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Cheapeats for students in The Irish Times
Learning to be a student means learning how to live frugally. In yesterday’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope had some excellent tips for students, including learning to cook, switching electricity provider, and...
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Cheap eats in Japan
Everybody knows that Japan is the most expensive place on the planet, right? Eh, wrong. In today’s Irish Times, I’m busting some of those myths with my list of cheap eats options in this most...
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The steady march of own brands
Not all own brands are created equal... In today’s Irish Times Pricewatch section, Conor Pope looks at the mass switch to own brand labels: Despite food price inflation, shoppers are managing their...
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Fifteen tips to cut supermarket spending
In today’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope has an excellent article on how to save money in supermarkets. His tips include looking out for value in M&S, never taking perishable items from the front shelves,...
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Best before and use-by: How to eat “gone off” food and not die
Bread. Likes: butter, your face, and bins. I felt very slightly queasy yesterday. The soup was four days past the use-by, but I ate it anyway because I couldn’t bear to let it go to waste. Ah, I was...
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Save money on socialising this Christmas
How will you save money on socialising over Christmas? (Photo: sxc.hu) Once the bills are paid, 1.8 million Irish adults have less than €100 per month to spend, according to a report from the Irish...
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Cheap and Cheerful Christmas: Peter’s Article in Pricewatch today
Peter is presented with his Mickey Bubbles CD last Christmas. Look at his delighted face! Our very own Peter has a great piece in the Irish Times Pricewatch section today on ways to enjoy a cheap and...
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Even Tesco says we’re wasting too much food
The rest of this lovely salad is in the compost bin That crinkled bag of salad with mushy brown juice, lingering on at the end of your fridge. The old banana which, even as the brown dots consume the...
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Pricewatch article on own brand products
In today’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope discusses the growth of own-brand products in Irish supermarkets, and points the way towards thousands of euro in annual savings. An interesting and useful article....
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Which own brands do you use?
Do branded dishwasher tablets do a better job? I’m drawn to some great half price offers in Dunnes this week – but not on food. Finish Dishwasher tablets are down from €16.99 to €8.49, while a big...
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