Carrots 1kg sprouts 1kg parsnips 500g only 6c in Dunnes

efb

Boom

kn

Today only or till Christmas?

wait4me

From reading the small print in todays ads in the Indo: "All offers subject to availability & valid from 17.12.13 until 18.12.13 unless otherwise stated." And it doesn't state anywhere else that the F&V offer goes on for longer.

Flimbos

They were 15c in my local Dunnes yesterday... 6c today?

Wonder what they'll be tomorrow!

LowOdour

Flimbos wrote: »

They were 15c in my local Dunnes yesterday... 6c today?

Wonder what they'll be tomorrow!

They will pay YOU 6c to take them away!

calex71

Buy now, wash, chop and freeze, all ready for christmas :pac:

leahyl

No way!!! They might as well give them away for free!

Pumpkinseeds

I got baby potatoes, white onions and carrots in Lidl yesterday, all 9cent each. The onions weren't great though, I'd to throw out 2 of them and I doubt the others would have lasted more than a couple of days.

branners69

calex71 wrote: »

Buy now, wash, chop and freeze, all ready for christmas :pac:

Do you not have to boil them a bit first before you freeze them?

Flimbos

branners69 wrote: »

Do you not have to boil them a bit first before you freeze them?

Some freezing tips here.

All fruits and vegetables contain enzymes and bacteria that, over time, break down the destroy nutrients and change the color, flavor, and texture of food during frozen storage. carrots requires a brief heat treatment, called blanching, in boiling water or steam, to destroy the enzymes before freezing.

Yeah science!

fishy fishy

get the fresh in lidl/aldi right before Christmas for 10 cent approx

kn

I was in both Aldi and Dunnes this morning (they are literally about a 3 minute walk from each other where I am).
The Dunnes 6c offer is for 1kg Carrots, 500g Parsnips and Sprouts, and Pineapples and Melons.

Just a point of note: the Dunnes 6c Carrots are 1kg compared to just 500g in Aldi i.e. in effect a pro rata 3c in Dunnes compared to 8c in Aldi.

Also, compared to the Aldi Pineapples and Melons the Dunnes one's at 6c are WAAAAAY bigger than the Aldi 8c one's. Its like the Dunnes Pineapples and Melons are the big brothers of the Aldi one's.

PS Dunnes offers run to Christmas, not just today.

And I saw they have the Cadbury's Roses back in stock at €4.50 in Dunnes as well.

vicwatson

Just a point of note: the Dunnes 6c Carrots are 1kg compared to just 500g in Aldi

Aldi carrots are 1kg also

lau1247

not great for people who have to work.. went down after work all excited.. not a snip left :mad: oh well, at least i got two bottle of jameson for 19 eur each to make up for it

dixiefly

First of all my wife took advantage of the 9 cent sprouts at the weekend and was delighted to do so.

However, listening to the guy from the Fruit & Veg wholesalers in Smithfield on the Joe Duffy show made me a little concerned. He was saying that this has a seriously detrimental effect on their business and he thinks that the big supermarkets are trying to put the wholesalers out of business. Now I am not so sure that I would agree with this but it is certainly a case of predator pricing.

For people that are basically on the breadline I think that these deals are great. However, I would ask people to think of their usual fruit & veg shop or supermarket that stocks these items all year. Its not good for any of us if they are all driven out of business.

djo789

Today Lidl Have dropped Veg prices from 8 cent to 5 cent for Onions, Carrots, Parsnips, baby Potatoes & from the sounds of it the prices will drop again before Christmas :eek::D

vicwatson

It'll go all the way to 2c by Xmas Eve as per last year

gazzaman22

djo789 wrote: »

Today Lidl Have dropped Veg prices from 8 cent to 5 cent for Onions, Carrots, Parsnips, baby Potatoes & from the sounds of it the prices will drop again before Christmas :eek::D

Ah FFS!!! :mad: Just after buying carrots and parsnips for 6 cent!!!

vicwatson

gazzaman22 wrote: »

Ah FFS!!! :mad: Just after buying carrots and parsnips for 6 cent!!!

Haaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa ROBBED ! :D:D

wyndham

Hope the farmers supplying these supermarkets aren't getting it in the gicker pricewise because of these offers.

Melendez

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Tabnabs

dixiefly wrote: »

First of all my wife took advantage of the 9 cent sprouts at the weekend and was delighted to do so.

However, listening to the guy from the Fruit & Veg wholesalers in Smithfield on the Joe Duffy show made me a little concerned. He was saying that this has a seriously detrimental effect on their business and he thinks that the big supermarkets are trying to put the wholesalers out of business. Now I am not so sure that I would agree with this but it is certainly a case of predator pricing.

For people that are basically on the breadline I think that these deals are great. However, I would ask people to think of their usual fruit & veg shop or supermarket that stocks these items all year. Its not good for any of us if they are all driven out of business.

No need to think for ourselves or have any choice in the matter, the State will decide what's best for us, yet again...

