A Week On Asda Smart Price DAY 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- Let's give another cheap supermarket own brand a go - this time: Asda Smart Price!
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Do a week on heroin please
Keith richards already did that challenge and he's still alright!
David _ NUFC he should do a week on dog shit
Lol
Ha such an original comment..
Well I just want everyone to know that I’ve just farted in my granny’s coffee
Maybe Smart Price stuff is so cheap because they save a load of money on the packaging that doesn't require a designer ;)
Blue Dragon thats a really good point i never thought about that before with other brands
You'd be surprised. I guarantee someone gets paid a hefty (At least 50k USD) a year to do the covers, plus you have to check the legal requirements for the packaging, etc... But the number of people actually "designing" is minimal compared to other brands, with dozens of "teams" and panels and market researchers and focus groups involved.
also not so many additives or e numbers
Also because asda have to pay a fee to sell other brands so have to make them more expensive in order to get their money back. With Asda own there is no fee so can sell it for what it’s worth 🙂
It's kind of like the no name brand we have here in Ontario. The package is very plain, but the truth is that most of those items are actually coming from factories that also produce brand name items.
A week of Lidl/Aldi would be great
Aka my life? Lidl and Aldi are great.
I dunno - too much chance of getting lots of cheap food and....a chainsaw. And a petrol pressure washer.
I fucking love Lidl. The middle isles are a wonder of random tools and tech.
I love Aldi I can feed my family on almost nothing! :-)
Beany2007FTW aye there’s honestly any random shite you can think of in Lidl, and I don’t think anybody is mad about it haha, you never know what you’re getting. From knock off doritos to a plant set
That's just a week of normal shopping at a lower price.
A week on Asda Extra Special to compare the difference
Rip bank statement
Great idea
@@anonymousthanks4718 how
Your special 😂😂😂
Fan Of Canta ay ahahah
just watched someone eat a bowl of cereal. im at youtube bottom right now and im loving it
It's 2024, mike is onto his 200th week on series. A week on paracetamol.
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!
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And after that, a week on the liver transplant list.
At the end of the week: "I feel no emotional or mental pain"
Followed by a week on the toilet!!You probably will be after eating all that lot.
I am watching this whilst wearing an ASDA uniform.
@@tommoreton93, I know, but it pays the bills
Nothing sad about working for an honest living. Good on you Andrew for working and not sitting on your arse claiming benefits 👍
Computer, activate ASDA Emergency Medical Hologram
Sounds like an inside job
I work at Asda and I have a friend who works in Waitrose and I make more so not sure about that one.
You now need to spend a week on Sainsbury's Basics and then a week on Morrisons Savers, Essential Waitrose and Simply M&S. Followed by a comparison of all 6 budget lines
Yes! Great idea.
Day one of a week on Essential Waitrose: "Here's my edible flowers and nocellara olives..."
Waitrose essentials is more expensive than name brands so the concept makes no sense
@@elliemae4820 Yeah, but it is Waitrose cheap range. It makes sense because then all 6 supermarkets budget lines have been tried for a week.
William Connolly yeah I understand what you mean. I still think it would be a good video idea to see if it is of better quality than the other supermarkets but I just don’t see why Waitrose needs to have a basic range because the whole point of a basics range is to have the simplest products for a low price. if someone wanted to save money they could just get branded products for around the same price which is kind of ridiculous really.
I lived on all this smart price food when I was poor.. especially the noodles! Most of it was tastless but it saved my life 😂
ASDA do sell SmartPrice condiments like mayo and ketchup too!
Yup...
Yes,as another commenter mentioned,please redo this in 2023,it’s now the essentials range,they actually do have fresh produce in their range too but I would especially love a price comparison between then and now.
With Asda Home Shopping, when you get a substitution, you will get charged the lower price, be it the substitution or the original product. The mash is more expensive than the smart price.
They do asda smart price bread. Both white and brown. The brown is actually decent. They also do smart price ketchup and mayo. The smart price bran flakes are miles better than the cornflakes.
