Whittakers Chocolate $2.95 a block at PAk N' SAVE
E. Scrooge
ADVERTISED Whittakers Chocolate on special at $2.99. I've now got 4 and 1/2
blocks of high quality Whitakers White chocolates.
Thanks to Countdown supermarkets with their special of 3 packs of Arnotts
Shapes for $5 they too have forced Pak N' Save to sell Arnotts Shapes for
$1.65 a packet which funny enough just happens to be 5 cents less than the
Countdown special when buying 3 boxs of them from Pak N' Save.
Interesting how advertised specials at the main supermarkets are forcing Pak
N' Save to match some of the very same specials, which damn near means that
other supermarkets are now controlling the prices of some products over the
same week at Pak N' Save as well.
Pak N' Save's new slogan should be, "Since we can't beat the best we'll
follow them instead."
E. Scrooge
~misfit~
I don't give a shit what their slogan is, they save me a lot of money. Or
should I say, I eat better than I would if I didn't shop at Pak'N Save.
--
Shaun.
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
PB1952
Geopelia
"PB1952" <PB1...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:h6m18c$lmb$1...@aioe.org...
Our Foodtown has just changed to Countdown. I've noticed that since the
Wairau Pak'n'Save opened, some Countdown prices have fallen.
Having the two cheaper supermarkets nearby and in competition seems a good
thing.
E. Scrooge
"~misfit~" <sore_n...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:h6lvrd$rf2$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs E. Scrooge wrote:
>> Of course the real supermarket to thank for this great special is
>> Moyles who ADVERTISED Whittakers Chocolate on special at $2.99. I've
>> now got 4 and 1/2 blocks of high quality Whitakers White chocolates.
>>
>> Thanks to Countdown supermarkets with their special of 3 packs of
>> Arnotts Shapes for $5 they too have forced Pak N' Save to sell
>> Arnotts Shapes for $1.65 a packet which funny enough just happens to
>> be 5 cents less than the Countdown special when buying 3 boxs of them
>> from Pak N' Save.
>> Interesting how advertised specials at the main supermarkets are
>> forcing Pak N' Save to match some of the very same specials, which
>> damn near means that other supermarkets are now controlling the
>> prices of some products over the same week at Pak N' Save as well.
>>
>> Pak N' Save's new slogan should be, "Since we can't beat the best
>> we'll follow them instead."
>
> I don't give a shit what their slogan is, they save me a lot of money. Or
> should I say, I eat better than I would if I didn't shop at Pak'N Save.
> --
> Shaun.
Overall Countdown has proven to be cheaper.
E. Scrooge
E. Scrooge
"~misfit~" <sore_n...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:h6lvrd$rf2$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Of course the real supermarket to thank for this great special is
>> Moyles who ADVERTISED Whittakers Chocolate on special at $2.99. I've
>> now got 4 and 1/2 blocks of high quality Whitakers White chocolates.
>>
>> Thanks to Countdown supermarkets with their special of 3 packs of
>> Arnotts Shapes for $5 they too have forced Pak N' Save to sell
>> Arnotts Shapes for $1.65 a packet which funny enough just happens to
>> be 5 cents less than the Countdown special when buying 3 boxs of them
>> from Pak N' Save.
>> Interesting how advertised specials at the main supermarkets are
>> forcing Pak N' Save to match some of the very same specials, which
>> damn near means that other supermarkets are now controlling the
>> prices of some products over the same week at Pak N' Save as well.
>>
>> Pak N' Save's new slogan should be, "Since we can't beat the best
>> we'll follow them instead."
>
> I don't give a shit what their slogan is, they save me a lot of money. Or
> should I say, I eat better than I would if I didn't shop at Pak'N Save.
> --
> Shaun.
Real good deal at Pak 'N Save for the last 2 weeks or so is Mr Cheese for
only $3.19 instead of over $6 elsewhere.
E. Scrooge
PB1952
:: "PB1952" <PB1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Consumer did a survey and Countdown did better for savings than Pak N Save.
PB1952
:: "~misfit~" <sore_n...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
What I hate about Pak N Save is they force me to go up and down ever aisle
because of the way they arrange their shelving.
--�
PB1...@gmail.com
~misfit~
> ~misfit~ wrote:
>>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs E. Scrooge wrote:
>>>> Of course the real supermarket to thank for this great special is
>>>> Moyles who ADVERTISED Whittakers Chocolate on special at $2.99.
