Frugal Food - 22nd June 2012

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 22 June 2012  |  0 comments
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This week you can save £5 on a £30 spend at M&S Food to Order, £15 on orders at Ocado, £10 at Sainsburys, up to 34% at Waitrose Wine, and bag a free McVitie's cake, a free can of Malibu and Cloudy Lemonade and free chocolates at Thorntons!

Welcome to this week's Frugal Food. 

Best supermarket deals

Tesco

If you need to stock up on cereal Nestle Nesquik 375g is now £1 (was £1.99), Sugar Puffs 320g is 99p (was £1.99), Weetabix Golden Syrup is £2 (was £2.49), Frosties 500g is £1 (was £2.19) and Jordan’s Crunchy Clusters is £2 (was £2.69).

On to the fruit and veg discounts, save 40p on loose organic mangoes, now £1 each, save 50p on four-packs of Ripe ‘n’ Ready Organic Pears, now £2 and buy two 600g bags of Tesco carrots for £1 (normally 77p each).

Then in the fridge section, look out for half-price Boursin (now £1.10), Nestle Yorkie Chocolate Desserts for £1 (was £1.78), 1kg Lowicz Buttermilk for 80p (was £1) and Tesco Low-Fat Yoghurt packs for £1 (was £1.12).

Sainsbury's

 Grab half-price frozen Young’s White Fish Flaky Fillets (five per pack), now £3, Birds Eye Fish Fingers with Omega 3, now £1.99 and Young's Vintage Cheddar Fish Bake, now £1. Then save 50p on 1kg Sainsbury’s freefrom Chips, now £1 and 80p on 1.8kg McCain Home Chips Straight Cut, now £2.

For a quick cheat, Dolmio Pasta Vita and Uncle Ben's Rice Time Pot are now 99p each (was £1.99) and look out for Snack Pork Pies for £1 (was £1.89), Pizza Express 8" Pizza for £2 (was £4), Taste the Difference Haddock Fishcakes for £1.49 (was £2.99) and 180g Sainsbury's Scottish Responsibly Sourced Mild Smoked Salmon for £2.99 (was £5.99).

Then stock up on sauces and oils with Encona Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce for £1 (was £1.99), HP BBQ Woodsmoke Sauce for £1.50 (was £1.89) and Frank's Buffalo Wings Sauce for 99p (was £1.49).

Asda

Starting with some more dairy offers, look out for 1kg Asda Sunflower Spread for £1.90 (was £2.14), 1L Delamere Sweetened Soya Milk for £1 (was £1.28), Mevgal Original Greek Feta Cheese for £1.50 (was £1.78), 200g Alex James Presents Best Ever Mature Cheddar for £1.50 (was £1.74), Castello Soft Cheese with Black Pepper for £1 (was £1.18) and Low Low Mature Cheddar for £1.80 (was £2).

For your freezer, buy Birds Eye Field Fresh Sweetcorn for £1.80 (was £2), Bird’s Eye Chunky Fish Fingers for £2 (was £2.68) and 1kg McCain Crispy French Fries for £1.70 (was £1.89). Then check out the hundreds of multibuy offers such as four for £1 on KTC tins, two for £2.50 on Chosen By You six-packs of various fizzy drinks, any two for £2.50 on various biscuit and chocolate bar packs and three for £3 on Sharwood sauces.

Morrisons

Morrisons is offering 1.5kg bags of baby new potatoes for 90p (was £1.80), Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut 750g for £1.49 (was £3.14), 10 for £2 on Muller Corner Singles, three for £1 on nectarines (was 70p each) and various half-price bargains including Young’s breaded fish fillets (now £1.50), Lyons large king prawns (now £1.99), turkey steaks (now £4.25 per kg), Butchers Hand Made British Steak Burgers (now £2.70 for a six-pack), plus get a third off Spring lamb shoulder (now £5.33 per kg).

Lidl

With the half-price weekend deals at Lidl (available on Saturday and Sunday only), you can buy a pack of fresh pork loin medallions for £1.29, vine tomatoes for 99p per kg, Nesquik Chocolate Powder for £1.36 and Amanie milk chocolate biscuits for 99p.

Other offers include 2L Vita d’Or frying oil for £2.69, 375g of diced chicken breast for £2.29, Walkers six-packs for 99p, four-packs of Branston Baked Beans for £1.29, Chocolate Digestives for 99p, Ribena for £1.49, and save on various melon varieties including Cantaloupe and Galia (now £1), watermelons (now £2.49) and piel de sapo (now 99p).  

Westin Gourmet

Finally, check out the special offers this week from online gourmet butcher Westin Gourmet which includes 14% off a 2kg wheel of English Blue Stilton, now £23.80, 13% off a 1kg pack of British Steak Mince, now £7.80 and 22% off half a leg of pork (2kg joint), now £9.14. 

Supermarket voucher codes

• If you’re shopping online at M&S Food to Order you can save £5 on a £30 spend with the code FTOSVNGS (which you can also quote in-store), valid until Tuesday 31st July. 
  

