@"M" We failed to do as well as you . Our daughter only got to eat 2 jars of 'baby food' and that was chocolate pudding as treats for her Birthday and Xmas one year (and that was only because a relative had introduced her to a jar of the stuff). We made everything ourselves (apart from those 2 jars).
Cappuccino, latte and standard made from beans ground from those in container on top of machine. In insulated plastic cup to take away, proper cup in café. No purchase required, you just need to present your card to get a cup to use at the machine. This morning we got 4 pizzas, a loaf of bread, a packet of biscuits, The Observer, an hour's town centre MSCP parking, a cup of coffee and a cup of tea to takeaway, we paid £1 for the parking and they gave us 72p out the till, so we got all that stuff for only 28p. Had some of the biscuits with our coffee (but put our rubbish in the bin and didn't chuck it out the windows like yoofs do with their McDonalds rubbish). Went to Morrisons and bought a load of half price cheese and packs of salad stuff reduced to 9p each, used a £3 off £20 spend voucher, getting the cheese down to £2.55/Kg. Found (AKA 'Wombled') a receipt in the car park with 2 items on we can claim online cashback on. In addition to receipts with cashback items on, you can also Womble Asda receipts for online Asda Price Guarantee money back, Tesco Price Promise vouchers, Tesco money off fuels vouchers, any Tesco money off (including Clubcard mailing vouchers) vouchers (it's only points vouchers and Clubcard Vouchers you need to use with the correct Clubcard), Sainsburys money off vouchers (not linked to Nectar Cards) and Sainsburys Brand Match vouchers. Receipts where a Clubcard hasn't been used can be taken to the CS Desk for the points to be put on your Clubcard. We always feel it's our duty do our bit to reduce litter (and make about £10 - £15/month including £1 coins left in trollies).
I think one or two others have also posted about B&M on here, but the regularly have some really cheap stuff, often expensive brands but short use by dates. We saw that they had Heinz Squeeze & Stir soup http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesc..._and_stir_cream_of_tomato_soup_paste_70g.html reduced to only 5p each because they had reached their 'best before' date. As we've bought these cheap before and successfully used them up to one year past their 'best before' date we bought 40 for £2, then decided that wasn't enough and bought another 30 for £1.50. Each one will make a standard size mug of Heinz Tomato Soup that's almost as good as what's sold in a can, is much easier to take camping/on hols/day trips and can be made using water boiled in a car kettle/Kelly kettle (it can get a bit messy if you boil canned tomato soup in a kettle). We'll probably regret not buying more. Other people who saw us getting loads and after being told how good they are were only putting one or two in their baskets. You have to THINK BIG to get the most out of bargains. P.S. I don't know if I've mentioned this above, but B&M do jars of Pesto Sauce @ 3 for £1.50, when a single jar of Sacla Pesto sauce costs about £2.20.
So, worse than fairly poor then. I think canned soup is one of the greatest profit-making con ever. You can take a few spoonfuls of lowest quality ingredients, worth pennies, blend it with loads of water and salt, can it and sell it for anything up to £1 per can. The 'fresh' chiller cabinet stuff is not much better. The main expenditure as far as the manufacturer goes is paying for the fuel to lug the stuff up the motorway - hence their desire to flog us the lightweight concentrated type. Well, they failed there, obvs, apart from Scrungee. These days, if I want tomato soup (and what sane person wouldn't) I whiz up a can of tomatoes with garlic, onion, herbs, celery salt, stock, whatever is to hand and seems suitable. If you add cream it goes exactly the same colour as Heinz tomato soup. Tastes fantastic, takes hardly any more time than heating up a can, very healthy (less so if you add the cream) and costs about 25p, although I realise that is serious expenditure in Scrungeeworld!
A nice variation on bangers and mash is to use polenta instead of mash. Can also save a bit by making up a big batch of croutons at home. Rub a bit of garlic, thyme or rosemarie on it and into the oven until golden brown. They go great with soups, stews or as a little snack to compliment a beer or two, or three, or four, or........
I do that sometimes when mash is not quite what I want, another good thing with Polenta is make it up with chilli flakes, slightly thicker mix, pour into a tray, when set cut into fingers, grill, shallow fry or even deep fry, as an alternative to potato chips.
Seeing as my annual expenditure on croutons is, ermm, approximately £0.00 then that would be quite a small saving. But, seeing as I'm keen on soup maybe that should change..... Does not compute.
