The secret side of Shopping
Reading a trade magazine yesterday, I noticed many mentions of 'mystery shoppers', a term which was first introduced to me by an earlier comment from someone who earns quite a bit of money through this. If you enjoy browsing round shops, supermarkets or even wish to travel further afield then this is worth thinking about. Some work can even be done from home. Type in mystery shopper in Google Search, then you will find more about it.
Whilst I firmly believe we should buy the best quality foods we can afford, this usually means fresh produce, especially meat. When it comes to storecupboard ingredients, we can often save if we compare prices, first checking nutritional values before we buy. For instance, this week I purchases one tin of own brand baked beans (17p) along with a four-pack of my favourite brand (44p per can), same weights, virtually the same protein content, the main difference being in the taste and thickness of the sauce.
Tip: drain excess sauce from baked beans and use to add to a spag.bol. sauce or cassoulet.
Mix drained cheap beans with the more expensive ones in thicker sauce and maybe no-one will notice.
Checking other products a 500g bag of a well-known brand of quick-cook pasta penne (£1.00), was bought along with a 500g pack of the stores own brand penne (39p). They both take the same amount of time to cook and each had a shelf-life of b.f. autumn 2008. Strangely the cheaper pasta had slightly more protein content.
Tip: Remember the 3 'C's' -
Check prices - Compare nutritional values - Choose the better buy.
Whilst I firmly believe we should buy the best quality foods we can afford, this usually means fresh produce, especially meat. When it comes to storecupboard ingredients, we can often save if we compare prices, first checking nutritional values before we buy. For instance, this week I purchases one tin of own brand baked beans (17p) along with a four-pack of my favourite brand (44p per can), same weights, virtually the same protein content, the main difference being in the taste and thickness of the sauce.
Tip: drain excess sauce from baked beans and use to add to a spag.bol. sauce or cassoulet.
Mix drained cheap beans with the more expensive ones in thicker sauce and maybe no-one will notice.
Checking other products a 500g bag of a well-known brand of quick-cook pasta penne (£1.00), was bought along with a 500g pack of the stores own brand penne (39p). They both take the same amount of time to cook and each had a shelf-life of b.f. autumn 2008. Strangely the cheaper pasta had slightly more protein content.
Tip: Remember the 3 'C's' -
Check prices - Compare nutritional values - Choose the better buy.
posted by Shirley at 8:37 am
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