if you go shopping when you've just eaten a good meal you are a lot less likely to overspend on food

@fatimanoorahmad8720

4 жыл бұрын

True! The hungrier you are the more you are tempted to buy

@healingleafwave6963

3 жыл бұрын

Yes true im out of food on payday so ill be hungry but its still cheaper to eat a good meal at a restaurant then shop for every craving you have in the store.

@p.s.csdeaky8530

3 жыл бұрын

My mother always tells me this.

@madmoose3796

3 жыл бұрын

im allways hungry

@frankservant5754

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree

I remember once there were many packages of some fruit and the store cold not get rid of it. Each package cost £1. The managers did the trick of repacking the fruit into half size containers and reducing the prize half (so it was sold for exactly the same price per kg). Then they put a big sign with ONLY 50p a package and suddenly customers got into hysterical fight to get as many packages as possible. The managers were watching nearby, grinning. We got rid of all the fruit which was nearly out of date.

@rachiti

6 жыл бұрын

My local grocery store will do this too. They will "mark down" meat or packaged cooler items but leave the price nearly the same as the regular price - sadly, people fall for that so often. My favorite is when they run a sale on say chicken legs and the day after the sale ends they "mark down" the ones that didn't sell based on the regular price - they're always MORE expensive for that clearance price than they were on the sale price!

@dude988

5 жыл бұрын

I accidentally printed a sign as a sales one instead of the normal one. Had no time to correct ist. Well, we sold ~50 pineapples for 3,29€. Normal week is like 20 pineapples, and the price on sale could drop below 1€. Customers are stupid.

@robinmartz9052

5 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't work with me. Icky fruit is icky fruit!

@robinmartz9052

5 жыл бұрын

@@rachiti Yuck. I never fall for that EVER.

@rbrennan1000

5 жыл бұрын

I probably would have gone for this. I shop for myself, so frequently the portions they sell are too large and I end up buying it, not eating all of it and having to throw it because its gone off. Smaller portions at a cheaper price would be better for me.

Making a list and sticking to it NO MATTER WHAT has really helped my family.

@sonaterese799

Жыл бұрын

The special offers only really work on the greedy............the rest of us cannot afford the time or money to let greed overtake us

It's amazing how little has changed in 11 years since this was aired. Yes people are shopping more local and in other places again and using Aldi and Lidl etc, but the ranges and the way it's laid out and the general look of the store hasn't changed much.

@CricketEngland

Жыл бұрын

More people do their shopping online nowadays than 11 years ago so yet alot has changed.

all that money spent could be spent in their local shops. i.e butchers, greengrocers and farmers, which will help their economy.

Main lesson from this show: Ditch your kids with a relative when grocery shopping

@CovidConQuitTheCensorship

5 жыл бұрын

Yep never take kids shopping

@blindbookworm8019

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Pan Or they could parent their children and teach them how to act. Oh and I knew that your comment was meant to be funny :-)

@getoffmyscreenyousatanicun6646

5 жыл бұрын

@@blindbookworm8019 best point I've ever seen

@kellyschutte2252

5 жыл бұрын

Passionate Picker or husbands, at least mine lol

@rozlinabdkarim9233

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah no children .. I shop alone .. my husband tend to buy what he eats but nobody else .. waste of money ..

Worked at Tesco once for 7 months... never again, a lot of the senior managers are full of crap and constantly belittle you, treat you like you are worthless to them. They need to remember without their "Worthless" customer assistants, their shop is nothing and their performance targets aren't happening.

@jamesgillingham3098

6 жыл бұрын

thefiestaguy I've been working at a supermarket for 8 months now and can relate. I was once sworn at and told I couldn't leave until I had completed something - which took me an extra 20 mins unpaid. I dread the thought of going to work and only stay working there because as a sixth form student the pay is good and the hours suit me. But working where I do has made me more like Steven. I really do hunt out cheap products and price check before I fall for a promotion.

@flumpaustin1994

5 жыл бұрын

Write down everything that they do, times and dates, get witnesses and go to an employment solicitor.

@flumpaustin1994

5 жыл бұрын

@Alison Brown Where do you get your figures from? A qualified Staff Nurse in UK salary rage is £22k - £28k per annum. Tesco shelf stacker around £16k.

