Extreme Moneysaving UK Style

   Every family has staples which they will go through from week to week. Some of these will be perishable and others will be inperishable or with a long use by dates. For instance, in my household I know that, from the second of the previous options, we will use:

• At least 50 tins of beans.
• At least 50 pot noodles.
• At least 20 bottles of washing up liquid.
• At least 50 toilet rolls (see my view on buying toilet roll elsewhere on this blog).
• At least 50 tins of soup.
• At least 50 bottles of concentrated orange juice.
• At least 20 multi surface sprays.
• At least 10 bottles of shower gel.
• At least 10 tins of deodarant.
• At least 10 tubes of toothpaste.

....... and probably a lot more that I can't think of right now.

   Now over the last week there has been lots of articles in the newspapers about American-style extreme Moneymaking coming to the UK. The general consensus is that the UK Supermarkets are too tight with their vouchers for the full strength US experience to be enjoyed over here, however there are some general rules of thumb which seem to resonate across all the reports, namely:

• Order online and across numerous sites. No shop loyalty allowed.
• Use the comparison sites to find deals.
• Save your points and hunt out opportunities to get other people's points too.

   If we put all this together then my recommendation would be to start trawling the supermarket sites looking for exceptional deals on any of these products and to buy a year's worth in advance if the price is right (and the deal allows you this option). If you buy too much then don't worry because (a) you are going to use it all anyway, and (b) you could all knock some out at cost to family members. If the family members are impressed with your deal-finding tehn you could offer to do the same for them - and obviously bank the points for yourself in doing so.