More Tesco Bargains [No Off-Topic Chat - See Post #1]

Crackity Jones

A fiver (!) for 12 bts of Becks vier 275ml. Dated till this summer. Cant go wrong with that even if its not the best tasting it sure isn't the worst.

snubbleste

Mint Crisp will be at 39c till 14/02 according to the SEL today. Golden Crisp still 66c.

msg11

Kajor wrote: »

HAAHHAAAAhahahaaaa!!!! Salmonella Corner...that's class, I wonder who called it that.

It's quite accurate too, there you will find cooked meat thrown in with raw meat, thrown in with dairy, fish and desserts....and to top it all off people are on the verge of killing one another for 3 lb of processed corned beef, due to go off in 12 hours.

Or buying 10 packets of strawberrys due to go off in 12 hours, how in the name of god will you eat all 10 packets..

brian_t

msg11 wrote: »

Or buying 10 packets of strawberrys due to go off in 12 hours, how in the name of god will you eat all 10 packets..

Jam.

msg11

brian_t wrote: »

Jam.

Perfectly good jam of jar in the home baking aisle more than likly cheaper than 10 packets of strawberrys ..

brian_t

msg11 wrote: »

Perfectly good jam of jar in the home baking aisle more than likly cheaper than 10 packets of strawberrys ..

Shop jam can't compete with home-made jam. It is recommended to use fresh fruit though.

rameire

Smoothies

Mr Trade In

msg11 wrote: »

Perfectly good jam of jar in the home baking aisle more than likly cheaper than 10 packets of strawberrys ..

Soarer

snubbleste wrote: »

Mint Crisp will be at 39c till 14/02 according to the SEL today. Golden Crisp still 66c.

Wish I ate mint crisps!

I'm gonna be all over those golden crisps again. They are superb!

mikedragon32

Soarer wrote: »

Wish I ate mint crisps!

I'm gonna be all over those golden crisps again. They are superb!

I picked up four in the lower baggot street branch today, but there were about three boxes of them on the shelf!

magicEye

Tesco Roxboro Limerick had these http://tastebudtravels.blogspot.com/2011/03/douwe-egberts-aromettes.html today for 99c reduced from 4.99 (slightly out of date though, bb date beginning of January 2012).

Magic.

brian ireland

Saon wrote: »

Love the dancin men.....

These?????

Mollyd90

msg11 wrote: »

Or buying 10 packets of strawberrys due to go off in 12 hours, how in the name of god will you eat all 10 packets..[/QUOTe

the fresh meat is usually in date on the packet but doesnt look good

mrswalton

The meat in tescos is extremely overpriced. Even when it crawls into the CFC or Salmonella Corner as you call it.

Do some price comparisons with your local proper butcher and you will see. I say proper butcher as opposed to some of these new type of butcher that seem to be around, that appear to me to be the same as a supermarket butcher or meat counter.

I'm talking about real men with blood on their coats, wielding meat cleavers, and flirting with O.A.P's. They are the guys that know what being a butcher is all about.

I can't beat the €6.80kg for chicken breast that i bought during the week. ANYWHERE. He will also dice it, or slice into stir fry strips, or into separate bags for easy freezing for no extra cost.

Sorry for rant.

phasers

I went to salmonella corner in my local Dunnes a few weeks ago and there was a packet of green steak for sale. It sort of turned me off the whole 'reduced to clear' meat thing.


Tesco's salmonella corner is better though, especially the bakery stuff in the evenings

Basq

Munchies Pouch Bag (126G) reduced to €1 (from €2.59) both in-store and online!

Mollyd90

Basq wrote: »

Munchies Pouch Bag (126G) reduced to €1 (from €2.59) both in-store and online!

yum:D

-Corkie-

24 cans of Miller is 20 euros which is very good.

Dotcomdolly

I picked up a few or 6 packs of xxxmints reduced to 42c in Nutgrove on Friday, thanks for the tip boardsies.

ShiverinEskimo

Bought meself 45 bottles of original Becks (3x15x275mls @ 5%) for 22 euro (48c a bottle). Buckets of stock in Dundalk too.

dowtchaboy

phasers wrote: »

I went to salmonella corner in my local Dunnes a few weeks ago and there was a packet of green steak for sale. It sort of turned me off the whole 'reduced to clear' meat thing.


