-COST SUPERMARKET FOOD & DRINK

Sainsbury’s total £11.29

Sainsbury’s Basics line has been replaced by a string of new names. It has products labelled Hubbard’s Foodstore, Mary Ann’s, The Greengrocer and Stamford Street throughout the store, which are the cheapest available.

Daily’s medium sliced white bread, 36p 800g – good for toasting, would prefer something softer for sandwiches 3/5 Hubbard’s Foodstore strawberry jam, 28p 454g – lovely, tasty rich jam 4.5/5 Hubbard’s Foodstore chocolate spread 99p, 400g – bit lumpy, but pleasant chocolatey flavour 4/5 Hubbard’s Foodstore chicken soup, 40p 400g – good flavour, hunt the chicken pieces 3/5 Hubbard’s pasta sauce, 39p 440g – you can taste the basil and oregano, but quite soupy in consistency 3.5/5 Stamford Street lasagne £1, 300g – absolute bargain for a quid! Tastes like one you’d eat out 4.5/5 Allcroft’s Deli Classics cheese and onion quiche, £1.45 400g – shortcrust pastry base is lovely with just right amount of crunch, filling is underwhelming 3.5/5 J James and Family wafer thin cooked ham slices, £1.59 400g – good appearance and flavour, not watery and loads of it 4/5 Mary Ann’s cheddar cheese slices, 99p 200g – never judge a cheese slice by its cover, er, colour. This one looks fab but tastes sour. It was the last one in the shop so it might be subjective 1/5 Mary Ann’s fromage frais, 73p 12 x 50g – not too thick, three decent flavours 3.5/5 Hubbard’s Foodstore pineapple pieces, 94p 565g – chunks very small but big value can 4.5/5 Lovett’s milk chocolate digestives, 45p 300g – tastes of proper chocolate with just right amount of crunch 4/5 Hubbard’s Foodstore custard, 32p 385g – neon colour could be seen from space, if you can get past that it’s acceptable 2.5/5 Hubbard’s Foodstore 160 tea bags, £1.09 400g – another nice brew. Might have to rethink my tea bag game 4/5 Hubbard’s Foodstore apple and blackcurrant double strength squash, 45p 750ml – really hard to pick between these juices 4/5