waitrose - occasional shopper - what do you buy

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i always buy my loo paper there
tomato soup
used to buy their essential sausages
their bagged salads are long lasting
have recently discovered their white eggs - which are very tasty

like lidl/aldi, anyone else an occasional waitrose shopper and what do you buy, or am i alone

Just to add Coop use free range eggs too! We just don’t have one near us so I forgot

and yes to PPs suggestions of sweet potato felafel and reduced fat (yoghurt) coleslaw

Cornish cheddar cheese.frozen veg.

Their own brand mature cheese. It's got more flavour than other own brands and more flavour than Cathedral City. Also their own brand coco pops, DH says it's the best own brand coco pops out there. For crunchy nut own brand Aldi is the best.

Their de-caf tea. Tastes far nicer and less ‘tinny’ than any other brand I’ve tried.

Their CHristmas offers of half price chocolate biscuits or speciality mince oues and panettone.

Also like a couple of their bags for loose vegetables as they can be used in the food caddy.

Hi-juice squash is good - some better flavours like pink grapefruit.

Microwave chickpea lentil and spinach.

Jars of pasatta. 90p are blooming good
Apple and elderflower squash, multi seeded loaf, butter milk crumpets and muffins. If it has a fresh deli some Belton red fox, so much better loose than pre packed

Loo roll
Frozen chicken kievs
Essentials cheddar
Used to get frozen dill but they’ve stopped selling this which has irritated me immensely.

Even more hungry now and want a cheese and coleslaw sandwich for lunch

Waitrose own brand lemonade -yellow label , not the cloudy .
Waitrose own brand washing up liquid , lovely apple smell (even though its the original) they've stopped doing now
Waitrose White Chocolate Ice-Cream
Waitrose Croissants , pack of 2

Waitrose frozen fish fingers - they are a million miles away from Birds Eye etc. They are so good and a freezer staple.

Their own brand organic sausages - they have no nitrites.

Leaf tea: Darjeeling and Lapsang. The latter took eight emails to get to the branch, but it finally arrived
Hazelnut plain chocolate
Loose basic muesli
Ghillie and Glen smoked Salmon
Parmentier sardines in olive oil ( not the flavoured ones, just plain).

Waitrose have an excellent selection of wine, I watch the special offers and we go and stock up once a month. I’ve been buying the St Michel Pinot Grigio and Flora Lugana for more than twenty years.

Everything else is more expensive than Tesco for what we find to be the same or less quality. The turnover is slower, so things are not as fresh.

Beef ribs for DH
Caramel dipping sauce
Essentials set honey
Essentials Fruit and Fibre cereal
Mashed potato
Charlie Bighams cherry pudding(only if it’s on offer as it’s overpriced IMHO)
Ditto Bighams steak and ale pies
Their Pure skin care which seems to have disappeared lately
Apple yum yums
Waitrose cranberry sauce if we are having cheese
Leibniz zoo biscuits(although if you have a European shop nearby they have them cheaper)

I always buy my chicken there.
Their avocadoes are much better than other supermarkets' avocadoes. £1.10 each I think.
Love, love, love their Coconut and Lime ice-cream. Often on offer at £2.50.
Roasted and salted pecans. Can never find those anywhere else.
Their tiramisu is delish. Only £3. Cheaper and tastier than the M&S version.
Their bags of frozen croissants are great.

The New York Cheesecake. So much nicer than the M&S version. Was so gutted when Ocado switched to them!

Cannelloni

Fruit, chicken breasts and meat

Avocados

Whole black garlic

Breton cream cheese. I can’t find anywhere else that sells it and it absolutely knocks the socks off Philadelphia.

I like their frozen herbs and sofrito

That is good
Their strength used to be French food but post exit and supply sieges make the a very mediocre offer these days- lost their way a bit.

As a treat, chargrilled artichokes from deli when they are on offer, they are the best - much nicer than M&S which are too vinegary.
their Indian ready meals and sides
Chicken Gordon bleu
Crosta and Mollica fresh and frozen pizzas
their own brand herbal teas
i used to buy their own washing up liquid in a pump bottle but they stopped selling these (maybe it’s just our branch)

They seem to have good money off coupons atm, keep finding ones for £20 off £100, (online) and they also sent some for £8 off £40 instore recently- to use with the My Waitrose card.

Their own brand apple juice: apple, then with ginger, with elderflower, with mango. I think they must use a different type of apply from Copella or Innocent and it has a more interesting taste & a bit less sweet.

Omg I was going to say Waitrose own brand mozzarella, it's so delicious! No other brand compares, I've literally tried everywhere.

Honestly make excursions to Waitrose just for the mozzarella 😂

Frozen basil
Clementine juice
St Clements hot cross buns

Chicken liver.

Like the poster upthread, the chicken liver pate. I actually prefer the Sainsburys chicken liver pate (although that one's not really a chicken liver pate, it's a pork liver and chicken liver pate mix), but there's no big Sainsburys near me. The Findlater one has too much of the brandy taste to be my favourite.

Sourdough bread. Not 'too' sour!

Celeriac, which I can't find anywhere else. I usually get carrots, leaks and parsnips there too.