Is it cheaper to food shop online? and which is the best supermarket to shop online at?
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Hi,
No, not cheaper - but you can easily compare prices at e.g. mysupermarket.com so you know you're getting the best deal.
I agree, not cheaper but you do not have the physical and emotional 'allure' of everything else in the shop and therefore you can limit your spending to a set list of 'essentials' and that should simply make you spend less.
True, but now you're not having to lug the shopping home, you can always get those extra two cases of Cristal ordered and delivered :)
No, G-man, not Cristal, it has to be Veuve Cliquot!
With the price of petrol going through the roof, the delivery charge gets better value by the week. And I would certainly prefer to shop from my office at home and avoid the car park rage and screaming kids.
And Tesco drivers rock!
They rock?
Well, they can't roll.
Not with the anti-roll bars fitted...
Yet another recommendation, G-Man.
Their vans are indeed very safe...
It can be cheaper but usually only on the first order as Tesco and others offer ?10 off the first spend over ?50 but after that they have your address on computer so you cant do it again with the same supermarket even if you create a new online account.
G-Man is spot on mysupermarket.com is my fave and its very accurate - I use it to make a shopping list before i go shopping.
You can make shopping cheaper though by using the many vouchers and offers on magicfreebies.co.uk and other voucher websites! Even getting totally free food for example -
http://www.offeroasis.co.uk/freebies/food_and_drink/free_blue_dragon_stir_fry_sauce_sachet.html
Once the delivery charges are added the price goes up of course.
But one day we will all be living in pods ordering our food from internet Amazon-esque warehouses so might be a good idea to get some practice in now!
>;o)
But magnate how free is this food really? Nothing is truely for free, they often ask you for your details and then bombard your email account or phone with advertising... I am a bit sceptical of "free" stuff
Create a different "spam email account" and use it for signing up to freebies - gmail and hotmail are good ones - then use a form filler like Roboform to fill the forms automatically - you basically setup profiles - i am a comper so i have comping profile , spam profile - with false address , false name , sex , age etc, freebies profile with just enough info to get the freebies and then job profile etc etc etc
And yes its free - I just got two 125g bags of free Kenco coffee this morning , two teabags from tetley to try , Voucher for a free sachet of Blue Dragon sauce (my third one). I get freebies every day and believe me it does help when you are on the dole. It pays to be inventive!
Alternatively just type into google "free ...."
Ie Free Coffee
Does anyone give the delivery man a dropsy? Or do you make him breakfast? I'm just interested .....
Dare I ask what a dropsy is............? Mind boggling!
Only at Christmas, Snoops. The dropsy, that is, not the breakfast!
My dear Jazz .. a 'dropsy' is slang for a tip or bribe, a little appreciation of 'services rendered' .... the breakfast tend to come after 'extended appreciation' .... :-)
is it really Snoops, have never heard of dropsy in that context, my mind was doing overtime trying to figure that one out! I'd sort of worked out the breakfast bit..and no I haven't..either!
no - definitely not, and they don;t look at what they send you in terms of quality - my daughter gets loads of food that is going off or sell by dates up in one days time
Really thats useful to know.
And a bit sad.
Really? Have never had problems like that, if I received anything that was going off I'd complain.
It's obviously down to the store where your shopping comes from. I've rarely had any problems with Tesco but if there is anything wrong it is very quickly put right.
I think it probably is cheaper, as it's easier to stick to your list rather than browsing the shleves and buying things you don't really need just because you see them.
Only if you use a comparison site to choose the cheapest for your basket of goods. Dry goods and non-food items are fine purchased online, but I much prefer to choose fresh goods myself as sometimes another option is better than fruit or veg that is past its best.
I do the same Sidesalad..all the heavy and bulky stuff gets delivered but fruit veg and bread I like to get myself
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