Frugal Food - 19th October 2012

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 19 October 2012  |  2 comments
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This week's highlights include a roast dinner for £5 at M&S, money-off vouchers at Asda and Tesco, free crisps, Special K freebies and much, much more.

Welcome to this week's Frugal Food.

Aldi

This week’s Super 6 offer, ending on 27th October, includes 1kg of carrots, 750g of new potatoes, 500g of parsnips, 3-packs of mild onions, sweetheart cabbages and cucumbers, all for a tidy 39p each!

Asda

Fill up on kitchen basics such as Allinson Nature Friendly flour (1kg) in your trolley for only £1 (was £1.18), two Kerrygold Pure Irish Butters for £2 (usually £1.60 each), Sugar Puffs (450g) for £1.50 (was £2.48) and Mattessons Smoked Pork Sausage Family Pack (375g) for £1.50 (was £2.49).

Then, for some handy speedy dinners, various meals in the Asda Chosen By You range are on offer including Cumberland Pie, Sausage and Mash and Steak and Kidney with Mash, all now £1.50 (was £2.05), and frozen Birds Eye Chicken Tikka Masala with Rice (400g) is now £1 (was £1.50).

Sample some Pop Tarts for free with this 50p off voucher, valid at Asda until 30th October. And save 50p on any Mission Mexican range product at your nearest Asda store when you Like the Mission in Your Kitchen Facebook page.

Get £5 off your next £40+ shop when you spend £40 or more and check the Asda Price Guarantee online between now and 4th November (voucher redeemable until 18th November).

If you want to see what else you can save on, here are all the latest Asda offers

Lidl

Half-price this weekend is unsmoked middle bacon rashers (now 94p), fresh vine tomatoes (now 99p/kg), 250g of flat mushrooms (now 50p) and four-packs of Branston Baked Beans (now £1) – all available on Saturday and Sunday only.

Check the Lidl Special Offers page to see what discounts are in store before you set off.

M&S

This weekend M&S is offering a Roast Dinner for £5 meal deal – pick a main (Mediterranean Herb Pork Belly, Meatloaf & Tomato Sauce, Butter Basted Chicken breast joint, Butter Basted Turkey breast joint, or a Whole Chicken) and side (Prepared Runner Beans, Cabbage Hearts, Green Beans, Carrot bag 500g, Bag of potatoes, New potatoes) for only £5. Offer ends Wednesday 24th October.

Morrisons

Once again there are some decent Morrisons' Market Street deals on fruit and veg, with 1.5kg of red potatoes, 6-packs of pomegranates, and bags of oranges – all for only £1 each. At the Butcher, save a third on legs of lamb (now £7.33/kg) and rump steaks (now £9.33/kg), and fish lovers can buy Grants Hickory Wood Smoked Salmon 100g for £1.74 (was £3.49), Youngs 2 Breaded Fish Fillets 300g for £1.50 (was £3), Mussels/Clams in Tomato & Chorizo Sauce 500g for £1.99 (was £2.99) and 2 for £5 on Youngs Mackerel Strips 200g.  

If you want to see what else you can save on, here are all the latest Morrisons offers

Ocado

At Ocado you can save up to 50% on fresh fish including Ghillie & Glen Scottish Oak Smoked Salmon (200g), now £3.98 (was £5.99), Ocado Sea Bass Fillets (340g), now £5.61 (was £7.48) and Ocado Smoked Haddock Fillets (2 per pack), now £2.90 (was £4.52). Unearthed sliced meats are also on offer at 2 for £3 including Italian Salami Milano (85g), Spanish Pancetta (2x100g) and Italian Roast Pork Loin (80g).

Other deals include Innocent Apple & Raspberry Juice (900ml) for £1.09 (was £2.19), Lindahls Turkish 3.5% Yoghurt (1Kg) for £1.72 (was £3.45), Wall's Carte D'Or Vanilla Ice Cream (900ml) for £1.72 (was £3.45), Garofalo Whole Wheat Organic Fusilli Pasta (500g) for £1 (was £2.09), Tilda Easy Cook Basmati Rice (1Kg) for £2.24 (was £4.49), Loyd Grossman Korma Curry Sauce (350g) for £1.04 (was £2.09) and Nairn's Mixed Berries Oat Biscuits (200g) for £1 (was £1.29).

