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

efb · 17-12-2013 11:21AM #1

Boom

kn · 17-12-2013 11:32AM

Today only or till Christmas?

wait4me · 17-12-2013 12:19PM

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 · 17-12-2013 12:46PM

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

Wonder what they'll be tomorrow!

LowOdour · 17-12-2013 12:49PM

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 · 17-12-2013 01:03PM

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

leahyl · 17-12-2013 01:04PM

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

Pumpkinseeds · 17-12-2013 01:08PM

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 · 17-12-2013 01:11PM

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 · 17-12-2013 01:20PM

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 · 17-12-2013 01:43PM

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

kn · 17-12-2013 01:48PM

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 · 17-12-2013 03:15PM

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

Aldi carrots are 1kg also

lau1247 · 17-12-2013 09:42PM

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 · 17-12-2013 09:53PM

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 · 18-12-2013 02:25PM

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 · 18-12-2013 02:48PM

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

gazzaman22 · 18-12-2013 02:59PM

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 · 18-12-2013 03:00PM

gazzaman22 wrote: »

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

Haaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa ROBBED !

:D:D

wyndham · 18-12-2013 03:02PM

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

Melendez · 18-12-2013 03:06PM

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Tabnabs · 18-12-2013 03:10PM

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 · 18-12-2013 03:25PM

Melendez wrote: »

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

irishproduce · 18-12-2013 03:26PM

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 · 18-12-2013 05:47PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Aldi carrots are 1kg also

My apologies. You are correct.

vicwatson · 18-12-2013 05:50PM

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 · 18-12-2013 06:02PM

This fruit n veg price war is becoming embarrassing imo

mike65 · 18-12-2013 06:04PM

I can hardly contain myself.

Cantona's Collars · 18-12-2013 06:07PM

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 · 18-12-2013 06:07PM

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 · 18-12-2013 06:49PM

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?

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

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