Tesco Bargains [Groceries]

RobbingBandit · 25-03-2018 3:45pm

zell12 wrote: »

10% off Itunes & AppStore cards until 01/04

Any idea what value, these discounts are usually on only one of the cards say €50 iTunes, thanks for posting.

zell12 · 25-03-2018 3:50pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Any idea what value, these discounts are usually on only one of the cards say €50 iTunes, thanks for posting.

It's the €25, €50, €100 cards

RobbingBandit · 25-03-2018 3:55pm

Thanks really need some credit for the app store.

25-03-2018 4:01pm

At the risk of sounding greedy 10% ain't great. Usually it was always 20% for the Google Play cards anyway. But hey it's better than nothing I suppose.

rubadub · 25-03-2018 5:48pm

Tesco hot cross buns 4 pack for 33cent. Taste grand and were BB 30-3-18, so not like they were sold off going out of date. There were loads of them but it does not show online.

Also used my 12 off 60 voucher which was going out of date today. My vouchers arrived midweek and one 12 off 60 was already out of date, so check your letters.

zell12 · 26-03-2018 9:08am

T crinkle cut oven chips 1.5kg €1.50 75c
silly price

pigtail33 · 28-03-2018 6:29pm

Just posted on Tesco's Facebook page that up until April 9th, you can use multiple competitor coupons per transaction. No T&C's posted, so I don't know what the limit is, or if there is one!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1677969025622394&id=119187884833857

zell12 · 28-03-2018 6:36pm

pigtail33 wrote: »

Just posted on Tesco's Facebook page that up until April 9th, you can use multiple competitor coupons per transaction. No T&C's posted, so I don't know what the limit is, or if there is one!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1677969025622394&id=119187884833857

Still a minimum spend per coupon. Not really a dealbreaker.

RossieMan · 28-03-2018 6:48pm

hardly going to accept 2 for the same amount surely? not really a fair ask

rubadub · 28-03-2018 9:34pm

zell12 wrote: »

T crinkle cut oven chips 1.5kg €1.50 75c
silly price

just came here to post it! Thought it was a mistake, esp. as crinkle cut usually cost a little more. The previous bags of skinny mcdonalds type tesco fries/chips appear to be gone. I think there are a few new types/brandings of chips. There is a big bag of the skinny ones now.

I liked the small 750g bag, think it was 1kg before that, the new 1.5kg bag has different styling.

I see a 900g bag online, but it was not in my shop. It is only 71c, this has the same branding as the 1.5kg bag I saw.

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=299598174

I hope they are the same as the last ones, they do really well in an airfryer.

I tried the "tesco finest chunky chips" and they are pretty good, I put more oil on them. For some reason they still presume people cooking oven chips are on a health buzz and want low fat.

They are 1.5Kg €2.75 (€1.84/kg) an made with maris pipers, the potato most chefs recommend. While far more expensive than the cheap tesco ones they compare very favorably to bog standard branded ones (both in price & taste).

Some branded prices are shocking
https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=279782798
Mccain Quick Cook French Fries 750G €4.67 (€6.23/kg)
The portion of chips costs more than the steak!

Hot cross buns still 4 for 33c

Irn bru 2L and Irn bru xtra (diet) 2L are both 1euro
SAVE 1.09 Was 2.09 Now 1.00
valid from 7/3/2018 until 3/4/2018

It is still full sugar, I think there was talk of it reducing in sugar due to the UK sugar tax.

0lddog · 28-03-2018 9:59pm

Tesco & Aldi are having a bit of an ol' price war. Lidl are kind of joining in in a half hearted sort of way. Dunnes and Supervalu are looking the other way pretending nothing is happening.

In both Tesco & Aldi I've noticed significant reductions on Tonic water, Corn ( 'tortilla' ) chips, Frozen veg : peas, beans, broccoli and ( as has been noticed ) oven chips.

Not doing much with Tesco I wouldn't be surprised if there are many more items with significant price reductions.

