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Bloody hell.
£2.75 for a jar of jam.
Half way round Sainsberry and well into triple digits. Go on, tell me what it'll be at the checkout...
Fatty Arbuckle
£17k
£175
if you can afford sainsbury's you are a well off fella......... ;o)
Misery. Shocking. ****. How much!
Thank god it's not Waitrose.
Lidl / Aldi next week
I watched the Simon reeve programme in South America. I think it was Argentina were folk stock piled loo roll as an investment as the price kept spiralling
…have you got to the booze aisle yet? That could swing it well over £200! 🤣🍺🍷🍾
£72, dont hang around looking at the wines too long, the prices will rise before you can get to the till
OP - you could be buying this - only £1.25 and it’s good stuff too…
https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-specially-selected-classic-strawberry-jam-340g/4088600090849
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People buy jam (especially at this time of year?) when there’s been free fruit everywhere for the last two months. We can’t move for jam in this house. Cost so far about £5 of sugar and some lemons.
A similar moan to the OH after he's done his shopping at sainburys. The £1.25 strawberry jam aldi sell is very nice so I refuse to pay inflated prices. (edit, look see another aldi jam fan)
People buy jam (especially at this time of year?) when there’s been free fruit everywhere for the last two months. We can’t move for jam in this house. Cost so far about £5 of sugar and some lemons.
Plus whatever energy your cooker used making it. So approx £lots at current energy prices. Oh, goody.
That Aldi jam is like crack.
Price of second hand Lego is dropping at the moment so not all bad.
Aldi for the win, pretty good food and cheap, combine with a few choice treats from Booths and it's win win.
Edit: £146.78
£2.80 seems to be the price of jam when looking.
£500 + VAT
Without seeing your shopping list?
Plus whatever energy your cooker used making it. So approx £lots at current energy prices. Oh, goody.
Plus thermometer, jam pan and jars....
(We keep any jars we buy, have had the pan and thermometer for 20 years, so now it costs sugar, lemon, maybe pectin).
Half way round Sainsberry
Mmmm...sainsberries are delicious, though. 🙂
Depends which half you've done. Have you hit the booze aisle yet?
Don't go past the butcher, as you'll be dropping off a kidney to pay for it all.
Most of our shop is done in Aldi but somethings you can't get. Luckily sainsburys is literally over the road for the few things. Those few things often come to the same as the 5 bags if stuff from Aldi.
Will have to check that Aldi jam out, don't stop buying jam there as what was on offer was full of corn syrup.
£165? If you think it’s expensive, trying living on an island where we get “convenience store” pricing - came out the other day with 2 carrier bags of basic staples, no booze for £76! We go to Oban once a month, spend about £200 and the savings more than pay for the £45 ferry fare.
Thank god it’s not Waitrose.
Bonne Maman Strawberry £2.35.
£291.69
Son1 is having a bbq tomorrow apparently...
But he's going to buy bread and meat on his way home from school. And charcoal too apparently 🙂
But I've bought him lettuce, tomatoes and onions, so at least that's most of it.
Not.
Coulda bought a bloody bike for that
Etc
Is that before a kidney or two ?
The trick is to use Sainsbury's bags for life but go shopping in Aldi/ Lidl so the neighbours know you are still living the dream.😁
We always have Range Rovers etc in our Aldi, I have you know. Probably all broken down again !
Really glad I'm back comuting to work. Saving £10 a day. I had given it up after breaking my spine 6 years ago. Mainly off road now.
£8.80 for a couple of haddock fillets in Asda earlier 😱
Thank god it’s not Waitrose.
Bonne Maman Strawberry £2.35.
But, but but... I paid £2.75 in sainsberry 🙂
It was the pretentious sloppy low sugar version though.
Why were you buying jam for a BBQ?
New Zealand....
£6 for a cabbage apparently
To put on the toast obviously Frank...
People buy jam (especially at this time of year?) when there’s been free fruit everywhere for the last two months. We can’t move for jam in this house. Cost so far about £5 of sugar and some lemons
Time is the issue. I love homeade jam. Love making things but jam is well down the list!
trying living on an island where we get “convenience store” pricing
I bet it's horrific price wise. I always image myself in situations like that like living like some of these people in super rural Canada or American where it's 4hr to the supermarket and how big a freezer I would need! Gallons of frozen milk etc
Plus whatever energy your cooker used making it. So approx £lots at current energy prices. Oh, goody.
wowsers so for about less than £2 electric (even at current prices) I have 5 litres (at least of blackberry and apple jam.
