Follow this topicFrugal Food - 19th November
Welcome to this week's edition of Frugal Food. We’ve got new and extended restaurant deals from Prezzo, Bella Italia, Ember Inns, Yates’s, Pizza Hut and Pizza Express. We’ve also got half-price Christmas puddings and turkeys, 3 for 1 Morrisons deals, free cocktails, 50% off wine, 25% off tea, coffee and chocolates, and free tipple with your tea!
Best supermarket deals
This week, I’m going to kick off with the top deals at Tesco. You can bag a Mrs Peek’s Rich Christmas Pudding (680g) for £3 - half the normal price.
There are 2 for 1 deals on Bertolli and a range of cheeses, including Saint Agur. And Bernard Matthews frozen turkeys - in a range of sizes - are now half-price.
At Sainsbury’s, there’s a 2 for 1 deal on Muller Fruit Corner multi-packs. A range of New Covent Garden Food Co. soups are currently half-price; and this Cadbury’s medium selection box is now reduced from £2.99 to £1.49.
Over at ASDA, four-packs of Aero milk chocolate mousse are down from £1.18 to just 50p, and certain varieties of Haagen Dazs ice cream (500ml) are £2 a tub.
Also at ASDA, there’s still a great deal on Heinz tomato ketchup (700g). Bottles usually cost £2.09, but you can currently buy two for £2.
Morrisons is running a big ‘pay less’ week, with lots of good discounts. Highlights include a 3 for 1 deal on 2 litre bottles of Pepsi (£1.69 each), 3 for 1 deal on Pringles (£1.99 per tube), and 500ml tubs of Ben & Jerry’s ‘cookie dough’ ice cream for just £1.99 each.
At the Co-op there are several better-than-half-price deals, including Christmas puddings down from £5.50 to £2.50, and 400g boxes of Quality Street from £4.20 to £2.
Over at LIDL, you can now get 1.5kg of oranges for £1, 400g of vintage reserve Cheddar cheese at £1.44, and 2.27l of milk for £1.
Meanwhile at ALDI, you can get six rashers of unsmoked back bacon for just 99p.
Finally, NETTO offers include two boxes of Ferrero Rocher for £4, and 24 KitKats for £2.
Tipple
You can currently bag a free cocktail at your nearest Revolution bar. Print this voucher and present it at the bar between 5pm and 9pm on any day until 21st November.
You can choose either a Snow Queen or a Cherry Christmas cocktail. Just remember that it’s not valid at Leadenhall or Scottish branches.
There’s currently a big wine and champagne sale on at Marks & Spencer. Discounts of up to 50% are available online until 28th November, and you need to buy at least six bottles at a time.
Best restaurant deals
As always, new and extended deals appear at the top of the table. For the section covering regular and ongoing deals, go to the bottom of the page.
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Deal
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Need to know |
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Buy one main course and get another for £1 when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 29th November. |
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Get two main courses for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 12th December. |
Valid on pizza and pasta dishes only. Not valid at restaurants in central London or Center Parcs. |
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Get two courses and a drink for £8.95 OR three courses and a drink for £10.95 when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 30th November. |
You can choose from one of four mains, plus one of four starters, and/or one of four desserts, plus one of eight drinks. Only children aged 14 - and accompanied by an adult - can be brought along. |
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Get a free chilli con carne when you register here and buy any drink from the main menu. |
No end date given. |
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Get 50% off takeaway orders over £20 when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 17th December. |
Only valid on takeaway orders from restaurants - not Pizza Hut delivery outlets. At least £20 must be spent on food. |
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Buy one main course and get another for £1 when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 5th December. |
The £1 main course payment will be donated to Oxfam. Not valid at the following restaurants: Bluewater, Lakeside, London, London Barrett St, Richmond, Victoria Sq, Westfield Belfast, Pizza Express Jazz Clubs, the O2, EXPO and the Pizza Express Mobile Event Unit. |
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Get 40% off your food bill when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Monday to Wednesday - and after 7pm on Sundays - until 21st November. |
Not valid on steak Not valid with Lunch for Less, Giraffe Time or any other discounts/promotions. Not valid at all Giraffe restaurants - see registration page for details. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 24th November. |
Not valid at restaurants in airports or Center Parcs. |
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Get two main courses for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 28th November. |
Not valid at restaurants in Center Parcs, Riverside (More London) or the Royal Festival Hall. Valid on ten selected dishes only. |
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Get two main courses for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 21st November. |
Not valid on dishes from the Carne e Pesce, Rustica, Specials, Bambini and Takeaway menus. Valid on different days at different locations - check registration page for details. |
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Get 50% off main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 26th November. |
Not valid on extra toppings and substitutions. Not valid on specials. |
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Get a burger or main course salad - plus a drink - for £6.95 when you print this voucher. |
