M&S Grocery Haul | Meal Plan | Family of 5 | How Much Did It Cost? | Is It Worth It?
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
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Hi everyone! Welcome to my channel and to another weekly grocery haul 😁
This week, I have tried out Marks & Spencer's to see what their prices are like compared to other supermarkets, and what makes their food 'better' than the other shops...I.also popped to Lidl for a few of the things I couldn't get in M&S.
Hope you enjoy the haul 😘
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I love how you know what is good in foods and what's not it helps us no end thanks Clare ❤xx
I try my best. I just try to follow the rule of if it's stuff that I can't pronounce, then it's probable.nor that good for you, and try ro limit how much we have without making itnsocwe can't buy anything! Xx
Fab haul! I always have in my head it's going to be super expensive there but actually a lot of things were pretty reasonable. My big problem with M&S is me, I go in and see the delicious charcuterie bits and the next thing I know I'm walking out thinking I need to remortgage... xx
It's just such a nice shop, everything looks so appealing! Xx
Lovely video thank you
Glad you enjoyed it xx
Hi lovely can you do a video on food ingredients to avoid like the things to look out for? I'm a young mum of 3 and only just started thinking about ingredients as my kids eat a about 2 meals of frozen food a week & love all the processed foods 😅 but I don't know what I should be looking out for. Thank you xxx
Sure, I'm definitely not an expert and have only learned things from watching/listening to podcasts from health people. But I can certainly do a video about it xx
Hi Claire a great shop there I sometimes go to M&S just to get the odd thing like you say it is expensive but the quality is good.hope your well take care.xx
I'm good thank you, I hope you are too? Lovely food and shopping experience, just a bit pricey for me unfortunately 😐 xx
Love M&S food
No parking at my local one so don’t get to one much,just can’t be tempted with everything there!
There's so much nice stuff there!! Xx
You could put grated apple into jam sandwiches to increase the fruit & fibre content.
We had 3 Ms and all shut down but do pop in if go into Manchester but don't get much just bits as I dont drive into Manchester I get the tram that's another experience 😂❤
Oh they have trams in Manchester? That sounds cool 😎
Great hauls
Thank you x
You’re a bit of a strict mum, then aren’t you if you don’t let your kids have treats… what if it’s a child’s birthday at school and they give them a packet of sweets do you take them off them as well?
You're probably new to my channel if you think I'm a strict mum 😂 (go back and see some of my previous hauls lol) they had so much sugar over the Xmas period that we're scaling right back on it now. We're allowing them something for their pudding after dinner each day, but im not putting treats in their lunchboxes or giving them after school. They have enough natural sugar in fruit and juices, etc, that I don't want them eating lots of rubbish when I can help it. Obviously, if they're given sweets at school, they have them, and we bought them brownies and hot chocolates while we were out today. But I'm trying to instill healthier eating habits in them, especially my eldest as he's 10 and in the next few years will be making some more of his own food choices 🙂
Her balance is right, she allows treats but restricts the amount which will help them make good choices when they are adults, growing up we had a penguin, club or similar when we came in from school, sweets once and week on Saturday and ice cream or homemade pudding on a Sunday,
@@patsmith8035 i am 50 in july and that is exactly the same as we had in r house ... orange clubs and penguins r my go to if i want abit of nostalgia px
😂😂😂 gosh I just told my kids to be quiet but it was your kids 😂😂😂 glad someone else’s house sounds like mine!
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I understand Claire re m and s being more expensive but for me quality far outweighs quantity xx
I do like it, just can't go there every week unfortunately lol xx
M&s do good chicken and eggs and some of their fruit and veg is competitively priced, it is a win on quality and they will refund anything not good quality with ease.I always prioritise food but totally understand finances are really tightfor many. Claire always does the best she can for her children and shouldn't be criticised..
Thank you ❤️
Great haul Claire! Thank you for sharing your shopping. I so enjoy comparing prices. Have a great evening! Olive. XO❤
Just shop at M and S and be done. Quality is beyond exceptional. Prices are good if you shop the offers. (Shop two weekly if needed). There will be a lot less of the nasties your trying to avoid. Spectacular fail with the dregs of sausage rolls you bought. That said, I eat very well but am partial to a haggis 😉
It's hard because they're expensive. I get they are better quality but not all of us have that sort of money to waste on expensive produce. We are all trying to watch the pennies! I went there once as there was a matalan next to it which I needed to go to, so I thought I'd check it out and walked out after 5 minutes. The prices were just extortionate and can get them for much cheaper in Aldi / Lidl. I've never had problems there so I rather stick to that and save money lol
The sausage rolls were nice, kids and husband liked them.
