Recession Food Shopping!

TequilaMockingBird

Tesco Value Brie (!) €1.49 (grand if its left out of fridge for an hour before eating)

Lidl Potatos Irish Queens 2kg - Reduced from €2.69 to 69c (are good quality - I have 4kg cooking to be made into potato cakes and frozen - v.handy)

kenco

Superquinn were doing a deal for a Family Lasagne, two pack garlic bread and large coleslaw for €7 (compared to €11.50 I think). Not sure if it is still on but they had the Lasagnes reduced down to €2.99 yesterday.

While I dont think Superquinn is great value on a lot of things these deals are not too shabby at all (especially for a family)

Planet X

Two weeks ago Superquinn were doing Dairy Gold margarine 454g for 50c. Nescafe coffee 100g 1 Euro. Haddock 8+ euro per kilo and a few others. Very good bargins.

ibh

Had the Lidl potatoes last night and they were fine. 69c is unbelievable value.

olaola

http://lidltreats.com/

This is worth a look. And the Market Kitchen 'food for a fiver' are also good.

mike65

lidl shopping - Pasta, rice, noodles, various beans, sweet 'n sour, peas, pork chops, tuna, "Worcester" sauce.

Mix and match for nearly free eating.

Mike

TequilaMockingBird

Lidl chopped tomatos are pretty good quality and 25c.
As above with Houmous @ 99c.

Nescafe coffee and cappuccino are more expensive in Lidl than Dunnes/Tesco.

Branded chocolate is the same price as D/T but more likely to get offers in D/Ts.

Herbal teas cheaper in Lidl (and nicer imo) than branded.

Lentils/Rice/dried peas or beans are all nicer (than supermarket budget ranges) and significantly cheaper in Asian Foodstores.

Mr Magnolia

Great thread.

/subs and applies stars.

Loopy

Have tried the lidl spuds and they are great.

While I was there I bought the ingredients for spagetti bolognaise and had family over and they all commented on the meat and said it was fab, I said yeh it was pretty dear, got it in the local butchers, they said yeh you can always tell good mince:rolleyes: told them it was lidl to shut em up then.... Also the fruit and veg in lidl is fantatic because the turnover is so high it's always really fresh unlike dunnes & tesco.

BanzaiBk

mike65 wrote: »

lidl shopping - Pasta, rice, noodles, various beans,

Their brown rice in particular is awesome imo.

sueme wrote: »

As above with Houmous @ 99c.

Herbal teas cheaper in Lidl (and nicer imo) than branded.

Their houmous, flavoured and original, is better than top brand name houmous imo. Same goes for their cheese and crackers.

Another +1 for their mince, the pork and beef are of fantastic quality I have found.

ibh

Had the steak out of Aldi the other day and it was delish. I can’t remember if it was Sirloin or Striploin but it was very tasty and not at all ‘cheap’ tasting.
Can’t remember what it cost but it was good value, and I’ll be getting it again so I won’t be going for the Jamie Oliver ones in Sainsburys anymore..

Alun

The steaks in Lidl are pretty good too, I have to say, as are all the cured meats/ hams / sausages etc.

I'd say that nowadays we do a good 75% of our food shopping in Lidl (there's no Aldi near us unfortunately) and only go to Dunnes/Tesco for a few items we can't get there, such as cat food (our cats would rather starve than eat Lidl's Opticat!). I've noticed of late that they're increasing their range of vegetables (and are stocking organic fruit and veg too), which means I'll be using them even more.

Some people are put off by the odd brand names and sometimes badly translated labels, but having lived in Germany for a good many years, I generally read the German writing instead.

the beer revolu

Alun wrote: »

(our cats would rather starve than eat Lidl's Opticat!).

Bloody Celtic Tiger Kitties

Ours thought Opticat was great after Lidl's Koshida cat food range!!

Although, since getting cystitis, they get posh food from the vet shop!

the beer revolu

Bag of chicken carcasses from Moynihan's Poultry in the English market in Cork - FREE!!

Slabs of belly pork - really cheap from any decent butcher.

Shin Beef - very cheap and makes fantastic stews and chili.

Buy rice in 5 or 10 kilo bags from Asian shops. 5kg is about €10 I think.

Buy large bottles of soy sauce in Asian shops - way cheaper.

Always buy potatoes in bulk - they're about half the price as weighing them out.

Apart from shopping:

Don't throw food away!!!

1966

Watch out for the weekly offers that all supermarkets have on too e.g. Supervalu have 1/2 price sirloin steak this week. Well worth stocking up and freezing at that price.

the beer revolu

1966 wrote: »

Watch out for the weekly offers that all supermarkets have on too e.g. Supervalu have 1/2 price sirloin steak this week. Well worth stocking up and freezing at that price.

Yeah, and they often reduce legs of lamb to half nothing too!

Redpunto

Lidl do fantastic cooked meats, like chicken with herb crust and cooked beef and loads of different salamis, their pizzas are nice too, with 2 in each pack for i think bout €3.60.

Dolbert

Myself and the boyfriend usually get our weekly shop in Lidl for around €60, some seriously good bargains. I personally love their Indian sauces, nyom!

Macha

Buy whole chickens, not just fillets.
Make big batches of food and freeze them.
Use dried beans and legumes
Get your spices, nuts and legumes in the asian shops
Best tip: eat seasonally.

the beer revolu

taconnol wrote: »

Buy whole chickens, not just fillets.
Make big batches of food and freeze them.
Use dried beans and legumes
Get your spices, nuts and legumes in the asian shops
Best tip: eat seasonally.

