Do you go to cheaper shops?

[Samantha]

I was just curious to see who goes to those cheaper shops, places likes B&M, Home Bargains, Pound Stretcher, 99p Stores, pound shops etc. I used to go mainly in pound shops, but since working for Home Bargains I tend to buy a lot more from the cheaper shops as it really is that much cheaper than leading super markets, but what do you do :P?

[MKR&*42]

No not often. I go to M&S when I can tbf.

I go into a 99p store here only cause they have 1.5ltr vanilla coke though and some amazing chocolate.

[Samantha]

No not often. I go to M&S when I can tbf.

I go into a 99p store here only cause they have 1.5ltr vanilla coke though and some amazing chocolate.

I differ there, I don't believe I've ever properly been in M&S let alone bought anything from them :P.

[AlexJRiley]

I tend to buy everything I need from supermarkets (or get my mum to)

[Red]

I usually pop in to home bargains to get face wipes, energy drinks and they do mayflower curry powder which I haven't seen anywhere else here.

[Jurv]

it depends what i'm after but i usually go (and am going tomorrow) to buy drinks & snacks for the cinema cos its ridiculously overpriced at the odeon/prinworks

[buttons]

yeah man i go to poundland to get **** loads of chocolate n sweets on a wednesday n proudly walk home with my poundland bag!!! y would i pay £1 for 2 sweets when i can get 4 for same price

[Samantha]

it depends what i'm after but i usually go (and am going tomorrow) to buy drinks & snacks for the cinema cos its ridiculously overpriced at the odeon/prinworks

Sour Patch Kids £3+ at cinemas, Home Bargains 39p ;).

Yeah some alternatives are good, I bought the Emerge Energy Drinks as opposed to Lucozade too just because it's 19p compared to 59p :P.

[JACKTARD]

I'm a student, I live in those shops.

[Zelda]

I have like a few pound+ stores down the bottom of my road I go to sometimes for like bubble wrap etc cause it's all super cheap. Also got some super cheap indian newsagents which we go to for like 20p coconut milk and some srsly cheap groceries and stuff.

I don't normally go to any places like that for food things though cause the tescos super close to my school is always doing ridiculously cheap deals on all the stuff we'd want cause of the 2 schools super close to it anyway

[Matthew]

I sometimes go into them for sweets and things but my parents normally shop at M&S or sainsburys I think

[!x!dude!x!2]

well in canada theres a store called "Walmart" and every thing in there is cheap . i save 15 dollars on shirts and pants

[Paige.]

my mum gets our essential shopping from supermarkets like asda or tesco but we go to the co-op most days after school for little bits like sweets, milk, bread etc but when i go into town i pop into poundland sometimes to get sweets and stuff

[Gibs960]

Only real shops in my town are B&M and Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's sells stuff ridiculously expensive and B&M sells things that are cheap so people go in there, and so do I. Most of the time when I go out for the day round my town I take a fiver, I can't afford to spend £1 on a chocolate bar that I can get for 50p at B&M.

[e5]

If it's the same product for half the price, i'll go to the cheaper shop. An example is some tanning oil I wanted for my holiday - £13 in normal shops and like £4 in home bargains lol. I wouldn't buy £1 condoms though, i'd rather spend more to be on the safe side for a more reputable make.

My mum only shops in morrisons, since it's our most local supermarket.

[Cerys]

We shop at morrisons ye

I only go to pound shop with my friends when we wanna get loads of sweets ;3

[Plebings]

does aldi count as this? tend to buy almost everything there. i've got a set route when food shopping though.

co-op (for reductions)
home bargains
2nd co-op (more reductions)
aldi
tesco metro

get free bus back. sorted!

[Inseriousity.]

I think some of my family would die if they didn't have those shops to go to. Their whole budget relies on those shops being super cheap.

[Empired]

Going to pound shops would mean an hours' trip for me. Buying stuff in Waitrose is cheaper than going to Sainsbury's or Tesco because of the petrol it takes to get to the other two. And I just use the corner shop if I need little items like milk, biscuits, etc.

[Kardan]

I'd have to catch the bus to go to any cheap shops, so no. Not that I do go into any cheap shops when I'm in town anyway. Buy everything from Tesco/Asda, and if I need anything in an emergency, Corner Shop/Tesco Express.

[Samantha]

If it's the same product for half the price, i'll go to the cheaper shop. An example is some tanning oil I wanted for my holiday - £13 in normal shops and like £4 in home bargains lol. I wouldn't buy £1 condoms though, i'd rather spend more to be on the safe side for a more reputable make.

My mum only shops in morrisons, since it's our most local supermarket.

It's Wilkos who sell £1 condoms, but our Durex is like £3.99 which isn't bad compared to other shops LMAO, I'll shush now :P. Yeah, I agree tanning stuff and stuff are cheap compared to many shops. I put some Boofle Money boxes out today with names on... 39p and others sell for about £6.

I buy too much from cheap shops though :P.

[e5]

Do you get discount+*+

It's Wilkos who sell £1 condoms, but our Durex is like £3.99 which isn't bad compared to other shops LMAO, I'll shush now :P. Yeah, I agree tanning stuff and stuff are cheap compared to many shops. I put some Boofle Money boxes out today with names on... 39p and others sell for about £6.

I buy too much from cheap shops though :P.

[Samantha]

Do you get discount+*+

10%, but we have to get a manager down for the transaction and my boyfriend works there as a manager so all the staff members would know what we'd been up to.

However, the discount comes in handy sometimes lmao :P. I used to work at the Bradford one so that'll be a bit nearer you ;).