Fine stick to buying it. Also Rhubarb and ginger jam is like rocking horse shit in the actual shops and ours tastes better anyway. Suit ya self 😉
Mickey - I'll have a litre of blackberry'n'apple please and as much rhubarb'n'ginger as you're willing to sell!
You're dead right about cost and taste.
One off spend on jam pan or other suitable receptacle, possibly jars also; after that - fruit (home grown, foraged or farm shop), sugar, lemon juice, pectin, minimal spend on energy, patience.
Then there's the unquantifiable enjoyment of home made.
I've recently made 2 litres each of damson gin and vodka; cheapest spirits you can find, farm shop damsons, golden caster sugar, kilner jars.
Bottle after 6 months; drink 12 months later; sweetened, residual alcohol infused damsons then give you a great base for desserts!
Mmmm.
a few choice treats from Booths and it’s win win.
we ramraid Booths every year in November when we (family of 5) have a weekend in the Lakes self-catering. Genuinely terrified this year…
Then there’s the unquantifiable enjoyment of home made
This ^^^^^
We absolutely re-use jars. I think we bought some once,maybe?. As for time it really doesn’t take long at all.
More importantly, who has bbq days when the temperature is in single figures. And its forecast to rain all day,. And it gets dark at 4.30pm.
Standing outside in tge dark when you can't see if its raw or burnt . Cooking for for the other 5 who think this is better than the cinema, oh hang on for a minute.... There's lady's involved
Fine stick to buying it. Also Rhubarb and ginger jam is like rocking horse shit in the actual shops and ours tastes better anyway. Suit ya self 😉
I don't buy jam. I'm just pointing out that energy isn't free, and it's also got rather expensive recently.
No-one else "skip-diving" in the managers specials spot where close to sell by date stuff is reduced? Bargains to be had in there and immediate savings plus the challenge of some mystery meals made up of odd ingredient combos.
Where are all these free strawberries to make the jam with?
In the garden. The blackberrys, plumbs, apples, wild raspberries, elder/other berries are/were everywhere. It’s been a bumper year for them.
Of course I don’t have wild rhubarb and ginger ooop north, but it’s still a shed load cheaper (even including energy costs 1 ring on a hob for a little while 😉 ) than buying the stuff at the mental normal shop prices.
In Carrefour, Strawberry conserve is 99c.
Probably 99% suger, 1% Strawberries...
Ooo Bon Mamam Rasberry jam Shirley is God's spunk. If anyone can make it like that, I'll buy it even if I have to hold my nose and go to Aldi.
And yes, the supermarket run has become very expensive and what's with all the missing stuff? When did the Soviets take over?
and what’s with all the missing stuff?
yep - can't recall the last time any supermarket managed to deliver what we've ordered - always loads of things missing....
Plus random substitutions, sorry no pork sausages, so here is a tub of shampoo.
More importantly, who has bbq days when the temperature is in single figures. And its forecast to rain all day,. And it gets dark at 4.30pm.
Standing outside in tge dark when you can’t see if its raw or burnt . Cooking for for the other 5 who think this is better than the cinema, oh hang on for a minute….
errrr, I have lights outside, and a jacket hanging next to the door.
My "record" is -15 and 20+ cm of snow.
And some lovely steak.
There’s lady’s involved
nah, just mates and a bit of beer.
And if you want to see silly season, people in and around Oslo actually drive to Sweden (specifically a shopping centre called Torp, about an hour north of Göteborg) to do a quarterly shop. Some even rent larger cars and/or trailers.
The difference in prices means it's well worth it, despite a) taking all day and b) most of a tank of petrol...
More importantly, who has bbq days when the temperature is in single figures. And its forecast to rain all day,. And it gets dark at 4.30pm.
Current weather in Manc...
Honestly. It is.
Nothing wrong with a chilly BBQ. One of our best was at Glen Coe ski centre after an amazing day. Beers beautifully chilled, steaks beautifully cooked. And the heater in the van going full pelt.