• A new Ocado code VOU9562593 saves you £15 on a £60 spend and you can use VOU3020143 for free delivery too, use by Saturday 30th June.

• First time Ocado shoppers can use VOU1304996 for £10 off first orders over £50 (expires 31st Dec).

• For Sainsbury’s savings head to My Voucher Codes for the code X6RT-D9MY-THVK saving you £10 on a £50 spend, valid until Sunday 24th June.

• Also, if you spend £50 at Sainsbury’s this month, you could win the prize of 100,000 Nectar points - five other customers have the chance to win 10,000 Nectar points each.

• You can order your food online at Tesco and then collect if for free with the code GRFFKH, valid until 24th June in participating stores.

• At Tesco shoppers save £10 on a £50 spend with XXPPC or XXAFFT valid until 30th June.

• If you’re new to Waitrose you can save a total of £75 on your first five online grocery orders. You'll need to make your first order of £75 or more by 30th June so get all the details here.

Cheap tipple                  

Sainsbury's latest Euro drinks promo means you get selected crates of beer and cider for £9 each or choose two for £17 - includes Stella Artois (15x284ml), Strongbow (15x440ml) and Beck's Vier (15x275ml).

At Waitrose Wine save up to 34% on summer wines including 32% off Waitrose Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon, 2009 (now £7.59 per bottle), plus save £39 on Fine Wine Duo Mixed Case, now £89, or save £28 on both the Along the Loire Mixed Case, now £79 and the June Saver Mixed Case, now £64.

You can still buy 15 exclusive better than half price wines at Tesco Wine including Redwood Creek Pinot Noir, Faustino Rivero Rioja Tempranillo and Long Country Merlot for £27 per case (was £60), Maison des Princes Sauvignon Blanc for £30 per case (was £66) and Storks Landing Fernão Pires Chardonnay for £24 per case (was £54).

If you’re a first-time customer you can save £10 off your first £50 spend at Tesco Wine with the code XXMML4 at the online checkout by Friday 31st August 2012.

Best restaurant discounts and vouchers

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.

Regular restaurant discounts and vouchers

This is where you’ll find the restaurant and retail deals that run on a permanent or ongoing basis. 

Freebies and comps

Check out the latest freebies and comps for foodies!

• Like McVitie’s on Facebook and fill in your details to print off a coupon entitling you to a free Jamaica cake, Chocolate Hobnob Flapjack or Jaffa cake bar!

• Move quickly for a free 250ml can of Malibu & Cloudy Lemonade – email info-uk@malibu-rum.com by Sunday 24th June with “Malibu Cloudy Lemonade” as the subject line and you could be 1 of 300 people win the freebie!

• Request a sample of Vplenish vitamin power.

• Thorntons are giving away free chocolate smiles so head to your nearest store and request some before they all go.

• It’s your last chance to get a free 'Luvilee Jubilee' cocktail or 568ml bottle of Bulmers cider at Pitcher and Piano. Simply sign up and print off your voucher, valid until 30th June.

Free recipes from celebrity chefs

Big fan of Jamie Oliver, James Martin or Lorraine Pascale? Head over to our sister site www.lovefood.comFrugal Recipes where you can find heaps of free recipes from your favourite celebrity chefs.

Voucher codes and coupons

Before you hit the supermarkets, check for any money-saving coupons:

• First up, get 75p off Lavazza coffee when you play this Coffee, Set, Match Wimbledon game and print off the voucher, valid until 31st July.

• Team it with some Lotus Original Caramelised biscuits and if you use this voucher you can save 20p on a 350g pack at Asda stores (until 1st December).

• And for the little ones, sign up to the Ella’s Kitchen newsletter and they’ll send a free set of vouchers in the post saving you £1 on your next purchase from the range.

• Don’t forget to check Beforeishop.co.uk too (current deals include 35p off Billington’s 1kg Demerara and 50p off Rice Dream, Oat Dream or Almond Dream).

Or if you’re shopping online, cut costs with these codes:

• Save 20% on tea at Whittard with TWENTEA, expires midnight Sunday 24th June.

• Right now at Thorntons (where there is a 50% sale) you get 10% automatically deducted at the checkout.

• Get 15% off at Moko Chocolates with code JUNE2012, valid until Sunday 1st July.

• Use new Pizza Hut Delivery code SCEML5PSQ and you’ll get large stuffed crust pizzas (choose from 5 toppings) for only £10, valid until 1st July. You can also use VCFSLKDLK for 50% off orders over £35 (also ends 1st July).

• At Pizza Hut you can save a massive 50% on collection orders when you spend £30 and use the code TWY55TGRZ online or over the phone (valid until 15th July).

• Knock 10% off orders over £25 at Hotel Chocolat with code VCSUM10, expires 31st August.

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:

HotUKDeals

MyVoucherCodes

Promotionalcodes.org.uk

RestaurantVouchers

SavaCode

SupermarketVoucherCodes

ShoppingCodes

VoucherCodes

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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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