It is childish, I know, but I do get excited when my quarterly Approved Food Order arrives. They have a very efficient parcel tracking system – and last Friday I got a text message at around 9am, saying my parcel would arrive between 9.40 and 10.40. It came at 9.43!
This order cost just under £20 [including p&p]
I got 24 packs of couscous, 5 pouches of olives, 8 naan breads [vac-packed] 3 cans grapefruit, 4 packets of oatcakes, 2 bags of [rather tasty] muesli, a large jar of instant drinking chocolate [Fairtrade, of course], 8 Golden Syrup mini loaf cakes [yum!] 3 packs of seeded bread mix, 3 bags of wholemeal flour, a jar of seafood sauce, a pack of Ryvita, and 2 packs of delicious Dandoy Belgian speculoos biscuits. Bob loves these – here is the shop in Brussels which we visited in August 2000 with the girls.
65 items in all - that works out at around 30p an item. At full price I would have paid around £60 for this little lot.
And there is food from all round the world in this box - England, Scotland, Belgium, Spain, India, Turkey, Australia…
I received a delivery this morning and was also very impressed with it all - a similar assortment of bits and bobs, including recycled toilet paper, fountain pens and popping corn...they are an excellent organisation and an easy way to keep the storecupboard stocked.
ReplyDeleteA real bargain! Enjoy everything.. especially the Belgian biscuits! Jx
ReplyDeleteThis sounds amazing . Is it worth investgating for a one person shop? I make my own bread and use several of the stuff you listed
ReplyDeleteYes- even for a one person shop it is worth trying out. But the bread mix/bread flour is not always available- get on their email list, and they inform you of whats on offer.
ReplyDeleteBut I think you need to spend at least £15 [p&p is £5] to make it worth it.
What a brilliant idea. Now we are in England we shall be able to take opportunities of shopping like that too!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. And cheap. Hope you have a lovely week
ReplyDeleteIreland?!
ReplyDeleteSorry Mags, there didn't seem to be anything Irish on offer this week!
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