I’ve written before about how to slash the price of coffee and also about the benefits of buying a brew in a coffee shop to be productive with work, however, this post is all about how to save a few pennies from your regular drink. Especially during the festive season, the lure of limited edition …
There’s nothing quite like a bowl of delicious soup now the weather has turned terrible and the nights have drawn in. Winter is definitely soup weather in our house. Whilst it’s great to make your own, and often healthier, how would you like some free soup? Head to the New Covent Garden website, type in …
I spotted this fantastic festive idea and thought it was great. What you do is get a box, or a crate or a basket and add an item every day throughout advent. You then drop it off at your local foodbank (ideally before Christmas so you may have to put the last 3 or 4 items …
Interesting reading this one. I recently read on MoneySavingExpert about the differences in supermarket prices between the prepackaged aisle and the in store counter. They give some great info on where you can make savings, and these savings add up! Comparing the price per 100g we can clearly see the savings by visiting the meat …
The ‘hunt’ for Easter eggs is on, as we’ve been told by TV adverts from pretty much Boxing Day! I love a good Easter Egg as much as the next guy, but what I don’t like is getting less for my money than someone else. Here’s the rundown on mini eggs… You can buy a …
As I’ve previously encouraged you to get to grips with what you can freeze, I felt a post about cheese was most necessary. Brie-lieve (!) it or not, most people don’t realise that you can, in fact, freeze cheese. I am ALWAYS seeing cheese in the reduced section of supermarkets. Half price, more than half price, crazy …
We’re constantly hearing statistics about how much food is wasted in this country. It’s shocking really but I think we’ve become somewhat desensitised to it because it’s been happening so long. Making more of what we buy is such an important thing, not only to save ourselves money, or infact to get more out of …
Welcome to the new blog of Thrifty Chap. I’ve been a money saver for some time and hope that through this blog and plenty of tweets I’ll be able to help other people save some cash! Starting in the festive season I thought would be a good idea, so here we go! Christmas is upon …
