I've done a number of reviews on items that I've picked up cheaply from Home Bargains, so I thought why not do a review on the shop itself?
Home Bargains is owned by a company called TJ Morris Ltd and the stores are currently popping up all over the country. I am lucky to have 2 different ... Read review
Advantages: Can save you money on your normal shop Disadvantages: You pick things up you wouldn't normally. Items change regularly.
...I've picked up cheaply from Home Bargains, so I thought why not do a review on the shop itself?
Home Bargains is owned by a company called TJ Morris Ltd and the stores are currently popping up all over the country. I am lucky to have 2 different stores nearby which stock some of the same stuff and some different, so it does go to show that some different products are available at different stores.
==What things do ... ...your main shopping list in Home Bargains. It is not like a pound shop, which are normally just full of tat and the odd bargain. Home Bargains sell products that you would find in your local supermarket, just at a much lower price.
===Health and Beauty===
In my most local store, the first aisle that come across after the main offers in store is the health and beauty one. Here you can find a wide range of products which ... more
I've done a number of reviews on items that I've picked up cheaply from Home Bargains, so I thought why not do a review on the shop itself?
Home Bargains is owned by a company called TJ Morris Ltd and the stores are currently popping up all over the country. I am lucky to have 2 different stores nearby which stock some of the same stuff and some different, so it does go to show that some different products are available at different stores.
What things do they sell?
You can pick up loads of different things off of your main shopping list in Home Bargains. It is not like a pound shop, which are normally just full of tat and the odd bargain. Home Bargains sell products that you would find in your local supermarket, just at a much lower price.
Health and Beauty
In my most local store, the first aisle that come across after the main offers in store is the health and beauty one. Here you can find a wide range of products which include:
Bath - Radox, Palmolive and Dove to name a few of the brands that I have seen in this section. Here you can pick up your bubble baths, shower gels, soaps, toothpastes etc.
Hair - Tresemme, Mark Hill (occasionally), Charles Worthington and Vidal Sassoon are a few of the brands on offer here. Shampoos, conditioners, treatments and styling products are available as well as leading brands of hair dyes.
Body - In this section you will find deoderants, feminine hygeine, creams etc. Brand names include Atrixo, Dove and Gilette.
Medicines - Available here are vitamins, painkillers and your usual medicines and also contraceptives. Brand names that I have seen here include TCP, Lemsip and Elastoplast.
Baby - You can pick up all your nappies and baby wipes in this section as well as other essentials, feeding, baby grows and basic clothing. Huggies is one of the brand names I can remember seeing here but I tend to skip this section as I no longer have any babies!! I did used to pick some nappies and wipes up from here a few years ago though!
Clothing
As I have already mentioned in the baby section, you can pick up a limited amount of basic baby clothing at Home Bargains. Also seen at my local store are:
Dressing Up
Childrens and Adults Nightwear
Childrens and Adults (limited range) Underwear/Socks
Slippers and Summer Footwear
The clothing isn't the best section, but it is worth having a look at if you have children. I have bought PJ's for my son from here - Bob The Builder and Postman Pat to name the 2 that I remember - as well as socks and pants (Bob The Builder etc). They get through so many at that age that I thought they were worth a try, and they lasted quite well. Just the same as the one's that you would pick up from a supermarket, except a lot cheaper. The Pyjamas were under £5 a pair.
Toys and Games
I see a lot of the things that are sold here subsequently being sold on Ebay for a profit. Now I might be wrong, but I think a lot of people buy toys from Home Bargains to then sell on. In fact, I saw a woman at a till once with 10 of the same action figure, to decide not to buy them when she realised she'd misread the sign (normally this item sold for around £20 and she was complaining that they were £5!). I don't think she was buying for presents!
A lot of things in this section are out of season. For example, have a look in the last Argos catalogue then in the new one at the toy section. Items such as My Little Pony, Bratz, Spiderman etc that have been discontinued will more than likely be on the shelves of Home Bargains. I have picked up the odd bargain here around Christmas for my 2 little ones but more often than that, I tend to shop here for their friends birthday parties. They get much more than they would if I went into Woolworths or Argos, that's for sure!
You can also find crafts, stationery, cards (in my store they are in this section anyway), videos, DVDs etc here. There are toys for everyone from babies to us big kids!
