How much did this little lot cost then?

[takeitandleaveit]

Interested to know how much you think I paid for my shopping this morning, because I was in for a surprise when I got to the till...

4x premium individual steak & ale pies
Halloumi fries
2x Goats cheese lattice tarts
Frozen skin-on fries
Mini hash browns
240x Tetley tea bags
2x tissue cubes
1 each of tinned toms, kidney beans, mushy peas, baked beans
2x bleach
liquid soap
Swing bin liners
4x flat tins cat food
box 12x cat food pouches
cat treats
Large jar Nescafe
2x washing up liquid
kitchen foil
olive oil
savoy cabbage
large bag red potatoes
small bag new potatoes
honeydew melon
4x lemons
3x peppers
bag conference pears
cherry toms on vine
2x sweet gem lettuce
pack fine green beans
punnet plums
bag rocket
cucumber
6x organic bananas
3x microwaveable rice pouches
2x packs pork belly slices
streaky bacon
2x salted butter
small wensleydale
small gruyere
pack sliced ham
pack sliced chicken
pack sliced pork loin
stuffing mix
ibuprofen
napkins
angel cake slices
cereal bars
8x croissants
cream crackers
Viennese biscuits
9x toilet rolls
3x kitchen rolls

What do you reckon?

Also, Aldi halloumi nuggets are lovely, DC love them for dinner with wraps and salad or with chips / peas etc

Bargain! I think I might swap to Aldi!

It's noticeably cheaper if you are swapping from a more expensive supermarket - though fruit doesn't keep as well as from other supermarkets though IME that can be store dependent - but if you already regularly shopping there are noticeable price increases.

I defy anyone to make their own angel cake slices for 95p.

what's the point of these threads @takeitandleaveit ?

I'm guessing nothing - you sneaked out of the supermarket without paying.
Again.
😱

The prices individually are.....

Don't know, but here's my take:
Processed Foods
4 premium pies
halloumi fries
2 goat's cheese tarts
fries
hash browns
3 rice pouches
angel cake
crackers
biscuits
Baked beans
Mushy peas

Also processed meat (assuming these are ready to eat)
slices ham
sliced chicken
sliced pork loin

???
Tinned toms
Kidney beans
*don't know if rhese are the precooked sort or not

Last time I read a thread like this Op had left out half of her shopping 😁

4x premium individual steak & ale pies
Halloumi fries
2x Goats cheese lattice tarts
Frozen skin-on fries
Mini hash browns
3x microwaveable rice pouches
pack sliced ham
pack sliced chicken
pack sliced pork loin
stuffing mix
angel cake slices
cereal bars
8x croissants
cream crackers
Viennese biscuits

I get 15 if you include the biscuits

Why have I just read this thread?

I don't know if you are trying to save money @takeitandleaveit but there are a lot of things you could do to reduce costs. IF that is what you want!

Packets of microwave rice - it's a huge cost! Buy a bag of rice and cook it yourself.

Make your own skin-on fries- dead easy and just bake in the oven with the spuds you have bought!

Buy frozen green beans- much cheaper than fresh.

Make your own pies and tarts, cakes and biscuits. Far healthier too as they won't have half the additives of factory made ready meals/ cakes.

And yet you're here reading it, which you could argue is worse 😆

That's a good price OP. How much were you expecting it to be out of interest?

You got a good deal. I was expecting it to be closer to £150.

The cake you make yourself would be made of much better quality ingredients so not really comparable from a cost perspective but I’d rather eat butter, eggs, sugar & flour than the stuff in processed cakes.

Whats the issues with tissues?

Well done OP nice trolley and a good price.

Off topic but ive recently discovered farmfoods. 5 nectarines or peaches are 39p. Big trays of apricots are 50p, tubs of strawberries for £1, four pink lady apples for £1. The bags of dried fruit and nuts are very cheap too. Im usually an aldi shopper and hadnt really been in before but ive been pleasantly surprised. Definitely worth a visit for anyone who lives with a pack of locusts like I do.

Is it not better value to buy a pie that serves 4 people rather than 4 individual pies?

Why are you eating so much processed food (and meats that are full of nitrates?)

I know you didn't ask for a debate on the healthiness of your food shop, but the amount of white carbs and processed meats is quite unhealthy.

@takeitandleaveit You forgot the wine.

@OooErr You missed the stuffing mix!

Honestly, OP, bought stuffing mix is horrible stuff.

You need breadcrumbs, an onion and some sage (and S&P) and you can make delicious stuffing in no time at all for next to nothing.

Well this shop was not entirely representative when it comes to meals, because I didn't go with that in mind. The next few days are already catered for. A fair bit of this shop was stocking up depleted cupboards and freezer. Things like the microwaveable rice are not something we use all that often.

And for the pearl-clutchers: We buy local free-range eggs & honey, bread from a local bakers, and most veg from the farm shop. A proper farm shop with produce from local farms in it, not a poncy one.

OP. How much did you pay for 200g Nescafé, it’s £5/£5.50 when it’s on offer in other supermarkets. Did you pick up the Aldi dupe?

Aaaarghhh!!!!

£200

Packets of microwave rice - it's a huge cost! Buy a bag of rice and cook it yourself.

Is that you Mr Cassidy?

£6281.95 How should anyone know? Why would anyone care?