Buying Groceries on Yellow Sticker

[Smithbat]

I don't get her to do it. She's happy to go. When she doesn't, she gets a delivery.

Defensive, raw nerve, etc.

There are those of us who actually enjoy going round a supermarket. If I took Mr S he would fill my basket with crap. I love a good mooch round the shelves and a rifle through the yellow stickers.

 

[Fnaar]

As far as I can make out the danger is from being killed in the rush rather than food poisoning.

View: https://youtu.be/Oawo_hziiw4

I'd have waded into the crowd, windmilling my arms and 'moshing'. Then, when I'd cleared a satisfactory space, I'd have looked to see what it was they were after.

 

[jayonabike]

Me too. I hate the supermarket environment, so avoid at all costs. I really can't remember last time I did a supermarket shop. Like User482, we buy all our fruit and veg in a local shop. We used to have a great butcher too but they shut a few years back.

The Mrs & myself hate supermarket shopping so we get it delivered every week. We've worked out the best time to get it delivered to keep substitutions to a minimum (usually 1 or 2 a week, some weeks none)
She pays for the 3 month super saver delivery thingy and it costs us £6 for 3 months of weekly deliverys.
I have the app on my phone so can add a sneaky bottle or 2 to the order!
Sod walking round a supermarket

 

[ianrauk]

Its alright saying that, but you'll get bread and milk thats on the day and fruit/veg that they are going to throw out.
Internet shopping is o.k but not for fresh stuff because they take the hit and miss.

That's not true. Mrs Ian is a stickler for use by and sell by dates. If that was the case she wouldn't use delivery.

 

[Reynard]

So everybody (except @User482) goes to the supermarket to get bargains? I won't say no to a marked down product at a supermarket, but nothing there compares to market sellers. If I walk past a street market veggie stall, I will fill a bag with the "every bowl £1" bargains they are getting rid of. These are so much cheaper and better than what's at the supermarket, with less waste too. Maybe lash out and get something "full price" with the money I've saved.

Sometimes you have to watch out on those £1 bowls - they're not always as good a value as you might think. The veggie ones, bar a few exceptions, actually tend to be more expensive than the equivalent quantity in the supermarket. The fruit ones are much better value, but you still have to keep an eye out, especially if the supermarket is doing good offers, never mind yellow sticker. However, the bowls of avocadoes are always a go-to if they don't have them on yellow sticker. 90p for one avocado seems obscene if I can get 4 for £1 on the market.

On the other hand, I bought several packs of 4 ripen at home avocados on YS just before Christmas for 18p a pack, so 4 1/2p per avocado. They keep fabulously in the veg drawer in the fridge. Besides, I *adore* avocado on toast with a sprinkling of salt and pepper on top

 

[Racing roadkill]

Just kinda curious really, whether anyone else does this. Have to confess I do - love the way it gives me more bang-for-buck, especially on good cuts of meat, fish, fruit & veg. Eating healthily can get expensive otherwise. OK, I'm not adverse to the odd cake or three too - if there's a good mark down on them...

Tonight's supper (a bit of a lazy one as I normally cook from scratch); a tesco's finest vintage cheddar and onion quiche, 25p, one bag of 5 veg medley, 20p, a bag of baby carrots, 10p, and a strawberry trifle, 50p. And there's still enough for tomorrow as well.

Picked up a kilo of olives from the deli counter for 55p on new year's eve as well.

I spent many years as a student. I learned when to go shopping to maximise my money. Many times, the exact same items can be had for far less, just by waiting a few hours.

 

[TrishE]

It is in my experience.

I have to have the pleasure of getting something from the very back of the shelf.

Whereas the internet customer has the pleasure of getting something from the delivery out the back if the date is longer it's a while since I did online but we had to put the item in a blue bag if the date was short and the customer then didn't have to accept it. We were told to shop as we would for ourselves and must give the longest date which is common sense really

 

[User482]

I'm surprised User482 is giving money to a greengrocer when he could be planting veg in his own garden/allotment and tending to soil enriched with his own dung using tools he's fashioned himself from recycled driftwood. Or summat.

I do that as well, obvs.

 

[winjim]

Another tip from the hygienist...do NOT rinse after brushing, toothpaste should linger for max effectiveness

Yep. Chemical reaction between fluoride in the paste and hydroxyapatite in the saliva, producing hydroxyfluoroapatite which is less soluble than the hydroxyapatite in tooth enamel, so aids remineralisation and makes the teeth stronger.

Fun toothpaste fact no 2: There's no need for it to foam. They put the foamy stuff in because otherwise people don't perceive it as actually doing anything.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I bought a £40.00 taste the difference turkey crown reduced to £6.49 on Boxing day. I'm a veggie but the cat has enjoyed it.

I did similar, not on boxing day because I was working, a few days later.
I'm not a veggie, I share with the cat
@Reynard my favorite 2nd of January activity is going round the major supermarkets to buy all the reduced stuff

 

[jayonabike]

Its alright saying that, but you'll get bread and milk thats on the day and fruit/veg that they are going to throw out.
Internet shopping is o.k but not for fresh stuff because they take the hit and miss.

Nope not true. The bread is used up before the sell by date and we always have a bit of milk left over when the next shop is delivered. Never had a problem with the fruit and veg either.

 

[dim]

Yep. Chemical reaction between fluoride in the paste and hydroxyapatite in the saliva, producing hydroxyfluoroapatite which is less soluble than the hydroxyapatite in tooth enamel, so aids remineralisation and makes the teeth stronger.

Fun toothpaste fact no 2: There's no need for it to foam. They put the foamy stuff in because otherwise people don't perceive it as actually doing anything.

I always thought that fluoride is bad for you?

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I can't be doing with the descending pack of crows around the reduced bin, the normal rules of polite humanity go out of the window for the sake of a pound off some rather ill looking produce.

 

[winjim]

I always thought that fluoride is bad for you?

It is in high doses, which is why kiddies' toothpaste is low in fluoride and why swallowing toothpaste, particularly for children, is not a great idea. You'll also notice on the toothpaste tube it says to discuss with your dentist if you're taking fluoride supplements. But for most adults, with normal use, the levels in toothpaste and fluoridated water are fine.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

sheesh