Overpriced food items

Farmed = no thanks.

bought this from (Sainbury's) organic carrots 750g pack for(reduced) 10p also got app on phone buy any pack of carrots get 10p cashback = £0.00

Just get it from the foodbank instead.

dukeofpuke - what's that got to do with overpriced items lol.

Beer, but that is due to the scandalous amount of duty levied.

anything that has been plugged as a superfood is overpriced

the tin of sardines will surely hit the radar soon and be available for £2.45 a tin.



pasta is a good one too, the variation is huge as is the difference in price, and
what exactly do you want from your pasta?

You want your pasta to be rough and absorbent so the sauce clings to it. And for that, it'll be an extra quid please

problem with Sardines donny is that it's a very strong taste/smell, a requires taste even, Mackerel and salmon for example taate much nicer, demand will always be higher for them and reflected in price.

dont tell the supermarkets, they charge much more for smellier cheeses !

I think Cheese is very expensive. That's why I rarely buy cheese.*








* I never buy cheese.

No waste, in cheese.

As my mother used to say.

cheese with stronger smells have usually takes more time and resource to produce, bit different to fish.

anything that has been plugged as a superfood is overpriced

the tin of sardines will surely hit the radar soon and be available for £2.45 a tin.


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It's gradually sinking in with people that Aldi and Lidl sell high quality food at the lowest price.Simples.

^ disagree entirely. Those shops are for poor people and gypsies only.

If you like your fruit to go moldy after just one hour from buying then Lidl is the shop for you.

You have to pick and choose from all these supermarkets.  Aldi and Lidl have lots of good stuff.

Tesco 120 g tin of sardines - two sardines and a load of oil for 40p
Lidl 120 g tin of sardines - three sardines squeezed in for 34p

Stitched up like a kipper at Tesco.

never been to aldi and lidl, nothing against them just none near me at all.

Dont buy sardines in oil, buy the ones in brine. Even better value are Pilchards in Tomato Sauce (yes really!) - same fish, and ready to go straight into a fish curry. As others have suggested Tinned sardines/pilchards are one of the last great food bargains, just behind Lambs Liver and kidneys.

why not buy sardines in sunflower or olive oil ?

Well, for one thing viamin D is fat-soluble, so you lose some of that if the fish are canned in oil.

Agree 100% about sardines/pilchards in tomato sauce. Disguises the flavour of the fish, if you're not partial to it, and brilliant on toast, butter and marmite.

scandi - Unlike screaming's health based reason, mine is purely culinary. If you are going to cook with them, or even do them on toast, with mayo or not, you do not want the things drowning in oil BEFORE you let them loose with another oil based thing, or cook them as part of a curry.

I always thought sardines in olive oil which I always buy was healthier than the one's in tomatoe sauce as the tomoatoe sauce comes with added sugar, I usually just have them in a sandwhich

on toast with mustard and cheese for me, ...(the tomato ones.)

I only go to Lidl for their Ritter Sports chocolate (250g), unsalted Pistachios, high energy brown bread, unwashed spinach and chicken thighs, others I know little about. However, I do agree about the freshness of some of their products especially vegetables and fruits.

Sardines from the fish counter is nice (if fresh) especially grilled with a bit of squeezed lemon or Patak paste; not a fan of mackerel though unless it is grilled too otherwise too oily for my liking. But I love rainbow trout (silky smooth flesh) and wild red salmon (not pink or keta) for its sweet delicate taste, but only buy if discounted otherwise £25 a kilo is just too pricey.

Saffron is more expensive than gold, by weight.

Talking of food:
I was in Sainsbury's the other day, the things I was looking at all seemed to be about 25% more expensive than Tesco?

Why do people shop there when there is a Tesco nearby, I don't get it. Do people like giving away money?

Buy a whole salmon fish for £12 to £15. Learn to cut the fish to whatever you desire. Saves about £40 when buying in packages.

The quality at Sainsbury is far superior than at Tesco especially fruit and veg, and product availability is better too. My local Tesco is good for car parking - loads of empty ones.

Are you sure there's added sugar in the tomato sauce? I thought it was just tomato puree and water.

Even if there is, the amount in the can can't be much more that you'd find in, say, a single biscuit or sweet.

Well that's an opinion but outwith own brand stuff it's the SAME stuff, but marked up significantly?

Maybe it varies from branch to branch of course. I'm not sure if the huge ones are cheaper than the smaller ones, but
the Tesco and Sainsburies I'm comparing are about the same size.

From the recipe for cooking rice in Len Deighton's Action Cook Book{

saffron if you are rich or turmeric to pretend you are rich

I do really like fish but I'm not that keen on salmon, give me a nice piece of skate or Dover sole any day instead.
To answer the question I would say scallops are overpriced for what they are, although very delicious when cooked properly they are hardly value for money for what they cost.

i have a tesco near me, my dad has a huge tesco beside him

some of the prices are different....big shop is cheaper

a friend worked as manager of a north east coop...they had
a price book issued weekly and it had 5 price bands for products
depending upon size of store

pretty sure all chains are the same...with some standard prices
and of course region wide or national offers as advertised in mail
outs and on media

Tesco is definitely cheaper on perishable goods eg those in tins and packages, but not fresh ones like fruit and veg, even meat. Also, the managers at Tesco are less knowledgeable, friendly or professional.

I'm not a fan of ordinary salmon, but the wild red ones taste entirely different to their cousin.

yeah not much sugar difference but wasn't just the sugar, olive oil and sunflower oil has always been seen as healthy for heart and good for the skin, full of anti oxidants.

Aparently Spain is going to have the longest life expectancy?

Need to start eating what they do.

A handful of loose sprouts used to be about 20p in Tesco. They don't sell them loose anymore - instead they're asking a quid for about 8 in a packet.

A complete rip off.

That looks lovely. I had a nice fattening 3 cheese pizze and chips for tea, then a boiled egg and salad to top it off :)

Quick poll:

How much do you think you speed on food every week?

I think I spend 50-60ish myself, I'm trying to cut it down as it seems a bit high.. It's not even like I buy ready meals, I don't...

I should stop making Saffron tea I suppose.