The Big Tesco Shop

Giant Shopping Expedition With Uber Interesting Tips Surrounded By A Haze Of Yogurt-Coated Raisins Shame
having run out of seedy bread(gasp!) and turkey rashers(swoon!) i decide to make a mega list of ingredients compiled straight from my bible. Boy, it was a mega list.

But i couldn't find my rolled oats. I feel this is prophetic in many ways. However i did find nearly everything else, and have compiled this handy tip-selection for your tesco-shopping convenience:

almost all the ingredients that i couldn't find straight off were squirrelled near the bottom of the shelves - all the healthy living stuff, all the unusual ingredients, all the cheaper spices

i actually saved actual money of substance when i had onion powder, garlic salt, and cinnamon in my hand - all premium-brand, right - but found there was a whooole pound off for each of these when i bought tesco's own brand - i saved £3!! i can't quite get over it

healthy living cheese is expensive yet addictive, and comes in many addiction-sustaining varieties (i spent a lot on my cheese habit this week, but it's all lasted well, and tasty treats abound from this)

the brown rice i eat and waste so carelessly from the Tilda brand is soooo much cheaper than the normal variety! and the taste difference is negligible, says this observer.

the whole foods section at tesco is surprising filled with ingredients like Substance X and interesting bean-based concoctions

a tin of mandarins is cheaper than getting a bunch of tangerines, and you can always have both by encouraging your mother to buy the tangerines.

ry/i/vita is not as nice as "original cracker bread" and can't compete in the cardboard-like texture department

turkey slices are a lot more expensive than they used to be when i was younger

as is bread

this new-found knowledge is indispensable, so i felt i should pass it on to you guys.

Shame Of The Day: yogurt coated raisins.

Important Diet-Related Spiritual Change Of The Week: thinking yogurt-coated raisins are a) a sinful treat b) better than chocolate