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Sorry in advance for being "Captain Boring" here.....

do you guys tend to buy all your groceries on campus or do you go to supermarket?

Also how much do you spend a day roughly on food?

Reply 1

simatemcprimate

There's an Asda in Lancaster, they hace the best prices

Reply 2

random_bloke

OP

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do they deliver?

also do you guys tend to keep all your stuff (food wise) in the kitchen or do you keep some of it in your room so it don't get pinched.

Reply 3

*loz*

ive heard that asda deliver (yey!!) dont know bout other supermarkets tho

Reply 4

simatemcprimate

Just go to asda not sainsbury's. There's a Spar on campus but I wouldn't buy all your shopping from there as they are expensive just everyday stuff like fruit, veg etc.

Reply 5

BlackpoolCraig

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There's an asda, but it's practically in morecambe. There's an aldi but it's almost as far away as asda. Sainsburys is generally where i do my shopping, as it's across the road from the bus station. And campus has a spar, but that's what i use as a convenience store.

Reply 6

butterflytears

Oh Campus:
Central: near pendle, cartmel, lonsdale: good for bread, milk, chocolate.
Spar: near alexandra square: good for small amounts of groceries

In Town:
Somerfield: near bus station, very cheap but small range
Sainsburys: main student shopping destination as near bus station. Also free bus here every hour on Wednesdays.
Asda: cheap and massive store but far out and only reachable with a car.

Reply 7

simatemcprimate

Ahhhhhhh! Now i'm going to have to do all my shopping in Sainsbury's. I was looking forward to Asda's prices :biggrin:

Reply 8

butterflytears

simatemcprimate

Ahhhhhhh! Now i'm going to have to do all my shopping in Sainsbury's. I was looking forward to Asda's prices :biggrin:

you can get deliveries. works well if a few of you club together. Particulary good for drinks as these are very heavy to lug home on the bus and spar is rather pricey.

Reply 9

simatemcprimate

butterflytears

spar is rather pricey.

Yeah I know. I suppose they get a lot of business though as their position in the uni is convenient.

Reply 10

Carolinedoodle

random_bloke

do they deliver?

also do you guys tend to keep all your stuff (food wise) in the kitchen or do you keep some of it in your room so it don't get pinched.

We keep everything (not just food wise!) in the kitchen, no one would steal anything. I guess you can tell after a while if people you live with are trustworthy though.

Reply 11

_findthecolour_

If you're in Grizedale it's unlikely you'll have enough room to keep all your food in the kitchen, but they give you a nice wooden storage box under your bed, which I've found most useful.

There's a bus that goes from the bus station right to ASDA (the 6A, I believe) and they're pretty regular, so as long as you don't buy too much that you then have to lug back to campus that can be worth doing.

The only thing I ever buy on campus is milk, because everything else has about a 30% mark-up on it. It's worth planning meals ahead of time so you don't have to go and spend £3 for some cheese.

And as far as spending money on food. Sometimes I can spend as little as £6 a week, and sometimes I can be stupid and spend £50. It all depends how much you plan your shopping and what budget you have to stick to. Don't panic if you're spending too much in your first few weeks, you'll get used to cutting down your costs in your own time.

..sorry for the essay, ha.

Reply 12

simatemcprimate

Phewwwwww! :smile:

For a wgile there I was worried that you couldn't get to Asda from the uni without a car. Thanks and welcome to TSR :tsr2:

Reply 13

emmathe37th

If you put together the price to get to Asda by bus with your shopping, it's probably the same as going to Sainsbury's on the free bus. And it takes a lot longer to get to Asda. It's only £5 delivery though so between loads of you, it's nothing.

I usually go to Somerfield and whatever I can't get there, I get at Sainsbury's. They're both right next to the bus station.

Reply 14

xxhollyxx

my nan's convinced i'm going to starve and hence is currently preparing what can only be described as an aid parcel of food...at the rate it's developing i'm unlikely to be needing any food shopping for the next 7 years...so that's the MA food budget covered nicely!!

x

Reply 15

Retardchar

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Yeah, I used to just get the Sainsbury's free bus on Wednesdays, it's just more convenient considering the amount of stuff I used to buy... One time I had to enlist the help of two friends I bumped into outside of Sainsburys to lug my stuff to the bus station, I went a bit overboard with things. :p:

I did used to buy stuff from Central on my way back from lectures or on weekends when I fancied a pizza. It's not TOO pricey, but their stock is limited to mainly name brands, which is obviously more expensive. They tend to have offers on typical student things though, like pizza and supernoodles, which is always ace. :biggrin:

Reply 16

ems33

Retardchar

Yeah, I used to just get the Sainsbury's free bus on Wednesdays, it's just more convenient considering the amount of stuff I used to buy... One time I had to enlist the help of two friends I bumped into outside of Sainsburys to lug my stuff to the bus station, I went a bit overboard with things. :p:

I did used to buy stuff from Central on my way back from lectures or on weekends when I fancied a pizza. It's not TOO pricey, but their stock is limited to mainly name brands, which is obviously more expensive. They tend to have offers on typical student things though, like pizza and supernoodles, which is always ace. :biggrin:

ah I like the sound of the free bus lol! I have a Nectar card so hopefully that might save some pennies in the long run :wink:

Reply 17

-- Dan --

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Retardchar

I did used to buy stuff from Central on my way back from lectures or on weekends when I fancied a pizza. It's not TOO pricey, but their stock is limited to mainly name brands, which is obviously more expensive. They tend to have offers on typical student things though, like pizza and supernoodles, which is always ace. :biggrin:

I ventured down to Central once last year in search of new Pizzas after i got bored of the ones from Spar. They seemed to have nice stuff in there and a few decent offers, but I think i still prefer Spar cos they have a much wider selection and not just the main brands. Plus you can get a decent pizza in there for 99p :biggrin:

Reply 18

Busybee3

Last time i checked supermarkets only deliver to accommodation down in Alexandra Park (Lonsdale, Cartmel, etc). I need to check this though as it may have changed. If you take the free bus to sainsburys on the wednesday and then go to the bus station (right next to sainsburys) you can get a bus to asda for £1. That was a single because i shared a taxi back with some friends. A return to the bus station shouldn't be much more and then you can get the free bus back to uni. :smile:

Reply 19

Retardchar

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