What grocery items do you never buy?

[AmberTurnerCo]

I would
Alcohol
Crisps apart from Pringles

Anything for the microwave (don’t have one)
Anything frozen (other than occasional ice cream)
And the most shocking one for most people - TEABAGS nobody in the house likes it & I have a phobia of wet tea bags

kitchen roll is compostable.

Weightwatchers stuff, or anything low-fat. Would rather do without.
Also, battery or ‘barn’ eggs.

Re. Fabric softeners - am I right in thinking this is liquidised carcasses from slaughterhouses

@Wearywithteens

Fabric Conditioner - a completely unnecessary product

Lucky you! Our water is so hard our towels would be like drying yourself on a cheese grater

Tampons
Sugar cereals
White flour anything
Brie (disgusting)
White rice
I try not to buy chocolate or cakes but am not v successful

Pet food (we don’t have any pets)

Cow breast milk

Kitchen rolls
Sweets
Pot noodles

Ready meals, frozen food (except ice cream and peas), I avoid brands

I was thinking I buy all of these things until someone said vegan substitutions. Usually have stupid names too. If I was vegan I would buy pulses, vegetables, legumes etc. If needed cheese things I would not be vegan.

*cheese things etc

I buy lots of these things everyone seems to be abiding... white bread, tinned beans and even shock horror fabric softener!

One of the most disgusting things I ever saw at a till in Asda though was someone buying a series of "Rustlers" microwave burgers in their bun, many of. Presumably they had it every night for tea. Can honestly say I've never been there.

Avocado 🥑
It's on the Waitrose "essentials" list too?!?!?!
Weird!

Can someone tell me what's wrong with fabric conditioner please?

Margarine
Corned beef
Tinned veg
Synthetic cream
Processed cheese spreads and slices
Frozen meat and fish

Laughing at the snobbery against Iceland here. It's not all frozen food (and nothing wrong with frozen food) but regular 'normal' stuff too. Most of the non frozen/fresh is branded products (Kingsmill, Heinz etc). Although at the beginning of lockdown food shopping was great because there was hardly ever a queue for Iceland. I could go in and buy all my food plus loo roll, cleaning stuff, shampoo etc and be home drinking a (brand name) cup of tea while the Sainsbury's queue was still trailing down the road.

I find that clothes stink when you use fabric conditioner.

This is a fascinating read ... I'm going to save loads of cash by not buying fabric softener alone 😬

jakeyboy1 maybe the person buying Rustlers lived in a hostel with only a microwave for cooking.

Stink of what @Oliversmumsarmy? The softener itself?

Meat
Dairy
Tea and coffee
Beans
Sauces

Reformed ham

Tins of tomatoes, when lockdown started everyone was mentioning them as an essential to be stockpiled. What's that all about?