Food deals, discounts and freebies
Our weekly round-up of the latest and greatest supermarket deals, restaurant discount vouchers and food freebies
Welcome to this week's round-up of food deals, discounts and freebies.
Best supermarket deals
This week we’re going to kick off with the half-price weekend deals at Lidl. You can buy 400g of unsmoked middle bacon rashers for 94p, fresh vine tomatoes (loose) for 99p/kg, 250g of large flat mushrooms for 50p and four tins of Branston baked beans for £1 (offers are only available on Saturday and Sunday).
There are also lots of great deals on meat including 375g of fresh British turkey breasts for £2.69, 1.7kg chickens for £3.89, 700g of pork loin chops for £3.29, 300g of pork loin medallions for £2.59, 500g of pork belly slices for £2.49 and 12 scotch beef meatballs for £1.49.
It’s also meal deal time at Marks & Spencer with a main, side, dessert and bottle of plonk for £10. New mains include Chicken & Chorizo Paella, Mediterranean Spiced Pork Belly, The Cook Menu Seafood Lasagne and Cheese & Leek En Croute. See the full menu here. Offer ends Tuesday 24th April.
Over at Morrisons Price Crunch bargains include Richmond thin sausages for £1 (was £1.75), Young’s Omega 3 Fish Fingers half-price at 99p, 500g Flora for £1 (was £1.70), 1kg McCain Rustic Oven Chips for £1 (was £1.50) and Butchers Minced Steak half-price at £3.49 per kg. It’s also BOGOF on Pizza Express 8-inch pizzas, excluding Pollo, so you get two for £4, Youngs Chip Shop Fish & Chips 400g are half-price at £1.50, Morrisons frozen belly pork joints are half-price at £3, J 20 Orange & Passionfruit and Apple & Mango 10-packs are half-price at £4.34 and, if you still need a chocolate fix, large Malteser, Galaxy and Mars Easter Eggs are better than half price at £3 (they were £6.40).
For hot deals at Sainsbury’s look out for Princes Wild Red Salmon 213g tins for £1.99 (was £3.99), a massive 820g of Sainsbury's Fresh British Chicken Thighs & Drumsticks for £2 (was £4), Sainsbury's Rhubarb (400g) for £1.50 (was £3) and Sainsbury's Snack Sausage Rolls (12 per pack) with 99p off, now only £1.
It’s 2 for 1 on Glorious! Skinny Soups (600g) so you only pay £1.99, Birds Eye Southern Fried Chicken (4 per pack) are reduced from £3.49 to £1.74 and you save 50% on Doritos Tangy Cheese (225g), now 99p, Sainsbury's Scottish Salmon Fillets (4 per pack), now £5 and Montorsi Negroni 12 Month Parma Ham, now £1.99, and Sainsbury's Rich & Chocolatey Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake - eight Servings - now only £3.50.
For Asda shoppers, buy 1L of Olivio Sunflower Olive Oil for £2 (was £2.99), Garner's Pickled Onions for £2 (was £2.74), Dolmio Pasta Vita for £1.50 (was £1.97), plus it’s two for £2 on Hoads Farm Free Range Medium Eggs (six), Asda Apples (four) and it's two for £3 Oasis Summerfruits Extra Light (1.5L).
Other handy multibuy offers include two for £1.50 on Ryvita Wholegrain Crackerbread (usually £1.09 each), two for £3 on 100g Asda Chosen by You Italian Smoked Pancetta (usually £2 each), two for £5 on 100g Extra Special Applewood and Beech Smoked Scottish Salmon or Organic Smoked Salmon Sliced (usually £2.98 each) and three for £1 on tins of KTC Peeled Plum Tomatoes in Tomato Juice (usually 37p each).
Next up at Tesco, for just £1 you can buy Wall's Mini Calippo Orange & Lemon-Lime (6x80ml) and Nestle Fab Ice Lollies (8x58ml), Tesco Bakers Medium Sliced Soft Wholemeal Bread is now 89p (was £1.05), Actimel Multifruit Yogurt Drink (12x100g) is now £1.92 (was £3.85), Tesco Tomato & Basil Soup is now £1 (was £1.60) and Napolina Extra Virgin Olive Oil (500ml) is reduced from £3.79 to £1.89.