Don’t talk to me about smart price bran flakes, I ate them for a week and let’s say, i’m Glad that I don’t use thin SP toilet roll!🤣
I can confirm that they do indeed do smart price bread and it's fine for toast :)
If he did the home shopping, would his local not have those in their range, for some reason?
I tried smart price cornflakes years ago and they had a rubbery texture.
I can’t be the only one who waits for the week to be over to binge the episodes in one sitting 👀
‘‘Pouring like a breakfast champion’’ - Pours it all over oven 😂
Oh f**K!
PC Reloaded *oh sh*t
For the cereal, realistically if you only have 1 liter of milk you'll only have enough milk for about 8 bowls of cereal. So we have 1.09/8 = 14p per bowl of cereal. Still really cheap as far as breakfast goes.
The cereal is 16 servings so on your calculation you would have to half the price of it first
You're right, I did mess up the calculation.
Asda do stock a smart price mayonnaise and also a smart price ketchup don’t know why you couldn’t find any
When doing shopping online with Asda, it doesn't actually tell you if an item is out of stock or not. It just removes that item completely from the list. Pretty annoying if you're trying to figure out whether they actually sell a particular item or not.
Not for home delivery. He brought everything online.
You cant get all smart price items online
The smart price ketchup doesn't actually say smart price. If he just went online and searched for smart price then he's probably missed a load!
He appeared to have ordered his shop online so maybe not a able for delivery. So he might have to get in store.
The reason why they use plain packaging is that people will look at the other more expensive and attractive packages and will pick them over the plain packaging and they also might put them on bottom or high shelves so that it is not as easy to see
thats true the lack of extra ink saves on 1) ink price and 2) minute extra weight for transporting miniscule per product but multiply it up by thousands and the savings add up
@Lassi Kinnunen exactly
@Lassi Kinnunen this comment holds the secret to life
Been looking forward to this all day 😊 finally have something decent to watch every evening for the next 7 days ☺
Well said sir!!
@@Yngwiejmalmsteen08 👍
dear oh dear!!!!
So excited about this! Loved the Tesco one you did, and always actually interested on what this stuff tastes like. I'm excited!
I think the white packaging looks nice and stands out well very satisfying if you have ocd
It looks cheap and tacky
I think off brand jaffa cakes are nicer than the branded ones
And I can buy a million more for the same price.
Aldi ones rule supreme over them all
Rowankeenanx3 I prefer centra ones, but we only have them in Ireland
TheInsignificantGirl ah, sadly im english so I haven’t had them. If you ever get the chance I recommend raspberry polish ones, they’re a treat
Rowankeenanx3 I've actually had those before, they're lovely, but I could never find them in a shop
Finally 😂😂😂😂😂 something to watch. So excited
Explaining that you're not mocking people purchasing budget labels was a class touch . I sometimes buy products in this price range so these series of video are helpful .
Thank you .
The simple, boring packaging design is to save costs on printing ink. Every cent counts, I suppose.
It's not about the ink, it's about the printing process. On an industrial scale, each colour used in a print is put onto the paper seperately. The more colours are used, the more often the paper/carton needs to pass through the printer, which - depending on machines used - increases the risk of misalignments that ruin the result. And the more complex the image is the worse a misalignment can screw it up. Say there's a picture of a person on the package; being even a fraction of a millimeter off between the printing stages will lead to a blurry image with distorted colours. In a design that's mostly white with a bit of text and maybe some coloured stripes, that problem doesn't occur, even if there's a misalignment of several millimeters. That drives cost down much further than using less ink.
MrAranton- since the boxes all have photographs of the items on, rather than a simple blue stripe like Tesco value used to have, I think Onyx Viper is probably closer to the truth than you.
Mejakoba pence*
Asda have been trying to save money on carrier bags too, as I've noticed over the years they made them thinner and thinner until they could barely survive one use, then once they became as bad as possible made them a little bit better.
MrAranton not true. Tesco have ditched their Value brand in favour of farm style ‘home style’ brands. They are full of colour and even prior to this, the Tesco Everyday Value range improved the packaging and ditched the bland look so more people wouldn’t feel embarrassed to buy it
I love your cat😍and looking forward to this week watching what you eat.
