What foods do you buy the value range of?

*paul* · 16-07-2011, 18:34

I aks this as i have just been to Morrisons, 16p for a tin of value kidney beans, 79p branded. In chilli they taste the same, and surely a kidney bean is a kidney bean.

Cake_Nibbler · 16-07-2011, 19:10

Never buy value. Always either own brand or about 1/3 of the time 'a finest' range.

stud u like · 16-07-2011, 19:29

I don't think I buy any.

*paul* · 16-07-2011, 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by stud u like

I don't think I buy any.

Isn't one kidney bean the same as another ?

BillyBatty · 16-07-2011, 20:00

Jaffa cakes
Chocolate
Fruit and veg
That's about it

Rossall · 16-07-2011, 20:16

Bleach

x_malibubabe · 16-07-2011, 20:26

I buy smart price 9p noodles, I don't use the sachets I just use my own spices and the noodles are all the same, even the Sharwoods egg noodles taste exactly like the 9p ones to me once you've added everything to them.

I get smart price veg in cans, carrots, mushrooms, sweetcorn etc and I agree with kidney beans, they only go in something like a chilli and all taste the same when in them.

I can't buy cheap beans, I can taste the salt in them and it's disgusting.

cupovcoffee? · 16-07-2011, 20:36

porridge, squash, jam, cream crackers, choccies and biscuits..usually all from sainsburys basics range

misha06 · 16-07-2011, 21:58

Tinned Sweetcorn
Cooking bacon
Ground black pepper, asalt (does that count as a food

)
Carrots and Onions.

After they have been cooked up in dish, can't really taste any difference to the regular stuff. Organic, etc, excepted

I have in the past, just to know what it's like and if there is any marked difference, I have bought a couple of'processed' foodstuffs like yogurt or pies.

Won't a second time, bleugh!

_radioamerica · 16-07-2011, 22:07

Value pie is gross!

Rossall · 17-07-2011, 01:26

Asda Smartprice instant coffee tastes like Bisto..

diablo · 17-07-2011, 05:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rossall

Asda Smartprice instant coffee tastes like Bisto..

Good to use with your roast beef then - can't be bad.

I can't taste the difference in kidney beans really. As another poster has said - value Jaffa cakes - I find they are better than the 'proper' ones.

Smokeychan1 · 17-07-2011, 08:52

I buy value kidney beans, butterbeans etc. Fruit juice (but I can only drink fruit juice diluted anyway). Someone else mentioned Porage - big bag for 69p and tastes no different to Scott's, which costs a £1 more!

marcla · 17-07-2011, 10:57

Forzen veg.
Sliced ham (for pack up),
Pickled onions,
some fresh fruit and veg,
loaves of bread ( i freeze them).

Flying Dagger · 17-07-2011, 12:32

Skimmed milk in cartons.

KidPoker · 17-07-2011, 15:15

I would eat value carrots and peas. I would never touch the meat, or anything else.

camer · 17-07-2011, 15:25

Frozen garden peas
Frozen corn
Frozen prawns
All from Lidls.

mrs_buckley · 17-07-2011, 15:40

Canned tomatoes, tesco value pork pies, and that horrible plastic ham that's dead cheap, biscuits, some veg, jam, cheese occasionally, frozen fish portions, kitchen roll, frozen chips...

mrs_buckley · 17-07-2011, 15:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rossall

Asda Smartprice instant coffee tastes like Bisto..

Funny you should say that cos Tesco own (not value) beef gravy granules taste like coffee!!

degsyhufc · 17-07-2011, 15:58

I've bought Morrisons value pork chops a few times and they were fine. 4 chops for about £2.50.
I never ate them plain. Always spiced and marinated them.

freakyogre777 · 17-07-2011, 18:45

I regularly buy tinned kidney beans, sweetcorn and tomatoes as they all taste pretty much the same to me.

Tesco do a sweet and sour sauce in a tin, which is lovely and only about 30p (when I can find it). I also get their frozen stir fry vegetables as think they're fab - loads of different veg and handy for me as I can take out just the amount I need. Oh and their value packets of vegetable rice is really nice too.

To be honest, i'll try most things from the cheaper ranges as if I like it, i'll continue to buy it and save money. If I find they're horrible, i'll stick to what I usually get which is 90% of the time, own brand.

degsyhufc · 17-07-2011, 19:19

I've tried value tinned tomatoes before but don't like them. To watery and bitter. A little bit more spent on a brand is highly recommended on this occation.

Samster · 17-07-2011, 19:44

Actually a lot more than I thought judging by today's grocery shop

This is all ASDA stuff by the way:
- long life skimmed milk
- jaffa cakes (better than McVities in my opinion
- peanuts
- pitta breads
- malt loaf
- eggs

I'm sure there are others

Rossall · 17-07-2011, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrs_buckley

Funny you should say that cos Tesco own (not value) beef gravy granules taste like coffee!!

LOL

The worst value Coffee I've had was the old Kwik Save No Frills stuff. I swear the best use for that would have been preserving wood.

One of my neighbours even had a No Frills T Shirt: http://image.spreadshirt.net/image-s...t-t-shirt.png:)

big_hard_lad · 18-07-2011, 09:27

I buy the Tesco Value Mushrooms (the only fruit or veg I actually buy from a supermarket) cause they are dirt cheap and really quite good.

16-07-2011, 18:34	#1
paul Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 3,239	What foods do you buy the value range of? I aks this as i have just been to Morrisons, 16p for a tin of value kidney beans, 79p branded. In chilli they taste the same, and surely a kidney bean is a kidney bean.