If you want to see what else you can save on, here are all the latest Ocado offers.

First time Ocado shoppers can use VOU4433457 for 25% off a £50 spend (expires 31st October). Otherwise, use VOU1304996 for £10 off first orders over £50 (expires 31st Dec).

Sainsbury's

For something a bit fancy without the fancy price tag, Geeta's Premium Mango Chutney (320g) is £1 (was £2.09), Boursin with Garlic & Herbs (150g) is £1 (was £2.20), Sainsbury's Scottish Responsibly Sourced Mild Smoked Salmon (180g) is £3 (was £5.99) and it’s 2for1 on Sainsbury's Taste the Difference 24 Month Parma Ham (6 per pack - 75g) (usually £4 each).

For fruit and veg, look out for Sainsbury's Extra Trimmed Leeks (500g) for £1 (was £2), Sainsbury's Baby Chantenay Carrots (500g) for £1 (was £1.10), Red Grapes Seedless Loose for £3/kg (was £3.98/kg), Sainsbury's Sugar Snap Peas (200g) for £1.25 (was £1.50) and Sainsbury's Dessert Pears (6) for £1.50 (was £2).

Save £2 on a 454g Fox’s Christmas Pudding from Sainsbury’s via Facebook. Expires 15th November 2012.

If you want to see what else you can save on, here are all the latest Sainsbury's offers.

Get £12 off a first shop at Sainsburys over £60 with code VVTC-3FTC-3PJN, expires 23rd November.

Tesco

You can save £1 on packs of Tesco Chicken Drumsticks & Thighs (1.23Kg), now £3, and buy various Buxted meat packs for £4 (was £5.20) including this Buxted Pork, Sage & Onion Stuffed Whole Chicken (1.6Kg) and Buxted Barbeque Whole Chickens. Other meat deals include Morliny Doktorska Sausage (500g) for £1.30 (was £1.50), Red Dog Chilli Frankfurters (10 per pack) for £1 (was £2), Wall's Thick Pork Sausages (12 per pack) for £2 (was £3), Henryk Kania Mini Tyrolska (400g) for £1.30 (was £1.50) and Mattessons Smoked Pork Sausage for £1 (was £1.69).

On to the tins and packets, fill your trolley with Tesco Long Cut Spaghetti for 35p (was 45p), Crosse & Blackwell Cream of Chicken Soup (4x400g) for £1.49 (was £2.99), Tesco Pickled Silverskin Onions (440g) for 49p (was 97p), Surya Kesar Mango Pulp (850g) for £1 (was £1.49), Heinz Baked Beanz for 50p (was 70p), Cocofresh Coconut Milk (400ml) for 50p (was 69p), Green Giant Niblets Original Sweetcorn (340g) for 50p (was 79p) and Tesco Mayonnaise (750ml) for £1.20 (was £1.40).

Spend £40 or more in-store, online or on your mobile between now and 25th October and get £5 off another £40+ shop, redeemable between 26th October and 4th November.

If you want to see what else you can save on, here are all the latest Tesco offers.

If you are a new customer buying online don’t forget to use this code XXAFFT for £10 off £50 shop, expires 31st October.

Waitrose

In the fruit and veg aisle, Waitrose Red Potatoes (2.5Kg) are £1.42 (was £2.14), Essential Waitrose Onions (1Kg) are 77p (was £1.17), Essential Waitrose Carrots (1Kg) are 66p (was £1), Essential Waitrose Leeks (500g) are £1.32 (was £1.99), Essential Waitrose Diced Carrot & Swede (450g) is 43p (was 65p) and Waitrose Root Ginger is £1.89/kg (was £2.39/kg).

You can also save on packets and cereals; Tilda Pure Original Basmati Rice (10Kg) is now £18.81 (was £23.52) and perfect for big families, or buy Tilda Everyday Rice (750g) for £1.75 (was £2.19), Tate & Lyle Light at Heart Brown Sugar & Stevia Blend (450g) is £1 (was £2.99), Jordans the Original Crunchy Oat Granola Raisins & Almonds (1Kg) is £2.63 (was £3.29) and Jus Rol Puff Pastry Sheets Light (320g) are £1.20 (was £1.60).

