Comparison Shopping is Such Fun!

 It was interesting to do the Aldi/Morrisons comparison last month, in fact so much fun that I thought I would do it again!

Aldi and Asda in Stowmarket this time. And I was so right about February's food spending being amazingly low as by the time I'd shopped at both (Asda had things I needed that Aldi don't stock) I'd spent ⅔ of what I spent in the whole of February! But hopefully I now don't need to shop for much other than fresh stuff for the rest  of this month.🤞.......I always think this fingers crossed emoji looks a bit like a chicken drumstick!

This time I've  failed at writing all the Asda comparison prices down - Duh. Can't remember who the youtuber was (he got mentioned last time I did this) who does this sort of thing for a living - but he obviously has more patience than me!

This is most of the Aldi shop - I didn't photograph what I got from Asda as I was in a hurry to get everything put away so I could have my lunch.

 

 

I've not worked it out completely nor listed everything this month. There was some stuff from Asda that Aldi don't have(or I didn't find or forgot to look for).

Aldi                                                   compared with                     Asda

650g Chicken Breast    £3.49                                                 1kg = £5.35

Tin Corned Beef           £1.79                                                           £2.00

Frothy Coffee Sachets  £0.79                                      Nescafe        £1.50

Soft 'marge' for cakes* £0.75                                     Stork              £1.50

Pasta                             £0.29                                                           £0.29

Bread Flour                  £0.59                                                                ?

Yeast                            £0.59                                                             £0.79

Hot X Buns*                £0.89                                                               ?

Bread Burger Rolls(4)  £0.75                                                      (6) £0.99

Tortilla Chips               £0.45                                                                ?

Pringles*                      £1.65                              35g bigger            £2.00

Distilled Vinegar          £0.29                                   Sarsons             £1.24

Ex-Mature cheese         £1.79                                                            £2.00

Milk  2pt                       £0.95                                                            £0.95    

2   Bananas*                 £0.28                       1kg         £0.95            £0.25p

500g Carrots                 £0.27                      1kg         £0.43              £0.21

Sm. Potatoes500g        £0.62                      1kg         £0.85               £0.42

Aubergine                     £0.69                                                            £0.69

Cucumber                     £0.43                                                            £0.45

Braeburn Apples           £1.19                                                           £0.99

Lettuce *                       £0.43                                                           £0.46

*Haven't tried Aldis own make of cake making "marge" before - I'll see how it compares to Stork - which makes excellent sponge cakes.

*I know it's not Easter! but these are handy to keep in the Freezer - they fill a hungry Grandchild better than anything else .

*Pringles ....Tut -although  I do eat them as part of a meal and a tube lasts me quite a while.

*Bananas. Priced individually in Aldi and have gone up 1p each since last month.

*Iceberg lettuce- not my favourite lettuce in the  world but they are much cheaper than anything else and weight for weight are a bargain.

 Also from Aldi I bought another veggie frozen "thing" to try - (future taste test post), 

From Asda I  bought some smoked Mackerel fillets (forgot to look for these in Aldi) and some small Frozen salmon steaks, a 3kg bag of Allinsons Strong Bread flour as I've found the Aldi bread flour is best mixed with something of better quality to get a good loaf from my breadmaker, cooking chocolate and fajita seasoning which I couldn't find in Aldi. Small plum tomatoes too as I missed them in Aldi. 

Asda also have the Nescafe decaf frothy coffee sachets not available in Aldi. One thing I noticed had shot up in price was a jar of Hellmans Mayo - I tried Aldi own brand a while ago and it wasn't nice at all so reverted back to the best. I don't use it often (warm pasta salads, egg mayo sandwich) so the great ol' jar of 800g will last me months and it will need to at the shocking price of £3.29! ......looked it up later and it would have been cheaper at Morrisons ..........ho hum.

 

March Meals........................There are still several things from the pre-Christmas stash and February's shop in the freezer. I started off the month by making a quiche again, which provides me with 4 meals that don't seem repetitive if served with something different each day.The aubergine is going to make a batch of aubergine and tomato sauce for pasta(probably 4 portions); Mackerel fillets (2) also going with pasta in a warm pasta salad. The Chicken breasts have been halved and frozen making 6 meals - in tortilla wraps for one and others I've not decided on yet. ( I may go back to jointing and freezing a whole fresh chicken next time I need chicken meat - probably June shop)

 

The results of  this months comparison are not as clear cut as last months Aldi/Morrisons test. Several things in Asda work out cheaper than Aldi whereas last month Morrisons was more expensive nearly all the time (although Asda often only have larger packs for a family rather than a single person). 

 

All jolly good fun............... what shall I compare next month?

 

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Sue