Would like to shop each week but the budget does allow for that, unfortunately, and they don't do certain things we use a lot 🤷♀️
Haggis doesn't sound like
my thing 😆
Hi 👋 alright Charlie ❤hiya gang 😊I cannot get banana nesquik milkshake powder for love nor money wheres that dissapered too 😢to be fair a few things have dissapered off shelves 😢my dark choci bountys are no more as well I love tiramasu I got one left in me fridge shall have later 😊I gotta go shoppin later today so better go write me list
I can't remember where I got the banana milkshake mix from...maybe tesco? Never seen dark chocolate bounty! Xx
I only shop in M&S when we have vouchers or just the odd one or two things , we find it very expensive for a whole shop !! Although everywhere is getting very expensive!!! I love a farleys rusk but it’s dangerous if I buy them as I’ll eat them all 😂😂 I love Lidl and Aldi !! Xxx
Haha I have a huge sweet tooth, but I find the rusks too sweet for me. M&S us lovely, burning couldn't shop there every week, it'd bankrupt me 😅😅xx
Hi Claire lots of yummy food there and some lovely treats too 😊 Hope you enjoy the day xx
Thank you. Have a lovely day xx
With the poppadoms once opened keep them in air tight container they will stay fresh for ages there are some things i like to buy in M&S you done really well Claire i do feel for families food is so expensive and bills 🤗🫶🙏
Thank you for the tip!
It's hard trying to buy decent food with fussy children and not spending an absolute fortune 🙈 xx
Something that totally shocked me the other day, but as a fan of M&S, I feel for from-scratch ingredients, they're pennies difference to other supermarkets like Tesco etc, but!!! I watched a series called "you are what you eat" on Netflix, and I am shell shocked. Like you I've been trying to make healthier changes, without realising those salmon fillets and other expensive fish saying "responsibly sourced" is basically lies, I never knew they were essentially farmed in these huge circular environments where they are surrounded in their own feces etc, and carry bacteria that isn't even scientifically proven to not travel into our guts and cause us serious issues. The fruit as we know has always been sprayed with other animal feces, but I didn't realise how badly, so I am washing them even more now and trying to buy organic if I can but they are so much more expensive. I think we never truly know what we're eating unless we see those ingredients ourselves. Dextrose, sucralose etc all the bad things are always hidden in there somewhere, a new one I noticed is malodextrin. I think that's what It's called? But honestly meat / dairy industry after watching that series made me feel kind of awful, especially the chickens being pumped full of anti biotics, which they said as we consume them, by 2030 things like cuts will be killing us because we've eaten those same anti biotics through the chickens etc etc. It made me feel like giving up on my healthy journey but all I know is that we can only do what we can. All your food looks yummy, and life is too short to worry too much, we know the basics to avoid. M&S fresh things, meat, tinned things and pasta I love, the ready made things like others say truly are expensive, they taste great but more of a treat, like a takeaway.
Anyway, sorry for my long comment, but you're the only other CZcamsr I know that speaks on these unhealthy things in our food. Hope you're well xx
They also covered processed foods, like sausages, burgers etc, but mainly sausages and sausage meat, and how they are actually carcinogenic but how we love them so much, and they are addictive so we continue to buy and so we kind of take the risks, sometimes unknowingly, even though science has shown, like cigarettes, they can cause cancer etc. I don't think I could entirely sacrifice those but I will defo try to have them rarely from now on. I recommend the series if you ever get a moment to watch some xx
Ooh who is the other youtuber that talks about ingredients etc? I'd like to watch that channel ☺️
You're right, we can only do what we can do. I'd love to do more vegetarian meals, but my kids are so fussy I just can't do it, they'd eat nothing 😅🙈
Hope you're having a nice weekend xx
Another Good shop Claire some great meal ideas for you and your family ❤I like m and s i agree it is expensive especially when you have a family ocado like there food as well ,you are a good shopper❤😊
Thank you ❤️ Have a lovely weekend xx
Bread, white potatoes and eggs are cheaper in M&S and you need to try the coleslaw :) xx
Oh my gosh yes I do! X
@@MumLifeAndMore honeybee make sure you get the exra creamy coleslaw also the 2 bean salad for and beetroot one is lush too. Px
It looks like you're pretty well stocked up and thank goodness you had those vouchers that maybe your next trip won't be quite as expensive
Hopefully x
@@MumLifeAndMore 😊
I can recommend the grass fed meat from lidl cheaper than m&s
Ooh I've not seen that, I'll have a look next time I'm in there! X
@@MumLifeAndMore they do beef, mince, chicken it’s all we buy now 👍
Hi Claire 👋
I absolutely love Marks & Spencer’s food but it’s a bit pricey but the food in my opinion tastes better. Like you mentioned they tend to use better ingredients and I prefer that. Have a good week ahead take care Louise X
It is good food, and i do think the ingredients are better. Shame it's too expensive to shop there all the time! Xx
@@MumLifeAndMore I did a online shop this week with Ocado it’s Marks & Spencer’s food came in roughly the same price as our normal Tesco shop. We got free delivery plus £20 off our shop. Also when we do our next shop they are giving us £15 off plus free delivery. Really happy everything we ordered we got. Take care Louise X
Is a voucher a gift card? I wish i would have been more mindful with ingredients when my 4 kids were young. You're doing a great job!
Yeah it's a gift card.
