Frugal Food - 12 Feb 2010
Highlights this week include half-price pizza, grapes, pineapples and crisps, 50% off bottles of Cava, 25% off tea and coffee, 15% off Ocado, £10 off Tesco and where to forage for free food, as well as the top 2-for-1 restaurant deals valid this week!
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.
Welcome to this week's Frugal Food blog post. Let's kick things off straight away with the best grocery deals around.
Best supermarket deals
This week, I'm going to start with the best deals at Tesco. If you want to re-live your youth, you can pick up Bird's Eye Arctic Roll for half price at 99p. But be quick as this offer is only valid until 15th February.
If you're looking for a healthier option, packs of Organic White Grapes are now £1.99, reduced from £3.99. Meanwhile, 400g packs of Cathedral City Cheese have been reduced from £4.38 to £2 (valid until 15th February) and Tesco Italian Margherita Pizzas are also half price at £1.74.
Over at ASDA, 600g boxes of Cheerios are 2 for £2, and Goodfella's Delicia Chicken Provencal Pizzas are down from £2.48 to £1.
Peperami five-packs are still £1 - reduced from £2.35. And 100g Toblerones are still reduced from £1.09 to 50p.
At Sainsbury's, there are 2 for 1 deals on packs of Pringles Sour Cream & Onion Flavour, as well as Taste the Difference Sweet Clementines, and nine-packs of McVitie's Penguin Bars.
Fresh Pineapples are also down from £1.89 to 94p and 500g boxes of Kellogg's Bran Flakes are now 88p - reduced from £1.76.
Morrisons is currently offering 2 for 1 deals on a range of Sharwoods Stirfry Sauces, as well as half price packs of McCoys Crisps at 79p (packs of six).
And Somerfield/The Co-operative is offering Loyd Grossman Sauces for £1.02, reduced from £2.05, as well as a box of Lily O'Brien's Chocolates for £4, down from £9. Bottles of Sprite/Lilt/Fanta/Dr Pepper are also half price at 99p.
At LIDL, top deals include 2.5kg bags of potatoes for 50p, and 250g bags of shallots for 24p.
And at ALDI, you can enjoy a three-pack of peppers for 59p, and a bag of six oranges for 69p.
There are sometimes much better deals on offer at street markets and independent shops than there are at the supermarkets. Unfortunately, their local nature makes it impossible for us to cover them properly here.
If you've come across a great food deal at your local market, please do leave a comment at the bottom of the article letting us know. That way, fellow readers in your local area can take advantage of the offer you've flagged up. Thanks!
Tipple
At ASDA, bottles of Marques de Monistrol Vintage Brut Cava are now £5, reduced from £11.98. And at Morrisons, bottles of Monistrol Cava Rose are half price at £5.99.
Meanwhile, at Majestic Wine, you can still save 25% when you buy any two bottles of South African wine.
Best restaurant deals
As always, the new and extended deals appear at the top of the table:
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Need to know |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
Sunday to Thursday until 28th February. |
Not valid on Valentine's Day.
Not valid at non-UK Pizza Express restaurants, Jazz Clubs, the 02, the Earls Court Exhibition restaurant, or at the mobile event restaurant.
Not valid on takeaway. |
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50% off your food bill if you register here and print the voucher. |
Sunday to Thursday until 28th February. |
Not valid on Valentine's Day.
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher |
Every day until 28th February. |
Not valid on Valentine's Day weekend - 12th to 14th February.
Not valid on takeaway.
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50% off your food bill if you register here and print the voucher.
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Monday to Thursday until 28th February. |
Not valid on Valentine's Day.
Not valid at Chez Gerard. |
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Buy one main course and get another for £1 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Sunday to Thursday until 28th February. |
Not valid on Valentine's Day.
Not valid at restaurants in Center Parcs or airports.
For each voucher redeemed, Cafe Rouge will donate £1 to the Great Ormond Street Hospital children's charity Kiss it Better Appeal. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
Sunday to Thursday until 18th February. |
Not valid on Valentine's Day. |
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Get two courses for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Sunday to Thursday until 28th February. |
Not valid on Valentine's Day.
Not valid on dishes from the 'Mains' section, lunch menu and takeaway menu. |
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Get a two course carvery meal for £5 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Monday to Saturday until 20th February. (So not valid on Valentine's Day.) |
Must be seated before 6.30pm. The offer includes a full carvery meal and an ice cream sundae. |
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2 for 1 on a range of burgers - and other offers - when you register here and print the vouchers. |
Longest offers valid until 14th February. |
There are 16 vouchers (four breakfast, 12 other), offering a range of money-off deals. Check Ts & Cs of each voucher, as dates etc vary. |
Cut price snacks
Visit the Whittard of Chelsea website for big discounts on tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Right now you can save 25% on all speciality loose teas and all loose coffees, as well as enjoy 3 for 2 on hot chocolate.
Coffee lovers can also pick up a free Douwe Egberts coffee sample if you sign up here.
Voucher codes
You can still get £10 off your first online shop at Tesco if you use the voucher code XXAFFT before 28th February. Just bear in mind you will need to spend at least £50 to qualify.
If you'd prefer to shop at Ocado, you can get 15% off all orders over £60 if you use the voucher code VOU3383505. This expires on 15th February.
And finally, you can still enjoy 15% off your shopping at Planet Organic by entering the code PLANET when checking out. The offer expires on 30th April, and delivery will cost £4.95 if your order is worth less than £30.
Voucher code promotions tend to be withdrawn quickly. If you've missed out on these, you can use the following websites to track down new voucher codes as and when they come up:
And finally... get foraging!
Apparently, foraging is the new eating out! And what better way to get your hands on free food than to hunt it out yourself?
If you fancy learning some top tips on how to forage for wild herbs, vegetables, fruits and edible flowers, ooh.com highlights 10 top food foraging trips around the world to set you on your way! Good luck!
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.
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.
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