Baked bean wars

[el_pappje]

What about the effect on global warming.

Still got 10in snow round my way, and cars being abandoned/dug out all over the place. If the council won't do anything about it, I will.

[Groomyd]

Branston update........

Tesco's has 4 tins for only 89p

Get on it - I did

Here we go again

[gazwood]

Branston update........

Tesco's has 4 tins for only 89p

Get on it - I did

This wasn't on offer when i did my shop 3 days ago, either that or the shelves were bare and i missed it

Had to shell out £3 something for a 6 pack of Heinz, which isn't too bad i guess.

[el_pappje]

Branston update........

Tesco's has 4 tins for only 89p

Get on it - I did

This wasn't on offer when i did my shop 3 days ago, either that or the shelves were bare and i missed it

Had to shell out £3 something for a 6 pack of Heinz, which isn't too bad i guess.

Just started today, "runs" til the 19th - oo-er

Branston Beans In Tomato Sauce 420g
4 for 89p - valid from 04/01/2010 until 19/01/2010

It's 15p cheaper per single tin of Heinz - and for an extra 5g more. But I did note at teatime that mini-me was none too chuffed at having his regular Heinz replaced.

I'll never tire of this thread.

[murf]

See, they'll be giving them away next cos they know they just don't compare to Heinz.

The only way to shift them is to appeal to your inner pike. Just go to Lidl and be done with it

[el_pappje]

See, they'll be giving them away next cos they know they just don't compare to Heinz.

The only way to shift them is to appeal to your inner pike. Just go to Lidl and be done with it

The taste difference is in no way reflective of the price difference; unlike, say, mutton & lamb.

Get back to your pen

[jeffersdn]

These are suprisingly tasty. Kids love them. I wouldn't have the 'blue stripe' version though, they are awful!

[Knulpuk]

Messed up post

[Knulpuk]

Pleased to be able to report Branston Beans 4 X 410G @ £1.57 are on BOGOF , so 78.5p a pack or less than 20p a tin.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/ ... =258096908" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Quite incredible.

[blahblah]

Branston are very good, as are Sainsbury's basics, and HP.

Heinz are certainly not what they were.

I was pondering something similar in the supermarket the other day, and how some things are not all the same:

Brown Sauce has to be HP,
Piccallili has to be Heinz
Salad Cream has to be Heinz
Tomato Ketchup don't really eat it so anything will do
Mayonnaise Hellmans

[el_pappje]

Pleased to be able to report Branston Beans 4 X 410G @ £1.57 are on BOGOF , so 78.5p a pack or less than 20p a tin.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/ ... =258096908" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Quite incredible.

Legend.

Thanks for alerting us, Knulpuk - I've been peeved at the lack of decent promotions on Branston for a while now.

For any FISOers new to this thread, enjoy it in full, then go out, buy Branstons and then trump away at your leisure.

[Richt]

Branston are very good, as are Sainsbury's basics, and HP.

Heinz are certainly not what they were.
I was pondering something similar in the supermarket the other day, and how some things are not all the same:

Brown Sauce has to be HP,
Piccallili has to be Heinz
Salad Cream has to be Heinz
Tomato Ketchup don't really eat it so anything will do
Mayonnaise Hellmans

Definitely agree with you mate, heinz Baked beans are far too watery these days.

And it has to be Heinz Tomato Ketchup
and DEFINITELY Hellmans Mayo.

[Achiles74]

Yet all supermarket own brands are made in the same factories at the brand labels.
It is all in your head that they taste different from the brand names.

[blahblah]

Not true: Heinz are waterier than even Sainsbury's basic and obvious Branston. (Branston's could be straight half price in Sainsbury's v soon.)

[Knulpuk]

4 tins of Branston's £1 at Asda - take that Heinz

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/s ... stid=85896" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unbelievable John.

[blahblah]

http://www.sainsburys-live-well-for-les ... and-match/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not as good as "Double the Difference"

[unc.si.]

Yet all supermarket own brands are made in the same factories at the brand labels.
It is all in your head that they taste different from the brand names.

Partially true, if a bit misleading.

Premier Foods make supermarket and budget brands alongside their Branston Beans. Different lines and different recipes though.

There's no real reason why a branded can should be better than a private label can, esp now that the gap in the concentration of the ingredients has narrowed. They do taste different - whether they're better or worse is just personal taste.

[Knulpuk]

4 tins of Branston's £1 at Asda - take that Heinz

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/s ... stid=85896" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unbelievable John.

94p at Lidl

Kapow

[murf]

4 tins of Branston's £1 at Asda - take that Heinz

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/s ... stid=85896" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unbelievable John.

94p at Lidl

Kapow

Spooky. I stayed in Branston on Tuesday night......
(they don't make the pickle or the beans there now, they are made in Suffolk, where I am now...)

[el_pappje]

4 tins of Branston's £1 at Asda - take that Heinz

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/s ... stid=85896" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unbelievable John.

94p at Lidl

Kapow

I'm there

[jimmy ching]

Strong Northerly winds arriving on the continent soon.

[jimmy ching]

I'm just about to try, William Saurins, Mittoné de mouton aux flageolets. It better be good, it was over 2€.

[murf]

I'm just about to try, William Saurins, Mittoné de mouton aux flageolets. It better be good, it was over 2€.

I'm off to get some pork balls to roast.....

[jimmy ching]

Translation. Haricot beans with cheap mutton and a funny tasting sauce, if you can call it a sauce.

[jimmy ching]

It's the kind of weather to eat outside. So, it must be beans with merguez (Which is the Morrocans excuse for a sausage made with mutton and beef) Us Bretons have decided to use pork instead. Going down to the local Bio farm to start off an evening by the fire, naturally without charcoal, all cooked on local wood. Sounds posh but it was considered poor, just twenty years ago.
Oh, musn't forget the beer, before they try loading me with Lambig.
Just as a matter of respect, they scrap over English baked beans here. It's considered a delicacy. That is no lie.

[Spinynorman]

I now only eat the low salt and sugar varieties of which so far Asda are the best.

[murf]

Heinz Five Beanz are good and being 5 different varieties, a half tin serving constitutes your entire five a day. Have them with chips and you are already one in the bag for tomorrow!

[em9999]

Anyone tried them healthy living ones from Tesco's

Disgusting

cheap beans in general are bloody horrible

[blahblah]

Heinz Five Beanz are good and being 5 different varieties, a half tin serving constitutes your entire five a day. Have them with chips and you are already one in the bag for tomorrow!

Except spuds don't count.

Branston 4 for £139 in the co-op

[Surprised]

Heinz Five Beanz are good and being 5 different varieties, a half tin serving constitutes your entire five a day. Have them with chips and you are already one in the bag for tomorrow!

Except spuds don't count.

Branston 4 for £139 in the co-op

£139 for 4 seems a tad expensive. Is it a luxury food now?