No-one else “skip-diving” in the managers specials spot where close to sell by date stuff is reduced?
We always take a look at the "grabble-tisch" as my German mum used to call it.
Anyone tried the TooGoodToGo App? I signed up and check the app from time to time but they are always collection at 9pm at which time I am ready for bed rather than doing a food run. I am pretty sure it will save money though if you are willing to pop out and get the bags.
Ooo Bon Mamam Rasberry jam Shirley is God’s spunk.
And that's jam off the eating list for a while.
More importantly, who has bbq days when the temperature is in single figures.
Scotland in summertime?
only £1.25 and it’s good stuff too…
It's cheap, 'cos it's mostly sugar.
I've tried Aldi, and call me a snob (I am, but it's flippin grim), also why can't I buy 2 carrots, rather than a bag full in plastic, I want a courgette or 2, nope you can have 3 or 4 in plastic. I want X product from Y brand, nah, here's your 1 Aldi own brand only. Also you need £1 for the trolley, WHAT, who carries cash these days FFS.
Also, it's further away than the local tesco where I can can 2 carrots with no plastic.
More importantly, who has bbq days when the temperature is in single figures
We do - i'll be doing the Christmas dinner on it this year after last years success.
the local tesco where I can can 2 carrots with no plastic
Has, anyone noticed how veggies from the supermarkets die in a couple of days after buying/opening. Like they've been cryogenically stored up to the moment of purchase. Even spuds...
I want X product from Y brand, nah, here’s your 1 Aldi own brand only.
That's kind of the point!
Small stores, limited range, low prices. Get the basics from Aldi and top-up on the posh stuff from other supermarkets.
Yes they are bloody grim - but the wife goes so I don't care! 🙂
I’ve tried Aldi,
Wife went there last week it seems... It also seems they have many things that look like the things you get in other supermarkets, they're packaged just like them, same colours... however, they taste like crap.
Belvita type things, fig rolls, dried mango, cranberries etc... Just bloody awful variations on nice items.
Sure, the list of things she bought was fairly small... but i've not found one i like.
but i’ve not found one i like
Strawberry jam...? So it was worth the aggro then?
Has, anyone noticed how veggies from the supermarkets die in a couple of days after buying/opening. Like they’ve been cryogenically stored up to the moment of purchase. Even spuds…
Stored in a Nitrogen rich atmosphere for months before hand...
Stored in a Nitrogen rich atmosphere for months before hand
Aye. My next fridge will be full of nitrogen... That'll help things...
Aldi near here (Buckingham) is fine. The staff are great and the demographic is respectable. The wrong 'uns go to Farm Foods, Heron Foods etc
Belvita type things, fig rolls, dried mango, cranberries etc… Just bloody awful variations on nice items.
You just have to get used to it - if you expect Aldi's version of anything to taste like the brand you will be disappointed. And if you really need to save money you will get used to it.
The chocolate is decent! 🙂
No-one else “skip-diving” in the managers specials spot where close to sell by date stuff is reduced? Bargains to be had in there and immediate savings plus the challenge of some mystery meals made up of odd ingredient combos.
I do that when I work late - get off the train and straight into the Co-op next to the station as my train coincides with when they start to discount stuff. Just last night I got a 'Luxury Range' Fish Pie, two sea bass fillets, and a punnet of vine-ripened tomatoes for £3. THe full price for the fish pie alone was £4.85. Bunged the fish pie and fish in the freezer, the tomatoes look like they have plenty of life left in them yet...
Oh, also
who has bbq days when the temperature is in single figures. And its forecast to rain all day,. And it gets dark at 4.30pm
Me, I started with my new Go Anywhere on New years day, it's been in use all year and will still be in use till the end of the year when the new year comes and BBQ starts again 🙂
Peppers seared over fire, blackened skin removed then added to autumn/winter soups are the BEST!
That’s kind of the point!
It's not unlike me to completely miss/intentionally avoid the point 🙂
Where are all these free strawberries to make the jam with?
We get a *few* from our garden. One of the neighbours usually lugs round a couple of kg's, because as an elderly couple with *hundreds* of strawberries they struggle to eat them. Return payment is made in jars of jam. They neatly return the jars as well. 🤟
We also make jam from many wild / foraged fruit - blackberries, blackcurrant, elderberry etc.
