To think that Sainsbury's Basics Blueberries shouldn't be...

[itisnotmereallyohnonotatall]

...more per kilo than standard ones? The Basics ones are £1.50 for 125g. The standard ones are £2 for 250g.

I've always found Sainsbury's to be ever so slightly more ethical than some supermarkets so this has flummoxed me!

And yes, I do have other things to worry about...

[madasa]

I have two blueberry plants in the garden. They didn't yield anything last year (first year) but this year they are both heaving with fruit ....much cheaper than supermarket :)

[Therealamandaclarke]

And as if to prove my tiredness I direct you towards my italics fail.

[Therealamandaclarke]

madasa homegrown is great if you have that luxury.
We've had repeated blueberry fail in our garden
But have been super lucky with a thornless blackberry yum.

[NotGoodNotBad]

Does my head in, this. Yes, of course I can read the labels and compare the price per kilo. But by the time I've gone half way round the supermarket comparing price of loose item, versus price of bagged item, or different brands which come in different sizes, or the "special offer" which per kilo is more than the other brand at usual price, and decided whether I have the space to stock 4 tins of x to get the special offer which actually is good value, I am thoroughly fed up!

[NotGoodNotBad]

Oh, and if there is something which is say 1 for £1.50 or 2 £2, but I really don't want 2, I won't buy any as I feel cheated if I just get the one.

[Therealamandaclarke]

Quite notgoodbad

[madasa]

Therealamandaclarke I am not a good gardener but for some reason these thrive.

Do you have two b plants? I think they are more successful if you have two plants so they can pollinate or something like that.

[Therealamandaclarke]

Ooh. Thanks for the tip.
No, they are retired now my DM is my supplier I will beg for more.

[itisnotmereallyohnonotatall]

They weren't on offer. They were the only ones available other than the basics ones.

The average ten year old may well be able to work things out but in my experience (within education) there are plenty more who couldn't. And that carries through to adulthood.

[ouryve]

They do vary. Sometimes they're much cheaper. Sometimes, it's just a smaller pack. Got 250g of british blueberries from M&S, last weekend on a 2 for £4. Did an online Sainsbobs order midweek and it was about £1.50 for 125g of dutch ones. Only bothered because the strawbs are all past it and i wanted more than banana in my porridge.

[ouryve]

snooping - at least you can buy fairtrade bananas loose in sainsburys. If i do my shop elsewhere, i end up paying more for 5 piddly little narners than for a big bunch of big ones in sainsbobs.

[ouryve]

beast - we get neither Ocado nor Waitrose in this part of the frozen north.

[ouryve]

Also bear in mind that it's late September. Blueberries are no longer in season. I stripped the last viable fruit (all 4 of them) off my bushes, this afternoon.

[ouryve]

There - blueberries need ericaceous compost. If they're planted in the ground, they're possibly getting too much lime.

[soaccidentprone]

You can buy fairtrade bananas in lidl, and I think they sell organic ones in aldi.

[PeppiNephrine]

You don't need to work it out, you just need to read. There isn't any maths involved.

[fatlazymummy]

I shop in Sainsbury's most of the time, not through choice. I find their basic range to be pretty good, though it may not always be that much cheaper.
Yes you do have to check prices. If you are on a budget you have to put some effort in. If you're rich then you can chuck whatever you fancy into your trolley.

[Therealamandaclarke]

Whatever peppi obviously you don't have a problem with it.
Or, maybe you are just very argumentative (or maybe work for tesco or something)
I personally find it slows me down to be price checking (And sometimes prices of the same kind of product are in price per kilo vs price per unit for example). Even if all the items were correctly labelled (which they are not) I still have to read and check them. It is quicker to not have to do that. It makes for a speedier shop to just scoot round, chucking stuff in that you want rather than checking the value of each item.

.....but.....

[DIYapprentice]

Peppi - when it comes to offers you DO need to work it out - it is NOT a matter of reading. They will give you the price per kg on the normal price, but not on the 2 for whatever one. So you need to work it out, to see if the 2 for whatever in the smaller size works out cheaper than one of the larger sizes.

And often with the prepackaged items, you will be given a price per fruit rather than per kg, so I've had to go and weigh the stupid bag, work it out per kg, and then compare it to the loosely sold one.