@coconutaccount3860

5 жыл бұрын

If someone reaches in life the truly lowest of "high rank" positions as a manager of a supermarket, of course, they have to belittle people under them to feel bigger. Do not worry about that. It is a dirty industry (liquidating farmers and small shops) build on dirt (the "managers" who employ workers on (lower than) minimum wages bullying them into high-class performance. Noone else than a bad brand supermarket would keep such managers who do not manage their instruments (the shop assistants) well any more than one would hire a craftsman who doesn´t keep their instruments in peak condition or a cleaner who doesn´t keep clean. It´s all trash.

@anniespencer7879

4 жыл бұрын

I'd never dismiss supermarket assistants as worthless. I once cut my finger in Tesco (Can't remember how) and an assistant all but ran to customer service to get me a wet wipe and a plaster, which she putbon me

I'm still not convinced that family of 6 needs THAT much groceries.

@nelsonricardo3729

8 жыл бұрын

+sherry kao When's the last time you did the weekly shop for 6?

@sherrykao978

7 жыл бұрын

Did u see those processed packaged foods they got? Apparently not lol! I've seen family of 6 buying less. Have you? Clearly NOT.

@emmanash8435

5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in a house of 6 and that was nearly 3 weeks shopping

@tammywines9789

5 жыл бұрын

Well look at the junk they buy lol they are big fat ppl too !!

@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus

2 жыл бұрын

@@tammywines9789 Whoa, uncalled-for. You're no beauty yourself.

Stores dislike people like me. I get, get it and get out. I don't linger. And I look for bargains. I'll buy day old which is just as good as that day fresh. If I don't need it, I don't buy it.

@siloPIRATE

7 жыл бұрын

I do the same. I don't linger. I don't alway/never look for bargains unless I have reason to in which case I'll get something cheaper (maybe I just want to try something else or am looking to drop the average cost of a shop). I know my route going in. I get in. I get what I'm after (I have no list though and sometimes may add one or two things, but it doesn't really affect the average cost of the shop) and get out with self service. I don't shop at a place because I have a clubcard. I will drop a place/brand if something better shows up

@laurenc9458

6 жыл бұрын

You're still spending money so....

@tanamurphy3472

6 жыл бұрын

I had a Costco card membership and I would go up just for two items, a loaf of my favorite bread and Folgers coffee when it was marked down. I dont shop there anymore though.

@metal87power

5 жыл бұрын

We seem to be quite alike, but I do buy fresh food to keep healthy.

@vickirasmussen4791

5 жыл бұрын

do you use a shopping list? First rule of saving money..... MAKE A SHOPPING LIST AND STICK TO IT

I live in New Zealand and when I went to England to see my sister, her English husband and my nephew. I was overwhelmed with all the other items that are available at a supermarket. I spent close to three hours in a supermarket when I went shopping for the first time. I would be hopeless because I'd spend hours at the supermarket. I tend to look to see what is one special online mailer so that more often than not I buy items on special. I say specials but we don't have massive specials for example yesterday the sweets I like were on special for NZ$2:09, the normal price is $2:29. I generally know how many times I eat an item in a month and when they come on special I'll buy enough to cover a month. I meal plan and shop to a list but of course sometimes I add a few items. I've watched videos about shoppers in the USA collecting and using coupons to get massive discounts and sometimes it means they get everything for free. It's interesting to learn about food in general works in other countries .

Never use a large shopping trolley psychological design to make us want to fill it !

@chrisc2661

5 жыл бұрын

Trudy Tse I am bad about filling my buggy. I always get the small one.

@jo-vf8jx

4 жыл бұрын

Chris C I use the small one but by the time I check out I’ve stuffed so much that they can’t get it all back in to the small one :X

@anniespencer7879

4 жыл бұрын

I need a large trolley because it supports me when I walk. I'm disabled.

I plan out my meals for the week, then see what I already have in my cupboards and buy what I need to complete my meal plan.

@siloPIRATE

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't really plan them, but I knew how much of each thing I'd eat

@mjname

7 жыл бұрын

I often have to go to the supermarket see what is on clearance then figure out what I can make and do a meal plan that way. It is easy to stay on a budget because right now I have very little to no money. I can't splurge even if I want too.

@KONTRON613

7 жыл бұрын

mjname Same here, frequently I'll start my visit to the supermarket with a brief tour of most aisles and sections just to see what's on sale, because not everthing is in the weekly flyers or listed online. With technology these days you can browse new recipes or make a meal plan based on the best value and your preferences, all right in the store as you shop. On a side note I also noticed that at my local 24-hour supermarket, perishable items are marked down by 50% on the "best before" date between 8-9am, so I'll try to go during that time. Also on certain weekdays students and seniors can get 10% off their total bill. This all might sound like a lot, but its a relatively small effort when compared to the long term savings over time, especially if you have financial goals you are working hard on to achieve, or if you're on a fixed income or budget.