If you want to see what else you can save on, here are all the latest Waitrose offers

Save a total of £50 on your first five Waitrose shops, see here for the relevant codes, minimum spend £75 and you must place your first order for delivery by 3rd November and receive your fifth delivery by 15th December 2012.

Westin Gourmet

Consider buying your meat from online gourmet butcher Westin Gourmet. Right now special offers include 15% off 2.27kg packs of bacon, reduced from £13.85 to £11.77, 23% off whole Barbary ducks, reduced from £13.49 to £10.33 and 17% off 2.45kg of mature cheddar, reduced from £19.57 to £16.29. These offers expire on Monday.

Voucher codes and coupons

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

• Print this BP voucher and take it to a participating BP garage to get a Snickers Duo for only 20p!
• Get 50p off Crunchy Nut cereal Cranberry & Almond.
• Or try the new GU Mango & Passion Fruit Cheesecakes and save £1 with this voucher.

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

• Use code TVTEN to receive £10 off your first order at online grocery store milk&more.
• And get 10% off orders at Pong Cheese with the voucher code GRANDP1 (expires 31st October). 
• Save 10% on all orders over £15 at Twinings when you use the voucher code AFF01009 (expires 30th November).
• Save at Whittard of Chelsea with VoucherCloud – get the code to save £5 on a £20 spend or £10 on a £40 spend, ends Monday 22nd October.

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:

• FoodVouchers.co.uk
• HotUKDeals
• MyVoucherCodes
• Promotionalcodes.org.uk
• RestaurantVouchers
• SavaCode
• SupermarketVoucherCodes
• ShoppingCodes
• VoucherCodes

Cheap tipples

At Naked Wines you get £25 off first orders over £64.99 via Vouchercodes.co.uk and over at Marks & Spencer, you can currently save up to 50% on cases of Classic Region Wines including Domaine Mandeville Pinot Noir 2011 now £31.93 (was £47.94) Veuve de LaLande Brut, now, £35.92 (was £53.94) and Rosé D'Anjou 2011, now £35.96 (was £47.94).

Save 25% on your first order at Tesco Wine with the code XXKXFP which expires 28th October 2012. And browse through the wines with 50% off this week including Lagunilla Reserva Rioja (now £36 per case), Faustino Rivero Rioja Tempranillo (now £30 per case) and Las Cometas Chilean Reserva Sauvignon Blanc (now £33 per case).

Best new restaurant deals

As always, new and extended deals appear at the top of the table.

Regular restaurant deals and discounts

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

Takeaway discount codes, coupons and cards

Before you go out for the junk food hit check for any money-saving coupons or codes:

• Brighten up the daily commute by applying for a free Bitecard which gives you 20% off food and drink outlets at railway stations across the UK.
• Register here and download vouchers for meal deals at Burger King until the 30th October.
• Students can use their NUS Extra card for £10 off orders over £30 at Dominos. 
  
• Get a free soft drink with takeaway orders at Harvester, ends 14th November.
• The latest code for Pizza Hut Delivery is AFD21WLJE saving you 50% when you spend £35, ends 22nd October. See here for other codes.
• Earn free sub sandwiches with the Sub Card at Subway!

Freebies

Check out the latest top freebies:

• This week at Premier Stores claim your free bag of McCoy’s crisps, you’re emailed a voucher for your nearest store. Available for a limited time only!
• Grab a sample of Tabasco Cheddar cheese on Facebook by 29th October.
• Try the Special K Biscuits Moments for free with this voucher redeemable at your nearest Boots store until 30th November. Every day until 26th October Special K are also giving away other freebies on Facebook. There are 40,000 samples in total so make sure you get your share!
• Florette has free packs of their Florette Duo packs to give away on Facebook too, also expires 26th October.

Competitions

And here are some food- and drink-related competitions:

• Win a free bottle of Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur via Sainsbury’s. There are 1,000 bottles up for grabs so answer these questions before 30th October 2012 to be in with a chance.
• Or enter this comp to win one of 40 free 70cl bottle of Jose Cuervo Especial Tequila up for grabs on Facebook.
• Italian foodies could win a Sacla goodie bag complete with some Basil & Tomato Squeezy Pesto Sauce. Up for grabs every day until 25th Ocotber.
• Over on our sister site lovefood.com, you could win a Cuisinart soup maker and a fantastic hamper complete with £150-worth of shopping vouchers.

Free recipes from celebrity chefs

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

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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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