Supervalue leg of lamb down to c.€10/KG

Leave whole for roasting,
Get sliced into leg steaks,
or get it boned and do kebabs or a whole butterfly leg (great for BBQ)

obsydion

Hi there,

I'm new to Dublin so was wondering if I could get some suggestions as to where I could find an Asian grocers and a good butchers.

I work at DIT Kevin Street but live near the Luas in Milltown.

Cheers!

muckety

There is a good asian supermarket in Drury Street (city centre) - another smaller one on S. Gt Georges street. Not far from there is Sawyers butcher on Chatham St (good for unusual cuts, game etc and also good generally!). There are a few FX Buckleys around which are good for beef, Hicks in Dunlaoghaire are good for pork products. Otherwise, have a look around where you live or work for a butcher who is a member of the Craft Butchers association, they are usually good.

obsydion

muckety wrote: »

There is a good asian supermarket in Drury Street (city centre) - another smaller one on S. Gt Georges street. Not far from there is Sawyers butcher on Chatham St (good for unusual cuts, game etc and also good generally!). There are a few FX Buckleys around which are good for beef, Hicks in Dunlaoghaire are good for pork products. Otherwise, have a look around where you live or work for a butcher who is a member of the Craft Butchers association, they are usually good.

Thanks heaps! The Asian Market is much better for range although no necessarily for price. Now I have to search for a good butchers!

Birdsong

obsydion wrote: »

Hi there,

I work at DIT Kevin Street but live near the Luas in Milltown.

Cheers!

You are not that far from Meath Street and there is a selection of butchers and vegetable shops there and quite good value too.

tSubh Dearg

If you get off the Luas at Beechwood, there is a butcher in the Morton's supermarket just up from it called Lawlors.

They are also member's of the Craft Butchers and regularly win prizes for their various prepared food. They also have the nicest dry aged steak and a wide variety of game and other more unusual meats.

foxylady5160

Aldi and Lidl I find are both good. I buy all my veg, cereals, biscuits and sweets. There Quiche in Lidl is the nicest between all of them. And in Aldi there is a Duck starter with hoi sin sauce if yum yum you even get all pancakes with them, also the brooklea yoghurts and cranberry breakfasgt bars are a treat. To be honest all the big stores are doing cheaper brands unfortunately the quality is not in them-Ive learnt and waste of money. I have saved a huge amount of money by shopping in these low cost supermarkets and I would do a separte shop in the main supermarkets but only to get small few supplies. Otherwise I owe it to Lidl and Aldi helping me save money to buy my car with the saving I made on the weekly bases soon added up.:D

Lexus1976

I was on Moores street and seen some of the sellers selling

12 apples for a €1 and 10 bananas for €1

I also took a look in some of the butchers on Moores Street
2 whole chickens for €10.

These seem like good deals. My question is, were is the best place in Dublin to buy cheap good quality fruit/veg and meat in dublin?

truecrippler

Thats pretty damn good.

Cheers for the heads up.

taztastic

Lidl Potatos Irish Queens 2kg - Reduced from €2.69 to 69c (are good quality - I have 4kg cooking to be made into potato cakes and frozen - v.handy)

Funny you should mention it but I could really do with a good potato cake recipe if anyone has any suggestions? My attempt at the weekend was more like potato pancake.

Mr Magnolia

Lexus1976 wrote: »

I was on Moores street and seen some of the sellers selling

12 apples for a €1 and 10 bananas for €1

I also took a look in some of the butchers on Moores Street
2 whole chickens for €10.

These seem like good deals. My question is, were is the best place in Dublin to buy cheap good quality fruit/veg and meat in dublin?

I've merged this with an existing thread, you may get some ideas here

mags16

I went to Superquinn yesterday and they had really big Irish chickens for €5 each and I bought 2 striploin steaks for €7.94. I had one of the steaks last night and it was fabulous. I'd stopped going to Superquinn, thinking it is too expensive, but it is definitely worth visiting for it's specials.

Planet X

5 fresh Haddock Fillets, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, 10 Euro, this morning.

karenmaryobrien

My best budget buys:

Tesco original ground coffee (white and red packaging) - 1.80 - I'm a bit of a coffee fanatic, this is the best tasting ground coffee I've found and at this price you can't go wrong.

Tesco value tortilla crisps - 30c - THE best tasting tortilla chips out there, lightly salted. Yummy with homemade salsa.

Aldi tinned tomatos - 30c - good quality for budget tinned tomatoes

Tesco light choices wheat biscuits (i.e. ownbrand weetabix) - my boyf swears by these, says taste and texture is better than weetabix.

LIDL - 6 x 1.5L sparkling water (in green bottles) - 2.99 - I love fizzy water and this beats the big brands hands down (no plasticy or chemical flavour that you sometimes get in other bottled waters).

Aldi parmesan cheese - 3.99 - nice flavour, I grate and mix into spag bol (jamie oliver's ministry of food recipe) for that 'italian restaurant' flavour.

Aldi Bordeaux white wine - 5.99 - lovely fresh tasting white wine, not too sweet and not too dry. Bargain!!

I try and avoid supermarkets for buying meat. In my opinion, better quality and better prices are to be had in your local butcher. Also I hate pre-packaged meats. if I have to buy meat at the supermarket, I'll try and get it at the deli-counter. Means I also cut back on the amount of packaging I have to pay to recycle.

silverharp

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