Quality Save

On my way to work, I usually go to quality save. If I don’t have enough money to treat myself that day, I buy some energy drink, with less than 30p each and some sweeties with less than 1 quid. Great deals in there. They are always in date, so you don’t have to worry that they might sell you old, bad products. By contrary, they taste lovely, and they usually sell big brands as well. I mean, if you fancy buying some stuff for your home, you can easily save lots of money in that shop. I would love it, if it was bigger, and I would like not to spend so much time waiting to pay for my items, but for the prices they have, I think they are doing pretty well.
You can get some cheap alcohol if you fancy a can of gin and tonic, or some white wine, which is not bad at all. The staff seems bored all the time, but they are happy to help, and obviously is the only thing that matters after all.

I’m about half way between these two reviews. I like quality save, and you can make quality savings, but you cant get quality produce. That’s one of its qualities, and I’ve told you about it, so you can save yourself the time, and learn what to expect here. That’s quality for you.
Its organized in supermarket isle fashion, except there isn’t enough on the shelves so it looks a bit sparse, as if its always on the brink of closing down. They’ve got a lot of rubbish here, but some of it you will need. Its never going to have all you want, but if you’re moving into a new flat, looking to redecorate or want to reinvigorate your accommodation at low cost, then it’s a good place to visit. You’ll surely get a few bargains.

To be honest this place really made me die a little bit inside. It’s one of those cheap pound saver kind of places that offers bargain upon bargain, with people inside filling up their baskets with stuff they wouldn’t even be buying if it wasn’t cheap.
The shop is scruffy inside, with items falling off the shelves onto the floor. It’s all a bit of a mess.
What’s more is that as a pound shop, they don’t have any of the really useful items that pound shops should have. Like a massive range of lightbulbs and loads of weird cooking utensils.
Instead, they’ve basically got whatever items you might find in your normal high street supermarket that they’ve managed to buy in bulk for cheap. So that they can sell them to you. For cheap. I don’t really get this place.

Here I go again; bargain shops! I bleedin’ well love Quality Save. It is an absolute haven of cheap, but quality goods. That’s how they chose their name, y’see; it’s quality and you save! Good stuff.
The Piccadilly branch of QS is an absolute winner. Mainly because, for all it seems quite small from the front, it stretches on and on and on to the back, where you will find cheap (but quality) kitchen ware! I bought 3 oven trays from here, use them at least once a week each, chuck em in the dishwasher (not only am I cheap, I am also very lazy) and they are all still in perfect condition after over 6 months! These trays cost around £2 each and are heavy, non-​stick and big enough for pretty much anything you’d want to pop in the oven. Except a pizza, but they also sell special oven trays for pizzas; round with loads of ‘crisping holes’, £1.50, job done.
Another favourite section of QS is the cleaning and household section. Here you can pick up name brands such as Persil or Fairy for at least £1 less than in other shops. They also have lesser-​known brands for ridiculously dirt-​cheap prices. I forget the brand name, but their lemon-​scented laundry detergetn is about £1 for a decent sized bottle, and it’s just as good as any leading brand.
At Halloween, QS comes into its own, selling absolute bum-​loads of spooky bits and bobs. It’s also good for decorations at Christmas, selling some of the best economy tinsel I’ve ever seen.
Though I do love to save money, I rarely skimp on food. As much as I love Lidl and places like that, I’m a bit of a food snob, so I tend to steer clear of the food bit of QS. However, Curly Friend swears by them, and when I shared an office with her, her food drawer was always full of cereal bars, instant noodles and sachet soups that she swore by.
At the end of the day, we’re in a recession, and that blows. But save money by shopping at QS, and you can spend a little extra on the good gin! Yay!

I say it’s a brave man who turns his nose up at saving money. Or brave women too, for that matter. Places like Quality Save are offering you goods for low prices, and you know it’s going to be bottom of the barrel stuff, but it’s not like they’re hiding it or anything. The planning that went into this places clearly extended no further than, «Just throw everything on the shelves, like», but from what I’ve seen I’m not sure that anyone who shops here really gives a toss. When you can buy a years supply of cooking and cleaning utensils for less than the price of a monthly bus ticket, something has clearly gone very wrong with the world, but I’m damned if I’m not going to take advantage of it.