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Excuse me but HOW is this a £28 shop???

189 replies

PeachesoutinGeorgia · 31/08/2023 18:32

I bought like 8 items … in ASDA? And I spent £18 on fruit and eggs in M&S shortly before which will probably last about 3 days.

Granted it’s a nice establishment but fruit elsewhere is shockingly bad and you pay like 80% of the price anyway so you may as well get the nice stuff.

Regardless £46 for a couple of days and I didn’t even get anything for me. I probably just won’t eat to be honest, maybe have some leftover egg bites and nuggets.

Literally, how are you all doing out there?

Excuse me but HOW is this a £28 shop???
OP posts:
Decafflatteplease · 31/08/2023 20:00

We use child's farm @PeachesoutinGeorgia but we get the 2.5l bottles from Amazon it works out alot cheaper!

butterpuffed · 31/08/2023 20:00

Supermarket own products are made by the big brands .

Fairyliz · 31/08/2023 20:02

Britneyfan · 31/08/2023 18:49

I feel like a lot of people here are missing the point! Yes I agree a lot of these things are more expensive branded products but they didn’t used to cost anything like this. People are allowed to buy brands if they want to! And the prices have gone up massively. We shouldn’t all be relegated to buying the cheapest things on the shelf because nobody can afford anything else. And the cheapest things on the shelf have gone up too anyway!

But if customers keep buying them at that price, they will keep selling them at that price.

SushiSuave · 31/08/2023 20:02

I was gobsmacked when my single bag of shopping came to £50 in sainsburys this week. I was literally popping in for some toiletries that I can't get in Aldi and some branded crisps. I couldn't believe it. I also bought some rescue remedy pastilles. Last time I bought them it was £4 for the tin, this time it was £7 something! Shocker! I am reverting back to Aldi now as even that is getting much more expensive than it was 12 months ago. We've had pay rises since then, began to splurge on the brands we like and now we are back to cutting out the brands to stop the weekly shop costing £120-140 for 2 adults and a 7yo!

caramacyears · 31/08/2023 20:03

Supermarket own brand stuff is my solution, as it is sometimes made by the same companies as the branded stuff.

GunkyAndGungey · 31/08/2023 20:04

Cushelle 🤣

Nobody on a budget buys Cushelle!

Blowdown · 31/08/2023 20:05

That looks like “fry light” spray, but a bottle and just fill it with vegetable oil….. save a fortune!

Original poster
PeachesoutinGeorgia · 31/08/2023 20:06

PetitPorpoise · 31/08/2023 19:29

@Floralnomad exactly. And OP clearly said she worried that she wouldn't have enough food to feed herself, whilst buying a massive pack of Cushelle and a lint roller 🙄

To be fair this sums up my personality in a sentence 🫠

OP posts:
BellaTheDarkOverlord · 31/08/2023 20:06

I spent £110 in Aldi the other day. I didn’t get any toilet roll, nappies or anything that I only buy once a month. I don’t know where the money went in the end. The only extra thing I bought was a £5 Pokémon fleece throw to put away for dd for Xmas.

HelterSkelter224 · 31/08/2023 20:08

As others have said it's the brands you're paying for there. The toddler snacks are so expensive so I know that's hard to avoid but loo roll, fry light etc. you can buy supermarket brands and it makes a huge difference.

Clefable · 31/08/2023 20:09

Baby snacks are a con. Buy a pack of unsalted rice or corn cakes and some plain digestives or something. Saves a fortune.

Misunderstoodagain · 31/08/2023 20:09

I know it's scary 😳
If I want to shop like I used to it's normally £150-£200 a week for 2 adults and a 4-yr old
Now we just don't have yogurts, pancakes, ice-cream etc the things that aren't staples get the cut most of the time which is pretty depressing.
I do buy in bulk though, the jumbo pasta, 32 rolls toilet roll, bulk teabags etc, it's much cheaper. I also shop around which is a pain in the arse but for example I get my laundry tabs in bulk from Amazon etc.
I use the scanner things and have Tesco plus and use the 10% off when doing the big bulk buy shopping which saves a little too.
It's all a bit soul destroying really not being able to just do the shopping without the major budgeting and checking prices on everything.

Soontobe60 · 31/08/2023 20:10

PeachesoutinGeorgia · 31/08/2023 19:13

Maybe I mislabelled the title as not much food was actually included, apologies 😅 Even still.

