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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 Specials for Mother’s Day

Most of us are still reeling at figures released this week as part of the banking stress test.  The official line - I believe - is that our banks owe, oh, somewhere approaching bazillions. Which means of course that realistically we owe bazillions. Specifically, you and I, via our paychecks....

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Special Offer Highlights February 25th

If you do your weekly shop at the weekends, you might want to factor this week's highlights into your shopping list... Aldi’s clearing out the competition this week with their 79c offers; Tesco’s Kerr Pinks at €2.07 and Supervalu’s Parsnip & Carrot trays at €1 aren’t coming...

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Superquinn Special Offers – Until 8th March

Superquinn deals are really actually worth a look lately. Last week it was €3.49 chicken, this week has similar great value offers, read on! I'll be posting the recipe for Housekeeper's Pot Roast now shortly - at the fresh meat counter at Superquinn they have Continental Beef Joint...

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Superquinn Special Offers: Until 22nd February

Well, Superquinn are putting it up to Tesco and coming out very well in some respects - their offers this week include  half price chicken, which at 1.7kg for €3.74 well outweighs the Tesco 1.5kg 2 for €10 offer. Similarly, in the sirloin steak...

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Cookbookery: Superquinn Releases Cookbook

In the wake of the news that Jamie Oliver’s latest book Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook has become the fastest selling non-fiction title of all time, it must come as no surprise that the big supermarkets are trying to muscle in on the action.  In fairness, they have a lot...

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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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