Follow this topicFrugal Food 30 July 2010
Welcome to this week's edition of Frugal Food. We’ve got new and extended restaurant deals from several Westfield London eateries, Zizzi, La Tasca and Ha ha bar & grill. We also have a new Dine In deal from M&S, £2 Haagen Dazs, £20 off wine, a new 2 for 1 Greggs deal and a host of stock clearance bargains!
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
First up, there’s a new Dine In at Marks & Spencer: As usual, you can get mains, sides and desserts for two - plus a bottle of wine - for £10.
The current deal runs from now until Tuesday 3rd August, and you can view the full menu here.
Top deals at Sainsbury’s include plum punnets down from £2 to £1, and a range of Young’s fish - like these fish fingers and this scampi - at 50% off.
At ASDA, you can still get 400g of Cathedral City Extra Mature Yet Mellow Cheddar for just £2 (usual price £4.37). And you can also still get 500ml tubs of Haagen Dazs ice cream for just £2 each.
There are a couple of better-than-half-price deals, too: 450g boxes of Sugar Puffs are now £1 (down from £2.08), and Ribena Really Light (1l) is now £1 (reduced from £2.76).
Over at Tesco, there are 2 for 1 deals on a range of Petits Filous fromage frais, and on McVitie’s Go Ahead! Bars.
And if you’re a fan of KP Skips, you can now get 18 bags for £2 (down from £3.99).
At the Co-op you can now get one-third off a wide range of items in their Italian range.
Whilst at LIDL, top deals include 1kg of baby potatoes for 49p, 400g of strawberries for £1, and a 2 for 1 offer on various varieties of Muller yoghurt.
ALDI Super 6 deals include packs of nectarines, whole pineapples and whole Honeydew/Galia melons - all for 69p each.
And finally, at NETTO you can currently bag 184g packs of bacon for £1, 500g tubs of Utterly Butterly for 55p, and 200g jars of Nescafe Classico for £2.79 each.
Tipple
You can currently get £20 off a £70 order at Gondola Wines when you enter the code WINE20 at the checkout.
The offer includes wine in the sale, and is valid until 8th August. Just remember that you need to spend at least £70 not including delivery.
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
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When valid |
Need to know |
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Selected Westfield London restaurants |
Children eat free when you print this voucher. |
All day, every day until 31st August. |
Valid at certain restaurants only - see voucher for details. Valid for children aged 0-12. Not valid on drinks. |
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Get two main courses for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 5th August. |
Valid on certain dishes and menus only - see registration page for details. |
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50% off Tapas to Share when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 5th September. |
Not valid on Tapas Selections. Not valid at certain sites - see registration page for details. |
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Get £10 off when you register here, print the voucher and spend at least £20 on food. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 31st August. |
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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 July. |
Valid on House Favourites wine only. |
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Free starter or dessert with any main meal when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Friday until 30th September. |
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Get a starter, a main and drink for £10 when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 2nd August. |
Valid on £10 set menu only. Not valid on takeaways. |
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Buy one burger or salad and get another for £1 when you print this voucher. |
All day, every day until 30th August. |
Not valid on Build Your Own or Kiwiburgers. Not valid in Northern Ireland. When you use this voucher, GBK will donate £1 to 95.8 Capital FM’s Help a London Child. |
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Buy one main course and get another for £1 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 8th August. |
Not valid at Pizza Express Jazz Clubs, EXPO, the O2 and the Pizza Express Mobile Event Unit.
Not valid with dishes from the Piccolo menu. |
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50% off food when you order online and enter the code AALDN05. |
All day, every day until 31st December. |
Only valid on takeaway orders in London, Newcastle and Birmingham. Minimum spend £8.99. Valid on first online orders only. |
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Buy one main course and get another for £1 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 12th August. |
Extra toppings not included in the offer. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 26th August. |
Not valid at restaurants in Center Parcs or central London. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 1st August. |
Not valid at restaurants in Center Parcs, Riverside (More London) or the Royal Festival Hall. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 1st August. |
Not valid at restaurants in Center Parcs or airports. |
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£10 off a £30 food bill when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Sunday to Thursday until 31st July. |
Only valid on dishes from the a la carte menu and specials board. Not valid at Cairndow restaurant. Only valid at Gracechurch Street restaurant after 3pm. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 31st July. |
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2 for 1 on main courses when you register here and print the voucher. |
All day, every day until 31st July. |
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Free plate for sushi virgins when you text ‘Virgin’ to 60300 and get a voucher number sent to your phone. |
Tuesdays to Sundays until Saturday 31 July. |
Show your voucher number to a member of staff then pick your plate off the belt. See T’s and C’s here for list of participating restaurants. Text messages are charged at your network rate (premium rates may apply). |
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Get a beef or bean burger plus one topping, fries and soda for £6.50 when you print this voucher. |
All day, every day until 31 July. |
Valid at one Edinburgh restaurant only. Not valid on takeaways. |
Cut price snacks
If you’re willing to jump through a few hoops, you can currently bag a 2 for 1 sandwich deal at Greggs.
You have to ‘like’ the bakery on their Facebook page. Then you fill in your details on the page you land on, and if 100,000 ‘likes’ are reached by 6th September, each Facebook fan will be emailed a special 2 for 1 sandwich voucher.
You can still treat yourself on the cheap at Millie’s Cookies when you sign up to join the club here. You’ll be able to print off a voucher booklet worth £15 with offers including buy six cookies get six free, buy one get one free on treatboxes and two free cookies with any ice cream. The vouchers are valid until 31st October.
And you can still 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. This offer now runs until 29th September. Just remember that it’s only valid on classic-size, takeaway drinks, and is not valid at restaurants in airports.
Voucher codes
New online shoppers at Tesco can still get £10 off when they spend at least £50 and enter the code XXAFFT at the checkout.
Just remember that delivery has to occur on or before 30th September. You can find out more about the offer here.
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:
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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Free cheeseburger and chips when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every day, ongoing. |
Each person can use one voucher. Valid for over-18s only. |
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Get a free drink when you choose your local pub, register and print the voucher. |
Every day, ongoing. |
Valid for over-18s only. Drinks on offer include 175ml glasses of Santa Carolina white, red or rose wine, pints of Carling, Foster’s, IPA, John Smith’s Extra Smooth or Carlsberg, and glasses of coke and lemonade. One voucher per customer. Voucher will be valid for two weeks after you sign up. |
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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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2 for 1 on main courses - plus a free starter each - when you print this voucher and show your Orange Wednesdays ‘text ticket’. |
Wednesdays only, ongoing. |
Valid for Orange mobile customers only. Text 'FILM' to 241 from any Orange phone on a Wednesday to get a 'text ticket'. |
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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... bargain cookery items!
If you’re looking for some frugal cooking appliances, there are now some great deals to be had at Curry’s.
A big stock clearance means you can currently pick up this breadmaker for £13.99 (down from £34.99), this hand blender for £3.99 (previously £7.99) and this toaster for just £10.97 (reduced from £49.99). Happy shopping!
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 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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