Makro

[Monster Munch]

Does anyone here shop at Makro?
I can't see anything at my local store which isn't cheaper at Asda or Tesco. Even when you reclaim the VAT.
Am I missing something here?

 

[BrilloPad]

Agreed. I gave up for that very reason.

 

[chicane]

It used to be really good about 15 years ago but you're right in saying that it's no better than Tesco or Asda nowadays. Try Costco if you want the real deal - you may have to pay for membership but you'll make the money back in no time.

 

[Amiga500]

But can you buy a sack of tea bags or a gallon of ketchup at Asda/Tesco?

 

[pmeswani]

But can you buy a sack of tea bags or a gallon of ketchup at Asda/Tesco?

Do you really need to?

 

[minestrone]

It ain't any cheaper but they do sell stuff in trade sized bottle/cans/box whatever which can work out cheaper. Large bottle of Tabasco for example which hardly any place sells which will work out cheaper than buying the same amount in smaller bottles. The beer selection is fantastic as well and I implore you to try the BBQ Chicken Wings they sell, bloody amazing. Bag of them and a crate of beer and I am as happy as a pig in tulip.

 

[Amiga500]

Do you really need to?

Have you any idea just how much ketchupy tea I drink?!

 

[expat]

I don't blindly buy humungous sizes of stuff just because it's a bit cheaper, because I don't have space for everything, and if I'm counting the cost then I factor in the storage cost, and that often changes the equation.

And I'm fussy about what I buy, especially in food. OK, Tabasco is Tabasco, but most "economy" chicken is not about to pass my lips.

And I won't shop at Asda because it's owned by oppressive religious lunatics.

Wot me grumpy???

 

[pzz76077]

Used to go there, but realized that the only things that I could save money on were the very things that I didn't want to buy like poorly fitting unbranded speedos, brands of beer with unappealing names, white wine simply labeled white wine etc...

PZZ

 

[Alf W]

It used to be really good about 15 years ago but you're right in saying that it's no better than Tesco or Asda nowadays. Try Costco if you want the real deal - you may have to pay for membership but you'll make the money back in no time.

Costco is lethal for buying huge supersize packets and bottles of stuff. Our house looks like a scene from the Borrowers at times.

They must spray some sort of impulse buy gas into those warehouses (box of 500 'Flying Saucers' anyone or 100kilo jar of Jellybellys. I also have enough razor blades to last well beyond my hundredth birthday.