Follow this topicFrugal Food - 10th December 2010
Welcome to this week's edition of Frugal Food. We’ve got new and extended restaurant deals from ASK, the Sizzling Pub Co., All Bar One, GBK, Prezzo, Pizza Hut and Domino’s. We’ve also got a new Dine In deal from M&S, 3 for 1 deals on chocolates, prawns and crisps, a Ben & Jerry’s price war, lots of champagne discounts, bargain gin, a free mince pie and hot drink, a new LIDL discount voucher, and 20% off takeaways!
Welcome to this week’s edition of Frugal Food.
Best supermarket deals
Let’s kick things off with the latest Dine In deal from Marks & Spencer. As always, you can get mains, side dishes and desserts for two - plus a bottle of wine - for £10.
The latest offer runs from now until 14th December, and you can view the full menu right here.
At Tesco, top offers include 2 for 1 Mr Kipling mince pies, half-price Tesco Christmas pudding and chocolate yule log.
You can also get a couple of cheese selections at 50% off; and all varieties of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream are currently down from £4.18 to just £2 a tub.
Finally, there are better-than-half-price deals on various chocolate selections, including this Thorntons Classic Collection and this Tesco selection box.
Over at Sainsbury’s, there’s a better-than-half-price deal on multi-packs of Muller Rice - which means you get 12 pots for £3.
Whole fresh chickens are still half-price; and Sainsbury’s has matched Tesco’s Ben & Jerry’s deal, with tubs priced at £2. Finally, jars of Dolmio are less than half their normal price, at £1 each.
At ASDA, this Extra Special Christmas pudding has been reduced from £4.49 to £2. And guess what - Ben & Jerry’s is currently £2 here, too!
At Morrisons, there are fantastic 3 for 1 deals on boxes of Cadbury Heroes and Cadbury Roses, and on packs of Lyons large king prawns.
Co-op offers include whole legs of lamb at 50% off (now £4.99 per kg) and Matthew Walker Christmas puddings, down from £6 to just £2.75 each.
Over at LIDL, you can now get 500g of parsnips for 29p, 400g of extra mature Cheddar for £1.69, and cartons of New Covent Garden Soup Co. soup for 99p each.
NETTO deals include four-packs of Cadbury Dairy Milk, Crunchies, Flakes and Caramel bars for £1, and a 3 for 1 deal on ten-packs of Walkers Quavers and French Fries.
Finally, ALDI’s new Super 6 fruit and veg deals include six-packs of conference pears, six-packs of red apples, whole pineapples, 450g of vine tomatoes, whole butternut squash and 250g of fine green beans - all for 69p each.
Tipple
At the moment, you can get 25% off champagne at Marks & Spencer when you order online and buy at least six bottles (one case).
At Tesco, there’s a great deal on Andre Carpentier Brut Champagne: Bottles are usually £24.99 - but you can now pick them up for £10 each.
And at Sainsbury’s, 1l bottles of Gordon’s gin are down from £20 to just £12.
You can still grab a free drink at your nearest Marston’s pub: Register here, print the voucher and present it at the bar.
This offer runs all day, every day until further notice, and your voucher will be valid for one month after you’ve registered.
You can choose from a bottle of J20, a glass of Pepsi or lemonade, a pint of cask ale (excluding Guinness), a pint of Fosters, a single JD and Pepsi, or a large glass of house red, white or rose wine.
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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Restaurant |
Deal |
When valid |
Need to know |
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Buy one pizza, pasta or salad dish and get another for 12p when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 15th December. |
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Get a free kids’ meal for every adult main meal purchased when you register here and print the voucher. |
11th-12th December, 5pm-7pm only. |
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Get three ‘small plates’ and a bottle of wine for £15 when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 31st December. |
Only valid on selected small plates’, and on wine from the ‘house favourites’ section. |
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Get a three-course meal for £11.95 - in-restaurant offer. |
All day, every day until 24th December. |
Valid on selected dishes only: Choose from three starters, seven burgers and one dessert option (a mince pie). |
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Get two pasta or pizza dishes for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 13th December. |
Not valid on takeaways. |
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Get £10 off orders over £25 when you use the code DELRTENJI at the checkout. |
All day, every day until 31st December. |
Only valid at Pizza Hut delivery outlets. Not valid on drinks or desserts. |
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Get £5 off orders over £25 when you order online and enter the code TGKQKBPQ at the checkout. |
All day, every day until 25th December. |
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Get 25% off orders over £25 when you order online and enter the code PJFES25OFF at the checkout. |
All day, every day until 31st December. |
Not valid instore or over the phone. |
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Get two main courses for £12 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 16th December. |
Not valid at restaurants in airports or Center Parcs. Only valid on certain dishes - see registration page. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 12th December. |
Not valid at restaurants in Center Parcs, the Royal Festival Hall or Riverside (More London). |
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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 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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Free ice cream with any main when you print and present this voucher. |
All day, every day until 12th December. |
One claim per voucher. |
Cut price snacks
You can now bag a free mince pie and hot drink at your local Yates’s pub.
To get this freebie, just sign up here, print the voucher and present it at your local branch.
Voucher codes
This week, we’ve got another newspaper-based voucher deal: Buy the Daily Mirror between 9th and 16th December, and inside you’ll find a voucher entitling you to £5 off a £30 spend at LIDL.
The ‘use by’ date hasn’t been announced yet, so just make sure you read all the voucher terms and conditions carefully.
New Waitrose customers can still get £10 off when they spend at least £75 online.
To take advantage of this offer, you’ll need to pick up the right leaflet instore, which includes a voucher code (if you can’t find one on display, ask at the information desk).
You then shop online using the Waitrose Groceries site, and enter the code at the checkout. The offer runs until the end of December, and households can use one code each.
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... 20% off takeaways!
The Hungry House takeaway directory will be offering 20% off thousands of online takeaway orders this weekend.
Use this link to place your order, and you’ll automatically be given the 20% discount at the checkout.
Bear in mind that this offer only runs 11th and 12th December (Saturday and Sunday). And you need to pay by either credit or debit card.
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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