FabSwingers.com forum: Where do you do

By *ryandsee OP Man
over a year ago

Yorkshire

your grocery and household goods shopping. For example, do you have a favourite supermarket or go to different ones for different stuff. And with prices going up, which one do you think is more value for money? Are you doing your shopping personally or online for home delivery or click and collect? And do you always have a shopping list or buy what you see?. I probably don't plan my shopping as well as I should and end up spending far more than I would if I planned better. If you are not bored after reading all that, will be interested in your answers

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

On the sofa!

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

Asda for the main part of the shop, fresh meats etc then Farmfoods for anything frozen, crisps and chocolate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Usually go to Aldi for the main stuff and then Co-Op local for odd little treats

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By *ayHaychMan
over a year ago

Leeds (Home) / Sheffield (Work)

Waitrose and if needs must then M&S. Certainly wouldn’t find me in Tesco or Asda. How common…

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends what I need, usually Aldi/Lidl and Asda.

Don't always have a list sometimes just wing it, but most of the time I do as I'm terrible at forgetting what I actually need and getting other stuff

Miss S x

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Aldi, Asda, occasionally Tesco.

Never Sainsbury's or Morrisons because there isn't one close enough.

Not Lidl because it looks like it was laid out by Stevie Wonder.

And certainly not Waitrose or M&S because we haven't won the lottery.

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By *ryandsee OP Man
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Depends what I need, usually Aldi/Lidl and Asda.

Don't always have a list sometimes just wing it, but most of the time I do as I'm terrible at forgetting what I actually need and getting other stuff

Miss S x"

That's my problem too, always come back with things I never intended to buy, forgetting those I did

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Food shop early Saturday morning at local supermarket. No queues and shelves stocked. Mix of Poundland, online and Wilkinsons for everything else.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

We get 2x Tescos deliveries a week. Very occasionally we venture into a supermarket for 1 or 2 items.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sainsbury’s for me, got a nectar card linked to a esso fuel discount card (thanks to blue light) and my eBay and dominoes. I also do the nectar canvass surveys. I haven’t paid for my actual food shop for 6 months now, because I build the nectar points up constantly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends which supermarket is close by when I need something or more importantly when my cat changes his mind about the current food in the cupboard and goes round the house pretending he's starved and neglected

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By *ryandsee OP Man
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Depends which supermarket is close by when I need something or more importantly when my cat changes his mind about the current food in the cupboard and goes round the house pretending he's starved and neglected

That made me laugh

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London

Half our meals contain via Hello fresh, rest is primarily Morrisons as it is the most local

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By *ryandsee OP Man
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Half our meals contain via Hello fresh, rest is primarily Morrisons as it is the most local"

Not sure how economical that is but lots of people seem to use or similar 'meal' delivery services.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

Ocado and Waitrose.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aldi is mainly for meat, fridge stuff and snacks.

Morrisons is mainly for fresh fruit and veg, cleaning products, toiletries, tinned stuff etc.

I have a 2 week meal plan so I buy exactly what amount of meat I need and have a strict shopping list. If it's not on it then it doesn't get brought.

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Tesco and Sainsbury's, as there literally over the road.

Might shop at Lidl or Aldi if they delivered.

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By *ryandsee OP Man
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"Aldi is mainly for meat, fridge stuff and snacks.

Morrisons is mainly for fresh fruit and veg, cleaning products, toiletries, tinned stuff etc.

I have a 2 week meal plan so I buy exactly what amount of meat I need and have a strict shopping list. If it's not on it then it doesn't get brought.

That's good discipline and I need some and there is no innuendo in that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Aldi is mainly for meat, fridge stuff and snacks.

Morrisons is mainly for fresh fruit and veg, cleaning products, toiletries, tinned stuff etc.

I have a 2 week meal plan so I buy exactly what amount of meat I need and have a strict shopping list. If it's not on it then it doesn't get brought.

That's good discipline and I need some and there is no innuendo in that

It has to be done when the food bill keeps going up...both mine shot up this week.

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

Thursday Evenings after work, Waitrose, the car park is free after 6pm and it’s just me and the old ladies that have been walking around in circles since 2pm looking for the exit.

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By *heodore21Man
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

M&S for meet /cheese/wine/groceries/fruits and Lidl For bits and pieces ...

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By *heodore21Man
over a year ago

Milton Keynes

"Thursday Evenings after work, Waitrose, the car park is free after 6pm and it’s just me and the old ladies that have been walking around in circles since 2pm looking for the exit. "

Epic lol...

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Only a monthly basis I only rarely buy a bit of fresh fruit and veg and 1 -2 milk.

There’s only 2 of us and we’re barely home only in the uk 50% . We keep a huge stock of spices, flour, tinned tomatoes , tomatoe purée, oils, pasta, rice , cereals and frozen meat and frozen bread which we buy using friends discounts or Asda / Morrisons.

Don’t really eat anything from tins and packets either cook from scratch or eat out

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London

"Half our meals contain via Hello fresh, rest is primarily Morrisons as it is the most local

Not sure how economical that is but lots of people seem to use or similar 'meal' delivery services. "

We waste almost non of it. So from that point it"s a win. We have three good healthy meals a week and then the rest are far cheaper and more convenient pasta type dishes.

Is it an indulgence? Probably, but we make sacrifices elsewhere

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