Booze deals [Megathread #2]

Poor_old_gill · 11-01-2021 8:52am

A dark day, I hope you had a booze bargains wake last night.

POBox19 · 11-01-2021 11:07am

Email from Tesco this morning;
"From January 11th 2021, these changes will mean you will no longer be able to spend Clubcard vouchers or coupons on alcohol. You will also not be able to collect Clubcard points on any alcoholic products."
Is the party over?

tallaghtfornia · 11-01-2021 11:18am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Changing the prices here will be pointless if they don't change them in Northern Ireland

Encouraging people to go up and buy there

On dry January but brought enough to do me into the summer after that (once its safe to) myself and my mates will take turns going to Jonesborough etc. to stock up on drink.

I don't abuse alcohol only have a couple at the weekend - But I'm not parting with anymore of my hard earned money for one of the last enjoyments that I have left.

fin12 · 11-01-2021 2:21pm

The XXL beer is brewed in France so don’t bother buying unless someone can confirm its any good?

Tazz T · 11-01-2021 2:30pm

POBox19 wrote: »

Email from Tesco this morning;
"From January 11th 2021, these changes will mean you will no longer be able to spend Clubcard vouchers or coupons on alcohol. You will also not be able to collect Clubcard points on any alcoholic products."
Is the party over?

Is there anything to be said for a booze cruise, father?

andrew1977 · 11-01-2021 2:44pm

fin12 wrote: »

The XXL beer is brewed in France so don’t bother buying unless someone can confirm its any good?

Its not a patch on the German brewed XXL stuff in my opinion, bought a pack of it , wont be buying it again . Still drank it though in good auld alco style fashion

rob316 · 11-01-2021 2:47pm

Got the crafty brewing christmas pack from Lidl over Xmas. Really enjoyed it, very nice beers all round. Variety is the spice of life!

fin12 · 11-01-2021 3:13pm

andrew1977 wrote: »

Its not a patch on the German brewed XXL stuff in my opinion, bought a pack of it , wont be buying it again . Still drank it though in good auld alco style fasion

Such a pity. That was really nice when brewed in Germany

fin12 · 11-01-2021 3:14pm

rob316 wrote: »

Got the crafty brewing christmas pack from Lidl over Xmas. Really enjoyed it, very nice beers all round. Variety is the spice of life!

I’ve seen a good few of the boxes left in a Few stores.

msmx5 · 11-01-2021 4:25pm

fin12 wrote: »

The XXL beer is brewed in France so don’t bother buying unless someone can confirm its any good?

andrew1977 wrote: »

Its not a patch on the German brewed XXL stuff in my opinion, bought a pack of it , wont be buying it again . Still drank it though in good auld alco style fashion

Picked up one sample box instead of my usual 6 or 7 and the verdict.....

The cardboard packaging is better than the German one but the beer isn't!

Bahanaman · 11-01-2021 7:21pm

rob316 wrote: »

Got the crafty brewing christmas pack from Lidl over Xmas. Really enjoyed it, very nice beers all round. Variety is the spice of life!

Got it myself. Really enjoyed all the beers. The seasonal special was gorgeous.

seanl77 · 11-01-2021 9:06pm

Individual 500ml cans of Guinness down to €1.50 in tesco

Degag · 11-01-2021 11:31pm

Anyone know how many of the 660ml bottles ordinarily come in a case? LIke if it was 12, Tesco could just do 12 for 30 which is the same as 4 for a tenner.

Poor_old_gill · 11-01-2021 11:49pm

Degag wrote: »

Anyone know how many of the 660ml bottles ordinarily come in a case? LIke if it was 12, Tesco could just do 12 for 30 which is the same as 4 for a tenner.

I didn’t know that the 660ml bottles came in a case!

highdef · 12-01-2021 12:40am

seanl77 wrote: »

Individual 500ml cans of Guinness down to €1.50 in tesco

Heading for €40 for a crates worth!

tallaghtfornia · 12-01-2021 9:55am

Crates of 500ml Guinness were €25 in Dunne's Pavilions last night

First Up · 12-01-2021 10:10am

Tazz T wrote:

Is there anything to be said for a booze cruise, father?