All day, every day until 5th December. |
Not valid at restaurants in Belfast or the O2. Not valid on takeaway orders. Not valid on Kiwiburgers or build your own burgers. Selected drinks only: You can choose a Steinlager, a soft drink (excluding milkshakes), or a 175ml glass of house wine. |
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Get 50% off ‘tapas to share’ dishes when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 24th November. |
Not valid on Tapas Selections. Not valid at restaurants in Aberdeen, Bath, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Omni, Plymouth and Silverburn. |
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Get 30% off food when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 30th November. |
Not valid on set menus. Not valid on drinks. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 30th November. |
Valid on burgers, fish and chips and scampi and chips only. Not valid at pubs in Covent Garden or Drury Lane. |
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Two main courses and a bottle of wine for £20 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Sunday to Thursday until 25th November. |
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Free ice cream with any main when you print and present this voucher. |
All day, every day until 12 December. |
One claim per voucher. |
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Get one free kids’ meal per adult main. |
All day, every day until 30th November. |
Valid for children aged 0-12. Each child can choose either a two-course meal (including drink) or the lunchtime buffet, when the adult pays full price for a main course. |
Cut price snacks
There’s a good new deal at Whittard of Chelsea: At the moment, you can get 25% off all gifts, including lots of tea, coffee and chocolate treats. Perfect for some early Christmas shopping!
Voucher codes
Spend at least £50 at Tesco Wine, enter the code XXH7F6 at the checkout, and you’ll get £10 off.
The order has to be placed before 29th November, and isn’t valid on wine bought from the Tesco Grocery website.
Spend over £40 at ASDA and you’ll be given a coupon book, containing another £40 worth of discounts. The promotion applies to both in-store and online purchases.
The second (‘Red’) set of coupons has now been launched - and they’re valid 15th-28th November.
Voucher code promotions tend to be withdrawn quickly. You can use the following websites to track down new voucher codes as and when they come up:
Regular deals
This is where you’ll find the restaurant and retail deals that run on a permanent or ongoing basis.
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Restaurant/retailer |
Deal |
When valid |
Need to know
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2 for 1 on main courses - plus a free starter - for Orange customers. |
Wednesdays only, ongoing. |
Text 'FILM' to 241 from any Orange phone on a Wednesday to get a 'text ticket'. Texts cost 35p each. Show the text at Pizza Express to get a 2 for 1 on main courses, plus free dough balls or garlic bread. The text ticket is only valid on the Wednesday it’s generated. |
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Get two free drinks when you choose your local pub, register, print the voucher and buy two main meals. |
Every day, ongoing. |
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£5 meal for two (in-store offer) |
Every day, ongoing. |
Get main courses and side dishes for two people for £5. Valid on set options only. |
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£9 ‘Finest’ meal for two (in-store offer) |
Every day, ongoing. |
Get starters, mains and desserts for two - plus a bottle of wine or soft drink - for £9. Valid on set options only. |
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Selected mains plus unlimited salad for £4.99 (Earlybird deal - in-restaurant offer) |
Every day before 6.30pm, ongoing. |
You can view the full Earlybird menu here. |
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Two pizzas for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Differs every day (see voucher), ongoing. |
Valid on any two pizzas from the a la carte (standard) menu. |
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Get a set lunch for £5.75 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Monday to Wednesday 12-5pm, ongoing. |
Valid for a pizza or salad - plus a soft drink - from a set menu only. |
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2 for 1 on medium or large pizzas when you order on a Tuesday and quote the offer. |
Tuesdays only, ongoing. |
Valid on in-store, online and telephone orders when offer is quoted. Valid on pizzas on the menu, and on ‘create your own’ pizzas with up to four toppings. |
And finally... free Christmas drinkies!
In the run-up to Christmas, lots of restaurants and hotels do ‘free drink with meal’ deals to get us into the festive spirit.
There’s currently a really good selection on the Afternoon Tea website, at some of the swishest hotels in the UK.
For example, you could currently bag a free glass of Champagne, gin and tonic or pink prosecco when you book afternoon tea. The full range of deals can be found here.
Every Friday, we round up the week's top food shopping bargains, supermarket vouchers and restaurant offers. If you register on lovemoney.com, you can follow this blog and find new posts as soon as they are published, via your personal homepage. Never miss a frugal food bargain again - register now.
Every effort is made to source voucher codes which are valid at the time this article is published. However, please be aware that lovemoney.com cannot guarantee that every voucher will be valid or that it will not be withdrawn by the provider immediately.
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