@gizzystravels4677

6 жыл бұрын

Same here and i always walk around the edge of the store and never go up n aisle if their is nothing on my list in that aisle. shop smart save smarter..

@gnislia

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. Always have done. Always spend pretty much the exact same thing every week as a result

I found it amusing when the store manager talked about "bait and switch" as being a good thing. Here is the states, bait and switch tactics are detested by all shoppers and may even be illegal.

I'm that nightmare customer who also carries around a calculator and has a budget in cash. At the end of the day, it's how much money you end up spending each week to eat, not how much money you 'saved' on a deal (which probably wasn't a deal in the first place)

@Bigboss-xe6lm

7 жыл бұрын

Someone has/will get a good wife

@IreneEzza

6 жыл бұрын

Im always dividing by two - or checking the price and the weight and i check out the cheaper brand. How much is the buy one get one free? Is the other brand cheaper if you buy two of those? In the end though you dont end up saving any money - you end up spending the whole amount you have with more/less groceries in your bag.

@shellyslioneyes

6 жыл бұрын

Nina Klos I have a calculator too but in my case it's so I don't go over my pre-set budget and that way I avoid embarrassing myself at cash register. If not, and I do go over other customers hate me and make rude comments when cashier has to take items off because I went over and don't have the money. I learned not to do that to avoid that feeling of shame. Poverty is so embarrassing! Ugh!

@anniekochera

6 жыл бұрын

I am one of those as well. On my phone, I also have my "cheat sheet", where i have listed our normal items we buy all year, the regular and a normal sale price from our 2 least expensive grocery stores (all name brand and no brand items) where I can compare the penny to the ounce. That way when I'm in a different store to get that one thing I can't get anywhere else, and see something on sale, I can quickly compare it to the regular price (penny to ounce) at my other 2 stores. And coupons and calculator of course.

@reecethegreat9983

5 жыл бұрын

I always check for 2 things if i want to determine if something is worth buying. I always compare the weight/volume to the prices and offers. i usually consider if i really need X amount of something.

Am I the only one who hates those huge supermarkets? I find it so annoying that I need to walk a football field distance staring at 1000s yogurts just to get to the staff I actually need. It simply takes too much time, so I always do the grocery at small shops/markets within 15/20 min walking/cycling distance from home. It could be more expensive, but there is no way I spend part of my weekend locked up in a hangar full of things I don't need.

@handsoffmycactus2958

6 жыл бұрын

Tetiana Nemchenko locked up? Are you sure you went to the right place?

@DarlingPhenylethylamine

6 жыл бұрын

Hangar, yeah. He's been to the right place alright. The frustrating part is that they're not even catered to aeroplanes. I flew down the supermarket for the first time recently, but there were so many overhead signs hanging from the rafters that I was forced to find somewhere to land - an emergency landing. I looked like a right muppet traipsing around the aisles in full pilot outfit without my plane to accompany me. I left it on the power aisle runway and when I got back to it there was a bunch of kids climbing all over it and swinging from the propellers. I couldn't take off again as there wasn't enough space for an adequate run-up so I had to ride it out of their warehouse bay doors and drive it home like a car or a boat on wheels. Not happy! Sort it out, Tescos!

@Nickpaintbrush

5 жыл бұрын

I generally take my harrier jump jet and park in the disabled bay so I can get closer!

@ellalarkin1016

5 жыл бұрын

Tetiana, I agree!

@fatimanoorahmad8720

4 жыл бұрын

Same! I always go to small supermarkets and shops!

I hate retail theme parks ! 🤪 Growing up in a small town, with little shops dotted on both sides of the main street, shopping was fun. You brought a list. Got meat from the butcher. Milk, cheese and butter from the dairy shop. Potatoes and carrots from the greengrocer. Fish from the fishmonger. And bread from the baker... 🥩🥓🥛🧀🍞🐟🍎🥦🥕 Shopping nowadays is a nightmare....😳 Love from Norway 🇳🇴

most importantly do your rough budget and take estimated cash not the card .... that's what i think is most efficient to cut down the extra costs.