( IMO Tesco own brand frozen peas are pretty good

)

Owryan · 28-03-2018 10:16pm

zell12 wrote: »

Still a minimum spend per coupon. Not really a dealbreaker.

Seems like a good deal to me, you just have to spend the minimum on the higher coupon. I posted about this offer the other day. Spent €50 today. Used a 10 off 50 Tesco coupon and a 10 off 40 dunnes one. Paid 30 euro.

Charles Babbage · 28-03-2018 10:26pm

Is it correct to say that Tesco vouchers can be used for household items as well as groceries whereas Dunnes cannot? Could you use a Tesco 10 from 60 voucher and a Dunnes 10 from 40 voucher to buy household items in Tesco?

Quackster · 28-03-2018 11:38pm

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Is it correct to say that Tesco vouchers can be used for household items as well as groceries whereas Dunnes cannot? Could you use a Tesco 10 from 60 voucher and a Dunnes 10 from 40 voucher to buy household items in Tesco?

Yep. The only exclusions are what's printed on the back of the Tesco vouchers.

RossieMan · 28-03-2018 11:54pm

This is wrong by the way. You cannot use 2 vouchers for the same amount. I mean as if you spend 50 you can use a 10 off 50 and a 10 off 40 to get it for 30. This is a mistake by the cashier. They've taken it up wrong.

It's strictly 1 spend and save per transaction, or in this case amount spent.

rubadub · 29-03-2018 12:18am

Owryan wrote: »

I posted about this offer the other day. Spent €50 today. Used a 10 off 50 Tesco coupon and a 10 off 40 dunnes one. Paid 30 euro.

RossieMan wrote: »

I mean as if you spend 50 you can use a 10 off 50 and a 10 off 40 to get it for 30. This is a mistake by the cashier. They've taken it up wrong..

This is what I was getting at in a previous post. Again I certainly do not believe Owryan is spoofing, there is no sense/gain in doing so, so please do not go to the bother of posting receipts again. I fully believe you got it for that price again.

I also believe the cashier was in the wrong, and possibly getting in trouble (as previous posters have mentioned in this or other threads), not that you are to blame in any way. Some were even allowed buy tesco vouchers, and then use those vouchers to buy more vouchers, continuously discounted and obviously not intended.

If multiples could officially be used in the way Owryan's cashier is currently allowing then if I found say a stash of supervalu "10 off 50" vouchers dumped in a bush it would meant I could go into tesco and get say a 2000euro TV for 40euro. The TV would be 2000, hand in a 10 off 50 so it now becomes, 1990, hand in another 10 off 50 and it is 1980...

Keep doing this until it is down to 50 and hand in your last one to get it for 40. When you go to extremes it becomes more obvious why it should not be the case.

As said no T&Cs were in the facebook post. And as I reckon zell12 was getting at it is a min spend per coupon, i.e. you can buy groceries for 101, and use 2x50/10 voucher and so get it for 81, without having to bother splitting them into 2 purchases. Or you can buy a single item for 101 and use 2 50/10 vouchers.

Owryan · 29-03-2018 12:32am

Two weeks 2 different cashiers, both accepted the two vouchers without any questions. The manager confirmed that it is allowed. You can only use one coupon per competitor. So in my case i used 1 tesco one and one dunnes one. If i had one for supervalu i could have used that, as long as i met the minimum spend on it.

There was no splitting the shop into two either.

Not sure what you mean by buy vouchers tho.

This is Tesco in Carlow, i am not the only one taking advantage of this.

29-03-2018 9:21am

Owryan wrote: »

Not sure what you mean by buy vouchers tho.

Buying a gift card for tesco and getting €10 off.
Then using it + a €10 off voucher to buy another one. Etc.

RossieMan · 29-03-2018 9:25am

It clearly states on your Tesco vouchers it can't be used with any other spend and save.