For other bargains, it’s two for £3 on various Rachel's Organic Yogurts (usually £2 each), Oreo Cookies are now 49p (was 99p), 600g Tesco Belgian Chocolate Black Forest Gateaux are £1.90 (was £2.29), Kellogg's Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes for £1.34 (was £2.69) and Kellogg's Krave Chocolate Hazelnut for only £1.34 (costs up to £2.69 in other supermarkets).
Finally, check out the special offers this week from online gourmet butcher Westin Gourmet which includes 24% off 1kg packs of pork sausage cocktails, now £7.78 (was £10.29), 24% off five chicken supremes, now £7.39 (was £9.67) and 19% off two 10oz pork chops for £2.63 (was £3.25).
Drink deals
There’s another code for Tesco Wine this week but only for new customers this time; if you spend at least £50 you can knock £10 off your bill with XX4PFX, valid until 31st May.
As well as the 20% discounts on Spanish wine at Majestic Wine mentioned last week you can also save 20% on South African wine but only until 23rd April so you’ll need to get a move on.
At Waitrose you can save up to 35% on the European Wine Showcase and if you’re shopping at M&S look out for Wine Clearance bargains, grab half-price cases of Comte De Noiron Champagne NV, now £90 for six bottles (equal to £15 per bottle), and mix and match two wine cases from this selection to save 25%.
New restaurant deals and vouchers
As always, new and extended deals appear at the top of the table. For the section covering regular and ongoing deals, go to the bottom of the page.
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Restaurant |
Deal |
When Valid |
Need to Know |
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Special 5 is back – pick one of 5 pizzas for only £5. |
Monday to Friday until 4th May. |
No need for a voucher – only on these pizzas; Meat Feast, Margherita, Veg Supreme, Pepperoni and Hawaiian. |
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Two burgers for £12. |
Sunday to Thursday until 29th April. |
Use this Vouchercodes.co.uk voucher. |
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Buy two mains for £12.95. |
Offer extended until 29th April. |
Fill in your details here to get your unique code. |
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Buy two mains for £12. |
Sunday to Thursday until 29th April. |
Download this Vouchercodes.co.uk voucher. |
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Buy one main, get another for £2.50. |
Sunday to Thursday until 29th April. |
Choose your restaurant here to get your code. Excludes The Strand, Center Parcs, O2 on O2 event days, Euston Station and airports. |
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Buy one main, get another for £2. |
Every day until Mon 30th April. |
Fill in your details here to get a printable voucher. |
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Any pizza, pasta or risotto for £6.50. |
Sunday to Thursday until 29th April. |
Visit their website here and select your restaurant for details. |
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Buy one main, get another for £2. |
Sunday to Friday until 9th May. |
Get your voucher here. |
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Save 25% on your food bill. |
Tuesday to Friday until 27th April. |
Register for a voucher here. |
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Get a half-price bottle of wine when you dine. |
Until 14th May. Excludes Saturday after 5pm, |
Present this voucher and pick from a selection of wines. |
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BOGOF on tapas. |
Monday to Thursday until 3rd May. |
Select your restaurant and check for a voucher here. Excludes La Tasca James Street (London). |
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Free bacon sarnie with a hot drink purchase when you sign up. |
Every day until 23rd May. |
Sign up for the newsletter here and print off the voucher. |
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Buy a pizza, pasta or burger for £2. |
Sunday to Thursday throughout April.
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Get a voucher here. At Canary Wharf it is valid all day Saturday and Sunday and from 2pm Monday to Thursday. |
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Get 2 carveries for £10, or a free dairy ice-cream with your main. |
Until 2nd June, excludes Sundays and Bank Holidays. |
Get your vouchers here. |
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Get 2 for 1 on mains.
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Sunday to Thursday throughout April. |
Click on the offer to get your voucher. |
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Buy two Classic or Leggera pizzas for £12
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Mondays and Tuesdays until the 24th April. Excludes Easter Monday. |
Fill in your details here to get your code and check restaurant exclusions.
