Napolina Tomatoes Chopped 400g 57p

Decent price!!!

The way i see it chopped tomatoes are chopped tomatoes it make no difference to me, i'm no Jamie Oliver.
So if its the best like Napolina or smart price, basics or value who cares.
Still a good deal for anyone who prefers Napolina but I doubt alot of peoople will be voting it a hot deal.

I voted hot because it`a good deal. Maybe is posted wrong, but I knew this product and is very tasty.

Those super cheap own brand value Ones in the supermarkets are mainly made up from the Ends where the tomato is picked. (full of the horrible stork bit)..

These are the best you can buy, great price !

Aldi`s own brand ones at 19p come out on top in a taste test

You mean people eat Supermarket own brand? The one's with the green bits of stalk in? Urgh *shudder*.

Sorry guys - you really cannot beat quality.
I even found that Tesco's finest could not compare to this brand.
Each to their own I guess but when it comes to tomotoes (tinned or fresh), it has to be quality all the way.

Maybe, and I am an Aldi regular shopper & fan, but the Napolina ones are the best I have tried for pasta sauces, unbeatable. Usually too expensive for me, so I do use the Aldi ones most of the time!

What happened to the price of tinned tomatoes?! I love Napolina, but have got a cupboard full of about a hundred tins as I stocked up in Tesco when they were BOGOF. Can't believe they're selling for pretty much £1 a tin now.

Probably the same thing that has happened to the price of a lot of things, on the back of excuses such as the huge fuel price rises.

In in reality there hasn't been anything LIKE the percentage of rise in fuel that I keep hearing quoted, of 30%, 35% that sort of thing! A year ago, I was paying about 11% less for petrol than now, diesel is maybe a little more than that, and of course oil prices have fallen considerably compared to their highest levels

I suspect it is just the usual profiteering that happens when prices need to change. After all, food has been stable or even reducing in price over the boom times of the last few years, and once things start to move upwards, it seems to be looked at as a good opportunity to put many things up, and grab back some of the shortfall!

In the past. I remember many years ago, potatoes went into serious short supply, and MASSIVE rises happened, (something like 3 or 4p per lb to 25 or 35p) and surprise, surprise they never ever came down afterwards and full supply returned. Of course this sort of thing has a knock on effect, such as in that case, a rise in the price of other staples like rice!

It has happened since on many other things too

I agree, but Napolina are hardly a quality brand, I mean they are distributed by princes in the uk. ;>

They are around the same quality as all other tinned tomatoes - that is 60-70% average grade tomatoes and 30-40% juice, with some citric acid. (to be fair they are 70% tomatoes compared to the 60% in some other brands).

39p or 49p in B&M btw (one or the other, can't remember which).

Well, I can't disagree that Princes is the No1 all time rubbish brand (if I had a pound for every foreign body complaint that I have dealt with from Princes products when I was at work, I would not need to be looking for bargains now!), however Napolina are the works as far as canned Tomatoes go! I didn't believe it until I tried them too!

I do generally make do with the Aldi better quality ones though, as price is a major factor there, and they are always well priced, as opposed to occasionally!

I have found the Sainsbury's "boxed" chopped ones pretty good too, flavour wise, but they are a bit prone to disintegrating quickly, which is NOT always what I want in a sauce! (but handy when I DO want a smoother finish!)

You mean people eat tinned tomatoes and not fresh...Urgh *shudder*.



Can't find the post but I remember buying these for something like 8 or 12 tins for £3 at asda within the last year. Was back when they had the corned beef offer on. Shocking innit?