[Rozi]

No not really, but not cause I'm snobby, just because I live in quite an affluent area so there aren't any on my highstreet, except for the classic tat shops which sell like washing up bowls and the like. I imagine when I go to uni, I'll spend a lot more in them.

[Sloths]

The $2 shops here (equals poundland and stuff) don't do food just cheap crap which I do shop there if I know it'll have what I want. Mostly I shop at The Warehouse (like Walmart or target) for everything but clothes cuz it's cheap and normally decent. But foods limited there as well...
When I was in England in December pretty much the entire suitcase load of food I brought back here was from poundland or the likes. So yeah I shop there :P

[Yawn]

no but i know u can get like 15 (i think it was :S) pregnancy tests for £1 which is cool

[Aiden]

i go to home bargains and b&m when i need batteries or sweets ;)

[e5]

What you'd been up to? Is it bad to do 10% off haha?
andd yeahhh, bit nearer to me lols

10%, but we have to get a manager down for the transaction and my boyfriend works there as a manager so all the staff members would know what we'd been up to.

However, the discount comes in handy sometimes lmao :P. I used to work at the Bradford one so that'll be a bit nearer you ;).

[Samantha]

What you'd been up to? Is it bad to do 10% off haha?
andd yeahhh, bit nearer to me lols

I mean, someone bought a 1D pillow and she got stick for it, but it was for her sister in the end lmao. Little things, like they know if I'm buying for Max and vice versa haha. Nice though, I don't think I've been to the Leeds one, I've been to the Morley one as I knew the manager :P.

[Richie]

I bought a lantern for 1.50 the other day if that counts? bad move, got lost in the forest while I was drunk & all alone!!! I left it to disintegrate in the forest the piece of ****

[Mark]

I usually just get juice in these shops, the rest is go to Morrisons, Asda etc for. Usually in Home Bargains etc there's always massive queues which I cba with

[Amberr]

I normally have to drive my mum down to B&M on a sunday for a little mooch around, some of the stuff in there is actually ok! Like the paintings/canvas's are normally good, our house is bloody full of them from there. I always see chavs from my old high school working in there. They always look so happy.

[Shockwave.2CC]

Only if i'm near them at the time

saying that, I do visit Poundland alot

[kasi]

no, dollar stores here have really **** quality products and if i'm going to buy something i'd rather pay more and have it last longer.

[orientalframe?]

can't really say i do, i usually buy stuff from the supermarket and i've never seen a home bargains :(

[Shar]

I buy everything from Tesco/asda/Sainsbury

[Chippiewill]

I go to poundland if I want Chocolate or sweets. Super cheap.

[Samantha]

Only if i'm near them at the time

saying that, I do visit Poundland alot

Don't you work at Poundland or used to?

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can't really say i do, i usually buy stuff from the supermarket and i've never seen a home bargains :(

You've never been to a fish and chip shop either, deprived child :(.

[Shockwave.2CC]

Don't you work at Poundland or used to?

Yeah use to

[Jurv]

Samanfa; what's the difference between home bargains and quality save? i've always wondered

[Samantha]

Samanfa; what's the difference between home bargains and quality save? i've always wondered

Basically, Home Bargains is owned by TJ Morris, Quality Save isn't, but TJ Morris is the supplier of Quality Save :) x.

[Jurv]

Basically, Home Bargains is owned by TJ Morris, Quality Save isn't, but TJ Morris is the supplier of Quality Save :) x.
ohhh that makes sense then, i always thought they were the same (because of the signs nd stuff) before i noticed the different names haha

[AgnesIO]

Literally never. Call me a snob if you like - generally embarrassed by the people I have come across in poundland in my local town in the past. I also recognise that a lot of the stuff is cheaper.. but it is smaller - hence the reduced price.

[MKR&*42]

I also recognise that a lot of the stuff is cheaper.. but it is smaller - hence the reduced price.

Yeah I'm sure I was watching TV or informed of a programme which looked at the price differences between pound..land(?) and a supermarket chain, and because of the reduction in size it was actually cheaper to shop at the supermarket chain as opposed to the pound store.

That's why I only really buy stuff in there that I can tell hasn't had its size altered (i.e. looking at the volume on drinks).

[AgnesIO]

Yeah I'm sure I was watching TV or informed of a programme which looked at the price differences between pound..land(?) and a supermarket chain, and because of the reduction in size it was actually cheaper to shop at the supermarket chain as opposed to the pound store.

That's why I only really buy stuff in there that I can tell hasn't had its size altered (i.e. looking at the volume on drinks).

Indeed, I suspect it was a BBC programme - I rarely watch other channels online.

Was interesting, as you say due to the size reductions and stuff. Also how they put the "actual" good deals at the front of the store - with the majority of the other stuff being little known brands etc.

[Meanies]

Yeah I'm sure I was watching TV or informed of a programme which looked at the price differences between pound..land(?) and a supermarket chain, and because of the reduction in size it was actually cheaper to shop at the supermarket chain as opposed to the pound store.

That's why I only really buy stuff in there that I can tell hasn't had its size altered (i.e. looking at the volume on drinks).

I was actually talking to my boss about this as they own a pound shop aswell. As an example they could order in say a bag of 6 packets of crisps, each packet being 50g and sell them for 1.50, whilst a much bigger company could go to the producer and say "we want you to make packets of only 35g", so they would then sell a bag of 6 packets of crisps, weighing 35g each, also for 1.50, so people think they're getting a good deal yet they're actually getting less. Also like at christmas, they were selling 10 metre rolls of wrapping paper for 1.50, the other pound shop had them on offer at 3 rolls for 1.50.. only the rolls were only 2 metres long. A lot of the time it's about the way it's advertised, if it seems like it's on offer, it most likely isn't as you get less, just goes to show you need to look at packets more often!!