Hoogvliet 02/09-08/09

Getting home at half past six on a weekday with nothing defrosted and no appetite for ordering in again is probably the situation this edition speaks to most directly.

It is valid from 2 September to 8 September and runs to 31 pages. Read the three highlighted choices together and they form the three parts of one meal: the main item, the step that keeps it from tasting like convenience food, and the drink you sit down with afterwards.

• Iglo viskraam, fish & fun of crème de la crème 224 - 500 g at EUR 2,49: frozen fish that goes from the freezer straight into an oven or a pan, answering the evening where nothing was taken out in time. The sizes run from 224 to 500 grams, so check which one you are holding, because feeding one person and feeding three are not the same box.
• Go-tan 2 stuks at EUR 3,29: Asian-style sauces and seasonings at two for one price. Its role in this meal is to turn a frozen main into something with a flavour of its own rather than something merely reheated. Two at one price also means one for this week and one kept back, since a sauce lasts in a cupboard far longer than fish does.
• Heineken of dommelsch 6 x 0.25 - 0.5 liter at EUR 4,49: a six-pack, with two brands at the same price and two volumes, 0.25 and 0.5 litre. Check which volume you are picking up before you reach the till, because the same six cans can hold twice as much.

Hokimi field note: all three of these carry a size range, 224 to 500 grams and 0.25 to 0.5 litre, while the price stays the same, so ten seconds spent reading the pack in front of the shelf is worth more here than comparing prices. Frozen fish can be bought one box ahead, sauce keeps for months, and beer is best bought at the level this week will actually drink. Prices and participating stores are as marked in the shop.