Cheapest supermarket to get your Easter lunch this week and prices start at just 15p
EASTER Sunday is nearly upon us, which means it’s prime time to pick up your supplies.
Major supermarkets have cut the prices of your lunch essentials to as little as 15p.
Many chains have revealed reductions in various vegetable items in recent days as a price war erupted.
But others have also launched special offers on legs of lamb and other add-ons too.
It’s important to note that customers need to be signed up for the supermarket’s loyalty schemes to get the deals in a lot of cases.
The exact items on offer vary from chain to chain.
We compared the prices of the must-have items to see where shoppers can pick up the cheapest Easter lunch.
To make it fair we picked specific items traditionally found on your lunch table and compared the costs across the supermarkets which have come out with deals in recent days.
We’ve included these special prices where relevant, and we compared price per kg where necessary.
The deals all begin this week so you don’t need to worry about your food going off before the big day.
As we get closer to Easter Sunday though, you may see further offers to be announced.
Remember it always pays to compare prices, you can do this using websites like Trolley.co.uk.
Plus keep an eye on deal-finding sites like HotUKDeals.
Below we reveal what each supermarket is offering for your Easter lunch.
Aldi – £16.52
- Ashfields Whole Leg Of Lamb – £5.69/kg (£14.23 for 2.5kg)
- White Potatoes (2kg) – 15p
- Quixo Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix 170g – 45p
- Quixo For Meat Gravy Granules 300g – £1.09
- White Cabbage – 15p
- Carrots 1kg – 15p
- Swede – 15p
- Large Brown Onions (3-pack) – 15p
Morrisons – £21.74
- British Whole Leg of Lamb – £6.49/kg with More Card (£16.23 for 2.5kg)
- Morrisons The Best White Potatoes 2kg – £1
- Morrisons Sage & Onion Stuffing 85g – 55p
- Morrisons The Best Lamb & Mint Gravy Granules 200g – £1.89
- White cabbage – 80p
- British Carrots 1kg – 19p with More Card
- Whole British Swede – 19p with More Card
- Morrisons Onions (3-pack) – 89p
Tesco – £19.35
- Tesco Lamb Whole Leg Joint – £6.50/kg with Clubcard (£16.25 for 2.5kg)
- Tesco All Rounder Potatoes 2kg – 15p with Clubcard
- Tesco Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix 170G – 45p
- Tesco Finest Lamb Gravy Granules 200g – £1.90
- Tesco White Cabbage – 15p with Clubcard
- Tesco Carrots – 15p with Clubcard
- Tesco Swede – 15p with Clubcard
- Tesco Brown Onions – 15p with Clubcard
Lidl – £15.14
- Birchwood Whole Lamb Leg – £5.69/kg (£14.23 for 2.5kg)
- British white potatoes 2kg – 15p
- Newgate Stuffing Mix 170g – 46p
- British carrots 1kg – 15p
- British Swede – 15p
It’s important to note that three items compared were not available to view online for Lidl – these are white cabbage, lamb gravy and brown onions.
We have contacted Lidl and will update this story and the total cost once received.
Sainsbury’s – £22.70
- by Sainsbury’s British or New Zealand Whole Leg Of Lamb – £6.50/kg with Nectar Card (£18.20 fixed price for 2.1kg to 2.8kg)
- White Potatoes 2kg – 15p with Nectar
- Sainsbury’s Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix 170g – 45p
- Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference Lamb and Mint Gravy Granules 200g – £1.70 with Nectar
- White Cabbage – 80p
- Carrots 1kg – 15p with Nectar
- Swede – 15p with Nectar
- Sainsbury’s Brown Onions x3 – £1.10
Asda – £17.84
- ASDA Tender Lamb Leg – £5.70/kg (£14.25 for 2.5kg)
- ASDA Extra Special British Potatoes 2kg – £1
- JUST ESSENTIALS by ASDA Sage and Onion Stuffing Mix 85g – 30p
- JUST ESSENTIALS by ASDA Gravy Granules – 50p
- ASDA White Cabbage – 80p
- ASDA Crunchy & Sweet Carrots – 15p
- ASDA British Swede – 15p
- ASDA 3 Crunchy & Fragrant Brown Onions – 69p
How to save on your supermarket shop
THERE are plenty of ways to save on your grocery shop.
You can look out for yellow or red stickers on products, which show when they’ve been reduced.
If the food is fresh, you’ll have to eat it quickly or freeze it for another time.
Making a list should also save you money, as you’ll be less likely to make any rash purchases when you get to the supermarket.
Going own brand can be one easy way to save hundreds of pounds a year on your food bills too.
This means ditching “finest” or “luxury” products and instead going for “own” or value” type of lines.
Plenty of supermarkets run wonky veg and fruit schemes where you can get cheap prices if they’re misshapen or imperfect.
For example, Lidl runs its Waste Not scheme, offering boxes of 5kg of fruit and vegetables for just £1.50.
If you’re on a low income and a parent, you may be able to get up to £442 a year in Healthy Start vouchers to use at the supermarket too.
Plus, many councils offer supermarket vouchers as part of the Household Support Fund.
Meanwhile, we reveal the exact dates supermarkets are slashing the price of their veg in the run-up to Easter.
Plus, here is the cheapest place to buy Easter eggs this week as Nestle treats are on sale for just 10p at discount supermarket.
Supermarket loyalty schemes - which has one?
MOST UK supermarkets have loyalty schemes so customers can build up points and save money while they shop.
Here we round up what saving programmes you’ll find at the big brands.
- Iceland: Unlike other stores, you don’t collect points with the Iceland Bonus Card. Instead, you load it up with money and Iceland will give you £1 for every £20 you save.
- Lidl Plus: Lidl customers don’t collect points when they shop, and are instead rewarded with personalised vouchers that gives them money off at the till.
- Morrisons: The My Morrisons: Make Good Things Happen replaces the More Card and rewards customers with personalised money off vouchers via the app.
- Sainsbury’s: While Sainsbury’s doesn’t have a personal scheme, it does own the Nectar card which can also be used in Argos, eBay and other shops. You need 200 Nectar points to save up £1 to spend on your card. You need to spend at least £1 to get one Nectar point.
- Tesco: Tesco Clubcard has over 17million members in the UK alone. You use it each time you shop and build up points that can be turned into vouchers – 150 points gets you a £1.50 voucher. Here you need to spend £1 in Tesco to get one point.
- Waitrose: myWaitrose also doesn’t allow you to collect points but instead you’ll get access to free hot drinks, and discounts off certain brands in store.
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