Carlow are doing it wrong, I've read the back of my coupons very well, they've themselves completely covered so they do not have to lose out. The Facebook post is merely to stop people having to split their shops. They'll accept 2 vouchers one the minimum spend is reached on both, is my understanding anyway.

You've just got lucky I suppose.

Edit: which Tesco ones are you using? It's not your ones like 5 euro coupon or 10 euro? Just a money amount? These can be used with other vouchers.

Owryan · 29-03-2018 10:06am

RossieMan wrote: »

It clearly states on your Tesco vouchers it can't be used with any other spend and save.

Carlow are doing it wrong, I've read the back of my coupons very well, they've themselves completely covered so they do not have to lose out. The Facebook post is merely to stop people having to split their shops. They'll accept 2 vouchers one the minimum spend is reached on both, is my understanding anyway.

You've just got lucky I suppose.

Edit: which Tesco ones are you using? It's not your ones like 5 euro coupon or 10 euro? Just a money amount? These can be used with other vouchers.

They are spend 50 get 10 off ones. Came in the booklet.

The Dunnes ones are 10 off 40 that I got in the post.

RossieMan · 29-03-2018 10:22am

Fair play. When they're accepting them you're getting a serious deal.

I just wouldnt go in expecting them to do it in other stores, it's a bonus if they do.

Owryan · 29-03-2018 12:30pm

RossieMan wrote: »

Fair play. When they're accepting them you're getting a serious deal.

I just wouldnt go in expecting them to do it in other stores, it's a bonus if they do.

Sadly i used the last of my tesco ones this week, only have the ones from dunnes left.

rubadub · 31-03-2018 1:32am

Tesco finest basmati rice is 1.99 for 1kg. (standard brand 1kg basmati is 1.19)

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=258353518

This is not advertised as an offer, I cannot recall the previous price but I think it was near 3euro or more. The 500g bag is 1.79.

In the UK the same 1kg bag is £3 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/258353518

UK standard basmati is £1.60 vs 1.19euro here.

I have often said many of the best offers are not advertised, and it is usually so they can price match, but do it on the sly (e.g. for what must be a few years now 1kg standard tesco caster sugar is 1.09 with only a few bags on the shelf, while the huge pallet of value granulated 1kg sugar beside it is 1.19).

But I am not sure why the finest basmati would be so cheap compared to the UK, as for price comparison purposes they already have 3 types of basmati which is cheaper, value, regular and "easy cook". They have organic which is dearer.

Tilda 1kg white basmati is 6.99, tilda 500g is currently half price at 1.99

Phil1969 · 31-03-2018 10:10am

rubadub wrote: »

Tesco finest basmati rice is 1.99 for 1kg. (standard brand 1kg basmati is 1.19)

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=258353518

This is not advertised as an offer, I cannot recall the previous price but I think it was near 3euro or more. The 500g bag is 1.79.

In the UK the same 1kg bag is £3 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/258353518

UK standard basmati is £1.60 vs 1.19euro here.

I have often said many of the best offers are not advertised, and it is usually so they can price match, but do it on the sly (e.g. for what must be a few years now 1kg standard tesco caster sugar is 1.09 with only a few bags on the shelf, while the huge pallet of value granulated 1kg sugar beside it is 1.19).

But I am not sure why the finest basmati would be so cheap compared to the UK, as for price comparison purposes they already have 3 types of basmati which is cheaper, value, regular and "easy cook". They have organic which is dearer.

