Sainsbury's Basics Snack Crackers

These crackers cost 45p for a packet of sixty in Sainsburys and they are part of the 'basics' range' I buy them every now and again for the boys because I am running out of ideas for both lunches and snacks. The crackers come in a very uninspiring plastic wrapper and when you take this away, you have two individual packets of crackers with 30 in each. I like this because they are the type of food that go soft quite quickly and even if you store them in a lunch box they still go soft. This way you know at least one packet will stay fresh if you don't eat them quick enough. The crackers themselves are rectangular in shape with a slightly yellow and ...  Read the complete review

Over the last couple of years, I have been trying a lot of supermarket basic/value products, as well as shopping more at Aldi in recent months. This has been in an attempt to save money on the family shopping bill. I have found that a lot of these cheaper products taste very good, and in a lot of cases, are as good as branded products and more expensive own brand items. I tend to avoid the Basics meat and eggs, due to concerns about animal welfare, and cakes and buns, as they are better homebaked. I am willing to try most other products, though. I recently bought a packet of Sainsburys' Basics Snack Crackers, costing just 49 pence for 200g. The packaging is ...  Read the complete review

I am crackers for crackers! I like any sort really and am not fussy so when I saw these for 49p in my local Sainsbury's for what is a rather large packet I lobbed some in my basket along with some spreadable cheese and liver pate to have as a late night snack later on that day! The Packaging: The crackers come mainly in a white plastic covering and on the front in white and orange writing I'm told they are Sainsbury's 'Basic' Snack Crackers 'Simple Recipe, Cracking Price', there is a simple scribble of a couple of crackers on there, I'm told they are Vegetarian, the best before date is clearly stamped on and there is an nutritional pye chart on ...  Read the complete review