tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592892447325434256.post1967184424001239505..comments2024-03-29T07:46:37.240+00:00Comments on Less equals more: Saving money v principlesAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134857174645360450noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592892447325434256.post-87301051857241336082015-11-23T17:12:37.940+00:002015-11-23T17:12:37.940+00:00Use the supermarkets instead of letting them use y...Use the supermarkets instead of letting them use you; take advantage of all the offers that you will actually use, all the marked down reductions, everything. I use the local Co-op when I can, but have to resort to Tesco to get some heavier stuff delivered if I can't get a lift into town; Tesco at least is British owned, unlike Asda. I no longer have the luxury of transport from home, so have to think a bit harder about all sorts of things now.MrsLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18379625402563588868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592892447325434256.post-80549761274805065222015-11-23T16:51:04.568+00:002015-11-23T16:51:04.568+00:00Good to know your purse isn't taking a big hit...Good to know your purse isn't taking a big hit. And portion control is something we need to work on!!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134857174645360450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592892447325434256.post-84333777367555809202015-11-23T16:49:58.720+00:002015-11-23T16:49:58.720+00:00That's it!! I should 'use' the superma...That's it!! I should 'use' the supermarkets on my terms to get things that can't be sourced locally or directly. And always try to buy local/Scottish/British. Disappointingly a local farm's butcher shop sells their own beef and pork but then offers EU sourced chicken!!!<br /><br />Middle chicken is Ginger Snap, she's a Blacktail. She's really scrawny and thin but feisty so I know she's getting her fair share of food :-) Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134857174645360450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592892447325434256.post-35844513335766481272015-11-23T15:19:35.597+00:002015-11-23T15:19:35.597+00:00We hardly use supermarkets, it does take time, but...We hardly use supermarkets, it does take time, but the internet helps, local butchers and farmshop's, our meats are more expensive, but we eat smaller portions, our purse is not taking too huge a hit, but we do buy more items in larger scale. Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592892447325434256.post-80647110090218447222015-11-23T14:40:26.920+00:002015-11-23T14:40:26.920+00:00You are completely right, it's finding the bal...You are completely right, it's finding the balance. <br /><br />I've started to 'use' the supermarkets, I will buy their 'loss leaders' and take advantage of some of their offers, but I will not be swayed in any way shape or form to buy what they want me to buy, vouchers or no vouchers. I decide what I want and what I buy. Their end of aisle 'bargains' that cost the producers a small fortune to put their products on are mostly ignored and I go armed with my list and very rarely veer off it unless I find genuine reductions in something we use.<br /><br />Your chickens are a lovely bunch. the middle one has the same feathers as Mother Goose with a darker head to body, she is the only Hyline we have ever had with such distinctive feathering.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.com