>>>> I've now got 4 and 1/2 blocks of high quality Whitakers White
>>>> chocolates.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to Countdown supermarkets with their special of 3 packs of
>>>> Arnotts Shapes for $5 they too have forced Pak N' Save to sell
>>>> Arnotts Shapes for $1.65 a packet which funny enough just happens
>>>> to be 5 cents less than the Countdown special when buying 3 boxs of
>>>> them from Pak N' Save.
>>>> Interesting how advertised specials at the main supermarkets are
>>>> forcing Pak N' Save to match some of the very same specials, which
>>>> damn near means that other supermarkets are now controlling the
>>>> prices of some products over the same week at Pak N' Save as well.
>>>>
>>>> Pak N' Save's new slogan should be, "Since we can't beat the best
>>>> we'll follow them instead."
>>>
>>> I don't give a shit what their slogan is, they save me a lot of
>>> money. Or should I say, I eat better than I would if I didn't shop
>>> at Pak'N Save. --
>
Not according to Consumer Magazine....
Anyway, there is no Countdown in Pukekohe so, by the time travelling costs
are added in, even if Consumer was wrong, it's not an option for me.
~misfit~
I don't remember that, hang on, I think my membership is still paid up....
Here you go, from Consumer's website, from their last survey of
supermarkets:
"And the winner is ... Pak'n Save.
Pak'n Save is still the cheapest, as it has been in past surveys. Pak'n Save
stores in each centre had the lowest prices on around half the items on our
shopping list. But, as our supermarket satisfaction survey found, it
achieves these discounts by stocking large volumes of a limited range of
products."
Please stick to facts.
~misfit~
> "~misfit~" <sore_n...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:h6lvrd$rf2$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs E. Scrooge wrote:
>>> Of course the real supermarket to thank for this great special is
>>> Moyles who ADVERTISED Whittakers Chocolate on special at $2.99. I've now
>>> got 4 and 1/2 blocks of high quality Whitakers White
>>> chocolates. Thanks to Countdown supermarkets with their special of 3
>>> packs of
>>> Arnotts Shapes for $5 they too have forced Pak N' Save to sell
>>> Arnotts Shapes for $1.65 a packet which funny enough just happens to
>>> be 5 cents less than the Countdown special when buying 3 boxs of
>>> them from Pak N' Save.
>>> Interesting how advertised specials at the main supermarkets are
>>> forcing Pak N' Save to match some of the very same specials, which
>>> damn near means that other supermarkets are now controlling the
>>> prices of some products over the same week at Pak N' Save as well.
>>>
>>> Pak N' Save's new slogan should be, "Since we can't beat the best
>>> we'll follow them instead."
>>
>> I don't give a shit what their slogan is, they save me a lot of
>> money. Or should I say, I eat better than I would if I didn't shop
>> at Pak'N Save. --
>
See my reply to PB1952. Also, even if you were right, I'd have to travel at
least 15 minutes to my nearest Countdown, making it more expensive.
~misfit~
It varies from store to store. I guess that I'm 'lucky' being an invalid. I
cut through the 'staff only' doors if I'm only after a few things. One
pimply-faced power-tripping fool tried to tell me I couldn't do that once. I
told him that I am an invalid (with a raspberry ripple card) and the
management had kindly provided parking for me adjacent to the entrance so I
wouldn't have to walk too far. I'm sure they wouldn't object to me *not*
walking the extra 50m through their rat maze. He didn't get it until I told
him to stand down or get the manager. Arrogant little shite.
~misfit~
What's 'Mr Cheese' Scrooge? I've been making 'Philly Cheese Steaks'
recently, it sounds like something I could use maybe.
(BTW, unfortunately not all 'specials' are common across all Pak'N Save
shops. Most are but not all.)
E. Scrooge
Mr Cheese is a great American product, cheese in a pressurised can that
doesn't have to refrigerated. Remove the replaceable top and just push the
stem over a bit letting some cheese out onto a snax biscuit or cracker for
example. It lasts for ages and comes in mild and tasty varieties. I gave
my first one to a friend to try after going through 2 boxes of snax
biscuits, it still had plenty left.
E. Scrooge
Miche
"E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (sling replaces *)> wrote:
> "~misfit~" <sore_n...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:h6na1f$q38$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> > What's 'Mr Cheese' Scrooge? I've been making 'Philly Cheese Steaks'
> > recently, it sounds like something I could use maybe.
> >
> > (BTW, unfortunately not all 'specials' are common across all Pak'N Save
> > shops. Most are but not all.)
> > --
> > Shaun.
>
> Mr Cheese is a great American product, cheese in a pressurised can that
> doesn't have to refrigerated. Remove the replaceable top and just push the
> stem over a bit letting some cheese out onto a snax biscuit or cracker for
> example. It lasts for ages and comes in mild and tasty varieties. I gave
> my first one to a friend to try after going through 2 boxes of snax
> biscuits, it still had plenty left.