16-07-2011, 21:58	#9
misha06 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 3,180	Tinned Sweetcorn Cooking bacon Ground black pepper, asalt (does that count as a food) Carrots and Onions. After they have been cooked up in dish, can't really taste any difference to the regular stuff. Organic, etc, excepted I have in the past, just to know what it's like and if there is any marked difference, I have bought a couple of'processed' foodstuffs like yogurt or pies. Won't a second time, bleugh!

16-07-2011, 19:10	#2
Cake_Nibbler Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,463	Never buy value. Always either own brand or about 1/3 of the time 'a finest' range.

16-07-2011, 19:29	#3
stud u like Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Sunny Side Of The Street Posts: 40,105	I don't think I buy any.

16-07-2011, 19:32	#4
paul Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 3,239	Quote: Originally Posted by stud u like I don't think I buy any. Isn't one kidney bean the same as another ?

16-07-2011, 20:00	#5
BillyBatty Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,413	Jaffa cakes Chocolate Fruit and veg That's about it

16-07-2011, 20:16	#6
Rossall Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9,433	Bleach

16-07-2011, 20:26	#7
x_malibubabe Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,105	I buy smart price 9p noodles, I don't use the sachets I just use my own spices and the noodles are all the same, even the Sharwoods egg noodles taste exactly like the 9p ones to me once you've added everything to them. I get smart price veg in cans, carrots, mushrooms, sweetcorn etc and I agree with kidney beans, they only go in something like a chilli and all taste the same when in them. I can't buy cheap beans, I can taste the salt in them and it's disgusting.

16-07-2011, 20:36	#8
cupovcoffee? Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: wereva i lay mi head.. Posts: 81	porridge, squash, jam, cream crackers, choccies and biscuits..usually all from sainsburys basics range

16-07-2011, 22:07	#10
_radioamerica Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wagner Posts: 4,632	Value pie is gross!

17-07-2011, 01:26	#11
Rossall Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9,433	Asda Smartprice instant coffee tastes like Bisto..

17-07-2011, 05:17	#12
diablo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 8,103	Quote: Originally Posted by Rossall Asda Smartprice instant coffee tastes like Bisto.. Good to use with your roast beef then - can't be bad. I can't taste the difference in kidney beans really. As another poster has said - value Jaffa cakes - I find they are better than the 'proper' ones.

17-07-2011, 08:52	#13
Smokeychan1 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9,286	I buy value kidney beans, butterbeans etc. Fruit juice (but I can only drink fruit juice diluted anyway). Someone else mentioned Porage - big bag for 69p and tastes no different to Scott's, which costs a £1 more!

17-07-2011, 10:57	#14
marcla Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Old York Posts: 747	Forzen veg. Sliced ham (for pack up), Pickled onions, some fresh fruit and veg, loaves of bread ( i freeze them).

17-07-2011, 12:32	#15
Flying Dagger Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 1,359	Skimmed milk in cartons.

17-07-2011, 15:15	#16
KidPoker Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Winnersville Posts: 4,058	I would eat value carrots and peas. I would never touch the meat, or anything else.

17-07-2011, 15:25	#17
camer Inactive Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 5,043	Frozen garden peas Frozen corn Frozen prawns All from Lidls.

17-07-2011, 15:40	#18
mrs_buckley Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NE England Posts: 2,491	Canned tomatoes, tesco value pork pies, and that horrible plastic ham that's dead cheap, biscuits, some veg, jam, cheese occasionally, frozen fish portions, kitchen roll, frozen chips...

17-07-2011, 15:42	#19
mrs_buckley Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NE England Posts: 2,491	Quote: Originally Posted by Rossall Asda Smartprice instant coffee tastes like Bisto.. Funny you should say that cos Tesco own (not value) beef gravy granules taste like coffee!!

17-07-2011, 15:58	#20
degsyhufc Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 58,791	I've bought Morrisons value pork chops a few times and they were fine. 4 chops for about £2.50. I never ate them plain. Always spiced and marinated them.

17-07-2011, 18:45	#21
freakyogre777 Forum Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,521	I regularly buy tinned kidney beans, sweetcorn and tomatoes as they all taste pretty much the same to me. Tesco do a sweet and sour sauce in a tin, which is lovely and only about 30p (when I can find it). I also get their frozen stir fry vegetables as think they're fab - loads of different veg and handy for me as I can take out just the amount I need. Oh and their value packets of vegetable rice is really nice too. To be honest, i'll try most things from the cheaper ranges as if I like it, i'll continue to buy it and save money. If I find they're horrible, i'll stick to what I usually get which is 90% of the time, own brand.

17-07-2011, 19:19	#22
degsyhufc Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 58,791	I've tried value tinned tomatoes before but don't like them. To watery and bitter. A little bit more spent on a brand is highly recommended on this occation.

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What foods do you buy the value range of?

17-07-2011, 19:44	#23
Samster Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 379	Actually a lot more than I thought judging by today's grocery shop This is all ASDA stuff by the way: - long life skimmed milk - jaffa cakes (better than McVities in my opinion - peanuts - pitta breads - malt loaf - eggs I'm sure there are others

17-07-2011, 20:28	#24
Rossall Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9,433	Quote: Originally Posted by mrs_buckley Funny you should say that cos Tesco own (not value) beef gravy granules taste like coffee!! LOL The worst value Coffee I've had was the old Kwik Save No Frills stuff. I swear the best use for that would have been preserving wood. One of my neighbours even had a No Frills T Shirt: http://image.spreadshirt.net/image-s...t-t-shirt.png:)

18-07-2011, 09:27	#25
big_hard_lad Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 4,011	I buy the Tesco Value Mushrooms (the only fruit or veg I actually buy from a supermarket) cause they are dirt cheap and really quite good.