Worth thinking about. I go to France pretty regularly and the Irish excise duty alone on the wine I bring back is more than the cost of the ferry. Plus you get twice the quality for half the price.

Rows Grower · 12-01-2021 10:11am

tallaghtfornia wrote: »

Crates of 500ml Guinness were €25 in Dunne's Pavilions last night

I suspect that when Guinness introduced those 470ml cans they lost a lot of their customer base on principle.

Somewhere in Ireland there is a mountain of that crap costing them money to store and now after realising the massive error of their greedy ways they have suddenly and very quietly found the ability to revert back to manufacturing the regular sized can and are trying to claw back customers.

tallaghtfornia · 12-01-2021 10:56am

Rows Grower wrote: »

I suspect that when Guinness introduced those 470ml cans they lost a lot of their customer base on principle.

Somewhere in Ireland there is a mountain of that crap costing them money to store and now after realising the massive error of their greedy ways they have suddenly and very quietly found the ability to revert back to manufacturing the regular sized can and are trying to claw back customers.

Yes would say there is pallets of the 470ml lying in warehouse somewhere no doubt they will shift it at the right price to punters between now and Paddies day before it goes out of date !

Was in TESCO over the last few weeks and noticed they where selling in loose in boxes for €9 for a full box of cans :-)

PARlance · 12-01-2021 11:07am

Rows Grower wrote: »

I suspect that when Guinness introduced those 470ml cans they lost a lot of their customer base on principle.

Somewhere in Ireland there is a mountain of that crap costing them money to store and now after realising the massive error of their greedy ways they have suddenly and very quietly found the ability to revert back to manufacturing the regular sized can and are trying to claw back customers.

If that stupid glass they introduced is anything to go by, I'd doubt if they were so quick to listen to customers.

seanl77 · 12-01-2021 12:20pm

highdef wrote: »

Heading for €40 for a crates worth!

Well it's €36 if you want to buy a crates worth!
It's €12 for 8 which is cheaper than the pack of 8, and €18 for 12 which is also cheaper than the pack

casio4 · 12-01-2021 12:27pm

seanl77 wrote: »

Well it's €36 if you want to buy a crates worth!
It's €12 for 8 which is cheaper than the pack of 8, and €18 for 12 which is also cheaper than the pack

What's cheaper? all of that adds up to €1.50 a can or €36 a slab

highdef · 12-01-2021 12:28pm

seanl77 wrote: »

Well it's €36 if you want to buy a crates worth!
It's €12 for 8 which is cheaper than the pack of 8, and €18 for 12 which is also cheaper than the pack

You can describe the numbers in different forms all you want but it's still €36, or nearly 40 quid for a crate......that's nowhere near a bargain!

seanl77 · 12-01-2021 12:32pm

highdef wrote: »

You can describe the numbers in different forms all you want but it's still €36, or nearly 40 quid for a crate......that's nowhere near a bargain!

I will try and spell this out for you slowly....
At €1.50 a can it's €12 for 8 in tesco
It €14.26 for a 8 pack in supervalu

There lies the bargain......

oceanman · 12-01-2021 12:49pm

seanl77 wrote: »

I will try and spell this out for you slowly....
At €1.50 a can it's €12 for 8 in tesco
It €14.26 for a 8 pack in supervalu

There lies the bargain......

still not exactly a bargain though...

seanl77 · 12-01-2021 12:54pm

oceanman wrote: »

still not exactly a bargain though...

We will have to agree to disagree on that, I would love to see a good bargain on a crate of Guinness but nothing stirring at the moment unfortunately... At least not where I'm living

highdef · 12-01-2021 1:07pm

seanl77 wrote: »

I will try and spell this out for you slowly....
At €1.50 a can it's €12 for 8 in tesco
It €14.26 for a 8 pack in supervalu

There lies the bargain......

