I have been buying Sainsburys Basics products for a good 6 months now, after realising that I was spending far too much on food for myself and my two toddlers; I used to spend over £100 a week as I was a total label junkie! (only brand-name food was good enough). I usually buy online working from a strict shopping list, but recently went into my local store and in a moment of madness (lol) decided to walk down the chocolate aisle. I was desperate for a chocolate fix but knew couldnt afford it; after all, confectionary is generally a waste of money. I then saw bags of the Basics Milk Chocolate Buttons - 100g for 38p! This was ...  Read the complete review

Nothing can compare to the taste of Cadbury's buttons but these are a close competitor. Being on a tight budget we can no longer afford the luxuries we used to have. But I'm not going to give up chocolate. So walking down the chocolate aisle knowing we can't really afford anything I skimmed the shelf's looking at the prices. That's when I saw the price label. Only 38p for a large packet of milk buttons. So I popped them in the trolley hoping they would be alright. The milk chocolate buttons contain only natural flavours and the bag weighs a total of 100gs. There are a lot of buttons in this pack a lot more than the small packets of Cadburys buttons. ...  Read the complete review

Whilst in Sainsbury's looking for a quick chocolate fix, I saw a 100g bag of these Basics Milk Chocolate Buttons for 38p. As the slightly more up market Sainsbury's own Milk Chocolate Buttons (ie Sainsbury's but not their Basics range) were adjacent to these on the shelf at 3 for £1 for smaller bags, I thought I would try the Basics Buttons as the bags are larger so it works out more chocolate for your money. These come in a white plastic bag with the normal simple orange writing on to indicate these are from the Sainsbury's Basics range. The bags are easy enough to get into if you just tear into the top of the pack. There is no specific "open here" ...  Read the complete review

My review of Sainsbury's Basics Milk Chocolate Buttons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction ~~~~~~~~ Sainsbury's do a 'basics' range of food, which is the 'umbrella' under which they market their own economy brand. Though blandly (but not necessarily minimally) packaged, the Sainsbury's 'basics' range (strangely considering the 'basics' name) includes more non essential (dare I say it; non-basic -lol!!) items such as chocolate and confectionary... A Bit Of 'Basic' Shopping ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After a trip to the Post Office this afternoon I wondered into Sainsbury's and picked up a few groceries and ...  Read the complete review

I do like to eat chocolate and I love Cadbury buttons so when I saw this cheap option in Sainsbury's I was too curious to try them to simply walk past them lol. The Packaging.... White and orange plastic oblongish bag and on the front I'm told it is Sainsbury's 'Basics' Milk chocolate Buttons 'Real chocolate and right on the button' there is an at a glance nutritional chart, I'm told the product contains only natural flavours and that they're suitable for Vegetarians and there is a scribble in orange of the buttons. On the back of the bag nutritional information is given, ingredients and allergy advice is given, I'm told how to store them the size ...  Read the complete review