What's the cheapest thing you can buy in your town?

[Accy cyclist]

I only really shop in supermarkets as that's all I have time for. I've not seen anything for less than 25p (sweets) although if you extend this to loose veg, a carrot or onion is only about 7p

Carrots and onions are now roughly 17 pence each, which is more than a 100 percent price rise on your just over 2 months ago post's prices.😲 I know this, as I buy single carrots, onions, parsnips etc for my slow cooker meals. Granted, they are from overpriced Tesco and could be bought much cheaper from corner shops, if you are an even tighter wad than me.😉👍

 

[Electric_Andy]

I don't have time to walk around a supermarket mostly full of things I don't want, with the fresh food, bread and staples put in different corners to make you walk through the rest! Markets and small shops are so much faster.

that's very true, but to go to a market it's 20 mins extra drive, £2.50 parking, 10 min walk to shop, so not convenient

 

[mjr]

that's very true, but to go to a market it's 20 mins extra drive, £2.50 parking, 10 min walk to shop, so not convenient

I guess I'm lucky that it's 10 minutes extra bike ride, free parking on the square, no walk, all of which are also positives!

 

[Hover Fly]

A few years ago I put a handful of items through the self checkout at Tesco, then scanned a money off voucher and was left with 1p to pay. By credit card.

A former employee once showed me a trick whereby he scanned a few items together with yellow stickered similar items and after inserting a fiver received £6.27 in change. I believe it’s been fixed now.a

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Penny chews

 

[Electric_Andy]

Penny chews

They're probably £3.99 now

 

[Alex321]

Carrots and onions are now roughly 17 pence each, which is more than a 100 percent price rise on your just over 2 months ago post's prices.😲 I know this, as I buy single carrots, onions, parsnips etc for my slow cooker meals. Granted, they are from overpriced Tesco and could be bought much cheaper from corner shops, if you are an even tighter wad than me.😉👍

I can't remember the last time i found something in a corner shop cheaper than Tesco. It is, quite naturally, exceptionally rare, since the corner shops just don't have the buying power and economies of scale that Tesco and the other big chains have.,

 

[Alex321]

I don't have time to walk around a supermarket mostly full of things I don't want, with the fresh food, bread and staples put in different corners to make you walk through the rest! Markets and small shops are so much faster.

It is only quicker if the one small shop stocks all you want on a given shopping trip.

 

[Alex321]

A former employee once showed me a trick whereby he scanned a few items together with yellow stickered similar items and after inserting a fiver received £6.27 in change. I believe it’s been fixed now.a

Yes. Before it was fixed, I once got paid 10p to take two mangoes. They were normally £1 each, but with a buy one get 2nd half price offer. There were some in the clearance with 20p stickers on them. Took two, expecting to pay 40p, but then got 50p off for the offer. I was buying a few other things, so did have to pay an overall bill.

This would have been in the early 2000's.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

You pinched a loaf?

There’s a charity shop less than 500 meters from my front door that sticks short dated foodstuff outside for passers by to take for free.

 

[mjr]

I can't remember the last time i found something in a corner shop cheaper than Tesco. It is, quite naturally, exceptionally rare, since the corner shops just don't have the buying power and economies of scale that Tesco and the other big chains have.,

It's not that rare. The corner shop probably isn't a monopolist that has been sanctioned for price-fixing by the CMA, OFT and probably whatever other regulators came before.

It is only quicker if the one small shop stocks all you want on a given shopping trip.

Nonsense. I can walk around several small shops before I've walked as far as one hypermarket.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I can't remember the last time i found something in a corner shop cheaper than Tesco. It is, quite naturally, exceptionally rare, since the corner shops just don't have the buying power and economies of scale that Tesco and the other big chains have.,

A newly opened 'corner shop' in Accrington town centre had bananas for sale at 5p each the other day. Granted, they looked manky, but they were still only 5p.

 

[Gillstay]

A newly opened 'corner shop' in Accrington town centre had bananas for sale at 5p each the other day. Granted, they looked manky, but they were still only 5p.

Good for porridge still.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Good for porridge still.

And for house and outdoor plant food, though indoors they attract those annoying fruit flies, which have invaded my flat!!🙄 Mind you, I bought a Tesco banana the other day, costing 18 pence, which when peeled was all brown and manky in the middle, falling in half as I bit the top off!🫤 I was desperate for my daily banana so I actually tried the brown manky bit! 🙄 Heck, I got it down, but it took some effort not to 🤢🤮 up! 🙄

🤣 🤣

 

[Candele]

In my town, the cheapest thing I can still buy is probably a single banana from the local grocery store, it’s around 15p. Most shops don’t bother with small prices anymore since everything’s gone card-only. I’ve also noticed local charity shops sometimes have books or DVDs for under 50p if you catch their sale days. Sites that share small everyday deals can help too, I’ve used https://poundsavingdeals.com/ before for things like groceries and home items when prices creep up.