"Minced beef and onions" "There's no vegetables in it"
Traditional cottage pie doesn't have veg in it
I think he is referencing the fact that onions are, in fact, a vegetable.
Correct ^
"Do they use beef in here that's like 90% fat"... I mean.. yes?
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Haha I’m off to uni in 2 weeks, been watching your videos with enjoyment and irony! Fair play to you taking one for the team for this channel
This isn't a proper "Week On" if Mike is excited about it at the start.
Give it time my friend, he was excited about the week on McDonald’s at the start, and look how THAT turned out.
Edit: wrote “exited” instead of “excited”
"I mean it tastes fine but I'm dying"
This is the most emotion that you’ve ever shown! Looking forward to this one.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ALL YEAR
Huh, Mike is positively at the start of this week. It might not last, but it'll be fun to watch the descent.
...I keep seeing you! Are you following me....am I following you?
I used to get really cheap bread. Forgot about a loaf once found it like 3 months later the bread wasn't molded. Needless to say I never bought that brand again.
Love the portrait of basil 🥰
Yesssss I do love week ons!
So it’s essentially great value Walmart brand. Got it. Looks like similar packaging too.
I love me some Great Value. Cheaper than name brand and just as good. Except the cheetos. Great Value and other discount brands always have grease puddling at the bottom of the bag.
Seems cheaper, for the most part. You can't even buy a box of cereal for $0.59, the equivalent of 45 pence.
Arella17 I get some great value, although I prefer Kroger brand
Walmart and asda are owned by the same people. If you go to asda in milton keynes (a city in England) it says walmart on it.
Hi Mike ... great vid .... as you mentioned about the merger of Asda and Sainsbury's... maybe do a week on Sainsbury's basics range ... you'll be pleased to know they do condiments .. . mayo, ketchup ... think they even do mustard ... also they have bread eggs, and various cheeses ... hope you do I'd be interested to see what you and Grace make of their range ... look forward to when you do week on vids ... 👍🏻☺
Lovely stuff! Looks like its gonna be a fantastic week for you ,Mike!
"It tastes fine, but I'm dying!" Mike Jeavons. Quote of the year!
Tesco value ready meals are called hearty food company. Around 90p some of them are quite tasty.
so excited! please do a week on morrisons savers
Excellent work, Mike. Looking forward to the rest of these.
I actually love your channel. It's so entertaining.
YESSSS ASDA SMART PRICE!!
My boyfriend and I are your biggest fans. Although we can't watch you after dinner because we get really hungry :( Even if the food is gross.
or sad. That 14 lbs a week diet was hard to watch
The picture of Basil is so precious. She did a very good job capturing his spirit. :)
I can never get over how adorable Basil is
thanks Mike.. had a bad couple of days.. and this as kind of cheered me up
"What's the damage... 1410 exactly."
THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE
I SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF!
You want smart price Flex tape
Love it when you include Grace in your videos! Can't wait for Day 2 :D
I wonder if all of that would still cost £55 now. It would be interesting to revisit the price point
As a person with little income at the moment I want you to know that I am not offended by you going on a week of discount priced food. In fact, I think that the majority of people who get offended are not poor and just think that they need to feel sorry for us peasants because that's how people act in the current year. Like everything hurts their feelings all the time and it constantly needs to be called out. As in "how dare you eat their food and say it tastes bad. Don't you know they can't afford better?"
It's all very smug and self righteous. It annoys me because I don't need people with better financials to feel sorry for me. That just makes me feel bad. I know some of the discount food is nasty. However, some of it is actually really good. I've been struggling all my life. Once me and my brother had to share a can of sloppy joe sauce. Yes. Just the sauce.
I do eat some of the Walmart brand snacks along with the bulk vegetables, rice and meat that I get at the cheapest prices I can find. The potato chips and the breakfast biscuits (their version of Belvita) are really good. In fact, I prefer the Walmart brand chips over the name brands. The breakfast biscuits are really really nice. You wouldn't even know they were store brand.
