Being retired does have it's bonuses and one of them is being able to shop where I can get the best price. This is a necessity anyway and I like to think I've got it cracked.
When I was working I had to get most of my shopping in the large Tesco store because the weekend was taken up with shopping, washing and cleaning so it saved time but was also expensive, though convenient.
Now I get things in several shops and the fresh goods from the farmers' market every week. Although I say it myself, I have a fairly good memory when it comes to prices and very often make a mental note of where I can get the best value for money.
So it was this week. My elderly neighbour gets very bad heartburn and had been taking a well known brand of heartburn/indigestion medicine for a very long time but it had ceased to be effective. I suggested he try some Andrews liver salts which are an old fashioned but very effective remedy, so, as he is housebound he asked me to get some for him when I was in town.
Instead of going into a chemists I decided to get them in Wilkinson's as they sell a bit of everything and are usually cheaper than other shops. The tin of Andrews cost £2.41p and after a few days I asked how he had got on. He said that it had stopped his heartburn and he had even been able to cut down on some of the other medication he had been taking for years for his digestion because he felt so much better. Then he asked me yesterday if I could get him another tin to keep as a spare.
When I went to the surgery this morning I went into the pharmacy and got him a tin there which cost £3.10p. The tin is the same make and size but I couldn't believe the difference in price. I will have to have a look in the two main chemists in town and also the supermarkets to see what their prices are so that in the future I will know where to buy the cheapest.
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