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Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries & Blackberries

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  • #62
    Sligo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Sligo1


    Anyone know if lidl are still doing the 100% extra free on Berries or when this ends? Thanks :)


  • #63
    ooter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,982 ✭✭✭ooter


    Sligo1 wrote: »
    Anyone know if lidl are still doing the 100% extra free on Berries or when this ends? Thanks :)

    They still had some yesterday anyway.


  • #64
    micraX
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭micraX


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Just out of interest what sort of yields do blueberry bushes tend to give and do they increase much as the bush gets older?

    Need acidy soil for blue berries


  • #65
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Sligo1 wrote: »
    Anyone know if lidl are still doing the 100% extra free on Berries or when this ends? Thanks :)

    yep its until stocks last, only on blueberries afaik


  • #66
    Léan
    Registered Users Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Léan


    Anywhere in Cork City area with good deals? (not Aldi/Lidil) :o


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  • #67
    Sligo1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Sligo1


    Went to my local lidl today and they had crates of blueberries! Only bought 3 boxes as I don't want them to go off but will defo be going back at the end of the week to see if there's any left. My kids adore them!! :)


  • #68
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Sligo1 wrote: »
    Went to my local lidl today and they had crates of blueberries! Only bought 3 boxes as I don't want them to go off but will defo be going back at the end of the week to see if there's any left. My kids adore them!! :)

    They freeze and thaw really well, trick is put them on some foil on a baking tray into the freezer, then when frozen bag them up, you can take out as little or as much then.


  • #69
    mufcboy1999
    Registered Users Posts: 4,970 ✭✭✭mufcboy1999


    Picked up a small plastic tub of pomegranates earlier in Tesco, think it was 1.69, not bad. One of the most under-rated fruits out there, both taste and nutrients wise, a lot of study's say its the most powerful anti-oxidant of any fruit.


  • #70
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    http://www.lidl.ie/en/freshoffers.htm?action=showDetail&id=25852

    Lidl doing two punnets of strawberries for €4 from today for the next week, theres 33% off the normal price


  • #71
    yellow hen
    Registered Users Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭yellow hen


    Not a bargain but my mother brought me a large punnet of Wexford strawberries yest. They're the first Irish strawberries I've had this year and they cost a whopping €9 but they were incredible. No waste. I guess you get what you pay for


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  • #72
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    My local Lidl (Galway) had the usual 125g punnets of raspberries for 99c (reduced from €1.79) this morning. I don't know if it's nationwide or not.


  • #73
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    ^^^^

    Anyone know if it is all branches of lidl?


  • #74
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,390 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    Yep, was on in mine


  • #75
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    2 punnets blackberries in Lidl this week for €3. Each punnet is 125g
    http://www.lidl.ie/en/freshoffers.htm?action=showDetail&id=26131


  • #76
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I never buy blackberries. Come August/September they are free in every hedgerow. I'm happy to wait until they are in season here as I can't get a better price than 'free'. :)


  • #77
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    All delighted to know that im sure...


  • #78
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    I never buy blackberries. Come August/September they are free in every hedgerow. I'm happy to wait until they are in season here as I can't get a better price than 'free'. :)

    Same here , I love the freebies , they taste so much nicer :)


  • #79
    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    Friend got 2kg of fresh strawberries for €5 in a Polish supermarket in Blanchardstown, said they were amazing.


  • #80
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Same here , I love the freebies , they taste so much nicer :)

    Ya get worms off them.


  • #81
    wonski
    Registered Users Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    athtrasna wrote: »
    Friend got 2kg of fresh strawberries for €5 in a Polish supermarket in Blanchardstown, said they were amazing.

    Polish Strawberries are amazing in the season (and cheap;)). They are grown outside, not in green houses.

    Highly recommended:D

    Season is short for those, prices wil go up soon.

    €5 for 2kg is very, very cheap given the transit time, cost and quality.


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  • #82
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    "Ya get worms off them. "

    They add to the flavour! :D


  • #83
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    vicwatson wrote: »
    All delighted to know that im sure...

    It IS a thread for real bargains, after all! :)


  • #84
    wonski
    Registered Users Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Ya get worms off them.

    Pesticides = no worms.

    No pesticides = worms.

    I actually have no problem with naturally grown fruit that is eaten by other forms of life.

    What worries me is the amount of fruit and vegetables that no worm would touch;)


  • #85
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    I look forward to the blueberry season on the local mountain - another month or so should be there


  • #86
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    It IS a thread for real bargains, after all! :)

    Yeh? So where's the bargain??....oh I have to wait until September for it. Doh.


  • #87
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    Hey vic , if there is a berry bargain , I have no doubt you will find it first :):)


  • #88
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Yeh? So where's the bargain??....oh I have to wait until September for it. Doh.

    Well, yes. Doh! No matter what way you look at it, 'free' is always a bargain.


  • #89
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Saw 300g Strawberries in Lidl for €1.99 yesterday


  • #90
    deiseindublin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,257 ✭✭✭deiseindublin


    2kg of fresh cherries (Spanish) in SV Ballinteer today for €5, sign said a saving of €14.96. Bought 2 boxes of them and 1st is nearly gone.

    Not sure if it's in every branch.


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  • #91
    yoshimitsu
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭yoshimitsu


    I live in dublin city center... where is the best/nearest spot to go pick wild blueberries?? not that i would do it on a ongoing basis but sounds like a nice activity to do with the family on a nice summer day


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