35% "cheese", 65% filler and propellant.
Miche
--
Electricians do it in three phases
J.Wilson
"Carnations" <Beau...@Carnations.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2009.08...@carnations.com...
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:40:57 +1200, PB1952 wrote:
>
>> Consumer did a survey and Countdown did better for savings than Pak N
>> Save.
>
>
> They are little more than tasteless 5th grade dust.
Hard to find a good cuppa tea. The big tea companies seem to have bought
up all the brands and educated the market to accept their crappy blends.
There are good teas and not so good teas and that's why they blend
them but whiat I want to know is the name of the good tea before they
blend it with the crap. To save a bit of time, if anyone wants to
recommend any particular brand currently available in our supermarkets
as good tea they don't know what good tea should taste like. So there!
J.Wilson
"J.Wilson" <m...@here.co.kr> wrote in message
news:dtKjm.150569$FP2.1...@newsfe05.iad...
.. and while I'm in a merry mood how small can a nut bar get before
it becomes a mouthful or something else? and how much space can
they pack into a pcak alongside the product before it becomes a joke?
Geopelia
"Miche" <mich...@gee-mail.com> wrote in message
news:micheinnz-DF3D3...@news.itconsult.net...
What's wrong with good old fashioned real cheese?
Miche
"Geopelia" <phil...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> What's wrong with good old fashioned real cheese?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
PB1952
:: In article <h6ntl0$f8j$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
Agreed but Mr Cheese is good for campers because it doesn't require
refrigeration.
Miche
> Agreed but Mr Cheese is good for campers because it doesn't require
> refrigeration.
Neither does processed cheese.
E. Scrooge
"PB1952" <PB1...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:h6o0ha$pam$1...@aioe.org...
It also keeps well between using it while most other cheese products don't.
Real easy to control the flow of it to just let enough out for each biscuit.
I wouldn't mind paying up to $5 for it.
E. Scrooge
E. Scrooge
"Carnations" <Beau...@Carnations.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2009.08...@carnations.com...
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:40:57 +1200, PB1952 wrote:
>
>> Save.
>
>
> They are little more than tasteless 5th grade dust.
4th grade dust makes a real good cuppa, thanks.
E. Scrooge
~misfit~
Thanks Scrooge, I'll look for it in Pukekohe Pak'N Save tomorrow. It sounds
as if it's what the US of A'ians call "Cheez Whizz" and is a common
ingredient of a Philly Cheese Steak, something I've been playing with a bit
recently. What section of the shop is it in where you are?
Thanks.
~misfit~
Nothing Geo, I just bought four 1kg blocks of Mainland Tasty from Pak'N Save
this as it's on special [$9.99 instead of $14.95 normally]. It's got a 'best
before' date sometime next year so will keep just fine, I use about a block
a month, give or take. Nearly a $20 saving there, (or as I like to look at
it, real cheese for the price of crap). I'd have bought more but my fridge
is quite small and usually the special comes around again before I run out.
However, there are some [very few] things I like to make that a hard cheddar
style cheese doesn't suit.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philly_cheese_steak
Only my version is a lot more yummy than that, thiny sliced rump steak [only
when it's on special of course], flash/stir fried and mixed with an equal
quantity of caramelised onion that I cooked before, heated through again and
packed into a roll. [I've been using Foodtown's 'Tiger rolls' but they're a
bit expensive..] For a soft cheese topping I've been spooning Kraft Cheese
Spread over it but at ~$4.50 for a 250g jar (which makes about four cheese
steaks or has to be refrigerated and then used within about a week) the
'cheese' part makes this rare treat just too expensive.
Hence my question about 'Mr Cheese'. It could, if I like the taste, make the
next lot of Philly Cheese Steaks I make (when steak's on special of course)
significantly less expensive. The price of the Kraft stuff, plus the fact
that my Pak'N save doesn't stock it so I have to go to Foodtown, keeps me
from having these as often as I'd like at the moment.
Yeah, I know, I guess I could make a roux and make a cheese sauce with the
tasty cheddar to go on the cheese steaks but that would take some
experimentation to get the taste just right and also they're a treat when I
have them and extra dishes doesn't fit with my idea of a treat. ;-)
Cheers,
EMB
> Please stick to facts.
Sorry Shaun, but he did.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10532552
A _L_ P
> "J.Wilson" <m...@here.co.kr> wrote in message
> news:dtKjm.150569$FP2.1...@newsfe05.iad...
>
> it becomes a mouthful or something else?