@SimplySheilaB

7 жыл бұрын

MD RUHUL AMIN SARKER spot on, stick to your budget! 😊👏🏻

I saw this happen in real time to me. I like hearts of palm so I started purchasing them 3-4 jars at a time every couple of weeks. Those jars originally were on the very top shelf, almost out of site unless you knew to look. In a few months they were moved down a shelf, and then another right at my eye level. Then another brand appears, and now there is a less expensive store brand in a can right at my shopping level and that's the one I purchase now 3-4 cans at a time every time I shop there. I had never noticed this sort of thing before and here was an example I could see happen in real time.

You're absolutely right; Time, not price, is what is most important to me as a grocery -shopper. If a store changes its layout too often, I just stop going there, because I have more to do with my life than to spend it wandering around the aisles searching for the items I want to purchase. Also, I want the staff to be polite and to know what they're doing. If staff are rude or off-hand, I just go to a different supermarket.

That was riveting. Much the same situation prevails here in Australia.

tesco's old stripe logo, nostalgia anyone?

Worked in a factory once putting cream on cakes. They were packaged in different boxes to be sold in different shops at different prices. Just go to aldi, simples.

this seems old as early 2000s but in fact its in 2007

@Nigelfarij

3 жыл бұрын

Filmed in 2006. Check the expiry date on the offers 10:06

I always do an inventory for my shop to see what I still have then do a meal and snack planner for the week ahead and base my list on this. Only tips I have is set a budget, meal plan, check your cupboards freezer fridge etc to plan ahead, take a list and use a calculator. BOGOF is great for non perishable items ie cleaning products tins toilet rolls etc ONLY if you already need or use the items. Still calculate though I did this a lot when my daughter was in nappies adding the amount of nappies then dividing it by the price they are on sale for to get the individual nappy price and most of the time it was cheaper to buy smaller/normal packs not on deal rather than the box advertised as money off. Supermarkets assume everyone is in a rush or to thick to work out it’s not a good deal. I shop mainly at Aldi prices are lowest in my area quality is good also they pay staff well. The big supermarkets take in billions and their staff are on minimum wage zero hour contracts always looking miserable so the profits obviously don’t trickle down.

I shop like Steven! I have no brand loyalty (I do like my organic, non-GMO, no-preservative products - oh and butter before that yellow chemical oil called margarine), but the price comes first with those products! I got a Safeway, CVS, Walgreens...every card out there. Cheap asses unite! lol

@Kidasev

7 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna guess you don't actually understand what GMO's are.

@siloPIRATE

7 жыл бұрын

I shop kind of like Steven and a bit like the Rannas (sp?). I go in, get what I'm after and get out. I don't have a list, but I know what I'm after when I go in. I did check prices on some of the products and I did at some point split shop between two supermarkets. End result is I got what I was after, plus a bit extra without affecting (too much) how much I spend each month. That's thanks to my route being pre-determined based on me knowing where what I'm after is.

@mexico521

6 жыл бұрын

Sandy Candy what chemicals are in margarine ... It's made from vegetable oil

@TheStgmp44

6 жыл бұрын

margarine hasn't been sold in the UK in over 20yrs.

@DanielkaElliott

5 жыл бұрын

gmos are not harmful

BOGOF sometimes you can find cheaper product x2 than the actual single price of the premium brand that is on BOGOF. Having worked in a Tesco for 11 years I am fully aware of the tricks the supermarkets implement

@spikethea2630

4 жыл бұрын

Have you noticed Tesco changed over the years? I feel like nowadays Tesco doesn't do this as much, maybe it's more subtle or it could be my tesco

@bdel80

4 жыл бұрын

@@spikethea2630 I have noticed more buy 1 get second half price or buy 2 and get 3rd free.

Makes me wonder about shopping online for basics etc. I think there is definitely some methodology in the virtual world too. Next I’d like to see the systems put in place on that, please! 😊

even a tight-fisted person like me get tempted by special offers and i end up buying stuff i shouldn't buy...and mostly those things aren't required...from now on, i ll go to market with those leather eye side lids. so i can only see what i have to buy.

Come on asdas,where are the loyalty cards? I'm up there at least twice a week

the "power aisle" is the reason that tesco is messy...u pick up a pack of sausauge rolls, then around the corner, u find that they're two less than twice the price

my shopping motto is: don't buy anything over £1 unless you really need it. don't spend more than £15 per week on groceries. no junk food. and I usually look for the store brand, as it's cheaper. to be fair, I've been eating pretty much the exact same food for the past few years since I started to look at what my food contained and what nutrients i needed, so most sane people might not want to bother with this.

