Tesco Shaving Gel

Since I last bought a can of Tesco own label shaving gel - it takes me a few weeks to got through one - the price has not just gone up, it has almost doubled.

To add insult to injury, underneath the display is a large sign calling this an Everyday Low Price.

Is this because of general market movement? No - they're selling a branded product much more cheaply than their own label version.

Stand by for a high profile price cut in a few weeks.

How to do a cheap offer cheaply

Don't keep the cheap item on the shelves. That's the policy at Tesco, Potters Bar with the offer on ordinary pork sausages.

Sausages

Bismarck is supposed to have said that, "To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making".

We don't go that far, but we do like to look around to see what supermarkets are offering in the way of good sausages.

For a long while we bought Tesco traditional pork sausages, but they seemed to start producing more fat when we cooked them. And the price inched up, to £2.12 for six.

Waitrose premium sausages seem a better bet. And they're cheaper, at £1.99 for a pack of eight.

The packaging is also more eco-friendly. Tesco display theirs side by side in a small plastic tray, while Waitrose wrap their sausages in paper, in two rows of four. Less showy.

This week we've tried the Waitrose free range Hampshire breed pork sausages, as they have an offer on them. Very nice - and very little fat emerged during to cooking.

Definitely worth sampling. We go to Waitrose specially for the sausages, and buy several packs at a time.

Summer fruit pudding

Ironically (in view of the weather), we're great fans of summer fruit puddings.

The Tesco version is pretty good. The Sainsbury's one is nice, but for my taste they made a mistake with the sweetening and the (very slight) flavouring with champagne.

The best summer fruit pudding comes from Waitrose. It has a fruitier aroma, with a strong scent of blackcurrants, and the individual fruits have exactly the right consistency.

Delicious!