Shopping at Iceland

[507021]

I split my shopping between Sainsbury's and Iceland. My favourite Iceland offering is the £1 pizza. They also do some stunning bulk-buy discounts if you keep your eyes open.

I agree, the Iceland £1 pizzas (especially the Meat Feast) are very good quality, I really like those and I've never heard any complaints about them from my friends and family who've also had them before. My girlfriend tried one (I think it was the cheese one) for the first time last week, and she said it was a lot better than other pizzas she's had before. The only thing I can't seem to find in my local Iceland are the the 7-pack Caramel Slices which are amazing. At least they've got a decent range of Mr. Kipling cakes!

I've picked up some great deals in Iceland before which would have cost me much more in Asda or Tesco, and I find the queues in my local Iceland go down a bit quicker than my local supermarkets too. The only things I don't usually buy from the supermarket are fruit and vegetables, which I like to buy from a fruit and veg shop where my mate works.

As somebody else mentioned the Co-op meals earlier, I like those as well (particularly the cheese and bacon pasta meal), but only now and again because I think they're quite expensive and I don't really go to the Co-op very often.

 

[Liam]

Of the Feline variety ? - please elaborate.

Tesco cat becomes so famous she is included in fire drills and was once kidnapped

 

[Darandio]

I agree, the Iceland £1 pizzas (especially the Meat Feast) are very good quality, I really like those and I've never heard any complaints about them from my friends and family who've also had them before. My girlfriend tried one (I think it was the cheese one) for the first time last week, and she said it was a lot better than other pizzas she's had before.

Add a further 50p and try the Italian Stonebaked Spicy Double Pepperoni.

For a pizza that you bung in the oven it's something to behold.

 

[507021]

Add a further 50p and try the Italian Stonebaked Spicy Double Pepperoni.

For a pizza that you bung in the oven it's something to behold.

Yeah I've seen those pizzas before but I haven't tried one yet. I'll have to pick one up next time I go to Iceland (it'll probably the end of next week now), to see what they're like. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[D365]

With regards to £1 pizzas, most supermarket brands have left me disappointed, but I've recently been trying some of Iceland's ready meals so I can't imagine I'll be let down. If you can hold on for a special offer however, Dr Oetker is regularly priced under £2 at Waitrose; their frozen pizza range, especially in Germany, is on another level.

On another note, it's pleasing to imagine that I will not be chastised for my choice in pre-prepared meals as an archetypical student. Although, with the rate at which I redeem pizza coupons, I may need to take another look at myself

 

[MrCub]

As a diabetic I allow myself a 'treat' on special occasions. I don't really like Christmas pudding so last month I had a praline cheesecake from Iceland. It was the most lovely dessert I've ever had, and it was £3. The downside of spending the festive time on one's own (something I really recommend) is that the cheesecake didn't make it to Boxing Day! Oops.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Most of our groceries are ordered through Ocado. The only exceptions really being alcohol which mostly comes from Morrison's and meat which comes from the local butcher. As a family we don't do ready meals as its just processed crap; instead to save time we just cook meals and then freeze them to be re-heated later on.

My three youngest children are all at University and I know for a fact that they eat ready meals but that's because they're lazy little swines! Fortunately a quick rummage through their kitchens on the odd parental visit proves that they sometimes cook from scratch.
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The downside of spending the festive time on one's own (something I really recommend) is that the cheesecake didn't make it to Boxing Day! Oops.

And that's the only downside of spending Christmas alone? Didn't you get lonely with no one to share Christmas with?

 

[MrCub]

And that's the only downside of spending Christmas alone? Didn't you get lonely with no one to share Christmas with?

Not in the least!

 

[radamfi]

I shop in Iceland a lot and use my Bonus Card for purchases. Bizarrely, I see no one else doing it, despite 4% off all shopping. Regular shoppers should only ever pay using the Bonus Card because you get an extra £1 added to your card for every £25 you add to it.

 

[Shimbleshanks]

Put them in the fridge a day in advance?

Way beyond my organisational abilities...

 

[Busaholic]

So did I! I fly to Iceland to do my shopping; there are fewer pensioners there.

Only because there are fewer people there! The average age at death in Iceland is higher than here - must be all that raw fish

 

[Jonfun]

I don't shop in Tesco's any more after the staff were incredibly rude to me, so I do my big shop at Waitrose, and I tend to call by either Iceland if it's open, or Sainsbury's if it isn't, to pick bits up. Iceland is broadly good, you can just buy a few relatively cheap but decent bits and have them sat in the freezer until you're ready to eat them. Unfortunately Iceland, certainly round here, tends to attract the dregs of society, so I wouldn't do my main shopping there.

It's a shame we don't have a Waitrose in Liverpool, it'd be much more convenient than having to drive. They don't deliver, either.

 

[Butts]

I don't shop in Tesco's any more after the staff were incredibly rude to me, so I do my big shop at Waitrose, and I tend to call by either Iceland if it's open, or Sainsbury's if it isn't, to pick bits up. Iceland is broadly good, you can just buy a few relatively cheap but decent bits and have them sat in the freezer until you're ready to eat them. Unfortunately Iceland, certainly round here, tends to attract the dregs of society, so I wouldn't do my main shopping there.