Seasonal
Obviously it depends on the time of year as to what is in this section. Recently there has been a lot of gardening items which included bulbs and bedding plants as well as all of your gardening equipment. My husband picked up a few fishing items a month or so ago for what he tells me is a bargain price! He paid around £10 for a fishing starting kit for my daughter, who has wanted to join him on his fishing trips for a while now, which included a basic rod, reel, and weights, floats etc (I'll stop now as I have no idea what you do and don't have for fishing!). He said it was worth a lot more, even though it was basic.
I love this section at Christmas, when you can pick up cards (ideal for the kids at school) for next to nothing, wrapping paper, tags, decorations, stockings etc. Last year we also got some hanging lights for the garden for around £5.
There is a good range stocked at Halloween, when we pick up lots of cheaply priced goodies for the trick or treaters.
Easter is another holiday I remember seeing this aisle stocked right up for. You could buy reasonably priced eggs and gifts.
Homestyle
I often shoot down this aisle but very rarely buy things as I am so picky over my home and what goes in it but that's just me. I have picked up a couple of things from here though - a bed canopy for my daughters room is the main one that I can think of. It matched her Next Butterflies bedroom perfectly and was a fraction of the cost of the one in the directory.
In this section you will find ornaments, frames, canvas pictures (very nice for young people just setting up home together and so much cheaper than other shops), bedding (recently saw Bob The Builder in here), and kitchen equipment to name a few. Thinking about it, I did actually get my son a Spiderman Lunchbox and bottle last week for £1.99!! Then went off to Tesco and paid £12.50 for my daughter's High School Musical set...
Seasonally you will find other items in this section which have included outdoor dining at a very reasonable price.
Household
I love this section and get so much of my cleaning stuff from here! There are your usual brand names and a few other items.
Kitchen - Washing up liquid, wash powder, fabric conditioner, cleaning products, kitchen roll and sponges etc. Brands here include Persil and Lenor.
Bathroom - A wide range of cleaning products, toilets blocks, bleach, toilet roll etc. Brands include Toilet Duck, Cif and Mr Muscle.
Garden - Jeyes Fluid etc.
Food and Sweets & Snacks
In this section of the store you can pick up tinned items, pasta, sauces, cereals etc. In my store there is a separate aisle for sweets and chocolates/biscuits. I normally pick up the odd tinned item and all of my biscuits, sweets and childrens chocolate bars from here. It is ideal to stock up for lunch boxes and snacks and there is also a small range of crisps and nuts available.
Some of the items are available week in week out, but other items come and go. If you look out for the bargains, you can save a lot of money here. I often buy penguin bars, super noodles, haribo sweets etc. You can also buy boxed chocolates which are ideal for Christmas time.
Also in this section you will find tea and coffee. A large jar of Nescafe is under £2 and a box of one cup Tetley tea is around £1.
You can also buy pet food in this section.
Drinks and Alcohol
In this section you will find everything from bottled water to wine. Again things do come and go but usually you can pick up most things that you would need. I sometimes buy Diet Coke and flavoured water from here as well as individual drinks for the kids lunch boxes and sometimes fruit juices.
In the alcohol section, normally found at the far end of the store, I have bought Ernest & Julio Gallo white wine (not seen that for a while though). There is also a range of beer and lagers and alcopops.
My Final Thoughts
I would highly recommend you go along for a look if you have a Home Bargains nearby. To check where your local store is or for more information, go to http://www.homebargains.co.uk/
I tend to visit the store around twice a month, to stock up on lunch box items and cleaning products and to have a look at the special offers that they have. Trolleys and baskets are available, but if you are going for a look and not for anything in particular, I would recommend getting a basket, because if you get a trolley, you will come out with it full!!
On a normal shop, when I pick up all the lunch box items and cleaning products plus any other little bargains, I will come out with 3 or 4 bags full and spend around £20. When I look at how much less I spend now on my normal shops to Tesco, I am saving quite a bit of money, and picking up other little bits as well.
The only downside that I can think of to this shop is that if you don't pick something up when you see it, it might not be there the next time you go! I can put up with that though as I know I'm getting a bargain.
