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Category: Money Saving Tips
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Even Tesco says we're wasting too much food
That crinkled bag of salad with mushy brown juice, lingering on at the end of your fridge. The old banana which, even as the brown dots consume the skin, you’ll get around to eating any day now. And the sinking feeling of guilt every time you look at the half-pan of bread, and feel torn…
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Cheap and Cheerful Christmas: Peter’s Article in Pricewatch today
Our very own Peter has a great piece in the Irish Times Pricewatch section today on ways to enjoy a cheap and cheerful Christmas. He has tips for restaurants and good pub food all around the country. There’s also recommendations for country bars that will arrange transport for their customers, alternatives to pub crawls and…
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Save money on socialising this Christmas
Once the bills are paid, 1.8 million Irish adults have less than €100 per month to spend, according to a report from the Irish League of Credit Unions earlier this year. So how on earth are we going to get through Christmas? I’m currently writing an article for The Irish Times, looking at ways to save…
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Best before and use-by: How to eat “gone off” food and not die
I felt very slightly queasy yesterday. The soup was four days past the use-by, but I ate it anyway because I couldn’t bear to let it go to waste. Ah, I was fine. Didn’t get sick or nothing. Grrrr… Later that day I came across some research from safefood Ireland, which showed that one in three…
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Fifteen tips to cut supermarket spending
In today’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope has an excellent article on how to save money in supermarkets. His tips include looking out for value in M&S, never taking perishable items from the front shelves, and shopping late in the day when you’ll find more price cuts. It’s an incredibly useful and readable piece. Highly recommended for…
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The steady march of own brands
In today’s Irish Times Pricewatch section, Conor Pope looks at the mass switch to own brand labels: Despite food price inflation, shoppers are managing their shopping budgets by trading down to private labels, shopping around, shopping to a budget and planning in advance. Four out of five shoppers now believe it is imperative that they…
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Cheap eats in Japan
Everybody knows that Japan is the most expensive place on the planet, right? Eh, wrong. In today’s Irish Times, I’m busting some of those myths with my list of cheap eats options in this most extraordinary country. Now I can stop boring my friends with my Japanese holiday stories and force them to read about…
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Cheapeats for students in The Irish Times
Learning to be a student means learning how to live frugally. In yesterday’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope had some excellent tips for students, including learning to cook, switching electricity provider, and collecting coupons. He also advised on how to shop, including a neat little mention for this website: Visit cheapeats.ie every now and then. It has a lot of…
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Which own brands do you use?
I’m drawn to some great half price offers in Dunnes this week – but not on food. Finish Dishwasher tablets are down from €16.99 to €8.49, while a big giant value pack of Bold Two in One is down from €25.99 to €12.99. When it comes to household items such washing powder and dishwasher tablets,…
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Pricewatch article on own brand products
In today’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope discusses the growth of own-brand products in Irish supermarkets, and points the way towards thousands of euro in annual savings. An interesting and useful article.