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Get three courses for £12.95.
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Available every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until 22nd April 2012. |
Fill in your details here to get your code and check restaurant exclusions. You save up to 35% with this deal.
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Get £10 off when you buy two mains. |
Every day until 29th April. |
Print off this voucher. Excludes 6th – 9th April 2012 and Mondays after 5pm. |
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2 for1 on full English breakfasts.
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Every day until 30th April (served until 11.30am). |
Use this voucher. Buy one breakfast for £4.95 and get another for free. |
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Get free ice cream with your meal. |
Valid Monday to Saturday until 30th April. |
Sign up to the newsletter and print voucher. |
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Get 2 for 1 on mains.
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Every day until 30th April. . |
Not valid with other offers, vouchers or set menu. Sign up to get your voucher. |
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Get 2 for 1 on mains.
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Every day until 30th April. |
Not valid with other offers, vouchers or set menu. Sign up to get your voucher. Excludes Azzurro Portsmouth 6th - 9th April. |
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Get £10 off when you buy two mains.
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Monday to Thursday until 30th April. |
Valid at participating restaurants only. Use this Vouchercodes.co.uk voucher.
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BOGOF on hot meals. |
Every day until 30th June. |
Use this voucher. Excludes toasted sandwiches and hot desserts. |
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Buy one main, get another for £2.50. |
Until 24th April. Excludes Fri/Sat in some restaurants. |
Fill in your details here to get your code.
Excludes Earls Court, O2, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Stratford Westfield, Strand, Westfield White City, Olympia Exhibition Centre, Surbiton and PizzaExpress Jazz Clubs, music rooms or pop-up restaurants.
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Save 20% on your food bill. |
Monday to Friday until 31st May. |
Fill in your details for a voucher. |
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Get a free drink with a £9.99 weekday evening meal.
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Every day until 30th April. |
Valid at participating restaurants only. Use this voucher.
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Get £5 off your bill when you pay with Amex card. |
Sunday to Thursday until 31st May. |
You must spend at least £20 to get the discount. Sign up for your voucher here. |
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Get £5 off when you spend £20 and pay with an Amex card.
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Sunday to Thursday until 31st May.
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Use this voucher. Excludes Center Parcs restaurants.
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Regular restaurant deals and vouchers
This is where you’ll find the restaurant and retail deals that run on a permanent or ongoing basis.
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Restaurant/retailer |
Deal |
When valid |
Need to know
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Cocktails for £3.95. |
From 5pm everyday from Sunday either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. |
Days depend on individual branches – check your local branch. |
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Become a Garden Club member for 10% off your total bill every visit. |
Ongoing. |
Print your confirmation email and bring in store to collect your Garden Club card. |
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Menu Du Soir: Two courses for £10.50. |
Monday–Thursday after 5pm. |
Can’t be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount. |
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Sign up to the newsletter here for £10 off your bill.
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Sign up here. |
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2 for 1 on medium or large pizzas when you order on a Tuesday and quote the offer. |
Tuesdays only, ongoing. |
Valid online and in-store. |
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Two pizzas for £12 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Differs every day (see voucher), ongoing. |
Valid on any two pizzas from the a la carte (standard) menu. |
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Get a set lunch for £5.95 when you register here and print the voucher. |
Every Monday to Wednesday 12-4pm, ongoing. |
Valid for a pizza or salad - plus a soft drink - from a set menu only. |
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Now you can enjoy all you can eat for £14.95 every Sunday. |
Sundays only. |
No need for a voucher. Excludes La Tasca James Street (London). |
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2 for 1 on main courses - plus a free starter - for Orange customers. |
Wednesdays only, ongoing. |
Must be an Orange customer – view offer here. |
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£6 set price Happy Hour menu - in-restaurant offer. |
Every Monday to Friday from 3pm to 5pm, ongoing. |
Valid on certain dishes only - you can view all the menu options here. |
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Lunch menu: Main course and soft drink only £6.95. |
Monday to Friday |
Selected restaurants only – check your local Prezzo. |
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£6.95 lunch menu. |
Monday to Friday, 12–5pm. |
Check individual restaurants for participation. |
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Free breakfast for two kids (aged 15 or under) with an adult breakfast costing £8.25. |
Ongoing on weekdays 6.30am -10:30am and weekends 7.00am - 11.00am.
