Tesco Bargains [Groceries]

odyssey06 wrote: »

The Hearty Food company Cottage Pie 400g looked a bargain at €1.75 ... but it turns out it is basically a mash potato pie with a spoonful of beef and gravy in it

always check the ingredients, listed in order of greatest first, some cheap own brand stuff is pretty good, like some curry sauces can be high in more expensive ingredients like cream or coconut.

Those value meals are very watery

This is the cottage pie.
INGREDIENTS: Potato (59%), Beef (15%), Water, Onion, Carrot, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Beef Fat, Tomato Purée, Caramelised Sugar, Onion Powder, Carrot Juice from Concentrate, Pepper, Black Pepper.

so 60g of beef, just a bit more than half a quarter pounder, miserable.

The "finest" cottage pie is 32%.

rubadub wrote: »

always check the ingredients, listed in order of greatest first, some cheap own brand stuff is pretty good, like some curry sauces can be high in more expensive ingredients like cream or coconut.

Those value meals are very watery

This is the cottage pie.
INGREDIENTS: Potato (59%), Beef (15%), Water, Onion, Carrot, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Beef Fat, Tomato Purée, Caramelised Sugar, Onion Powder, Carrot Juice from Concentrate, Pepper, Black Pepper.

so 60g of beef, just a bit more than half a quarter pounder, miserable.

The "finest" cottage pie is 32%.

quarter pounder has 113g of beef, 60g is smaller than the little flat cheap burgers. And then what quality is the "beef" too.

That "hearty" range is best avoided

gobo99 wrote: »

The hearty food company is just "tesco value" rebranded
"Eastmans" ham and "growers harvest" frozen veg are other ones

Oh yes !! Had the worst quiche ever from Eastmans. Couldn’t get any sort of taste from it.

I got some €15 off a €70 purchase vouchers.

zell12 wrote: »

We got no coupons, probably because we stopped shopping there a few months ago

I shop there every week and didn't get coupons

pigtail33 wrote: »

I rarely shopped there last year, and got no coupons then. I've been shopping there every week since lockdown and still got no coupons, just my usual Clubcard ones.

Same.

I have been a loyal Tesco shopper since early November. Especially during the lockdown with my shopping doubling as I was doing it for my elderly parents as well. Really disappointed to receive next to nothing after a huge significant spend. Contacted customer service and received a brush off, shocking stuff, really unhappy to say the least.

billcullen1 wrote: »

Really disappointed to receive next to nothing after a huge significant spend.

That is probably what caused it, they have no need to attract big spenders.

I got 6x €10/€50 vouchers.

As a matter of interest, those that got 10/50 vouchers, have you been spending in Tesco as normal Or are these a lure? Seems completely hit and miss who got some

I didn't get any money off spend vouchers. I shop there too often.

I emailed them just to satisfy myself, knowing I will get a bullsh1t " targeted marketed campaign" blah blah blah response.

Loyalty costs....... me!

Really need to get a second clubcard.

Just Clubcard vouchers myself, though I'm not feeling the Tesco love any more. I mostly shop in Airside, using the "Scan as you Shop" facility. Fed up finding only 1 till open on a regular basis. So I asked one of the operators who told me that Tesco are simply not giving the staff the hours any more. So, I've gone back to my old stomping ground of JC's/Dunnes on the Rathbeale road. Happier too.

Definitely not, probably should have clarified. The one open till serves everybody regardless of whether they're using "Scan" or not. It removes the supposed advantage of using same. Also, their butcher & fish counters have been closed since Covid started.

Finally got this response from Tesco: "Unfortunately these coupons are sent out at random and are a gesture.
These coupons have unique codes that can only be accepted in store."

Some gesture! Not exactly crying out for my custom.