Great Value Deluxe Mixed Nuts contains cashews, almonds, Brazil nuts, and pecans, slightly salted. A 10 oz can costs $3.96, which I think is a little too much for the Great Value brand, usually so well-priced. The mixed nuts are very good as a party snack. When we have …

I like LifeSavers mint candy, it is one of my favorite candy-dish fillers. LifeSavers are available as Wint-o-Green (mint) and Pepp-o-Mint (peppermint); a well-sized 13 oz bag costs $1.98. Each candy is individually wrapped, and each has “LifeSavers” impressed on it. The candies are white, round, with a hole …

I had discovered Guylian Chocolate Seashells when I was in Europe, and I was pleased to find out that they are sold here in the US as well, in stores and online. The box I have purchased at Walmart is a 8.82 oz (250 g) box containing 22 chocolate …

I use Great Value Fancy Shredded Mild Cheddar Cheese to add into salads and for cooking, mostly for hamburger pie (I am also known to throw a handful into my mouth when nobody’s looking - it tastes great and I love it). The finely shredded cheese comes in a …

I buy Aquamar Imitation Crab Meat for my crab salad. A 1.5 lbs plastic bag costs $2.82. As both the name and the price suggest, it is not real crab meat, it is made out of Alaskan Pollock. The taste is close enough to the real thing, maybe a …

Creat Value Cooked Ham comes in a plastic bag, easy to open and re-sealable. The 16 oz pack costs $3.24. The ham is 97% fat free, with some water added for better preservation. The product needs to be refrigerated. The ham is cut into medium-thick slices, very convenient for …

I have recently tried Great Value Family Size Tea, and I love it. I bought a smaller box, priced at $1.25, containing 24 individually wrapped tea bags. There is a large box available as well, twice the size if not more, and I think I will get that one …

Great Value Party Peanuts come in a 16 oz can with a plastic lid and a protective foil seal inside that you will need to remove when you first open it.
The can costs only $1.97, about a half of what brand names want for a can of the same …

Cows are a creamy butter toffee candy, filled with chocolate. You can get them at Costco, in big bags. Upon opening, they look similar to a soft Werthers candy, but once you put them in your mouth, you can taste the chocolate.
These candies are addictive! Once …

This is the lemon juice that comes in the little lemon shaped containers. There is also lime juice concentrate which comes in green lime shaped containers.
I buy this in the large 945ml containers, 3 at a time. You can get them in a pack. Obviously, we …

I like to drink diet Pepsi sometimes, but, I am revising my thinking on just how safe THAT is.
Did you realize that in order for the big trucks to carry concentrated coke, they must do it in a hazzardous materials truck, signed as such? O.K. so, maybe you think …

Great Value Pancake & Waffle Syrup is just as good as the brand name version, and it is considerably cheaper. The 24 fl. oz. plastic bottle I buy costs only $1.44. The dark brown syrup is made with 5% real maple syrup, according to the bottle. I use it …

I use Great Value Cream of Mushroom Condensed Soup mostly for cooking, although it tastes good just as soup as well. Campbell’s is still my favorite though, there is a slight taste difference, and it is less lumpy. But when it comes to casseroles, chicken, and stroganoff, the Great …

Campbell’s Condensed Broccoli and Cheese Soup is the only one of the Campbell’s soups (that I can think of, at least) that you are supposed to cook with milk, not milk or water. There is a note on the back of the can, specifically stating so. I normally do …

Campbell’s Condensed Tomato Soup used to be one of my most often-used cooking ingredients - until I had tried the Great Value brand and discovered that it works just as well. After that, I am sorry to say, I betrayed Campbell’s tomato soup and stopped buying it. Still, it …

Wylwood Sliced Beets are canned cooked beets that you simply open, warm up and eat. They are sweet and juicy; I suppose if you just boil fresh beets with some sugar you will achieve similar result. While I do like beets and make several dishes with them, I am …

Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup is okay as a quick solution when you don’t have time to cook - just empty the can, add 1 can of water, and heat. However, I still prefer my own homemade chicken soup and rarely use this product. Campbell’s soup is a little …

Campbell’s Condensed Beef with Vegetables and Barley Soup is different from Campbell’s cream soups - it is visibly thinner in consistency. However, it is still condensed, so you need to add 1 can of water when you cook it. Just like with other Campbell soups, you can cook it …

Campbell’s Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup is my personal favorite of all the variety of Campbell soups. I like it as soup, and usually only use it as such. For cooking other dishes, like stroganoff or tuna casserole, I use the Great Value brand, which is just as good …

Whether early in the morning for breakfast, mid-day or at night, this is one of the better cereals off the shelf. It’s Nice & Crunchy. I can’t decide which is better…the crunchy flakes or the taste of honey that is so pronounced you can’t miss. It doesn’t matter if …

English Tea No.1, is available in different styles, tea bags, earl grey tea and.
Each box of tea bag, contains 100 tea bags, each bag enough for three cups of delicious tea. Very healthy and refreshing, and brighten up your day and relax you in the evening. Very suitable for …

White oats, a good product for easy cooking and preparing a healthy and enriched meal; you can use it to bake cakes, make deserts and prepare soups and meals. Or if you’re run out of time in the morning just pour 2 spoon full of it to a cup …

This waffle house is really cool for several reasons. Its open 24 hours so you can get a waffle literally anytime you want. The staff here is super nice, aand the food is extreamly inexpensive. I don’t know taht i would go here in the daytime, but if its …

Great Value Cottage Cheese comes in 16 oz and 24 oz plastic container. I usually buy the bigger one, priced $ 2.12. The cottage cheese is protected with a foil seal that you will need to remove when you first open it. I like this cottage cheese for breakfast, …

Wrigley’s has been one of my favorite brands of chewing gum for quite a while, so when I saw the new Wrigley’s Extra Cool Watermelon I had to check it out. I was not disappointed. The flavor may be a little too strong at first, but it quickly subsides …

I have been using Great Value Tomato Condensed Soup for quite a while. Usually, we don’t eat it as soup, I use it for cooking other dishes, like hamburger pie, or as meatball sauce. The soup comes in a 10.75 oz metal can. Cooking directions are provided on the …

With an overwhelming sweet tooth threatening to overcome my diet’s restrictions, I made a beeline for the nearest vending machine, hoping for some kind of fruity low-guilt candy. The closest thing was a 2.5 oz bag of Farley brand strawberry fruit snacks, which would conveniently also provide 100% …

I bought Great Value Homestyle Pimento Spread hoping to find a cheaper replacement for Pimento cheese - you know, in those very small glass jars that are rather expensive. I saw the Great Value version of it that cost only $ 1.97 for a 14 oz plastic container. There …

Great Value Pieces & Stems Mushrooms come in a small 7 oz metal can, priced at only 50 cents. The mushrooms (champignons) are cut into large pieces, which I prefer to another brand that has really small ones, hard to even pick up with a fork as you eat …

Great Value Chicken Drumsticks come in a plastic bag, easy to open and re-sealable. The 4 lb bag contains 10 ice glazed, individually frozen, ready to cook drumsticks. Being individually frozen, they are all nicely separated and never stuck together, which I like. The drumsticks are large and meaty. …

2820 Reynolda Rd
Winston Salem, NC 27106
(336) 724-0559
If you love baked goods, then Deweys may be the place for you. This is a great placeto get freshly baked bread, as well as several pastry items as well. The items are all baked daily, and deweys also distributes their baked goods …

1932 Spring Garden St
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336) 272-8199
This spring garden bakery is a fantastic place to go when you’re in the mood for some high class pasteries and treats. they do all their own baking, fresh each day in the same building as the bakery, so your often getting items …