Tilda 1kg white basmati is 6.99, tilda 500g is currently half price at 1.99

That is a good price but my wife is Asian and said the basmati is rubbish

she says the best rice she has found is the cheap one in Dunnes for 1.19 per kg, and will not buy any other. I must admit, it is good rice.

slave1 · 31-03-2018 12:07pm

If looking for quality basmati rice get it in 10kg bags from Amazon, quality difference to our 500gm or 1kg packs is significant, been doing it for years and would never touch a supermarket again, rice is very hard to go off, in fact we buy aged rice in any case so don’t worry if you think 10kgs is too much

vicwatson · 31-03-2018 12:48pm

slave1 wrote: »

If looking for quality basmati rice get it in 10kg bags from Amazon, quality difference to our 500gm or 1kg packs is significant, been doing it for years and would never touch a supermarket again, rice is very hard to go off, in fact we buy aged rice in any case so don’t worry if you think 10kgs is too much

What’s the brand name and cost?

rubadub · 31-03-2018 4:12pm

Phil1969 wrote: »

That is a good price but my wife is Asian and said the basmati is rubbish

This sounds like she is saying basmati in general is rubbish? rather than a particular brand.

Most Asian countries do not use basmati, it is not sticky so not suited to eating with chopsticks, it has a lot of flavour relative to other rice so if someone who was eating other rice all their life had it I imagine it would be offputting. These are the 2 reasons I prefer it!

There can be political/trade reasons too
http://inchincloser.com/the-chinese-dont-eat-basmati/

if going to 10kg bags watch out for mice! the indian owned asian supermarkets would be more likely to have good basmati.

-back to bargains. A lot of soft drinks are on offer.

fanta, lilt 1.75L E1.07

club orange & 7up 2L are 2 for 3euro

diet coke (2L), coke zero (2L) and regular coke (1.75L) are 3 for a fiver

Phil1969 · 31-03-2018 4:22pm

rubadub wrote: »

This sounds like she is saying basmati in general is rubbish? rather than a particular brand.

Most Asian countries do not use basmati, it is not sticky so not suited to eating with chopsticks, it has a lot of flavour relative to other rice so if someone who was eating other rice all their life had it I imagine it would be offputting. These are the 2 reasons I prefer it!

Yeah, it is the Basmati she does not like although no way the worse. But, your right she has grew up eating rice that her family has grown

so difficult to switch. I still like Basmati

bliger · 31-03-2018 4:57pm

Good price on Hennessy 35 back to 25and Jack Daniel 34 down to 20

opus · 31-03-2018 5:17pm

The 400g can of chickpeas seems like a bargain compared to the 210g can :pac:

slave1 · 31-03-2018 6:50pm

vicwatson wrote: »

What’s the brand name and cost?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Badshah-Basmati-Rice-10-kg/dp/B00432JB9M/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1522518506&sr=8-1&keywords=basmati+rice+10kg

Badshah, £12 a bag at the minute, free P&P once your total order is over £25

01-04-2018 4:19pm

Has anyone heard from tesco the official word on using multiple vouchers per transaction?
Say you have 2x €10 off €50 can you just spend €50 use the 2 vouchers thus getting you're shop for €30 or do you have to spend €100 to use both vouchers? I know some people have had success with the first option which would be great if it's the official word rather than a mistake by some stores

RossieMan · 01-04-2018 4:36pm

No it's not the official way. They do it in some stores, but officially it's wrong. It's one spend and save per transaction amount. So 10 off 50, two 10 off 50 for 100 etc.

I've enquired before.

Phil1969 · 01-04-2018 5:30pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Has anyone heard from tesco the official word on using multiple vouchers per transaction?
Say you have 2x €10 off €50 can you just spend €50 use the 2 vouchers thus getting you're shop for €30 or do you have to spend €100 to use both vouchers? I know some people have had success with the first option which would be great if it's the official word rather than a mistake by some stores

Ditto. You have to spend 100 to use 2 x 10 euro spend vouchers.

https://www.tesco.ie/CompetitorCoupons/

Phil1969 · 01-04-2018 5:33pm

Just bought some Tesco Fruit and Fibre 750g for 0.89 cents and the 500g right next to it is 1.05 euro. It shows if you really pay attention when shopping you can save a lot of cash especially when you can use Dunnes money/spend vouchers in Tesco too. I love these supermarket price wars!

mik_da_man · 01-04-2018 8:12pm

On the vouchers, I was only allowed use two one one transaction.
I had 140 worth of shopping.
Used a 10 off 40 and 12 off 60 on one bit, and a 10 off 40 on the other.

rubadub · 01-04-2018 8:45pm

opus wrote: »

The 400g can of chickpeas seems like a bargain compared to the 210g can :pac:

This is likely price matching again.

