Bonkers!

[EltonFrog]

Today I have been making plum chutney (sans snail) after the preparation I realised I did not have enough jars. So, i popped out on my bike to the shops to get a couple. The cheapest I could find available to me today were 50p each, or I could have bought some Kilner jars at £1.50 plus each.

However I can buy jars of Sainsbury's Value Marmalade for 30p.

Completely Bonkers!

 

[cosmicbike]

It does seem it sometimes. I make chicken pie fillings in batches every month, by the time I've bought all the ingredients it's cheaper to buy a pie from Sainsburys. But, it doesn't taste as nice and you get zero satisfaction from eating mass produced food.
Same story with burgers. I make my own beefburgers and chicken burgers, I know exactly what goes in them, no junk, and they never last long in front of my kids. Shop bought burgers are poo poo'd...

 

[EltonFrog]

I think I've not explained my point properly.

It was cheaper to buy jars of jam, than it was to buy empty jars.

I needed jars, so I bought the cheap Sainsburys marmalade decantted that into an airtight container washed and sterilised the jars and used them for my chutney.

 

[marknotgeorge]

It's completely sane if you think about it. Far more people buy jam from stores than make it, and even those who do make jam tend to use recycled jars. So as far as the jam jar manufacturer's concerned, the jam factories buy far more jars. Economies of scale, and all that.

 

[slowmotion]

if you want big ones, Ikea do Kilner style jars at no great cost . They are called Korken...
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/small_storage/15950/

 

[EltonFrog]

if you want big ones, Ikea do Kilner style jars at no great cost . They are called Korken...
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/small_storage/15950/

Thanks for that link.

 

[slowmotion]

My pleasure!

 

[EltonFrog]

Most of the jars I get are recycled, but I need to find a cheap supply, I make over 200 jars of preserves a year.

 

[Piemaster]

Most of the jars I get are recycled, but I need to find a cheap supply, I make over 200 jars of preserves a year.

Thats a lot of preserves.
Have you tried ebay for the jars?

 

[EltonFrog]

Thats a lot of preserves.
Have you tried ebay for the jars?

Not yet, I need to do some research, I will check ebay.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Mason Jars
http://www.uline.com/Product/Detail...KXwBZupsDkby6-mjFtMhwaAlUW8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
You must wear your right pant leg rolled up while canning, and have a white apron.

 

[ufkacbln]

I remember there was a story about bananas and a supermarket

Basically Bananas were place on offer with bonus loyalty points

The value of these points was actually greater than the cost of the bananas

Someone spotted this and was travelling round the stores, buying their entire stock, then giving them away

 

[ColinJ]

I remember there was a story about bananas and a supermarket

Basically Bananas were place on offer with bonus loyalty points

The value of these points was actually greater than the cost of the bananas

Someone spotted this and was travelling round the stores, buying their entire stock, then giving them away

I could have applied that logic last night ... The local One Stop were doing three bars of chocolate (various types) for £1.20, whereas individual bars were over 60p. I could have bought three bars and given one away and saved money over buying two.


(I bought three bars and ate them all!)