I swear Childs farm was £3.25 this time last year? they’ve whacked a whole £1 (We have to get it because of sensitive skin) Most of the other stuff I bought had one of those red save stickers next to it so this is the “reduced” price. They must just pluck a number out of thin air at this point surely

Is the unbranded stuff worth the downgrade if anyone has done switches?

This is a list of the ingredients in Child’s Farm bubble bath

Aqua (Water), Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Decyl Glucoside, Benzyl Alcohol, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Sodium Lauryl Glucose Carboxylate, Sucrose Laurate, Lauryl Glucoside, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Alcohol, Sodium Citrate, Tocopherol, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Sorbic Acid, Potassium Sorbate

Try Lidl - their baby products win loads of awards

TurkeyTeethLookAwful · 31/08/2023 20:12

Supermarkets are taking the piss with their prices.

We can afford to buy branded stuff but I refuse to on principle.

As someone else has said on this thread; the only way branded things will come down in price is if we stop buying them.

catwithflowers · 31/08/2023 20:15

lemonyaid · 31/08/2023 18:46

You've bought brands! Of course it's pricey!

Ella's kitchen is expensive
Cuselle loo roll is expensive
Can't even see what the rest is.

That's like buying caviar and complaining it's expensive for tinned fish

😂😂😂

Clefable · 31/08/2023 20:15

I've just put the visible stuff into an Aldi shop using their own brand stuff and minus the lint roller and assuming that's mince under the Birdseye stuff it is £15.40

Spray oil, children's bath wash, mince, pack of chicken dippers, 9 toilet rolls, 5 packets of baby crisps, a pack of baby apple bar things.

ShadyPaws · 31/08/2023 20:17

£42
(Protein puddings were on offer, I know they're expensive)

Excuse me but HOW is this a £28 shop???
Chewbecca · 31/08/2023 20:18

Clefable · 31/08/2023 20:15

I've just put the visible stuff into an Aldi shop using their own brand stuff and minus the lint roller and assuming that's mince under the Birdseye stuff it is £15.40

Spray oil, children's bath wash, mince, pack of chicken dippers, 9 toilet rolls, 5 packets of baby crisps, a pack of baby apple bar things.

Would be cheaper (& healthier) still if you just bought chicken and rolled in flour / paprika and made own baby snacks from fruit & oats (or similar).

Clefable · 31/08/2023 20:18

If you swapped the baby snacks for non-baby stuff it would be just over £12.

fairgame84 · 31/08/2023 20:21

Honestly OP i used to be a brand snob but times have changed and I buy mostly non branded stuff now. Some of it isn't as good - like tesco version of wotsits and kitkats are not worth it, but other things are fine. Tinned tomatoes, weetabix, biscuits, bread, milk, loo roll etc are all good. Tesco's version of Vanish actually works unlike proper vanish and it's less than half of the price!
The only things we stick to brands on are fairy washing powder, fabric conditioner and Pampers nappies (i bulk buy them when on offer).
Everything else we buy own brand or just buy whatever is cheapest on offer.

caramacyears · 31/08/2023 20:21

I get a veg box delivered (which I'm sure is cheaper than M&S veg) and refill all my cleaning stuff, so supermarkets are for store cupboard foods mainly. I use loyalty cards, bargain corners and lots of own brands. Latest discovery has been that my dental products are miles cheaper at Boots than at the supermarket. Worth knowing.

newmum1976 · 31/08/2023 20:25

We spend £120 for a family of 5. Mainly vegetarian and minimal UPF. It used to be £70/£80.

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 31/08/2023 20:31

Food is painfully expensive now. We buy very little processed food, no meat, lots of veg, but even so our food shops are very pricy these days. A basket of basic essentials to get you through the week ends up easily being £50+

I don't know how people on really low incomes are managing tbh.

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 31/08/2023 20:32

caramacyears · 31/08/2023 20:21

I get a veg box delivered (which I'm sure is cheaper than M&S veg) and refill all my cleaning stuff, so supermarkets are for store cupboard foods mainly. I use loyalty cards, bargain corners and lots of own brands. Latest discovery has been that my dental products are miles cheaper at Boots than at the supermarket. Worth knowing.

Our local veg box is definitely cheaper than supermarket veg. It's a godsend.

TheAloe · 31/08/2023 20:32

I buy aldi fry light and I would never buy birds eye so therefore my money goes further than yours.