I've only just started thinking about ingredients etc, with idbeen aware of it years ago. It's hard though, especially with fussy children xx
that looked like a healthy shopping cart x
I don’t understand how all these people can say M&S is good value/cheap. Yes for certain items they price match Tesco or are a few pence off but most of it is stupidly expensive. We are fortunate to live next to a retail park so I have Tesco, Lidl, Aldi and M&S within a 400 meter radius of my front door. I do use M&S occasionally - 1, I prefer their baked beans 50p a tin it’s the same as Tesco own and I think 2/3p more than Lidl, I dislike the really cheap beans. 2, bread and milk if that’s all I need it’s easier to pop in there than go into one of the other supermarkets and queue. 3, occasionally I will go in later in the day and find yellow sticker meat/fish bargains but that’s very rare . You did ok for £72, there’s a decent amount
It's definitely more expensive than other supermarkets I think. I think the quality of the ingredients are good, and will pay more for certain things, but in general I can't afford to shop there every week, although I'd love to! Xx
I’m sorry you had to take down the tour of your house I watched it now enjoyed it so ignore those miserable people be safe❤ 0:30
Thank you, glad you like it though xx
Great vlog as usual love ❤️❤❤
Thank you!!xx
Ooh I might have to try m&s xx
Hi Claire always interesting to aee the way others shoo and eapecially in different shops thank you .
Just curious is your home an apartment or just thr angles playing i just noticed the wondow and roof outside your kitchen window....i notice too much 😆
We live in a 1st floor maisonette. So we have our own private entrance to the property, our own back garden, but we're above our downstairs neighbours, all on one level, if that makes sense. There has been debate whether I live in a flat or a maisonette, but flats typically have shared entrances and gardens. It was marketed as a maisonette, so that's what we call it ☺️xx
Hi,would say considering you got meat and fish from M &S 72 pounds wasn't too bad in comparison to Lidl actually . Was quite surprised at M&S prices . Don't shop there generally only for clothes ! X
I thought quite a bit was a good price, although for a full ship there's no way I could do it every week, some of the items are just too overpriced to make it viable for me. Think I did well with what I got though xx
I love M&S .... i buy all my fruit and veg in there and certain other products the kids like.
Personally i dont find the prices too bad. I cant do a full shop in it as it doesn't do a lot of things we like as a family.
Just a Personal thing but i hate Asda and Lidl neither look clean to me....obviously this relates to the 2 in my local town xx
I'm not a big fan of asda, I find certain things there more expensive. Becoming a bigger fan of lidl though, but I think ours are better than the ones in NI from what you have said. I do like M&S, but yeah,they don't a lot of them stuff I need there xx
Great video great haul😊 if your kid will eat ham and cheese sandwich you are winning
Yes I agree. I'd tear my hair out if they didn't eat sandwiches x
I still love rusks and I’m 52 😂😂😂😂
Me too lol 😂
@@sarahtaylor2492 🤣
Its not expensive. Especially if you do 3 for 12 pounds. E.g. 2 pork chops, 8 huge meatballs with sauce, burgers. Only part of huge variety
I guess it depends on what your buying. A full shop there would cost me a fortune I think!
All I heard was tiramisu and Nigella ❤
I love m&s for a few treats but can’t afford a big shop there
Things are certainly more expensive I thought. The meat etc I don't mind paying more for, but basic stuff I noticed was more expensive without much reason why. But I'm going to do a bit more shopping there and see what it's like xx
I go there for treat food i could sfgorf it every week but woukdnt do it as they r so overpriced px
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I used to love branded food but knowing that m&s supports (isreali)that means innocent children men and women getting bombed. My life is now a new chapter. I really opened my eyes where my money is going ❤ im still living im happy without brands but others are not living so love for others what you love for yourself.
I know nothing about politics, and am certainly not offering myself up for crucifixion on CZcams by making a comment on it if im not knowledgeable, other than that the situation is obviously terrible 💔 x
I’ve never been especially impressed with M&S. I do think they trade on their name and a somewhat lost reputation for quality, and I’ve never personally thought their food tastes any different to the same thing bought elsewhere, but there’s always been a definite difference in the price. I’ve noticed that they are trying to reduce some prices to bring them in line with other supermarkets and why not? Frankly, a carrot is a carrot, and those tomatoes look (and will likely taste) exactly like any other watery, tasteless tomato bought anywhere at this time of year. I don’t think it’s their fault, I think it’s just a matter of demand. People want to eat strawberries in December, even thought they taste of absolutely nothing - and that’s true whether they’re from Aldi, M&S or Fortnum’s, because it’s the wrong time of year for them - and they won’t taste any sweeter regardless of where you buy them. But I get that there are still people who want to believe that their purchases are somehow superior and are willing to pay the extra as a result.
I thought the fruit and veg were nice, but the same as elsewhere. I was impressed with the blueberries and raspberries, but I had some REALLY nice raspberries from lidl the week...so 🤷♀️ Can't shop there all the time, but I like to try out different supermarkets. Strawberries are definitely nicer at the right time of year though x