Currently euphemised as "fun" size bars and sold several to the bag.
It is a well-known fact that tiny bars of sweets and chocolate are fun
whereas previously-normal sized ones are... um, are... um.............
something else?
> and how much space can
> they pack into a pcak alongside the product before it becomes a joke?
>
>
I ain't laughing.
A L P
A _L_ P
it in a zip-lock bag in a wet footy sock and it would keep cold enough.
A L P
~misfit~
Odd. It doesn't mention that on Consumer's site. The survey I found when I
followed their menu system took me to one they did in April 2009 (I see that
article is dated September 2008) and didn't mention regional variations. My
quote was cut'n pasted from the Consumer site.
It seems that facts are variable. ;-)
Miche
"E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (sling replaces *)> wrote:
> "PB1952" <PB1...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:h6o0ha$pam$1...@aioe.org...
> > Miche wrote:
> > :: In article <h6ntl0$f8j$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > :: "Geopelia" <phil...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> > ::
> > ::: "Miche" <mich...@gee-mail.com> wrote in message
> > ::: news:micheinnz-DF3D3...@news.itconsult.net...
> > :::: In article <h6nda1$gt7$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > :::: "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz (sling replaces *)> wrote:
> > ::::
> > ::::: Mr Cheese is a great American product, cheese in a pressurised
> > ::::: can that doesn't have to refrigerated. Remove the replaceable
> > ::::: top and just push the
> > ::::: stem over a bit letting some cheese out onto a snax biscuit or
> > ::::: cracker for
> > ::::: example. It lasts for ages and comes in mild and tasty
> > ::::: varieties. I gave
> > ::::: my first one to a friend to try after going through 2 boxes of
> > ::::: snax biscuits, it still had plenty left.
> > ::::
> > :::: 35% "cheese", 65% filler and propellant.
> > :::
> > ::: What's wrong with good old fashioned real cheese?
> > ::
> > :: Nothing. Nothing at all.
> > Agreed but Mr Cheese is good for campers because it doesn't require
> > refrigeration.
>
> It also keeps well between using it while most other cheese products don't.
> Real easy to control the flow of it to just let enough out for each biscuit.
> I wouldn't mind paying up to $5 for it.
Don't you have a fridge? Wrapped properly, cheese keeps for a long time.
E. Scrooge
From memory it's on the normal shelf with other spreads such as marmite etc.
It's nowhere near the other cheese products on cooled shelves.
E. Scrooge
E. Scrooge
Of course but the little can is quick and easy to use and is good for many
snax type biscuits. It doesn't take long for normal cheese to harden a bit
on the area that's been sliced after a while, probably playing with glad
wrap onit each time it's used would help.
You should try Mr Cheese before trying to judge it.
E. Scrooge
Geopelia
Try Dilmah. It's the best we've ever found.
There is a little note in each package describing it. They don't blend it
with other teas.
It's available everywhere.
Miche
No thanks. I want to eat cheese, not emulsifiers and propellants.
Cutting a slice of cheese for my crackers isn't rocket science and is
the work of but a moment. I'd rather eat food that stuff out of
spraycans.
PB1952
:: "J.Wilson" <m...@here.co.kr> wrote in message
Dilmah's green teas are horrible and I question if they are green at all
because the tea is brown/black.
~misfit~
> marmite etc. It's nowhere near the other cheese products on cooled
> shelves.
Cool, thanks. I'll go to Pak'N Save shortly then. <fingers crossed>
Cheers,
J.Wilson
"A _L_ P" <hay.he...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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and I ain't buying. I sound off to those about occasionally but, I'm the
joke.
BlokeDownThePub
"Carnations"
> Nowadays I recommend the tea available from the NZ Tea Company. They
> import tea directly from India and Sri
> Lanka and china, from specific estates. Delicious and very refreshing.
Does it go well with bbq'd pit bull?
~misfit~
Oh well.... My local Pak'N Save don't stock it, I went down especially on
Sunday and, when I couldn't find it on the shelves, asked.
I managed to avoid the confectionary aisle too so no cheap Whittakers for
me. :-/
teile
> I'm sure they wouldn't object to me *not*
> walking the extra 50m through their rat maze.
One of my peeves: supermarkets that force you to walk through their
vegetable (and in some cases meat and bakery) sections before you can
get to the things you want to buy (having already been to the
butcher's and greeengrocer's shops). Especially the places that fill
the way with chicanes - the old Big Fresh on Moorhouse Avenue in
Christchurch was especially bad. The one reason why I would shop at
Countdown at Church Corner is its alternative route in that allows you
go straight to the groceries. Woolworths, also at Church Corner, has
a sort of entrance vestibule from which you can go straight to any
part, but I don't like their prices and stock selection. There was
some sort of study that showed that shoppers are placed in a more
buying frame of mind by that kind of welcoming and spacious entrance,
so I'm surprised that they're still building those rat's maze
arrangments.