@LosgehtsFCB

6 жыл бұрын

That's pretty boring

@idreessaleem4722

5 жыл бұрын

You've got to live a little! Unless you're saving up for a big holiday/purchase, this is all a bit tedious

I work in a supermarket. Learn one thing. People are morons. Arrogant. Impatient and entitled.

I have lots of little effective ways of saving money on my food shop, cooking all my meals and avoiding microwave meals as well as shopping at a Indian supermarket, Chinese supermarket as well as Aldi. Look at the price per gram or per litre label on the shelf, this gives shoppers a true idea of which items are the cheapest this label is usually smaller and remember to look at the item weight to get some real bargains!

@rachelhudson4662

5 жыл бұрын

Are you my long lost twin

The bogof offers are a sham btw, as an ex employee of Tesco they put the price of other items instore up by as much as 30% to counter loss revenue on the free items, so something you are getting for free is not free as you paid a higher price for other items.

@rachiti

6 жыл бұрын

That all depends - if you shop around each week & know the lowest price points on items you buy on a regular basis, you can still save...you just have to be smarter than the store would like you to be.

@brianclarke61993

5 жыл бұрын

That's obvious !

@susie2251

5 жыл бұрын

Not if you only shop the sales.

No-one MAKES you go into these places. I am old but I remember when our first Tesco opened in Hornchurch and my mother asked me to take her out of curiosity; she never went to the local shops again exvept for small items she had just run out of.

I never fall for there little tricks..I always look and compare. Let's say the yogurt 6pk is half price BUT I can get 12 from the lesser brand for almost the same as the half price one..people always falling for it

@tomj528

5 жыл бұрын

Don't buy the single sizes, buy it by the quart.

@tammywines9789

5 жыл бұрын

Well this is the UK lol come on you all still believe in kings and queens and princes and princesses lol gtfooh !!

@tomj528

5 жыл бұрын

@@tammywines9789 You don't think kings, queens, princes and princesses exist?

@fatimanoorahmad8720

4 жыл бұрын

@@tammywines9789 Buckingham palace: am i a joke to you? 😂😂😂😂

they worked their butts off to get the store so tidy for the TV, no busy store looks like that 24/7. All products flushed to the edge, all shelves full to their maximum capacity... doesn't happen unless its intentional or early in the morning

@kkatherinee9609

6 жыл бұрын

Jakob Jakobson Tesco always looks like that whenever I go 🤷🏻‍♀️ Believe it or not but you constantly see Tesco workers restocking and sorting out the shelves

I follow a list ,only buy whats on sale ,and have a basic meal plan , also never go hungry, and keep a running total so there is no surprise and it helps keep you on budget.

The sneaky expert and the presenter weren't even going to tell the Ranas that they were going to miss out on the BOGO yogurt deal. How rude!

Life is about spending not saving. Live in the moment.

@eizhowa

6 жыл бұрын

Smd Smd Umm... You save so that you can afford spend on other things. I save money by taking the bus so that I could buy my home. I saved and I spent. Unless you have a money tree, thats how money works.

@smdsmd9784

6 жыл бұрын

eizhowa OMG chill bro, obviously need to spend a few pounds to go on holiday, relaxxxxxxxxxxxxx

@eizhowa

6 жыл бұрын

+Smd Smd What makes you think I don't go on holiday? And btw, I saved up for my holidays too!

And then Aldi and Lidl arrived in the UK and gave all the big ones a run for their money. Now no one likes huge stores. How times change.

@bdel80

4 жыл бұрын

I prefer my local Aldi it's great for a single person I get all my basics and some extra bits and a 5 min walk away. Unfortunately I hear the area is going to get demolished and more flats going to get built but not keeping the shops there

@cinderella9997

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t find anything in Aldi or lidl 🤷‍♀️

So much has changed 😂. Lots of tills over self scans. Free plastic bags, lots of staff, sweets being allowed to be sold on tills

@Winford.Studios

Ай бұрын

Nice to know we’re still getting shafted as we were back then

If you're wondering it's the Tesco in seacroft, Leeds

@handsoffmycactus2958

6 жыл бұрын

Charlotte no it's a new one in London (at the time) IT SAYS IT SEVERAL TIMES AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN OUTSIDE. MUPPET.

