Who is spending £1.40 on a tin of Heinz baked beans?

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Bloody hell - I haven't bought baked beans for ages and went to add them to weekly shop and couldn't believe the price of them. Ended up going for own brand (which I've had before and are fine). I'm sure Heinz must know what they're doing but their like baked beans for millionaires now!

(Lighthearted btw)

Love these, they're even nicer than branston

I bought a pack of 4 so works out cheaper, but we don't actually eat baked beans very often so that pack will probably last us a couple of months. I don't live near an M&S and when I go to the nearest one it's a long walk from the car park so I'm not going to buy cans of beans, otherwise I'd try them.

I‘m British but live elsewhere. Heinz baked beans have also gone up in price here- now they are approx £3 a tin!!

I can’t believe baked beans are now a luxury for my family 😭

Supermarket own are vile.

Ooo didn’t know you could get M&S beans for 50p! We still buy Heinz as DH likes cheese beans on toast for lunch when working at home. I’ll be off to M&S now though!!!

That's still £1.33 per can. Not a smug level of saving there.

Whats the thinking behind starting your child on branded goods which are always more expensive in the first place though? Presumably there are SEN kids who have never tried Heinz or whatever and eat supermarket own in preference.
All the brands are tomato, vinegar and sugar with beans in variable amounts. There’s not a better or worse version really as it’s all processed the same way. Heinz have no more or less nutrition than any other.

They ate what we ate. And we liked Heinz, and never envisioned a scenario where they'd become so expensive.

@lightisnotwhite probably because the rest of the family also ate the same brand when the child started to eat beans but times have become tighter. Heinz taking the piss on their prices wasn't an obvious 2022/2023 outcome.

I don’t think it’s something there is any thought behind and often at the point a dc first tries a certain item the parent will have no idea the dc has SEN or that it will become something that they refuse to budge on.

It’s a lot less than that if it’s 12 tins for £9!

75p a tin

It's crazy and I really feel for people who have no choice but to buy them (and other overpriced products).

Do you need Rishi's maths classes😂

It's €1.90 for a can of Heinz baked beans here in Ireland, I buy the Aldi ones for €0.49. Its impossible to justify a price difference like that. It's only my toddler who eats them in our house and he isn't fussy.

i never buy heinz

Asda have still got 2 6 packs for £9, still more expensive than own makes but if Heinz beans are something that you eat regularly it's worth buying in bulk if you can afford it and have the space

12 tins at £1.33 per tin, in my head I make that to be £16.. not £9

No problem here as I have always hated beans, can’t stand them. I can’t understand people liking them.

When you what is called by many a ‘fussy’ young child, you try 10 versions of every food to see if they’ll eat it.

When you find something they’ll eat, you’re just so relieved that there’s another food that they’ll eat that you buy it no matter if it is cheap or expensive.

That ‘fussy’ child is diagnosed with autism and has sensory issues including with food and likes everything the same. Even a packaging change can be an issue, never mind it tasting, smelling or feeling different. If you dare try a cheaper version in the hope of getting away with it, if they notice and refuse it, even if you go back to the expensive version, they may no longer be willing to eat it. Do you stay with the expensive ones.

*So you stay with the expensive ones.

Ive started shopping in M&S, their fruit and veg is around the same price, salad is cheaper but last longer and their own brand is good, I spent £25 for just me last week and managed to have enough (I’m vegetarian) usually I spend £40 in ALDI or Tesco.

£1.70 for a ton of Heinz tomatoes soup!!!!! Wtaf

It was 12 tins for £9, 2 x 6 packs, Rishi's maths classes are definitely needed, not £1.33 a can, not £16. How do people shop if they can't do simple maths

I use Sainsbury's Smart Shop and Heinz beans are only 95p to me at the moment.

Heinz are 95p in Sainsburys if you have a Nectar card. I personally prefer Branston.