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Advantages: They do almost everything at really fantastic prices Disadvantages: Only a limited numbers of stores in the UK
...and like a bargain then Home Bargains is the store for you! I discovered it after a new retail park opened in town, it had the usual suspects - Next, Boots, Peacocks, TK Maxx and a shop I hadn't seen before Home Bargains. I wondered what kind of stuff they sold and went for a look around, that was the day I became hooked.
For those who have never been in a Home Bargains shop they are run by the T J Morris chain. Tom Morris founded T J Morris Ltd ... ...there and still get my Home Bargain fix!
You can find out more information on the locations of their stores at the T J Morris Website http://www.tjmorris.co.uk/
If you ever happen to see one of their stores on your travels make sure you pop in because I am sure you will find something in there that takes your fancy!
They do seem to have a quickly changing range of products and things sell out pretty quickly so if you see something you really like ...
shazzaspannered 23.08.2006
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Advantages: Very cheap prices on top brands Disadvantages: Bargains can go quickly and not return!
=== About Home Bargains === Home Bargains is originated from TJ Morris, which was established 30 years ago by Tom Morris. Home Bargains now has around 170 stores and over 4,000 employees. In the next 10 years TJ Morris (Home Bargains) plan to expand to over 500 stores and over 12,000 staff. Home Bargains sell a majority of products such as: *Toilet Paper from 79p for 4 *Baby Wipes from 59p for 72 *Wine from £2.99 *Hair Dye from 99p *Toothbrushes ... ...=== My Love of Home Bargains === It all started when I found a store in Caerphilly Wales, and used to pick up my Cat food from there as it was much cheaper than the supermarkets. Then when I moved to Bridgend They had just opened a new one in the town centre. Having just had a baby I started to try out allot more things in order to save more money! And I have! They have top brands at really low prices compared to the supermarket. The only problem ...
Izzy31 30.08.2009
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Advantages: Some good bargains Disadvantages: not always guaranteed to come back with what you went in for.
...My first stop??? Home Bargains of course!
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Who are Home Bargains???
A discount store offering branded products at the lowest prices, in my opinion they are a very close competitor to the likes of Savers, B+M and Wilkinson.
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Where did they come from???
Tom Morris was the founder ... ...can I buy from there???
Home Bargains is a bit of a mini supermarket stocking Health and Beauty Products from leading brands such as Cussons, Colgate, Herbal Essences, Nivea, Radox, Original Source, Sensodyne, Head and Shoulders, Andrew Collinge, Garnier the list is endless.
Food products include pasta and rice, sauces, soups, tinned vegetables, cereals, crackers and cakes and biscuits from leading brands such as Quaker, Princes, Tilda, Uncle Bens, ...
KELLYLOUJ 16.08.2006
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Advantages: Quite A Few Good Bargains Disadvantages: Quick Turn Around Of Stock, Long Checkout Queues
...and one of these is Home Bargains.
There has been a Home Bargains Store in Sheffield where I live for a couple of years now, but it is only recently when the subject came up during a conversation with my Auntie in Blackpool that I realised they were part of a nation-wide chain.
THE BACKGROUND
The UK's first Home Bargains Store was opened at Old Street in Liverpool in the early 1970's. This Store was the dream of a local man called Tom Morris. ... ...original Store in Liverpool other Home Bargains soon began to appear in the North West of England and today there are over 100 Stores employing 2,500 staff, but the story does not stop there. Home Bargains are currently one of the fastest growing chain of Shops in Britain and their plans are ambitious to say the least. The company fully intends to continue with its rapid expansion plans across the UK and they are intending opening a further 400 Stores ...
micksheff 29.03.2006
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Advantages: Bargains a plenty!! Disadvantages: Run out of particular lines quickly
When Home Bargains first opened in my local town... well, to be honest I didn't really notice it.
Actually, that's not quite right. I did notice it. Well, who wouldn't with it's bright red frontage! But I didn't really take any notice of it. I was too busy running around the rest of the town - dragging my three young children kicking and screaming all the way - to take any interest in this new (and I have to say) UN-impressive looking shop. - It ... ...to the best thing about Home Bargains. The prices! They're simply fantastic!!
Now, Home Bargains isn't like many of those other cheap shops, like for instance 'the Pound Shop', where you can buy cheap products for cheap prices. Fine if that's what you're after! But, in Home Bargains you can buy general products - named, BRANDED products - for a price that's... well, at the very worst - a little under RRP and at the very best - a mere fraction of ...
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