@cuptoyou1244

6 жыл бұрын

Fail

If someone is shopping without a plan or a concept of what they need. Its just money trown out... You'll buy a full cart and it lasts for days instead of weeks

amazing video I really learned a lot

£150 a week??? Im a family of 4 and i spend 40-50 a week at aldi and making sure i just buy what i need. Kids are always fed and still have treats on £40-£50 a week sometimes even £30

@christinekleinschmidt4676

5 жыл бұрын

Jessica . Well done! Xx

I do all my supermarket shopping online for home delivery so don’t get distracted with what supermarkets call bargains or impulse buying (even before covid lockdown)

*All grocery stores even in America use the BOGO to trap customers. In all actuality, you rarely ever save money. It's so important to stay on track and to force yourself to follow a budget regardless of whether you have one or not and regardless of whether you see all this bright signage.*

Everyone needs a shopping list and some principles for shopping e.g. don't shop when hungry, consumer's are suckers (invest in the stock of the manufacturers), don't buy everything you need in one place e.g. you may get better & cheaper in a local farmer's market, buy wholesale if you can

25:33 And also a person with OCD will also help out with the daily Rumble as well.

@bredaobrennan9993

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, I have been officially diagnosed with OCD, you made me literally laugh out loud, because that's exactly what I said to myself, out loud, at that moment....

@SuperCartoonist

3 жыл бұрын

@@bredaobrennan9993 Wow, it's been 3 years since I've seen this video.

Get the bubblegum flavor!

@AYoutubechannel1448

5 жыл бұрын

=)

cor never realised how much tesco has changed over the years😂

@bdel80

4 жыл бұрын

I miss the red dots and white dress for women

Stay around the perimeters (except the side with the bakery!) of the store and buy most of your food there. The aisles have most of the junk food.

they have such a brilliant ideas

Back when plastic bags were free :(

@eizhowa

6 жыл бұрын

supreme And still legal!🌎

@Ramon_92

4 жыл бұрын

What do you rather have a planet to live on or a free plastic bag ?

@fatimanoorahmad8720

4 жыл бұрын

True in the country i live a plastic bag is 0.06 cent each! Damn!

Buy one get one free? That's a deal that supermarkets here in the U.S. also do!

Why Tesco looks like an airport 🤔

I may not buy the cheapest items on the shelf, but I still get good value for money. I have a running list in my head of what the lowest sale price is on most of the items we buy on a regular basis. I would really think twice before buying anything other than produce I can't freeze when it's cheap when it's not on sale or at the lowest price point in town if it's not something I can store easily. I buy beef and lamb from a butcher by the animal - far far cheaper, locally sourced, and much more flavorful. I buy produce from the farmer's market in the summer, prep it and freeze it. I also make my own jam so I know exactly what's in it. I stick to the brands that have the best flavor & buy those consistently. I won't get something else that I might end up throwing away just because it's on "sale". What I do, however, is know approx. how frequently the items I buy go on sale. For example, right now it's lent so frozen battered fish are at the lowest price they will be all year. We will eat more battered fish this time of year because I know it's a good price for it. Yes, I could batter my own but it would be far more expensive as fresh and frozen fish from anywhere other than China is way overpriced in the Midwest USA. I also shop seasonally. It saves tons & tastes better + the turnover is higher on seasonal produce so it will generally be fresher. I will also go to 4 different stores each week just to get the best tasting, freshest, cheapest groceries. Additionally, I work for a major chain grocery/ general merchandise store that gives a once-a-year bonus of a 25% discount on a single purchase. I buy a year's worth of products that I cannot get on sale cheaper elsewhere - things like laundry soap, hand soap, toilet paper, paper toweling; and I use coupons on those items too. I am brand loyal but that doesn't mean I can't get the best deal possible on products that won't make me break out in hives because it's not a product I usually buy that my body tolerates. I also keep a running list of larger ticket items we're looking to purchase. I have waited an entire year before just so that I could use that discount to buy an office chair at a price lower than I could get it at any other time of the year. Same holds true for big ticket items in general - when my husband was looking to buy a sawzall, I spent a couple of months watching prices on the one he wanted until a really good sale came up - that's when we bought it. I also oftentimes buy something that others have recommended as a quality product. I also shop at stores with good returns policies. If I don't like it - I'm NOT keeping it. If it breaks before the returns period is up, you better believe I know where my receipt is so that I can bring it back and get my money back for it. I'm not talking about abusing the system here by using something and then returning it but rather if it's supposed to last 2 years & with normal use it only makes it one month - that's a manufacturing defect & I can get my money back. At the end of the day, it's not just about the price on the shelf - there are so many other factors to consider when looking at overall value for money.