Sorry if I went off on a tangent. Most people of limited income are pretty strong and resilient because they have to be. We're not that easily offended.
Adrastia same, I appreciate what he likes and doesn't - it helps me choose
Honestly, as a disabled person who might not be able to make a decent income, these series actually help prepare me for the future and discover tons of cheaper ways to eat and such. His “one week on a budget” was really insightful to me.
Not to mention that him eating these things and saying "this is actually really nice and the price is very reasonable" will encourage more people to buy the products (eg: I bought value corn flakes after he said how good they were) which in turn may destigmatise the idea of eating value brands and also encourage the stores to generate an even greater variety of products in the range.
You hit the nail right on the head, most of the people complaining were mostly collage students
got no name Why don't you educate yourself so you can realise that having more education doesn't make you eligible for jobs which straight up aren't there. Also that if you want to be able to eat in restaurants etc, someone has to work in them and so maybe they ought to be paid a decent wage- unless you think we should sit down as a society and just agree that we want these services but that those people who provide them should live in poverty.
My first word was Asda lol
Love this guy so nice and honest
Been lookong foward to this!
Mike.. all cottage pies are beef mince and all shepherd pies are lamb mince. Hence the names.
I recommend you put the cottage pie in for 5 minutes less or so, so the mince doesent taste like its for safety reasons and to prevent lawsuits :)
That bit with the cereal pouring killed me xD
12:32 - When I was very young (80's) the Store/Generic brand of the regional Eagle brand was in yellow, had no pictures and just said what is in the box/bag in plain text.
I remember for a while they had all the yellow box item down one aisle. It was freaky looking
The reason burger van burgers are tasty is that you're usually drunk at the time and don't care. I do prefer ASDA smart price over Tesco and I do have a fondness for the smart price wine gums.
Id say every time you do a value food week, you should compare the meals every day or by the end of the week from every value week you do.
I think what you guys are doing is really good because if you think about it people who are curious about how good the quality is of the food that they buy especially for people who live on a budget it will be good for them to see this kind of video to help them to buy the right food that's within their money budget :)
looking forward to this! good luck
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I used to work in a cornflake factory and the cheap supermarket brand are made up of flakes that fall off the conveyor belt during silo extraction. Sounds bad but the floor is sanitised regularly
I thought I would try the smartprice jaffa cakes after watching this.. there actually really nice and there only something like 35p
I love Basil!
The herb or the cat?
I love this channel !
"pouring like a breakfast champion... Oh shit! -" 😂😂 I cracked up
Been waiting on this, to see you compare it to Tesco value. Love Basil! that painting of him is beautiful
Yea
@B J B I think she's cute .
Watching a man eating food.This is peak
Awesome video series as always
Hell yeah our King is back!
£6.28 for the day? Was that for both of you? or did you just add up the whole cost of all items used i.e full box of cornflakes full carton of milk? I can't see why it's that expensive.
Yeah I think that is the total for all the products he used that day, not what he actually ate. That would surely be nearer £3.
piggypigpig, lol ok
@piggypigpig calm down?
Dazla Darren You can feed yourself for a day on £1 if you try. Not that I recommend it.
James Collins I'm saying it's expensive for the portions they ate from the products shown. I know you can feed yourself on less money per day; just the cost he put up for the meals he ate seems really high .......should be half what he's put.
The merger with Sainsbury’s will give Walmart overall control of the company and will also incorporate Argos which has been added to the Sainsbury’s brand. Walmart will likely close down Asda and use the Sainsbury’s brand instead, as it offer a better market brand.
Under the merger, Walmart will end up with 41% of the company but also 21% is owned by Qatar holdings and 5% by Blackrock. This leaves 33% to the current Sainsbury’s board, making Walmart the major shareholder.
I’m not really bothered about that, please tell me that I can still get TU clothing!😟
Both brands will operate after the merger
84stretch Walmart wish to close Asda, that’s what they’ve stated. So they’ll just take over the Sainsbury’s brand.
