To ask where you do your food shopping?

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I really want to start feeling like I'm getting the most out of my money whenever I go shopping.

Where do you do your shopping? Do you do it at one place or do you go to different places for different things?

From my own experience I feel like Tesco is quite expensive compared to other supermarkets and I always come out feeling like I've hardly gotten anything.

I do go to Aldi (which I love btw) but feel like I can't get everything from there sometimes..

I get everything we need from Aldi

Aldi for the main shop and then Sainsburys (next door) for any specific bits they don't sell. Cleaning products and toiletries from B&M (Aldi shampoo/conditioner is crap).

I use Asda mostly with occasional top-ups at Aldi. I was in Tesco last week and was surprised at how expensive it was in comparison- 20p here and there soon adds up.

Aldi mainly, Fish market in City where I work, vege box from the store in the next village & bread from the bakery in the next town (both have mobile vans that deliver on Saturday to our village), butchers changes - Morrisons or local depending on time I get home from work. Spices, Asian groceries & Middle Eastern things from the International store (only once every 5-6 months) and far eastern bits from China town in the city I work in.

That looks a lot of faffing - but it isn't because I am passing anyway in most cases.

Aldi for the big weekly shop and then top ups at Waitrose as I work there on a Saturday morning.

Also very so often will go to Asda or Waitrose and do a big top up shop of branded items and items we can’t get at Aldi. Tinned lentils and pulses in particular as I’m vegetarian.

Also browse and shop in Costco, B&M and home bargains as they are close to one of the dc activities that they do 2-3 nights a week.

Lidl and M&S mostly. Bit of Ocado sometimes.

Local farm shop and butcher for as much as I can. Rest from Ocado. Try to shop as responsibly as possible. Can't believe how many times people on here go to the shop!!

What kinds of things can people not get in Aldi?
Ours has everything we need and we cook from scratch pretty much every night.

Aldi and Lidl for basics
Morrison’s for groceries
Tesco for other fruit and veg
Booths for meat and luxuries

ASDA, top ups from Sainsbury's and Lidl.

Tesco and local butchers and greengrocer

I tried aldi, saved maybe £20 but loads of the stuff was minging. Crisps and yoghurt being the worst. Only go there for baby wipes now

To answer Unreasonably - a specific brand of non dairy milk (my own fussiness!), 6 pinters of whole milk (my Aldi doesn't seem to sell them) and some ASDA own brand stuff that I prefer to anything else.

There are 3 superstores local to me (Asda, Tesco and Aldi) and I do all mine at Asda. I'm not a fan of Aldi and Tesco is too expensive. I can't be bothered to faff around going to loads of different shops.

I want to hear more about pooping in the Coop. Lol. @huntleybyelection

Sainsbury's

Lidl, then Asda for any extra bits or bread/milk top ups , just because it's the closest.

A mixture of Aldi, Sainsburys, Morrisons and M&S! Mainly the first two but I pick up a couple of bits that DH and the DC like in the other two. Every month or so I go to Costco and Wing Yip to bulk buy some other stuff we like (DH drinks a lot of coke and its much cheaper at costco).

Aldi and Tesco for the stuff Aldi don't do

Local butchers for meat.

Booths for owt else.

I use Tesco for convenience, tbh I feel that if you’re not brand loyal, it can be as cheap as anywhere. I buy all their own branded veg/bread/tinned tomatoes etc, and with lots of other things I’ll swap to whatever is on offer. We have a Lidl and Aldi but I can never get everything I want from there.

I do about 95% of mine in Aldi and pick up the remaining few bits in Tesco, purely because it's about 5 minutes away.

Oh and I buy most of my cleaning stuff in Poundland.

Aldi.
I gave up on Morrison's as twice I bought food for the kids and twice the filling in their own brand kievs wasn't what it was supposed to be. Not a big deal for most but DS has serious allergies.
Asda I go to on Mondays for the reduced meat- I got a huge joint of beef last Monday reduced from £15 to £9, I've cut it into 3 good sized joints.

Aldi just because it's at the end of my road. They're about to open a Lidl next door to it so I might mix things up.

Another one for Aldi with a top up at the local co-op during the week (at least twice) , mostly for milk/ fruit/spices and fresh bread.