I really like Goya black beans. I like to make nachos pretty often and when I do I always use goya black beans in the mix for them. They taste great and are a wonderful addition to the nacho concoction.
I highly recommend making some black beans and adding them …

Ive tried the cheaper chicken soups, and by far enjoy cambells the most. Campbells has lots of big chicken pieces in their soup and great tasting noodles. I don’t think that other companies can really make any kind of chicken noodle that can compre to capbells. A truly one …

Sometimes, it just seems difficult to keep fresh fruit around the house for all those lunches that the children and the adults need during the day. Fruit is so important. Fruit is what a person who is watching their diet,should eat, when the sugar ‘wants’ hit! Fruit will take …

Sometimes you need to make dinner in a flash, thats when chicken fingers can come in handy. these chicken fingers by barber taste great and are easily cooked in your microwave in minutes. I really like the ease of cooking these chicken fingers, for me the quicker I …

I am addicted to Baja Beef Chalupas from Taco Bell. It’s horrible. They have too many calories, and I can never eat just one. The substandard ground beef and fiesta salsa lure me in every time I go to Taco Bell.
In the late 90s, they also …

When it comes to coffee, everyone seems to like it a different way. If this were not true, all those espresso places probably wouldn’t be doing so well! We like to have coffee that is home made, most of the time, and when we do, we enjoy adding International …

IBC root beer is not A & W root beer, but it is still pretty darn good. And when it comes to the diets, I hate to admit it but diet IBC beats diet A & W any day of the week. I can barely differentiate diet …

One of the products I use to make brownies is Baker’s Corner Fudge Brownies Premium Brownie Mix. The mix comes in a 1 lb box, with a protective bag inside to keep the mix dry. It is very easy to cook brownies using this product, and they always turn …

I bought this out of the frozen food section last night because I was looking for something new to try. I really enjoyed the meal, however there wasn’t much chicken in it for a meal that has the word chicken in its name. There were probably four small pieces …

Great Value Hot Cocoa Mix comes in a 20 oz can with a plastic lead; when you first open it you will need to remove the foil seal, like in a coffee jar. The hot cocoa has a pleasant, not overly sweet taste and is very easy to make. …

There are a lot of root beers out there, but there can be only one king and that is A & W. It is the best of the best. As the old slogans used to say, it’s got that frosty mug taste. I don\’t rightly know …

When it comes to Canadian beer, Lakeport Lager is about as cheap as you are going to get. Fortunately for fans of cheap beer, Lakeport’s taste is better than you’d expect given the price. While it might not be a premium beer, it is still a good …

Chateau Andron-Blanquet Saint-Estephe 2000 is a fantastic french bordeaux, that is not only fantastic to drink, but also is sold at a reasobale price (around $30). This great wine has light tannins with plum and cassis aromas. This wine has a fruity feel with a strong cabernet like …

I like to eat sandwiches for lunch qute a bit, and I have recentlystarted making them on Kroger wheat bread. this is a really a pretty nice bread, especially for the cst. traditionally I tend to shy away from store brand breads, something engrained in me said they were …

I have always been a yougurt fan, and have recently discovered Emmi Yogurt. This yogurt is just like all the other “bigger named” yogurts, except it is often much cheaper in price. I can usually get a 6oz container of this yogurt for around $1 which is dea when …

I really like Cheerios. They arn’t a particuarly flavorful cereal, but there is somehting about them that is still a little familiar and tasty to me. I’ve been eating cheerios for ears, possibly since I was small. They dont have all the sugar that other cereals have, and really …

Arizona Iced Green Tea is really a great tasting iced tea. i like to make my own iced tea most of the time, but when i decide to purchase a iced tea I want it to be fantastic. This iced green tea definatly fits the bill. It is a …

I’m not usually a mayonnaise fan, but when i do decide to eat mayonnaise I always end up reaching for helmans. This is really a generally great tasting mayonnaise great for sandwiches, and egg salads and the like. The packaging lables them as “the real mayonnaise” I’m not exactly …