We have apples, plums, redcurrants, blackcurrants and (new this year) blueberries in the garden.
I went shopping in waitrose for the first time the other day. Wow how the other half live. What a wonderful shop. Not like marks and spencers where you could abit sick of the richness of everything, just everything of the best quality. Some of the prices though. Wowzers.
No-one else “skip-diving” in the managers specials spot where close to sell by date stuff is reduced?
I popped into a local Lidl a couple of weeks ago, to get bread. (Their bread is far better than any of the other supermarkets.) I picked up a box of end-of-life vegetables for £1.50. When I examined it at home I found 7 packs of asparagus, 7 avocados, many, many lemons, a bunch of bananas, enough plums and pears for a crumble that evening, several packs of apples, and I think there was other stuff that I've forgotten about.
There was some wastage - nobody can eat 7 avocados in a day - but most of it got used.
I’ve tried Aldi, and call me a snob (I am, but it’s flippin grim),......
Also, it’s further away than the local tesco where I can can 2 carrots with no plastic.
The quality of food in Aldi is vastly better than the crap that Tesco punt out. The fact it's cheaper is even better. We don't tend to buy fruit or veg in Aldi though because it tends to have short dates on.
"Ooo Bon Mamam Rasberry jam Shirley is God’s spunk. If anyone can make it like that, I’ll buy it even if I have to hold my nose and go to Aldi."
I was about to post that I prefer Aldi's offering to Bon Maman, Aldi's being a bit less sweet and more fruit heavy.
No idea why anyone shops in Tescos. Must be the UK's worst supermarket. Like the meat in Morrisons butchers, love Aldi/Lidl for certain things, Asda has very cheap bunches of fresh herbs and is generally well priced for stuff outside of Lidl/Aldi, Sainsburys generally has alot of stuff that i want that others don't and I enjoy shopping there.... Tescos....YUK!
Aldi croissants are amazing, miles better than Tesco, Sainsbury's and Marks's. Half the price too. Lidl's are great too, just not quite as good as Aldi's.
Jam is one of those products that seems to have become gentrified. I was raised on 'jam butties'. Thin aneamic white bread, plastered with Stork marg out of a huge plastic tub with a dollop of 35p jam if we were lucky. If all out of jam it was straight to bed with a good hiding and no tea etc etc ad nauseum...
Yeah. Tesco habitual shopper here. If only because they're everywhere and generally have parking. They are starting to feel like the last days of the soviet union though. Slowly switching to Waitrose.
Jam is one of those products that seems to have become gentrified.
I think manufacturers have realised that folks will pay money for jam that looks like it may have been made with actual fruit, as opposed to some slimey sugared jelly that's been "flavoured"
The problem I have with Aldi is that mostly what I want from a supermarket is vegetables, and they tend to sell those in huge bags - as opposed t many of the other supermarkets who'll allow me to choose how many I want to buy at a time.
Our greengrocer is cheaper than the supermarkets.
Forget jam - has anyone seen the price of Nutella recently 😮
I was about to post that I prefer Aldi’s offering to Bon Maman, Aldi’s being a bit less sweet and more fruit heavy.
Jam is one of those products that seems to have become gentrified.
mrs_oab inherited a thrift from parents, ergo jam making isn't gentrified, it is scrimping. And homemade jam has more fruit in, plus that wonderful 'never quite know what the flavour is like' frisson of excitement....
mrs_oab inherited a thrift from parents, ergo jam making isn’t gentrified, it is scrimping.
🤣
Get out of town. Only if you own your own orchard! Otherwise by the time you've bought a huge pot, loads of bags of sugar and fruit and the outrageous cost of energy to simmer it all for god-knows how long...
[s]Only if you own your own orchard![/s]
Only if you barter with neighbours and forage. I would say over the years 80% of our years supply of jam is free soft fruit.
They make excellent presents as well, further saving.
Only now as we have a garden and know how much jam we make have we planted trees and bushes to supply our habit.
They make excellent presents as well, further saving.
...you sure about that!? 🙂
…you sure about that!? 🙂
Absolutely. I have a family member who does that. It goes straight in the bin. What on earth is a 'goose berry' anyhow?