I volunteer at a childrens summer camp each year. The vast majority of the food is ASDA smart price to save costs. This is basically all I eat for 5 weeks a year :') Although it's always an exciting time when we get substitutions of branded stuff! We had one delivery where we got actual CocaCola!
4:08 favourite part of the video 😂
Had to quickly look it up, 40 degrees Celsius is 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Dude, Mike, and I thought I was suffering when the temps in California hit 94 degrees Fahrenheit. As for the food, just judging from the looks, Asda's cheap food looks way better than Tesco's cheap food. (Though the true test is the taste as we see by the cereal.)
He's talking bullshit, exagerating by 10 deg C. It's been low 30s at the hottest points.
bigjoeangel I'm in London and we got to 37 in my home and we don't do air conditioning in this country
I'd say buy certain items from certain shops is way to go then you always save money get quality. You should never buy everything all same whole range and shop.
Mike doesn’t live too far from me, & depending when he filmed this, it did reach 31-36C for a good few weeks. The lowest it dipped down to was 29C.
My brother lives in San Diego, Cali. & detests our heat. It’s sticky & humid. It’s a dry heat in Cali. The moment he steps off the plane he’s drenched in sweat, that’s the type of insufferable shitty Summers we have with no A/C. Not really comparable.
Zed We aren’t far off it now. Highest on record was in 2003 at 38.5C in Kent. We had temps of 37C this year, with the met office saying temps are expected to get higher & hotter over the next few years go on.
Half the time the value stuff is better, a lot less added sugars and salt
Mike, firstly, love your vids, but sorry to say, love Basil more! He is the star! I spent 9 years working at Asda HQ in Leeds, and we dont do too badly on food - if you forget the discounters, we are officially the cheapest of the big 4, hence the better selection. I wish you good luck in your Week On....! And we DO Smart Price Ketchup & Mayo, but for some bizzare reason you cant buy them on the Asda website, only in store!
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When’s a week on Waitrose Essential?
I say do a week on food supplements. Like pills that replace your meals.
Another great video keep it up 👍
YESSS I love this series! Let’s see if Smart Price beats Tesco Value
I’d like to see the polar opposite. A week on Tesco finest
Tesco finest is sooooo good😍
7:59. You bought vegetables, right?
I was hoping we'd get one of these soon I love these!
This is going to be a great week
Cool Fact: The packaging is all white because ink costs money so the packaging (which is often the most expensive part of certain products) is considerably cheaper when there are fewer colors and less of each color used.
Which makes me wonder why they've gone from the simple, monotone pictures (like the cheese singles or lack of picture from the grated cheese) to the pictures like the water, burgers, chips, everything else?
The word is COLOUR. And while that may be true, Tesco have ditched the bland white packaging for more of a farm, home style look and have removed the Everyday Value brand mostly in favour of these smaller brands
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Aww love that Basil speaks 🐱
Basil looks cute! I've been switching brands. I've been paying £2.99 for Kelloggs Fruit & Fibre 750gr. The best tastiest supermarket own brand version is Morrison's at £1.68 for 750gr.
technically asda isnt owned by walmart anymore (have you noticed that they took the walmart rays off the asda logo)
Haven't they merged with Sainsbury's
they are in the midst of merging with sainsbury's - it's all systems go in mid-2019. Asda is still involved with walmart, or haven't officially moved away from walmart at least, as all their systems are still currently run by walmart.
Asda's future is shaky! :( i love asda! dont want it to change, but they are taking off the rays at my local asda!
not yet but they arent fully walmart anymore!
There is no veg in this whatsoever.... he says after showing a box that clearly says 10% onions.
Yes but onions aren't really veg
Wait, what? Is that like a British thing? Onions are 100% vegetables. They're a bulb vegetable like garlic, leeks, and water chestnuts. They put the stuff on salads, in vegetable broth, all sorts of stuff; it's one of the most used vegetables of all time. It's also nutrient dense, and healthy for you. I'm not sure how it gets discounted as a vegetable.
The Smart Price line has similar packaging to many generic products in the USA -- white or yellow background, black block text. But it's nice to see they make sure the nutritional content is front and center.
I love their smart price products!