Really has been gradual cut back last 2 years.
In 2022 we ditched the huge shop at aldi and switched to tesco bulk buying cereal/squash/ carton drinks/ lemonade pet food/ biscuits/ cake bars some frozen.
Some reduced and nectar deals as they the cheapest on those items but then dodgy meat / fresh weekly aldi/lilds which are local to use and next door to each other so do both.
Miss the lilds weekend deal and the weekly don't seem as good.
Which magazine says prices In lilds/ aldi risen the most by least 24% so feel annoyed as know so much has gone up/ availability patchy and queue for tills horrendous.
Have no issue self scan a basket bit aldi making me try and do a trolly on small self serve checkout made me very annoyed.
I question if self serve tills with big shops don't actually lengthen queues.
End of 2023 we switched from big tesco to big sainsburys find nectar points more generous than clubcard as also frequently visit sainsbury local.
Still do aldi or lidls once a week as fresh fruit and veg don't last long.
I second previous posters
Warburton best bagels
Aldi nuttoka closest to Nutella but gone from 99p to £1.50.
Can't compromise philadephia but only buy when on offer.
Buy aldi sanitary towels
Buy aldi shower gel and lilds shampoo.
Bug sainsbury bottom shelf does a 30p shower gel white tesco used o do 30p shower gel which was blue.
Ditched heinz ketchup ages ago but think aldi recipie changes more watery so now kids eat sainsbury.
Kids dislike aldi/ lilds cereal only sainsbury or tesco that I keep in clear boxes with lids.
Sainsburys/ tesco/ coop weetabix all OK.
Skincare try superdrug/ home bargains
Live lilds perfume
Cut back fizzy drinks just have 3 flavours squash on the go.
Eat less meat
More pasta/ rice
Kids have less tuck money and rarely eat school dinners at senior school as first bus lowered returns and singled but upped kids weekly or monthly pass .
Spend easily £150 on bus per month if no half term as 6th former costs more.
Go cinema or bowling maybe once a year.
Hardly ever eat out as family as 6 of us very expensive.
Me and husband try and keep to 1 meal a month out and 1 takeaway.
We used frequently buy chips from local chippy as quick lunch for kids or tea.
But gone up so much and portions gone down.
Definatly less coffee shops even once a week pay day treat been scaled back.
Buy 90% of our clothes 2nd hand
Lucky we have jumble sales/ clothes swaps and loads charity shops locally although struggling find much in charity shops for the 5 year old maybe people are donating less and selling.
Seldom buy Magazine used to love the home ones.
Random decorative bits for house.
Fresh flowers rare unless reduced
Less wine and more spirits as cheaper
Less fruit shocked how much frozen fruit gone up
Yogurts hardly buy anymore used buy aldi copy of muller corners.
Used buy aldi weekly pizzas and dirty fries stopped that as too expensive.
Switch dog from expensive ceaser to Sainsburys as cost kept going up
Less reduced as minimal discounts
Stopped too good too go app as not great value.
Got old phone fixed rather than new phone on contract as sim only