Sorry but saving 28c for one can of Guinness is not a bargain by any stretch of the imagination!

seanl77 · 12-01-2021 1:22pm

highdef wrote: »

Sorry but saving 28c for one can of Guinness is not a bargain by any stretch of the imagination!

I would have actually thought saving 28 cents on a can of Guinness is actually great value. Even more great when you save over €2 on a 8 pack, do you think they should be free?? It's really basic maths, can't be Christmas offers all year unfortunately......

Seve OB · 12-01-2021 1:38pm

highdef wrote: »

Sorry but saving 28c for one can of Guinness is not a bargain by any stretch of the imagination!

it's a 16% saving based on the above 8 pack prices quoted.

if you don't think a 16% saving qualifies as a bargain... then maybe this is not the thread for you

SkatesOn · 12-01-2021 1:39pm

seanl77 wrote: »

We will have to agree to disagree on that, I would love to see a good bargain on a crate of Guinness but nothing stirring at the moment unfortunately... At least not where I'm living

If you're in Limerick, Ice Cold Direct have slabs of the 500s for 29.95
https://icecolddirect.ie/guinness-draught-stout-beer-24-x-500ml-cans.html

seanl77 · 12-01-2021 1:54pm

SkatesOn wrote: »

If you're in Limerick, Ice Cold Direct have slabs of the 500s for 29.95
https://icecolddirect.ie/guinness-draught-stout-beer-24-x-500ml-cans.html

Legend, thanks for that ðŸ‘

highdef · 12-01-2021 2:03pm

SkatesOn wrote: »

If you're in Limerick, Ice Cold Direct have slabs of the 500s for 29.95
https://icecolddirect.ie/guinness-draught-stout-beer-24-x-500ml-cans.html

That is much more like a bargain - about €1.25 a can versus almost €1.80 in Supervalu! Funny thing is that I thought these promotions are no longer allowed under government regulations or is that just a "please don't have price promotions" ask by the government rather than something that is enforceable?

brandonviewer · 12-01-2021 2:03pm

First Up wrote: »

Worth thinking about. I go to France pretty regularly and the Irish excise duty alone on the wine I bring back is more than the cost of the ferry. Plus you get twice the quality for half the price.

Last booze cruise I went on to Cherbourg, I bought a few bottles in the large Lidl there. Costing €1.99 a bottle and saw the same one in Lidl here at over €7. To be fair the same wine is sometimes on special here at €4.99 but still one hell of a difference

Degag · 12-01-2021 2:25pm

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

I didn’t know that the 660ml bottles came in a case!

Well i presume they come into Tesco in a case. They currently don’t go out on the shelves in cases but maybe they could!

Caranica · 12-01-2021 2:31pm

Lidl have 8 x 500ml Guinness for €12 starting Thursday. Same as Tesco already mentioned here

Quackster · 12-01-2021 2:35pm

highdef wrote: »

That is much more like a bargain - about €1.25 a can versus almost €1.80 in Supervalu! Funny thing is that I thought these promotions are no longer allowed under government regulations or is that just a "please don't have price promotions" ask by the government rather than something that is enforceable?

Specific types of offer have been banned (offers lasting three days or less, multi-buy offers and anything involving loyalty schemes).

Any other type of offer is still allowed, including multipacks and non multi-buy reductions lasting more than three days.

SkatesOn · 12-01-2021 4:13pm

SkatesOn wrote: »

If you're in Limerick, Ice Cold Direct have slabs of the 500s for 29.95
https://icecolddirect.ie/guinness-draught-stout-beer-24-x-500ml-cans.html

My understanding is you can't have e.g. "cans €2.00 each or 6 for €10.00", but you can have "cans 6 for €10.00" - can anyone confirm?

Atlantic Dawn · 12-01-2021 4:24pm

SkatesOn wrote: »

My understanding is you can't have e.g. "cans €2.00 each or 6 for €10.00", but you can have "cans 6 for €10.00" - can anyone confirm?