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/new-law-within-weeks-to-combat-supermarket-price-wars-1.1631707

xXxkorixXx

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how dare you, sprouts are the vegetable of kings:D

irishproduce

Tabnabs wrote: »

No need to think for ourselves or have any choice in the matter, the State will decide what's best for us, yet again...

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/new-law-within-weeks-to-combat-supermarket-price-wars-1.1631707

That means nothing really to the consumer.
It just means that the retailers will have to pay standard pricing to the grower/ producer. They supermarket then will have to sell at a loss - which they absorb in it's entirety where as at the moment, I suspect the growers are sharing the losses.

kn

vicwatson wrote: »

Aldi carrots are 1kg also

My apologies. You are correct.

vicwatson

wyndham wrote: »

Hope the farmers supplying these supermarkets aren't getting it in the gicker pricewise because of these offers.

Melendez wrote: »

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Calm down, at the least Aldi are taking the hit on the sale at this price, according to a statement from them read out on Liveline today. The farmers are getting their regular price

Tugboats

This fruit n veg price war is becoming embarrassing imo

mike65

I can hardly contain myself.

Cantona's Collars

New head of the IFA was on Today FM moaning about this,the guy from consumer affairs put him in his place saying customers who are strapped for cash shouldn't be criticised for making the most of these deals.

Lidl issued a statement saying it was the store & not producers who are taking a hit on cheap veg.

vicwatson

Tugboats wrote: »

This fruit n veg price war is becoming embarrassing imo

I think it's great, and Simon Coveney wants to go and spoil it all for those that are broke.

Sala

I bought myself a melon, a bag of sprouts and a bag of potatoes for 6c each. The on the way home I heard a discussion on the radio about the poor producers and now I feel bad. By the way, I noticed it's 3 max per person - is this top stop restaurants and the link coming in?

Melendez

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Bellview

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Farmers markets will get hit badly and these prices cannot continue. What products contain all the margin given loss on veg

198321

Tesco has some fruit&veg 4 for 1 euro. Normally I would consider 4 pineapples for 1 euro amazing deal, but compared to what Dunnes/Aldi/Lidl are doing this is a joke!

4 bags of carrots in Tesco 1 euro, in others around 20 cents!

uli84

None of it in st stephen's green

ebbsy

uli84 wrote: »

None of it in st stephen's green

Id say they charge €10 a bag in there.

ebbsy

wyndham wrote: »

Hope the farmers supplying these supermarkets aren't getting it in the gicker pricewise because of these offers.

Supermarkets are not here for the farmers benefit, or anybody else for that matter.

tayto lover

Anyone know when the Beef War is starting? Would love a good sirloin or three.

Tugboats

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone know when the Beef War is starting? Would love a good sirloin or three.

supermarkets sell beef?

tayto lover

Tugboats wrote: »

supermarkets sell beef?

Of course they do.

mike65

I want a Belgian chocolate war.

Johnny_Fontane

it will be very interesting if there is a turkey war.

The butchers depend hugely on this time of year, if Aldi/Lidl were to come out with some unreal deal, it'd be carnage.

198321

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

it will be very interesting if there is a turkey war.

The butchers depend hugely on this time of year, if Aldi/Lidl were to come out with some unreal deal, it'd be carnage.

I think I saw that dunnes is doing turkey deal on their advent calendar tomorrow (?)

vicwatson

Melendez wrote: »

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They aren't free, they are low priced.

And what's more is that I've only ever seen fruit and veg at this low of a price at christmas - a time that the less well off are more vunerable than normal

Ardennes1944

Wait til you see the price of them tomorrow

JONJO THE MISER

I love it anyway, years ago buying veg was a big cost of the xmas dinners now there not even 1% of the cost of the dinner.

dharma200

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I love it anyway, years ago buying veg was a big cost of the xmas dinners now there not even 1% of the cost of the dinner.

Give it a few more years at current prices and you won't be able to find vegetables other than the waxed, 4000 air mile, chemically treated stodge anywhere.
Might not be 1% of the cost now but we will be paying very dearly in the future for the devaluation of natural food... Infact when the prices go back up what will happen, more crap processed food, vegetables FAR too expensive to even consider eating.
Big farce.

Stinicker

They were 6c in Aldi too, great value, they want to start paying about €10 per bag of brussels sprouts before I'd take them, rotten things and a ban on bruseels sprouts would see a 10% drop in C02 and Methane emissions, who could eat a vegetable that smells like a raw sewer is beyond me.

PizzamanIRL

After being in Aldi getting oranges for 6c I walk into Tesco and see bags of oranges '2 for €3'

Step your game up Tesco.

kn

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone know when the Beef War is starting? Would love a good sirloin or three.

Aldi currently doing half price on a round roast circa €6 for 1.2kgs. Had it last weekend and it was perfectly good. Bought a couple of more this week to stock the freezer.

ebbsy

198321 wrote: »

I think I saw that dunnes is doing turkey deal on their advent calendar tomorrow (?)

I remember that last year Tesco were selling Turkeys at half price on the 24th. I will wait until then.

Now for my third bowl of sprouts.............