I don't think I've ever bought something from the power aisle. Not even once (maybe once). My route through a supermarket is pre-planned before I get there based on where I know things are so I pretty much never need the power aisle. I'm talking about when I was at uni

Do a shopping list and stick to it! Never buy the 3/2 offers as you will probably end up throwing the so called free one out. Never accept terms for a club card! You won't really save anything and probably get more back if you shopped else where.

4 people in my house and we all eat well for £70 a week delivered!!!

@kkknotcool

7 жыл бұрын

88 dollars, so that is $3.15 per person per day? That's $1.05 per meal. What are you eating for one dollar a meal?

@cartman668222

7 жыл бұрын

Nobody starves but we do have to budget. Lots of beans and soup to be honest but the plus is that we don't get any fatter than we already are

@siloPIRATE

7 жыл бұрын

£70/week sounds about right. £20/person is about how much you can spend to feed one

I live in Toronto Canada and I don't know of any store that looks like this. They have a lot of buy 1 get 1 free stickers. I like that. Supermarkets need to start competing with the dollar store as well. This Indian family that they tracked did not have a plan which in the end leads to needless spending, bad money management and setting up your children for failure by spoiling them and not teaching them about budgeting.

Once I Went To An Asda ..Went To The Butter .. There Was A Tub Of Butter 250g £2.98 And 500g £3 ?....🤔😆

@ellielopez7101

7 жыл бұрын

We had a 24 pack of Jaffa cakes £1 and a 12 pack £1.19

@NailHeavenAshford

7 жыл бұрын

That is why I stand way back from the shelves and assess offers, prices of individual items verses multiples, price per 100g compared with a competitor and then make my decision. I've taught my 15 year old twins to do the same. You can pick up on some complete madness that isn't even advertised when you do that.

@MommaWolf1967

6 жыл бұрын

Butter doesn't come in tubs you moron Butter comes in blocks and margarine comes in tubs Ish - Bish

@CbrigBear87

6 жыл бұрын

lurpak is in tubs

@cuptoyou1244

6 жыл бұрын

Barry Stantons Ghost ... BOOM...

I shop by myself, now realized why my spending went down

Anyone else annoyed with Albertsons and buy one get three free... And then they add 6.00 to the price per pound?

Biggest bullies, that supermarkets. Including supervisors

This Production was from 2007, I was wondering why the TV's where so bulky, the prices more generous and the video quality wasn't HD.

Shopping in the USA can vary by area/state. Some places are so cheap like Central PA and Ohio compared to the NY area. I guess other states are also cheaper for food depending on how far they have to truck it in and is it on a main route. Food was more expensive in New England (northern) than the NY metro area because of lack of section and how far they had to truck it. I liked the supermarkets in the UK when I lived there.

What you have with Steven is a person using his brain; we can all do that.

Best thing is to write a shopping list and just KEEP Your head down! Edit: Not everything that is "On Offer" is actually on bargain they fix prices so it looks like they added a discount

In australia price tickets all display how much it costs per 100g. So its super easy to compare costs. Not that most people do it

facing up is such a ballache. i used to hate that bit of my shelf filling task.

I shop for health and budget. Buy 1 ingredient foods.

I find it sad that most things in life that people think are free choice, are carefully designed behind the scenes. Like a maze with many choices, but still a maze.

Very few people check their receipts. I now check mine in my car before I go home . Last week I found 5 items wrongly charged (offers not as they were on the shelf) . I believe this is deliberate. I always get my money back.

@flintdacat7836

3 жыл бұрын

I do the same in NZ, three times this year I have had money returned for overcharging against stated shelf price and the checkout scan counting an item more than once. Is clearly a world wide supermarket set of tricks, not past me they don't!

This is interesting! I love british thing and there life style and I'm also a sucker for these types of documentaries! But it is cool that there is a science behind the retail industry and I learned this a long time ago taking a business class and working for retail for 3 and 1/2 years! At Walmart we call these power Isles, we say action Alleys, because that's where all the action is at and that's where the main Hub is and customers will go first and that's where we put all of our sales and buy one get one free stuff and then there's more on the home shelf too! Also the Dailey Rumble we call it at Walmart Zoning! Cool interesting

All it takes is a bit of common sense. Visit the stores early evening, where there are more reduced items. Have a meal plan and budget (just a rough one, nothing tedious). Shop around. Buy a treat or two for the weekends. Live a little without going overboard

It's SO different here in America. I mean there is targeted displays (low for kids, eye level for adults) but I don't recall seeing yellow that much. I always compare prices and brands and I look for less packaging. Of course, products are neat and facing forward, but there's something about it that's different here.