Tesco's salmonella corner is better though, especially the bakery stuff in the evenings

You have to hit Tesco's at just the right time though. The stuff that's reduced is initially not a great deal - maybe 20-25% off. Then about 7 or 8 it gets seriously marked down for a second time - to maybe 10% of the original price.
The beef I have no problem with - decently aged meat is not bright red anyway - and the odd time you can spot fillet or that yummy Angus beef - well that's the only way I can afford it. The chicken I avoid - that stuff seems off even before 'best by' dates.

As for the bread - the tasty but expensive La Brea loaves are superb (olive oil and herb..mmmmm) when marked down to 10c or 20c!

The serious markdowns only happen in certain stores - Mahon Point does it a lot (though you have to be quick to outflank the Romanian women in the long skirts!). Some stores (Youghal for instance) never seem to have decent reductions.

Dunnes rarely marks stuff down to clearance price - when I worked there it really annoyed me to see the amount of meat and bread that was black-bagged and dumped every night - when I suggested that at least they should offer it for free to some organisation I was told it was policy not to - that they had been sued before for some reason. I do cruise by when I reckon they will be unloading their yummy Cuisine de France jam doughnuts at 50c or less for 6 - they freeze well and 10/20 seconds in the microwave has them just right!

shaddupayaface

For those with babies, they have tommee tipee drinking cups for €1.06, one for age 4m+ and one for 12m+. These are usually about €6. I bought 2 in phibsborough on Wednesday but seen them today in the tallaght store.

http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/easy_drink_cup/

http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/tip_it_up_sportster_12m__/

crushproof

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Dunnes rarely marks stuff down to clearance price - when I worked there it really annoyed me to see the amount of meat and bread that was black-bagged and dumped every night - when I suggested that at least they should offer it for free to some organisation I was told it was policy not to - that they had been sued before for some reason.

Yeah it's so bloody annoying, Dunnes just throw out everything, like a lot of places. Good old health and safety, a lot of places have been sued by people for food poisining etc. after being given it for free by charity organisations and homeless shelters and what not. Grrrr! :mad:

vicwatson

Afaik McDonalds do, or did, the same each night.

MickShamrock

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Then about 7 or 8 it gets seriously marked down for a second time - to maybe 10% of the original price.

This is what I found in my local store. Some bargains to be gotten if no one else is around blocking up the place. :pac:

ILoveBargains

shaddupayaface wrote: »

For those with babies, they have tommee tipee drinking cups for €1.06, one for age 4m+ and one for 12m+. These are usually about €6. I bought 2 in phibsborough on Wednesday but seen them today in the tallaght store.

http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/easy_drink_cup/

http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/tip_it_up_sportster_12m__/

Stillorgan have
http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/tip_it_up_flip_top_18m_blue/

and
http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/product/tip_it_up_cup_6m__/

on offer for the same price

Thanks for the tip!!

Mollyd90

does anyone know where the food bargin area is in carlow? i was in there today and couldnt find it. found xmas and household items but that was it.

is the extra store in naas any good? thinking of heading up for a look

psychward

Basq wrote: »

Munchies Pouch Bag (126G) reduced to €1 (from €2.59) both in-store and online!

The bag sizes also seem to be getting reduced too. it says good to share on it but they don't share much with the customer. Most of the bag seems to be composed of air.

nudger

I know about the double the difference policy, but does anyone know about OTHER policy's.
As posted earlier, we are being watched so PM's might be the way to go.
Over heard staff member talking to another about yellow stickers and stock not on shelf's and if you knew about policy (something to do with quantity) could be adventageous.

Don't want to say too much but heard that a F'er does this all the time, I know a bit more but not saying for now.

Share please through PM's.

et101

phasers wrote: »

I went to salmonella corner in my local Dunnes a few weeks ago and there was a packet of green steak for sale. It sort of turned me off the whole 'reduced to clear' meat thing.

The thing is that if you see something is obviously gone off, you don't have to buy it. I buy a lot of my meat in the reduced to clear section due to serious lack of funds and have never had any problems. You just need to use your discretion