Entire Online Shop with Iceland Foods (plus 4 tips for spreading it further!)

Do you remember a few weeks ago I told you that I had headed down to London to enjoy the delight that was Iceland’s Christmas in July? Well last week I discovered that Iceland now do delivery (oh yes!) and for those of you that live in an area like mine that can’t *quite* be delivered to yet because it is the proverbial “realm beyond the wall” (Game of Thrones reference, get out if you didn’t get it) then have no fear because they also offer click and collect.

I told you when I first worked with Iceland on their Eat the Week campaign that I had never set foot in an Iceland shop, it wasn’t a place I had ever bothered to go, wrongly assuming that they only catered for big BBQs and Party platters, but the truth is that couldn’t be more wrong. Iceland have come a LONG way and now, well, now, you can do your weekly shop there and you aren’t missing out, you aren’t letting the side down win purely frozen stuff. Hell no. Iceland offer a comprehensive shopping experience, from the frozen things that will save my sanity in the first week back at school (this week I can personally recommend their home brand pies, they are lush and so so tasty) to the milk and groceries that everyone buys, week in, week out.

 Better than that, they are offering a weekly shop for £35. Yup £35. Now I did this shop and, I won’t lie to you, I added bits because we are not a family of 4, we’re a family of 6, yet the essentials in this could be enough for a week for sure.

 

Here’s the list:

 

7056	Warburtons Toastie Thick White	800g	£1.00
49303	Typhoo Foil Fresh Teabags (160 for 80)	500g	£1.50
52802	Jucee Apple & Blackcurrant Squash 3L (2L & 50% EF)	3 Litres	£1.00
9104	Heinz Beanz	415g	£0.74
56507	Iceland Bananas	5	£0.76
54831	Iceland Carrots	1kg	£0.45
43969	Farmer’s Market White Potatoes	2Kg	£1.29
19699	Farmers Market Cucumber	1	£0.50
19701	Farmers Market Salad Tomatoes	6	£0.69
19705	Farmers Market Iceberg Lettuce	1	£0.50
67724	Iceland British Salted Butter	250g	£1.30
39467	Gala Apples		£1.50
44830	Munch Bunch Strawberry Yogurts 6pk	6	£0.75
22919	Iceland Semi Skimmed Milk	4 pints	£0.99
53959	Iceland 6pk Large Eggs	6	£0.89
65725	5pk Unsmoked Bacon	5	£1.00
61689	Fresh Chicken Breast Mini Fillets	288g	£2.00
61796	Iceland Mature White Cheddar	540g	£2.00
66085	Iceland Garden Peas	800g	£1.00
66213	Iceland Steak Cut Chips	1.25kg	£1.00
66338	Greggs 4 Sausage Rolls	427g	£1.60
68145	Iceland Fish Market King Prawns	180g	£3.00
60905	Slimming World Chicken & Chorizo Paella	500g	£3.00
52108	Colgate Whitening & Fresh Breath Toothpaste	100ml	£1.00
66926	Imperial Leather Ylang Ylang	250ml +100% EF	£1.00
52151	Comfort 42 Wash Fabric Conditioner	42 wash	£2.00
54637	Velvet 6pk	6	£2.50
53599	Crawfords Custard Creams	300g	£0.50

So, tips for how to spread out the weekly shop? I have a few of those!

• Choose carefully! Buy fresh for the most part and make something, instead of ready meals. Ready meals as less cost effective for a large family. The paella that we have bought here for £3 will only do us for one meal and only 2 of us at that, whereas the potatoes, peas and chicken will feed us all for one meal with enough potato and peas leftover to make a Spanish omelette thee next day. It’s really simple and on those time consuming days you need the ready meal or the quick fix without a doubt but if you’re trying to save, the longer route is the way!
• How much do you really need? I do this all the time – I am a feeder at heart and if I cook too much, it’s wasted. How much do you need to cook? Spread it out a bit and you will find that your shopping goes much further – without any wastage.
• Use the leftovers! Remember those veggies? If you have any leftover, don’t bin them! Use them. Make that Spanish omelette or even go crazy and make a potato salad to have with your salad and prawns.
• Treats and snacks. I’ve bought a few here: sausage rolls, custard creams… did we need them? Probably not but it is nice to have a treat, so do the main shop first and then use what is leftover to get your fave treats. Also, think long and hard about what IS a treat. I don’t class the yoghurts as a treat as I know they will go in Edith’s lunch box, the sausage rolls are because the boys don’t take a pack up.

Do you have any tips to add? Try the Iceland challenge and let me know how you get on!”