LW
teile
> In article <h6o0ha$pa...@aioe.org>, "PB1952" <PB1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Agreed but Mr Cheese is good for campers because it doesn't require
> > refrigeration.
>
> Neither does processed cheese.
Ah, the old Chesdale boxes - the only kind of cheese I knew as a
child. I do miss the boxes of Blue Vein. . . there's nothing to match
a good, sharp blue cheese.
LW
PB1952
teile
> Consumer did a survey and Countdown did better for savings than Pak N Save.
Another peeve - Consumer persistently leave the Supervalue
supermarkets out of their comparisons. Since they do include
Foodtown, this skews their surveys in favour of northern prices, and
in the south it skews the sample by not including the Progressive
chain that competes with New World.
LW
-Newsman-
wrote:
>On Aug 22, 6:47=A0pm, Miche <michei...@gee-mail.com> wrote:
>> In article <h6o0ha$pa...@aioe.org>, "PB1952" <PB1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Agreed but Mr Cheese is good for campers because it doesn't require
>> > refrigeration.
>>
>> Neither does processed cheese. =A0
>
>Ah, the old Chesdale boxes - the only kind of cheese I knew as a
>child. I do miss the boxes of Blue Vein. . . there's nothing to match
>a good, sharp blue cheese.
>
There is, you know: it's the cardiac surgeon's scalpel 30 years down
the track.
For Blue Vein read Blocked Veins.
Nicolaas Hawkins
<news:4a9369b9...@news.eternal-september.org>:
For some it's worth it.
It's only rotten milk, after all.
--
- Nicolaas
Nicolaas Hawkins
wrote in <news:ugs695djo0e05kt23...@4ax.com>:
> On , , Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:22:50 -0700 (PDT), Re: Whittakers Chocolate $2.95 a
> We used to get ours in triangles, much bigger than the flavoured processed
> cheese. Gold foil as I remember. My mother and I were the only ones that would
> eat it. I also tried for years to break her of the habit of putting cheese,
> other than processed cheese, into the fridge. Chilling cheese in the fridge
> kills it and affects the taste. Mind you if that is all you have ever eaten
> that's fine but give it chance and leave it in the cupboard well covered and you
> will notice the difference. You may never go back to dead cheese again.
> Real cheese is still alive and matures naturally in the cupboard if it is
> covered. I have a marble base with a glass dome that goes over the top and it
> keeps my cheese perfectly. Mind you it often doesn't last long enough to grow
> mould. Most of the mould is quite edible though.
If you open the cupboard and the cheese walks out on its own, LET IT GO!
--
- Nicolaas
teile
> If you open the cupboard and the cheese walks out on its own, LET IT GO!
Once they get under the furniture, they're bloody hard to catch,
anyway.
LW
Geopelia
"Sr. Scooter" <senor....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On , , Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:18:16 -0700 (PDT), Re: Whittakers Chocolate
> I have a friend who consulted for Foodstuffs for over 20 years on
> supermarket
> layout and his sales increase figures were impressive.
I like the new Sunnynook Countdown. The vegetable department is handy to the
entrance, (so is the wine if you want that), go through that and the deli,
fish and meat are all handy, with bread, milk and frozens along at the far
end.
Then you can go up and down the aisles for the rest.
Their bags are still free.
And they've got a Lotto counter now!
Two things I don't like - they have closed the entrance at the other end,
and haven't got the nice butchery counter now. It's all wrapped stuff, and
small quantities are hard to find.
And you need to check the receipt, especially at weekends when the young
kids are on the checkouts. Make sure nothing has been accidentally added,
and if you buy something marked down see that they haven't charged the
original price.
But time and training will fix those problems, it's early days yet, and they
will sort out any mistakes.
We stopped going to the Browns Bay Foodtown when they made it such an
enormous place. Much too difficult and time consuming now.
~misfit~
... and yet here am I, '30 years [+] down the track' from the period in my
life when I ate the most Blue Vein and untouched by a cardiac surgeon,
scalpel-equiped or not. (My father loves it and eats lots. Come to think of
it he's now 80, fit as a fiddle, still eating it, and likewise unoperated
on)
~misfit~
>
(Depression isn't good for dieting.) It'd be good to be 10kg lighter as I
was last year but at least I'm not ~15 kg heavier like I was the year
before.