Another is a diluteable tesco lemon drink, which is really nice BTW, I prefer it to any other brand, and a friend was saying the same.

The 1.5L is 1.15
https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=280761004

the 750ml of the exact same stuff is 1.49

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=263586675

It is odd since they have similar "price range"/packaged ones which are 1.15 for 1.5L but 89cent for the small one.

Phil1969 · 01-04-2018 10:13pm

mik_da_man wrote: »

On the vouchers, I was only allowed use two one one transaction.
I had 140 worth of shopping.
Used a 10 off 40 and 12 off 60 on one bit, and a 10 off 40 on the other.

Yeah says in their rules that you can only use 1 competitors spend vouchers per transaction and only 2 per customer per day, not sure how they would manage to control that tho unless you put your club card thru each transaction.

fussyonion · 06-04-2018 9:29pm

Phil1969 wrote: »

Just bought some Tesco Fruit and Fibre 750g for 0.89 cents and the 500g right next to it is 1.05 euro. It shows if you really pay attention when shopping you can save a lot of cash especially when you can use Dunnes money/spend vouchers in Tesco too. I love these supermarket price wars!

What did you think of the Fruit & Fibre?
I bought that Tesco one twice before and both times it was extremely stingy on the fruit; it was mainly flakes.

Phil1969 · 06-04-2018 9:49pm

fussyonion wrote: »

What did you think of the Fruit & Fibre?
I bought that Tesco one twice before and both times it was extremely stingy on the fruit; it was mainly flakes.

It is ok but I think Aldi's is a little better.

rubadub · 06-04-2018 10:42pm

fussyonion wrote: »

What did you think of the Fruit & Fibre?
I bought that Tesco one twice before and both times it was extremely stingy on the fruit; it was mainly flakes.

as a kid I loved raisins or currants in cereals, so simply used to add my own. I like them plumped up so would put them in milk in the fridge overnight (stole the idea from Roald Dahl for other reasons!).

Not sure what you are comparing tesco to, but tesco fruit & fibre is

Wholewheat, Mixed Fruit (26%), Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Roasted Hazelnuts (1%), Salt, Sunflower Oil, Iron, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12.

Mixed Fruit contains: Raisins, Toasted Coconut Flakes, Dried Sweetened Banana Chips (Banana, Coconut Oil, Sugar, Flavouring), Dried Apple.

while kelloggs is

Wholewheat (68%), Dried Fruit (27%) (Raisins, Coconut, Banana {Banana, Coconut Oil, Sugar, Flavouring}, Apple, Hazelnuts), Sugar, Salt, Barley Malt Flavouring, Vitamins & Minerals: Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin), Folic Acid, Vitamin B12

Notice the use of brackets. Kelloggs include the hazelnuts in their 27%, and tesco have 1% hazelnuts listed separately, so they are pretty much equal.

I hold the open top and turn upside down so they mix back up, otherwise stuff can settle at the bottom.

Nuts can be got in the baking section cheaply. If you roast and/or salt your own you save the 23% VAT charge too! many do not know this is why they are so much cheaper, or even think of looking in the baking section. The cashews in tescos baking section are very good, and the cheapest per kg in the place. The "value" cashews are not great at all.

normakelle · 09-04-2018 3:16pm

Can you use the dunnes stores voucher to buy phone credit?

Phil1969 · 09-04-2018 3:41pm

normakelle wrote: »

Can you use the dunnes stores voucher to buy phone credit?

Pretty sure the answer is no as you can not in Dunnes.

gerard2210 · 09-04-2018 4:37pm

normakelle wrote: »

Can you use the dunnes stores voucher to buy phone credit?