It's a shame we don't have a Waitrose in Liverpool, it'd be much more convenient than having to drive. They don't deliver, either.

I thought Ocado delivered Waitrose products ?

 

[FQ]

Tesco because it's a 5-10 minute drive away, Sainsbury's because we usually end up near to it or Aldi because it's cheap and good quality.
We've never tried Iceland although we are hoping to head there in September/October/November to see some Humpback Wales and volcanoes.

 

[scott118]

I thought Ocado delivered Waitrose products ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocado


Ocado is a British online supermarket. In contrast to its main competitors, the company has no chain of stores and does all home deliveries from its two warehouses. Ocado has been voted the best online supermarket in the UK by Which? readers every year since 2010.

 

[Darandio]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocado


Ocado is a British online supermarket. In contrast to its main competitors, the company has no chain of stores and does all home deliveries from its two warehouses. Ocado has been voted the best online supermarket in the UK by Which? readers every year since 2010.

But they deliver Waitrose products, Butts was right.

 

[Mojo]

There is however an official Waitrose.com delivery service too.

 

[talltim]

But they deliver Waitrose products, Butts was right.

They were started by Waitrose, as a separate company, long before the other supermarkets got in on the trend. Their contract with Waitrose ran out a couple of years ago.

 

[Darandio]

They were started by Waitrose, as a separate company, long before the other supermarkets got in on the trend. Their contract with Waitrose ran out a couple of years ago.

Butts enquired if Ocado delivered Waitrose products.

You can still buy Waitrose products from Ocado and have them delivered.

 

[scott118]

But they deliver Waitrose products, Butts was right.

where did i say he wasn't ?

 

[Darandio]

where did i say he wasn't ?

You said neither!

 

[WestCoast]

I have a Waitrose within walking distance of my house but rarely shop there. It's not all that expensive if you buy their basic range but to be honest if I'm buying meat I don't particularly rate it over the butcher across the road. I tend to shop for basics at Aldi/Lidl (I see the quality on a par with all the rest - some products I even prefer) and Sainsbury's for other things. I eat pretty well on essentially a student budget by doing that.

I occasionally go to Iceland, not my favourite shop but it has some products worth buying. Non-food items like cleaning products, stationary etc I always try and buy from Poundland and Home Bargains, you often save quite a bit over the supermarkets.

 

[D365]

I have a Waitrose within walking distance of my house but rarely shop there. It's not all that expensive if you buy their basic range but to be honest if I'm buying meat I don't particularly rate it over the butcher across the road.

Very true, though the reduced items can be convenient for freezing - unfortunately at home, there isn't a great choice in butchers, but if I'm in need of some mince or veg when I'm in Sheffield, 90% of the time you will find me at Moor Market

 

[Domh245]

I have just sampled one of the Iceland pizzas, the BBQ meat feast one, and whilst it was a very nice pizza, I was somewhat unimpressed by the range of pizzas that were available when I went to buy it.

 

[Bevan Price]

I get most of my fruit/veg. from the town centre greengrocery shop or markets in nearby towns, bread from a smallish chain (Waterfields), and we still have a local milkman. Drive to Morrisons about every 6 to 8 weeks to stock up with "non-perishables" and/or to buy petrol. Have tried Asda & Tesco, but found that Morrisons stocked more of the brands that I prefer. Don't know if their policies have changed, but I think that Aldi & Lidl did not accept credit cards, and I don't like carrying lots of cash.

Used Iceland very occasionally, but they moved, and Farmfresh now occupies the shop.

 

[ExRes]

I will only buy vegetables, except things for use on the day of purchase, from M&S or Waitrose with the odd trip to a Farm Shop, bearing in mind the premium price that the Farm Shop will charge, supermarket vegetables from the likes of Tesco & Sainsbury are a rip off as they will be past being edible within two days and, as such, work out far more expensive than the likes of M&S

I don't know whether Aldi & Lidl take credit cards or not but surely they accept debit cards

 

[radamfi]

Aldi and Lidl have accepted credit cards for over a year (but not American Express, at least in Lidl).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whilst we have a Waitrose in Wilmslow, a short drive away from home, it is good to note that the excellent Booth's supermarkets group now have a branch in a very modern building in The Square, Hale Barns, which we visited yesterday when passing through that area ... en route to our now-nearest Edinburgh Woollen Mill at Altrincham Garden Centre (the EWM one at Woodford no longer being there).

Whilst many see the advantage of home delivery of online supermarket items, my good lady wife at the age of 74 still prefers to actually select items herself. making physical comparisons between items.

We still also use certain of the food departments of the Marks and Spencer store at Handforth Dean for "special catering events" for visitors at home.

 

[WestCoast]

Aldi and Lidl have accepted credit cards for over a year (but not American Express, at least in Lidl).

Both chains now take Visa & Mastercard credit cards (but not Amex) in their UK stores, plus contactless transactions up to £20.

 

[radamfi]

contactless transactions up to £20.

Not £30?