Category Archives: Special Offers

Lidl Special Offers until 19th June

Right so, from today until Wednesday, top Lidl offerings include 16 Denny Saussies for €2, 4 Lamb Loin Chops for €4, and yummy Smoked Black Forest Black Ham for €1.89 (this stuff is amazing in dishes involving chipotle chillies, the smokiness of the chilli and ham go...

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Lidl Special Offers – Until Sunday 29th May

Starting with today’s offers (available until Sunday), there are some random, but good specials including 99c raspberries (very cheap, and good for making your own coulis or ice cream), €2 Gouda or Edamer slices, although these are pretty much the price for them in all supermarkets, €1 for four probiotic...

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Aldi Special Offers until the 11th June

The giddy optimism of this week has infected Aldi staff, and they’ve laid on the BBQ specials. Let’s hope they’re right, or the freezers are going to get rather full this weekend! First up are 25% extra seasoned chicken portions, including wings (pack of 14 by my count), thighs...

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Tesco Special Offers Until the 22nd May

This week the big offer from Tesco Ireland is that they’ll double all your €5 vouchers when spending them on certain products. Sounds fab right? Well, it is if you’re into the following; clothing, frozen, suncare, fresh cut flowers & plants, and baby & toddler.  If not, definitely hang onto...

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Aldi Special Offers – from 12th May

Mmmm.  There’s been a significant rate of inflation in the Aldi Super Six. Still great value, yes, but quite a jump up from the 49c offerings of two weeks’ ago. Now a tray of vine tomatoes, 2kg Golden Wonder potatoes, packet of courgettes, packet of carrots and parsnips and...

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Lidl Special Offers – Until Saturday 14th May

Some hot-to-trot offers in Lidl this week, starting today with uber-super-duper food, blueberries, at just 99c per punnet. These anti-oxidant packed little beggars normally retail at about €3.50 per punnet, so this is extremely good value, get in there if you like 'em sprinkled in your yoghurt or porridge! ...

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Supermarket Easter Bargains 4 – Leg of Lamb

We all love a good roast, and at this time of the year it’s all about the lamb. A lovely fresh, tasty and light meat, it is unfortunately also bloody expensive, and so here’s our pick of the top offers in the supermarkets for lamb. These are just the...

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Supermarket Easter Bargains 3 – Wine, Beer & Hard Stuff

Good God, I ventured into Tesco, Dooradoyle, Limerick on Thursday night. That’s the evening before Good Friday, when alcohol can’t be sold. It was like a battlefield. You’d swear Irish people would never ever be able to get hold of a bottle of chardonnay for ever more! Anyway, if...

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Supermarket Easter Bargains 2 – Hot Cross Buns

I don’t get all the fuss really, to me they’re just fruit scones with sweet stuff drizzled in lines, but a) I don’t can’t really bake and b) I’m a cohabiting, mass-dodging, wine-swilling semi-heathen, so we should probably discount my opinion fairly sharpish.   In case you are partial to...

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Supermarket Easter Bargains 1 – Easter Eggs

This week Gastronomics.ie is bringing you the definitive guide to supermarket Easter offerings.  We’ll cover all the basics of your Easter ingredients alongside the usual supermarket specials. This is gonna be easy-peasy for me - I like lamb. I like hot cross buns. I like wine. And I especially...

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Gastronomics.ie is a fully independent food and shopping blog, updated daily, bringing tips and hints on how to cook, eat and drink like a true recessionista. We are mother and daughter, catering for six people and two respectively, and in this blog we share our efforts to lower the grocery bills, while keeping the tummies satisfied! Have a look at the news section for some industry gossip, check out our recipes if you’re looking for inspiration, or have a look at our ‘weekly shop’ and ‘special offers’ menus to see how we’re saving the pennies this week. If you’ve got any tips or hints just drop us a line or leave a comment – we’d love to hear from you!

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