Frugal Food - 18th March 2010

by Serena Cowdy on 18 March 2010  |  5 comments
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This week we bring you new restaurant deals from Pizza Express, ASK and Prezzo. We also have a new Ocado voucher code, the chance to grab free hot cross buns, 25% off wine and champagne, and a 3 for 2 deal on posh chocolate eggs!

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 edition of Frugal food. 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. Certain types of Goodfella’s pizza are currently half price, reduced from £2.79 to £1.39. And there’s a good 2 for 1 deal on a range of Loyd Grossman pasta sauces.

Tubes of Pringles are currently less than half price, reduced from £2.03 to just 74p. And finally, you can now get six Cadbury’s Creme Eggs for just £1.34, reduced from £2.69.

At ASDA, you can now pick up 12 pots of Muller Rice for £2 (six-packs usually cost £1.93 each); and the better-than-half-price deal is still operating on a range of Homepride sauces.

500ml bottles of Napolina Special Selection extra virgin olive oil have been reduced from £3.98 to £2. And finally, there’s a good offer on Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Tea: A box of 240 bags usually costs £5.98; but you can currently pick up two boxes for just £6.

Over at Sainsbury’s there are 2 for 1 deals on a range of Mr Kipling sweet treats, including Battenberg cake, jam tarts and Victoria Mini Classics. The 2 for 1 offer on various cookie bags is also still running.

On an equally unhealthy note, there several good deals on Easter eggs: A range of eggs have been reduced from £2 to 95p, and there are also several larger eggs reduced from £5 to £2.50.

Morrisons is currently selling 36 Jaffa Cakes for £1.29, down from the usual price of £2.59. You can also pick up 160 bags of Twinings Everyday tea for £2.09 (reduced from £4.19) and cartons of Princes orange juice for 50p (down from £1.09).

Over at LIDL, you can pick up a kilogram of baking potatoes for 50p, packs of kiwi fruit for 49p, and six-packs of Muller Fruit Corners for just £1.48.

And finally, top fruit and veg deals at ALDI include whole pineapples, 500g bags of white grapes, and six-packs of oranges - all for just 59p each.

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 Sainsbury’s you can now get 18 275ml bottles of Carlsberg Export for £7.99 (reduced from £15.99).

Also at Sainsbury’s, you can get 25% off when you buy six or more bottles of wine or champagne. Just bear in mind that your order needs to be delivered by 23rd March.

Best restaurant deals

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

Cut price snacks

You can grab a free six-pack of Waitrose Belgian Chocolate Chunk hot cross buns when you buy the Telegraph newspaper this weekend. Pick up a copy on either 20th or 21st March, and the coupon will be inside.

The packets of buns are usually £1.39 each. Just remember that the vouchers are only valid until 21st March, can’t be redeemed at service or petrol stations, and can’t be used online.

You can currently get a free cup of coffee at Giraffe just for turning up! Pop in to your nearest Giraffe on a Wednesday before 10.30am, and claim your free Americano, latte, cappuccino or herbal tea.

The offer is only valid on Wednesdays before 10.30am, and runs until 16th June. Just remember that it’s only valid on classic-size, takeaway drinks, and is not valid at restaurants in airports.

Voucher codes

You can now get 15% off your first shop at Ocado when you enter the code VOU1155403 at the check-out.

As always, various terms and conditions apply: You’ll need to spend at least £40 to make the saving, be a new Ocado customer and have your order delivered before 31st March.

Voucher code promotions tend to be withdrawn quickly. If you’ve missed out on this one, you can use the following websites to track down new voucher codes as and when they come up:

• HotUKDeals
• MyVoucherCodes
• SavaCode
• SupermarketVoucherCodes
• ShoppingCodes
• SupermarketCoupons

And finally… 3 for 2 on Easter treats

If you’re looking for posh Easter eggs that won’t break the bank, check out the range of 3 for 2 Easter deals currently available at Thorntons.

Loads of treats are covered by the offer, including eggs in white, milk and dark chocolate, Easter bunnies and boxes of chocolates. Yum!

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.