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Mu parents have bought 48 tins of tuna

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CrinklyCraggy · 07/02/2022 19:56

It was on offer at a discount store, worked out about 50p a tin.

These are not poor people. One of their biggest concerns is inheritance tax (I say fgs spend it!)

They don't even like tuna much, but have been back for another 48 tins.

This absolutely will not be wasted. They will plough their way through 96 tins of tuna that they don't enjoy, just to be thrifty, which they don't need to be.

They've always been ones for stocking up when the price is good - in then70s they would buy a whole cow from the butcher for the freezer, but surely this is ridiculous?

What's more, I mentioned that we actually get through quite a bit of tinned tuna because it's about the only thing DS2 likes in a sandwich and they didn't even offer me a pallet Grin

Do you have examples of extreme and unnecessary thrift? I like a bargain, I'd stock up if it was something I enjoyed, but when you don't?

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inappropriateraspberry · 07/02/2022 22:05

I went halves with my mum! My DD loves tuna. It's tinned. It'll last for ages!

kagerou · 07/02/2022 22:06

My DGD once had shoes so old and so frequently repaired that the soles of both peeled off and started flapping with every step he took... this happened while he was attending a funeral.

... My grandma was mortified! Grin

Riv · 07/02/2022 22:07

@ForestDad - are we related? Did they have an unopened pound of white pepper from 1953 in the same cupboard (we cleared the house in 2003) “because it was going to be impossible to buy “?

I am still using up the spray pledge - if you want half a dozen cans I can pop them round tomorrow! 🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣

deeplyrooted · 07/02/2022 22:09

@Classica

'We've snagged a great deal here, Marjorie' 'We have indeed, Roy. What a bargain' 'How's your tuna sandwich?' 'Revolting' 'Will we have the same again tomorrow and for the next 47 days?' 'Oh yes'
Roy threw over Janet for Marjorie? Shock Christmas will never be the same.
mumda · 07/02/2022 22:09

Lidl isn't it?
I would assume their buyer overbought.

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 07/02/2022 22:09

@bizzieb33

Guilty of doing the same! 48 cans for £14.99 makes each tin cost just over 32p per can, now every week will be a tuna week...
I didn't see this deal in a Lidl near us. Sorry I missed it.
EdithStourton · 07/02/2022 22:12

I did find a jar of preserved ginger in my own cupboard that was 20 years out of date.

I used it.

It tasted fine, and no one died.

AChocolateOrangeaday · 07/02/2022 22:12

Tuna soup could be the next MN chicken.

Blueberrycreampie · 07/02/2022 22:15

It's stockpiling pure and simple - there should be a limit on how much can be purchased by one person, and returning for more is not really on either.

Jewel52 · 07/02/2022 22:15

This thread sent chills down my spine! My ex in-laws created a lifestyle out of bargain shopping as a replacement for a social life with actual friends! When my ex FIL leant he had terminal cancer with a limited life expectancy he pushed the boat out with a couple of dinners at Harvester! They had a property portfolio of 1.5million, just sad SmileSmileHmm

WhoAskedHerAnyway · 07/02/2022 22:19

Are they thinking of starting a cattery? Grin

Littlehouseonthefairy · 07/02/2022 22:23

I love tuna, onion, sweetcorn and salad cream sandwiches. I could so do with 48 tins of tuna.

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 07/02/2022 22:25

Vebrithien, I love your story.

Backtomyoldname · 07/02/2022 22:25

My Mum and Dad did this years ago with dog food. (For the dog not them!)

Then the dog decided he didn’t like that brand anymore and would rather go hungry!

They had to give it away.

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 07/02/2022 22:25

@Blueberrycreampie

It's stockpiling pure and simple - there should be a limit on how much can be purchased by one person, and returning for more is not really on either.
It depends on the household. We eat that much tuna in 4-6 weeks.

I certainly wouldn't buy anything we wouldn't eat.

TalkSomeSense20 · 07/02/2022 22:26

Completely missed point of thread...... anyone else watched 'Seaspiracy' and vowed never to eat cheap fish again??

newnameforthis76 · 07/02/2022 22:29

My nan insisted that fresh cream was too expensive, and instead used something called a ‘mock cream jug’ to fashion fake cream out of milk and a small lump of butter. You had to sort of pump a little handle for what seemed like about 40 minutes to blend them together into something that tasted literally nothing like cream. She also had a sort of press thing in which you sort of squashed scraps of old soap together into a sort of big, mismatched Frankensoap, to avoid wasting any. She wasn’t badly off at all, just obsessed with thrift.

Mischance · 07/02/2022 22:30

Oh God - how this takes me back! - a long way!

My Dad was the stingiest man on this earth. We never ever, not once went out for a meal or a cup of tea even - what is the point of paying for something that you can make yourself at home for fraction of the cost? Holidays were a joy!

He promised me a meal out if I passed my 11+, and when I did, he took me to his works canteen for lunch!!!!

AmyDudley · 07/02/2022 22:32

@newnameforthis76
Lol at the Frankensoap gadget - my mother had one of those. The reconstituted soap was always full of mysterious shards of grit which scraped your skin off.

Retisestress · 07/02/2022 22:34

TBH I genuinely cannot see the point of this thread ..my Mum would have done the same…not worth the effort of starting this discussion unless I wanted to belittle her!

TalkSomeSense20 · 07/02/2022 22:35

@Blueberrycreampie

It's stockpiling pure and simple - there should be a limit on how much can be purchased by one person, and returning for more is not really on either.
//facepalm//
EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 07/02/2022 22:35

My nan insisted that fresh cream was too expensive, and instead used something called a ‘mock cream jug’ to fashion fake cream out of milk and a small lump of butter.

Behold, the Bel Cream Maker. (My aunts had one.)

thevintagekitchenstore.co.uk/en/butter-cream-making/45-cr.html

Sunnyday321 · 07/02/2022 22:36

Can't stand tinned tuna in this house . M & S or Waitrose Tuna in olive oil in a jar is another matter . If they'd got those , I'd be asked to be adopted by them !

CatDogMonkeyPOW · 07/02/2022 22:39

I live in a small market town where there's only one petrol station. In the next town over, about 20 miles away, is an Asda with a petrol station. It's about 4-5p a litre cheaper.

When my in-laws visit they insist on going to Asda to refuel for the journey. Fair enough you might think. However, Asda is in the complete opposite direction to where they have to drive. They do a 40 mile round trip to save 4p a litre on fuel and add about 50 minutes to their five hour journey time Confused

ByMyName · 07/02/2022 22:41

OP don’t ever let your parents into Costco. My DH’s side of the family have a Costco addiction. They tend to buy catering size of everything!!!

48 cans of Tuna is manageable though. One tuna tin each week. So much you can do with it. Tuna salad, tuna and jacket potato, tuna sandwich, tuna pasta… endless!