Today's Yellow Sticker Bargains

[Reynard]

I will never forget trhe time when Tesco paid me to take a couple of Mangos

Several mangos in the clearance, reduced from £1 to 20p. I pick two up and take them to the checkout (with other goods), expecting to pay 40p for them. But full price Mangos were on buy one, get 2nd at half price offer at the time, and so their system automatically subtracted 50p from that 40p. Meaning they paid me 10p to take the mangos.

They have fixed that since then (this was somewhere around 2001/2002), so that type of offer no longer gets applied to clearance items.

I'm not sure what they would have done if I had gone to the till with just the mangos and nothing else. I can't believe they would actually have handed me 10p.

I've been paid to take away stuff, but those days have been and gone. Ah well, hey ho...

 

[stephec]

Went to Asda today and found four cans of Brewdog Punk gluten free for £2.38, all because the box was a bit ripped. 🍻😊

 

[Reynard]

Yesterday's best buy in Tesco was four boxes of "Finest" Earl Grey teabags (100's) at £1.38 each, as they were end-of-line. (With nearly two years still to run on the date!)

New boxes on the shelf have a different design, *and* 20 fewer teabags at £2.60, just 15p less than the full price of the above.

I don't drink Earl Grey (I'm more of an English / Irish Breakfast kind of gal), but they've found a very good home with a friend who loves Earl Grey tea.

 

[presta]

@Reynard and others - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2er1m2rlr4o

Free food?

It'll end up with people grabbing food they can't eat then throwing it away, when the majority of food waste already occurs in the home anyway.

Cure for food waste: don't buy what you can't eat, don't cook what you can't eat.

 

[Reynard]

It'll end up with people grabbing food they can't eat then throwing it away, when the majority of food waste already occurs in the home anyway.

Cure for food waste: don't buy what you can't eat, don't cook what you can't eat.

Yep. This ^^^

As a yellow sticker-er of many decades standing (the parentals used to do it as well), I can say that one of the most crucial skills to learn is knowing when to stop, step back and say "that's enough for me."

It's no point taking something if you can't use it, no matter how cheap it is - and that also includes shoving it in the freezer and then also still not using it. My late father was the master when it came to inappropriate quantities - he once came home with 53 raspberry yoghurts! And so I learned that there is a distinct dividing line between making the most of a good buy and getting shot when you come home.

Very little food waste happens here. I cook according to what wants using up, am happy to change my plans if I see something is beginning to look a bit tired (jams, marmalades, puddings, soups and curries are the usual solutions), and I largely avoid buying things that have a very short shelf life, such as pre-cut fruit & veg, bagged salads and the like.

 

[presta]

Yep. This ^^^

As a yellow sticker-er of many decades standing (the parentals used to do it as well), I can say that one of the most crucial skills to learn is knowing when to stop, step back and say "that's enough for me."

It's no point taking something if you can't use it, no matter how cheap it is - and that also includes shoving it in the freezer and then also still not using it. My late father was the master when it came to inappropriate quantities - he once came home with 53 raspberry yoghurts! And so I learned that there is a distinct dividing line between making the most of a good buy and getting shot when you come home.

Very little food waste happens here. I cook according to what wants using up, am happy to change my plans if I see something is beginning to look a bit tired (jams, marmalades, puddings, soups and curries are the usual solutions), and I largely avoid buying things that have a very short shelf life, such as pre-cut fruit & veg, bagged salads and the like.

I'm not really very good at improvising so I generally make sure I buy just what I need for the menu.

 

[Reynard]

I'm not really very good at improvising so I generally make sure I buy just what I need for the menu.

I guess I'm far luckier than most in that respect, as a) my mum trained in a professional kitchen, and she taught be how to cook, b) I've been doing stuff in the kitchen since I was old enough to hold a wooden spoon and stir a bowl of something, and c) as a result, I have a very broad repertoire.

 

[presta]

I guess I'm far luckier than most in that respect, as a) my mum trained in a professional kitchen, and she taught be how to cook, b) I've been doing stuff in the kitchen since I was old enough to hold a wooden spoon and stir a bowl of something, and c) as a result, I have a very broad repertoire.

I can cook from a recipe, but I find it very stressful if it's not well rehearsed.

 

[Reynard]

I can cook from a recipe, but I find it very stressful if it's not well rehearsed.

Awh xxx

I cook to de-stress. I find there's nothing more enjoyable than working with really good ingredients.

 

[Jameshow]

Awh xxx

I cook to de-stress. I find there's nothing more enjoyable than working with really good ingredients.

Me too. Got the basics for next Friday dinner party.....

 

[Reynard]

Me too. Got the basics for next Friday dinner party.....

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Meat? Or spinach, ricotta & walnuts?

Where did you get those from? I still have a couple of boxes left from when Tesco here stopped stocking them and put them on clearance (I cleaned them out), but have got to the point where I need to find an alternative source. I'd have thought Waitrose would have them in, but no...

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Where did you get those from? I still have a couple of boxes left from when Tesco here stopped stocking them and put them on clearance (I cleaned them out), but have got to the point where I need to find an alternative source. I'd have thought Waitrose would have them in, but no...

@Reynard if you can't find cannelloni, an alternative is to buy lasagna sheets.
If fresh, spread the filling then roll them up.
If it's dried lasagna sheets, blanch them first so they can be rolled up.

 

[Reynard]

@Reynard if you can't find cannelloni, an alternative is to buy lasagna sheets.
If fresh, spread the filling then roll them up.
If it's dried lasagna sheets, blanch them first so they can be rolled up.

That's what I had been thinking of doing @Pat "5mph"

 

[Jameshow]

Meat? Or spinach, ricotta & walnuts?

Where did you get those from? I still have a couple of boxes left from when Tesco here stopped stocking them and put them on clearance (I cleaned them out), but have got to the point where I need to find an alternative source. I'd have thought Waitrose would have them in, but no...

I have a little Italian cafe I frequent and he sells me them, it's my turn to cook for my northern dads!