What Consumer’s money saving tips for food shopping:
Write a shopping list and stick to it. Don’t be tempted by clever offers such as ‘buy one get one free’ offers. The price of one may be more than double two of another brand. And do you really need it anyway?
Experiment with cheaper alternatives. [...]
The cost of making these popular main courses has been compared to the price of buying like for like ready meals as part of the What Consumer Food Money Saving Study.
Key Findings:
All the chicken dishes are more expensive than the chicken ready meals. The main reason for this is obvious - you can use good [...]
Desserts, puddings and cakes are most commonly cited as those items most likely to be bought ready made as a treat. However, the study shows us that with only a little more effort and organisation, the savings can be staggering. Find out more about the Food Money Saving Study.
Key Findings:
It is clear from the results [...]
This section provides information about the difference in price between buying popular soups, sauces and side dishes and the cost of making them for yourself from scratch. Visit the following link for more information Food Money Saving Study.
Key Findings:
All these soups, sauces and side dishes are cheaper if you make them yourself. The soups [...]
What Consumer has compared the cost of making popular party food from scratch to buying it from the supermarket. Perhaps just as important as the cost issue, is the concern over salt, sugar and fat content in the food we serve to kids. Therefore, this section also explores the costs associated with making higher quality [...]
October 31st, 2008 | Catriona | 0 comments | Continued
As part of the Food Money Saving Study What Consumer has compared the price of making some popular Christmas food items from scratch to buying it from the supermarket. Find out more about the Food Money Saving Study.
Key Findings:
Christmas cakes and mince pies are much cheaper if you make them yourself, so save yourself [...]
Money Saving Expert is a great consumer resource set up by newspaper columist Martin Lewis way back in 2000. The site now gets in the order of 6,000,000 visitors per month which is absolutely staggering. The site claims to be advertising free and this is used as one of its unique [...]
May 17th, 2008 | Tony | 0 comments | Continued
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