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The recession fridge in Tesco.

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  • #52
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    This 'recession fridge' should be renamed 'lazy bastards fridge'.

    Vegetables aren't expensive. Buy a ton of them and some meat and you're golden. And set aside some time for preparing decent food.


  • #53
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    They have pheasant in LIDL now.

    I are an aristycrat.

    I thought you said pleasant, but that's not happening any time soon


  • #54
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,269 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Would usually be the first shelf in the supermarket I look at. Have gotten steaks for under a euro, extra lean aberdeen angus mince for 50/60c, chicken breasts for 40c etc. on a regular basis.

    It can also be great for trying things or adding luxuries you'd go without at their full price (regularly get the Gu key lime pies from that section in our local tesco - NOM!)

    The best, however, is when you're there on the "broken crate" day in the Tesco Off-license. I've bought cases of beer that have a single punctured can (so the cardboard has been damaged) for under a tenner, cans and bottles that have come out of multi-packs for 20/30c a piece. Once nailed the timing and got a trolley full of beer for under €50!


  • #55
    flanders1979
    Closed Accounts Posts: 638 ✭✭✭flanders1979


    Roadkill is what all the thrifty folk are eating now.


  • #56
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    LordChessington wrote: »
    280 kilos = 280 kilo bags of sugar? Well, I'll be darnded

    Wow..a 2 kilo bag would last me ages.


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    This 'recession fridge' should be renamed 'lazy bastards fridge'.

    Vegetables aren't expensive. Buy a ton of them and some meat and you're golden. And set aside some time for preparing decent food.

    You still need to go to the supermarket to buy the grub!. But on the other hand, anyone with a job could probably afford fresh food.


  • #57
    Beesand
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Beesand


    Sleepy wrote: »
    The best, however, is when you're there on the "broken crate" day in the Tesco Off-license. I've bought cases of beer that have a single punctured can (so the cardboard has been damaged) for under a tenner, cans and bottles that have come out of multi-packs for 20/30c a piece. Once nailed the timing and got a trolley full of beer for under €50!

    I'm going to be staking out the local Tesco now waiting for this to happen!


  • #58
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    MickySticks wrote: »
    It's actually called the tight cunts fridge.

    Oh wow cool how much are they? :D


  • #59
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    looksee wrote: »
    Great bargains in Tesco, salmon fillets (2) for 20c, got 4 and froze them, we are still alive! Lovely lamb cutlets too for half price, nothing wrong with them. Eat same day or sling straight into freezer.
    Gawd! I read over your post really quickly and for a second thought it said the salmon were still alive - eek! :eek:


  • #60
    Ghost Buster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,172 ✭✭✭Ghost Buster


    LordChessington wrote: »
    280 kilos = 280 kilo bags of sugar? Well, I'll be darnded
    280 kilos of hammers is heavier than 280 kilos of feathers ya know.


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  • #61
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    I've never seen anything decent in it or marked down a great deal. Usually just veg and not parked down much at all and still over priced. I guess I need to improve my timing but I am not dedicated enough.


  • #62
    Bubblefett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Bubblefett


    I was in Tesco in Bray and found the fridge there.
    Decided to stock up my freezer- 20chicken breasts, 4 steaks, 4 angus burgers and 4 pork chops. Came to €20, happy days and I'm sorted for food the next month


  • #63
    IHateMondays
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭IHateMondays


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    There's no shame in being frugal.

    Being wasteful is what's shameful imho.

    exactly, I agree, I've got some unreal bargins in Tesco in that section..


  • #64
    Chain_reaction
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭Chain_reaction


    I got two litres of Marks and Spencer not from concentrate Valencia orange juice the other day for 75c!

    They had display till the 3rd of March use by the 7th.

    I drink a litre of juice a day so it was a complete score.

    Theres a certain tesco express in Dublin where the normal clientele don't like avocados, fancy humus or whole meal pitas. Lunch every day on the cheap!



    Noym!


  • #65
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,544 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    I got some basil in tesco for 4c

    didn't eat it , but the fridge smelt great for the next week :)


  • #66
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,544 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Freegan's eat for free


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  • #67
    Cardinal Richelieu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,407 ✭✭✭Cardinal Richelieu


    Monday and Tuesday are always the best days to shop because whatever they didn't sell on the major busy days such as ready meals or meat is reduced those two days.


  • #68
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    I just catch the mice and eat them... free to get, easy to catch and taste delicious fried with a bit of butter and gravy


  • #69
    sarahbro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭sarahbro


    I hate that fcuking fridge!!


  • #70
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    sarahbro wrote: »
    I hate that fcuking fridge!!
    Why, can't you get to it quick enough! :pac:


  • #71
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    A fridge too far


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  • #72
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    The Oyster loaf that Lidl do now are yummy when freshly baked, great with a bowl of soup or spaghetti or the like.


  • #73
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    wyndham wrote: »
    A lot of the stuff is weird that I wouldn't eat for free. Like today there were pork meatballs in sauce that were originally on sale for €4.99 reduced to 50c.
    Meatballs in sauce??!? That is some crazy sh¡t, what will those whackjobs think of next!??


  • #74
    up for anything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭up for anything


    Chain_reaction wrote: »
    I drink a litre of juice a day so it was a complete score.

    Drink water. Fruit juice, in that kind of quantity, is as bad for the teeth as Coca-Cola. Acid erosion.


  • #75
    Tourism
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Tourism


    I find it to be very expensive as in some cases they only take a few cents off. Dunnes Recession Fridge is a lot cheaper!


  • #76
    Steven81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭Steven81


    I think you feel better too when you get something a bit cheaper and feel like you have got a bargain. It is also good to see how it tastes rather that pay the full price for something you wont like


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