

Monty27 · 21/01/2025 00:57

At maximum price

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Nowhere near as dear as Co-op.

witchycat2 · 21/01/2025 18:42

There are some good things in Waitrose, you just need to be savvy.

Get a mywaitrose card - free coffee everyday (bring your own cup) and you get personalised offers. I get a coupon for 50p off their own bread every week, reducing it from £1 to 50p. I often get coupons for 50p off milk, eggs and other things I buy, making those items cheaper than the budget supermarkets.

I like their No1 pizzas. The best supermarket pizzas I've ever found.

Their fruit is good and lasts longer than other supermarkets IME. I often get it reduced at the end of the day (so on today's date) and it still lasts days.

DoloresODonovan · 21/01/2025 18:26

bridgetreilly · 21/01/2025 01:47

Tins of flageolet beans. Can’t find them anywhere else these days.

we buy them from Amazon, a tray of the French Daucy brand, we love them so much
but in emergencies, Waitrose !

Thwart · 21/01/2025 14:49

Waitrose apparently have the highest animal welfare standards of any supermarket in the world

Thwart · 21/01/2025 14:48

We recently kicked our very serious Waitrose habit. We were weekly big shoppers.

I miss the quartz cheddar, the sourdough bread (bertinet bakery or their own no.1 range) and dragonfly herbal teas.

these are the things I still have to pop in for occasionally.

SomethingFun · 21/01/2025 14:48

Croquants du cordes - little crispy almond biscuits which are delicious and have barely any calories in

Sourisblanche · 21/01/2025 14:39

Their tiramisu is very good. Better than most restaurants I’ve had it in recently.

Otherwise I think their fruit and veg last much longer than other places.

PinkTonic · 21/01/2025 14:32

we like the smoked haddock gratins and the rose veal burgers

AdoraBell · 21/01/2025 14:26

Their No.1 pasta is delicious 😋

jolota · 21/01/2025 14:24

I do the bulk of my shopping from tesco but the fruit from waitrose is so much nicer imo, so we buy that from there as well as a few odd bits I can't get from other supermarkets that I particularly like but I wouldn't buy anything branded from there as even on offer I find its more expensive than when on offer at other supermarkets.
I never order enough to buy online though but my mum does and has a real problem with delivery slots & so much stuff being out of stock when it comes to delivery.

TheFlis · 21/01/2025 14:12

Their smoked tomato and chilli chutney is amazing. The slow cooked meat range is fantastic, particularly the red eye ribs. They are honestly better than you find in most restaurants and I have tried a lot of ribs in my time!!

Uta100 · 21/01/2025 14:09

Monty27 · 21/01/2025 00:56

@mumofoneAlonebutokay if it's an ocado voucher for online you only get the really ridiculous delivery slots ime

Ocado don’t sell Waitrose food anymore. They sell M&S food.

WinterFoxes · 21/01/2025 14:09

They also do really tasty, good value Indian ready meals and snacks - the lamb madras is delicious

WinterFoxes · 21/01/2025 14:08

Venison burgers
Quartz cheddar
Lavender shortbread
Colombian ground coffee
Fancy houmous -beetroot or Moroccan
I find their grapes are bigger, sweeter and have less tough skins than Sainsbury's.

If you have a dog their treats are good. £1for a pack of picnic jumbles or 20 long thin chews.

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