A Bargain Hunters Bazaar (Home and Bargains)

Member Name: Vivien

Product:	Home and Bargains
Date:	10/08/00 (117 review reads)
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Advantages: bargain prices

Disadvantages: crowded and congested

I discovered this chain of discount shops when I was a student and still pop in if I am in a town centre that has a store.

On first appearances many of the shops seem to be very scruffy, small and the narrow isles get jammed quickly with people and their baskets.
The reason for so many people is the consistently cheep prices of food, toiletries , household goods and medicines.

As a student I bought staples like egg noodles for 17p a packet, paracetamol for about 20p a small tub and loads of really cheep revision foods, like chocolate and crisps at bargain prices.
Nowadays I have a look at the cheep foods and drink, and often pick up well known brands a lot cheeper than at the supermarkets. These brands include Epicure, Ribeena, Seeds of Change, Heinz, Cadbury and Mcvitee. Recently they have been selling Galaxy cake bars at 49p a packet, which sell for over a pound at Sainsburys. The food items are always in date but sometimes only have a couple of months or less to go. Occasionally they sell short dated products at tiny prices.

After Christmas you can often get gift packs of toiletries such as Lynx, at less than the price of a single bottle of Lynx normally. I always buy non prescription medicines here such as cough mixture and headache tablets. Household cleaning products are about 1/3 cheeper than at the supermarkets.

Home and Bargain is great for impulse shopping, but is not the place to go for a large shop as the stock changes regularly, and once gone may not appear again for a while.

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