Some good buys today

Strawberries came on sale about 10 days ago at a price of € 29.90 for 5 kg. The prices stayed up and then dropped to € 24.90 at most shops. Nobody seemed to be giving way.

Then came yesterday's advertising leaflet from Halpa-Halli. They have three shops in Oulu, but only one does foodstuffs, the one at Toppila. They lowered the price to € 19.80 for 5 kg.

I went across today and bought a 5 kg box. I started nibbling at it while I was driving home. They were particularly sweet and before I knew it, I had consumed half the box.

The offer will continue tomorrow, but expect a rather heavy demand. Stocks may be over before noon.

At Citymarket, Fazer chocolates are on offer at € 3.00 for 2 x 200 gm bars. € 0.50 saving per bar. A great buy.

You can get a kilo of Euroshopper sugar at € 0.69 per kg in Citymarket. This is the time Finns need sugar to preserve their strawberries. Sugar prices are usually near a Euro, so this is a excellent buy for sugar lovers.

VIP brand Apple and Orange juices (no water added) are being offered to PLUSSA card holders at 2.00 for 5 cartons, just € 0.40 per carton. This is € 0.35 cheaper than the usual cheapest variety of the same quality. If they run out of VIP, Pirkka, the K-Group label, juices are being offered as an alternate.

You can also buy 5 x 1.5 litres of fizzy drinks (various flavours) at Euro 1 per bottle which includes 0.20 for the bottle. A particularly good offer.

If you are a chicken eater, chicken filet, 400 gm pack, is on offer with the PLUSSA card at just € 1.99 per packet. The usual price is € 3.49, a saving of € 1.50!

Happy shopping.