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No need for a voucher. |
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Get 50% off your food bill for Happy Monday.
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All day on Mondays. |
Excludes bank holidays and selected Mondays. |
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Get 25% your food bill when you register here and spend at least £20.
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Blue Mondays - only pay the blue plate price of £2.30
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Every Monday. |
Excludes miso, drinks, take-away or delivery. See participating restaurants here.
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Food coupons
If you’re shopping this weekend, you might want to print these out:
- Save 50p on your next purchase of San Miguel Fresca with this coupon but move quickly – it expires on Sunday 22nd April.
- Get 40p off a tub of Kerrygold light butter with this voucher which expires 14 days from the day you print it off.
- Save 50p on the new Shreddies Coco Orange. Follow this link and you can redeem the coupon against a 500g box, valid until 31st May.
Food freebies and competitions
Check out the latest freebies and comps:
- Visit the Kit Kat Facebook page for the chance win one of the new KitKat Chunky peanut butter bars. There are only 500 bars to giveaway everyday so don’t miss out!
- Muffin Break are giving away a free muffin voucher when you become a Facebook fan and fill in your details for the voucher here.
- Buy a promo box of Clipper Tea and you can attend one of their tea parties at various Lush stores across the UK (getting a free tea sample, the chance to make your own face mask and a pot to take home for free). Get the details here.
- Pop into your local Harvester and pick up a free packet of lettuce seeds. Get the kids involved and help them plant and care for the seeds, then take a photo of the lettuce when it grows and submit this to Harvester by 1st July – if they pick yours you win a free meal for the whole family.
- Win one of 10,000 free Lucozade Revive drinks (you could also win one of ten £20 iTunes vouchers).
- And don't forget our two great competitions: you can win an incredible trip to India and win dinner and a night's stay at a top UK hotel.
Voucher codes
The Whittard sale is due to end any day now but you can save an extra 10% (on top of discounts of up to 50%) when you enter the voucher code EXTRA10 at the checkout.
If you’ve never shopped online at Tesco you can save £10 on a £50 spend with the code XXPPPC which is valid until 30th April.
New Sainsbury’s customers can save £10 on orders over £50 this time you need to use the code J4C6-QNH7-GYVR, which expires Saturday 28th April.
There are two new Pizza Hut Delivery codes available this week; use EMADTENGI for £10 off a £25 spend, or use EMAFPCDSK for 50% off when you spend £35 or more, both valid until 23rd April.
The others are still going; get 25% off orders over £25 using VCF2525LD; save £10 on orders over £30 using VCF3RTYRL; use VCNP3W4FA to get 40% off orders over £35; and from last week enter the code VCL241LHG for 2 for 1 pizzas – but this for collection only – all of which expire on 22nd April.
You can still save 35% on a £25 spend Dominos using the code VHXULVPU which expires at midnight on Sunday 22nd April.
You can still save 10% at Hotel Chocolat but this time use the Vouchercodes.co.uk code VCEGGS10, which expires on Sunday 22nd April.
For other supermarket voucher codes use code VOU1304996 for £10 off first orders over £50 at Ocado – or use VOU0057129 to get £15 off orders over £75 (ends 30th April).
Voucher code promotions tend to be withdrawn quickly. You can use the following websites to track down new voucher codes as and when they come up:
Save money on your other shopping
Our sister site lovemoney.com regularly rounds up the latest discounts, deals, sales and freebies on everything from fashion to entertainment. Check out their Frugal Friday and Midweek Moneysavers pages for more.
Every effort is made to source voucher codes which are valid at the time this article is published. However, please be aware that lovefood.com cannot guarantee that every voucher will be valid or that it will not be withdrawn by the provider immediately.
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