I think only if there's a single barcode on the 6 cans differentiating it as a single product. If the 6 cans had individual barcodes for each can they would be individual products and not allowed to be sold as 6 for €10.

First Up · 12-01-2021 4:46pm

brandonviewer wrote:

Last booze cruise I went on to Cherbourg, I bought a few bottles in the large Lidl there. Costing â‚¬1.99 a bottle and saw the same one in Lidl here at over â‚¬7. To be fair the same wine is sometimes on special here at â‚¬4.99 but still one hell of a difference

I would recommend spending a bit more in either place but your example illustrates the difference.

brandonviewer · 12-01-2021 7:56pm

First Up wrote: »

I would recommend spending a bit more in either place but your example illustrates the difference.

Thanks First up. I've been a regular booze cruiser for over twenty years and agree that in the main you should aim to spend a little more for the bulk of your purchases. At the lower to mid point of the market is where the greatest savings can be achieved. For example a bottle of Vina Sol will usually be over €2 cheaper than what you can buy it for here even when it is on special. If you are buying a good quantity from the wine caves in Roscoff or Cherbourg you should also be able to negotiate a healthy discount

An Ri rua · 12-01-2021 7:57pm

My local SuperValu has deals currently. 6 for the price of 10. Beer or wine, doesn't matter. They're always overcharging.

bronkobilly · 12-01-2021 8:02pm

Caranica wrote: »

Lidl have 8 x 500ml Guinness for €12 starting Thursday. Same as Tesco already mentioned here

12x 500ml guinness for 16 euro dunnes stores

First Up · 12-01-2021 8:22pm

brandonviewer wrote:

Thanks First up. I've been a regular booze cruiser for over twenty years and agree that in the main you should aim to spend a little more for the bulk of your purchases. At the lower to mid point of the market is where the greatest savings can be achieved. For example a bottle of Vina Sol will usually be over â‚¬2 cheaper than what you can buy it for here even when it is on special. If you are buying a good quantity from the wine caves in Roscoff or Cherbourg you should also be able to negotiate a healthy discount

Try Auchan's own brand range "Pierre Chanau". Top quality and great prices from across all regions and styles in France.

fin12 · 12-01-2021 9:22pm

I got a 4 pack of smithwicks cans 500ml for €8 and got a free smithwicks pint glass in Spar today.

casio4 · 12-01-2021 9:31pm

slabs of Guinness 500mls in Tesco Ballybrack today for €32

sully123 · 12-01-2021 10:55pm

Degag wrote: »

Well i presume they come into Tesco in a case. They currently don’t go out on the shelves in cases but maybe they could!

Got 10 Staropramen 660ml delivered today from tesco. Came in a box of 12 with 2 taken out. But yeah, never seen the box out on the floor.

As previously mentioned, it's on for 1euro atm

Yellow Dog · 13-01-2021 2:20pm

sully123 wrote: »

Got 10 Staropramen 660ml delivered today from tesco. Came in a box of 12 with 2 taken out. But yeah, never seen the box out on the floor.

As previously mentioned, it's on for 1euro atm

Lucky you.

When I go to site it says not available.

Went to local Tesco and could not find any.

zell12 · 13-01-2021 2:30pm

zell12 wrote: »

Staropramen beer 5% 660ml e1 Tesco

Reduced from e3.44! That is a 71% discount

brick tamland · 13-01-2021 3:12pm

Januarys booze deals are never nearly as good as the ones on the build up to Xmas. if there is even any to be found. Every year I'm sorry come January I didn't stock up more.

Don't panic, deals on crates and slabs will be back. It might not be until March though (run up to Paddys Day)

bronkobilly · 13-01-2021 3:21pm

brick tamland wrote: »

Januarys booze deals are never nearly as good as the ones on the build up to Xmas. if there is even any to be found. Every year I'm sorry come January I didn't stock up more.

Don't panic, deals on crates and slabs will be back. It might not be until March though (run up to Paddys Day)

paddys day in the house i guess by the looks of it i hope there loads of cheap booze:)

Booze deals [Megathread #2]

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