@bdel80

4 жыл бұрын

@@noyb7051 yep that's something they really didn't go into every day items at back of the store. My local Tesco has Bread and bakery towards back left end of the store. So you have to pass so many products just to gey that loaf of bread

You can tell this is from 15 years ago as they’re smoking indoors

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's nasty ! 🤭

That Sukwinder Bassi is wearing a MARKS & SPENCER's shirt.

What a fantastic programme

I want Steven to do my groceries 😅

i meal plan, use coupons, I price check. I take so long in the store. employee asking me if i need help. I said I'm price checking to save and deals. I also check to see what i have in pantry and fridge so i won't buy extra.

@ellalarkin1016

5 жыл бұрын

Sherrie, What do you spend your saved money on, please?

I always make a list of what i really need and when i go shopping im taking the list out and i delete anything i buy from the list and of course i calculate the price of every product before i go for shopping so that i will know how much money exactly i have to spend! It always works for me! And im trying to not go in big supermarkets so that it will not lead me in temptation to buy things i don't need! Plus when i want to buy cheese i always go to a traditional cheese store! When i want to buy meat i go to a fresh meat store and the same goes with fish and the same with spices! And of course i buy vegetables and fruits from the fresh vegetable fruit market which is two times a week near my house! So i dont need to go to supermarket much! that works well for me! 😊😊😊

Using a list isn't really frugal-smart. Then you miss periodic deals. So, if you wait until you run out of your soap, then you might not be able to get it at a sale price. You know you're going to buy it again, so get it at the discount price. Also, you don't know what's going to be the best deal until you get to the store. Get the best deals and that ends up being on the plate rather than planning for something specific. Note that Mr. Frugal didn't have a list, either.

Why the fuck is everyone making this about race and immigrants? This is about shopping?? Only on a KZread comments section...

@junglesbongles8592

7 жыл бұрын

leela quit being racist!

Ahhhhh the days when you could smoke in the canteen. How I miss you. BTW, that scientist is full of his own self-worth and seems to think he is better than everyone else, I have news for him. You could never possibly sus out what Tesco or any of the other big-time players are doing to part us with cash. It changes every minute of the day. He thinks he has the answers, but Tesco just go and change the questions.

First place I go to is the blu rays aisle at asdas

I've adopted this new cost cutting technique. Shopliffting!

There's just to much choices to make under one roof

Too big give me Aldi any day and instead of bogofs just make the item cheaper...

@jazzybleedo2770

7 жыл бұрын

absolutely! I love love love Aldi!!!!!!

@sheilawilliams9869

4 жыл бұрын

A

GREED GREED GREED just right down a shopping list of what you need,simple,=saves money.

I didn't know this was such a big deal lol, we just go and buy what we want. I mean yeah we'll make a list for what we need for certain meals, etc. but we always "linger" and walk around.

I like waiterose, lidl, iceland , these smaller shops in area and I take a list.I look for real bargains and find them by reading the tags.even as a young mom with sometimes a full plus extra half time job I set aside time to relax and enjoy my shopping trip.I took my son with me and taught him .Our days still have 24 hours in them, the difference now is the impatience and gullibility of people.

@bdel80

4 жыл бұрын

Mum not mom unless your American

@heatherwhittaker6169

4 жыл бұрын

@@bdel80 well mums the word...lol

@bdel80

4 жыл бұрын

@@heatherwhittaker6169 lol quite apt

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

2 жыл бұрын

@@bdel80 Tell that to someone north of Barnet !!! 😄 It's "Me mom". "Mom and me".

@bdel80

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 and correct English is I not me. I do however understand allot of people use me way too much

I always buy the same things, i never fall for all the 2 for 1 stuff unless its an item thats already on my grocery list

@christinekleinschmidt4676

5 жыл бұрын

Lava Yuki that’s what my late husband taught me to do

That's my local Tesco 😳😳😳

@Zauchi

6 жыл бұрын

liar, thats my local Tesco

@CbrigBear87

6 жыл бұрын

I am sparticus

@ST0AT

6 жыл бұрын

No, I am Spartacus

Parents need to teach their kids.

This is such a depressing documentary. These customers and managers talking about Tesco like they care about people and their needs. So insidious and transparent.

@Winford.Studios

Ай бұрын

It’s downright shocking

ALDI ANY DAY.

another obstacle is parents fencing their children into certain flavors are sizes. they also need to explain that the same club card is chain wide.