Couldn't buy phone credit in tesco oranmore yesterday using a voucher, but was never refused in tesco claremorris.

Asus X540L · 09-04-2018 4:58pm

Smarties mini eggs scanning at 49 cent

B0jangles · 09-04-2018 5:14pm

rubadub wrote: »

Nuts can be got in the baking section cheaply. If you roast and/or salt your own you save the 23% VAT charge too! many do not know this is why they are so much cheaper, or even think of looking in the baking section. The cashews in tescos baking section are very good, and the cheapest per kg in the place. The "value" cashews are not great at all.

As an aside, If you happen to have an airfryer, you can roast nuts in it very easily and quickly - for example I regularly do a handful of peanuts at 160c for 4 minutes without preheating. I find it's a lot less troublesome than doing them in the oven - no preheating and no forgetting to take them out and ending up with burnt nuts!

holly8 · 09-04-2018 5:36pm

gerard2210 wrote: »

Couldn't buy phone credit in tesco oranmore yesterday using a voucher, but was never refused in tesco claremorris.

What voucher were you using to buy credit?

I have bought phone credit in Tesco Oranmore previously, only a few weeks ago, at Cust Service counter - I find it the best Tesco all round. I think it might have been a Tesco money off a spend voucher and we checked the T&C at CS counter because I was surprised it being allowed, I don't think it mentioned phone credit as being excluded.

I have found Tesco Claremorris to be the most unreasonable and rude store to deal with EVER in terms of using competitors vouchers, returns, etc and I do a lot of my shopping in Tesco stores. I queried something with them recently as they refused to do a return.... when I said I had done a similar return in Galway in recent weeks, she said "Go To Galway then" .. so I did and returned no problems .. I have found several staff there to be exceptionally rude in Claremorris, this was not a one off.

gerard2210 · 09-04-2018 5:57pm

holly8 wrote: »

gerard2210 wrote: »

Couldn't buy phone credit in tesco oranmore yesterday using a voucher, but was never refused in tesco claremorris.

What voucher were you using to buy credit?

Dunnes 10 off 50 that was in the Advertiser last Thursday.

Phil1969 · 09-04-2018 6:04pm

holly8 wrote: »

What voucher were you using to buy credit?

I have bought phone credit in Tesco Oranmore previously, only a few weeks ago, at Cust Service counter - I find it the best Tesco all round. I think it might have been a Tesco money off a spend voucher and we checked the T&C at CS counter because I was surprised it being allowed, I don't think it mentioned phone credit as being excluded.

I have found Tesco Claremorris to be the most unreasonable and rude store to deal with EVER in terms of using competitors vouchers, returns, etc and I do a lot of my shopping in Tesco stores. I queried something with them recently as they refused to do a return.... when I said I had done a similar return in Galway in recent weeks, she said "Go To Galway then" .. so I did and returned no problems .. I have found several staff there to be exceptionally rude in Claremorris, this was not a one off.

Complain to head office about rude staff at Tesco, they take complaints very seriously

rubadub · 09-04-2018 7:02pm

B0jangles wrote: »

As an aside, If you happen to have an airfryer, you can roast nuts in it very easily and quickly - for example I regularly do a handful of peanuts at 160c for 4 minutes without preheating.

I do exactly that! I do mine a little longer and at 200C as I like them darker. It is good doing your own as you can brown as much as you want.

I liquidise salt in my ninja blender which turns it to a fine powder. This sticks very evenly to the nuts. Also good for skinny chips/fries.

The toasted nuts taste far better than the ones that cost almost twice the price per kg. And they are absolutely amazing when still warm, but even cooled down I find them a lot nicer

I use them in Chinese cooking and the sauces & soy sauce can be salty enough, so I store some unsalted.

These are the ones,

Tesco Cashew Nuts 200G €2.39 (€11.95/kg)
https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=266376222
they are in a resealable bag too, I cook the lot and put back in when cool.

Tesco Bargains [Groceries]

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