Reemul
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Asda food is crap, rubbish quality and full of juice rather than anything of substance but it is cheaper, luckily saving a few quid on groceries is not something i have to particularly do
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The shopping game
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I'm surprised by the Asda food comments as I've always found it great, obviously everyone's personal experience is valid though.
I'm mainly Sainsbury's at Marsh Mills now though, Asda if I need 24 hours.
I'm mainly Sainsbury's at Marsh Mills now though, Asda if I need 24 hours.
bobmac
Major Champion
The idea of the game was to shop around for the best deals without trudging around from shop to shop and it doesn't just save a few pennies here and there, it's many pounds which is important to some who don't have money to waste.
Neilds
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I'm not knocking it as I have never done online shopping, but how much does each delivery charge add? I suspect that it can soon add up if using multiple shops, same as fuel costs by visiting the shops
We have an annual Tesco one, costs about £50 bucks if I remember rightly, great value for money over the year.
I use it for when I arrive at work and if we go away to a holiday cottage, normally at least twice a year, we get a delivery on arrival day
bobmac
Major Champion
Tesco anytime delivery pass is £83.88We have an annual Tesco one, costs about £50 bucks if I remember rightly, great value for money over the year.
I use it for when I arrive at work and if we go away to a holiday cottage, normally at least twice a year, we get a delivery on arrival day
Asda anytime delivery pass is £65
I don't have a delivery pass as I only shop once every 3 or 4 weeks so I pay the £1.50-£2 per shop.
And as my nearest Asda is a 32 mile round trip, I think it's worth it.
PJ87
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We have an annual Tesco one, costs about £50 bucks if I remember rightly, great value for money over the year.
I use it for when I arrive at work and if we go away to a holiday cottage, normally at least twice a year, we get a delivery on arrival day
It's a bargain tbh, I pay £7 a month think it is , we have 2 shops delivered at home a week and then I have 2 shops a month delivered to work for the tuck shop I run. I let them use it for free might aswell
You are right Bob, it is £84, still excellent value for us as a family
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
You are right Bob, it is £84, still excellent value for us as a family
During COVID we started doing pick up from our local Tesco car park , leaving the delivery slots for the less able.
When COVID was less of a thing we moved to home delivery, first was once a week with a top up shop midweek me going shop
It developed into 2 shops a week
The £84 is defo worth it , saves so much time
bobmac
Major Champion
Absolutely, especially if you're spending that much.
CliveW
Tour Winner
Tesco's Click & Collect and home deliveries really wind me up! Our Tescos seem to be the main store for these services in our area. You can hardly walk up and down the aisles because of the number of pickers filling carts for those who can't be bothered to visit the store. Now, in the past week, they have moved the drive through collection point from the back of the car park to directly outside the front door thus forcing the customers who do shop in the store to park further away. Queues at check outs are getting longer as fewer are open and the self scan ones are hopeless due to "Unidentified object in the bagging area". If we had an alternative store I would use it
Orikoru
Tour Winner
We do most of our shopping at Costco. Pack of 8 chicken breasts, pack of 6 pieces of salmon, pair them up and put in the freezer. Pack of 24 Pepsi Max Cherry and 7up Free for the fridge. Probably cost us £300 for a full shop but that stuff lasts the best part of a month. Then it's only little bits a pieces you need to get from week to week.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Pre COVID I used to always go Smithfield's on my nights
Big bit of ribeye steak , couple boxes of chicken breasts (cheaper than Costco) cut up the steak then freeze the lot
Latest few months
Haven't been since COVID mind but I did this for the best part of a decade
chellie
Tour Winner
I will only buy British meat and chicken so if I need to get it from a supermarket I use Aldi or M and S