Best time to hit the 'Reduced To Clear' section?

[Epona]

Iceland is sometimes good for heavily reduced price freezer cabinet Xmas desserts between Xmas and the New Year - last year the offerings were a bit lean, but the year before we put on more weight during January than over Xmas due to all the cheap fancy desserts we put away...

 

[Dogsauce]

Sainos had loads of the fancy vegan stuff at half price or less today, the stuff that‘s normally stupid expensive like four quid for a few sausages was all about £1.50. Got my fake pigs in blankets sorted.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Rumour has it, if you live in London, there's shit loads of booty in the central London Waitrose and M&S's shops, as obviously everyone had run a mile due to covid. Outside so, I was lucky to get a bottle of Baileys earlier, its carnage.

 

[krtek a houby]

It's bargain time with the official Olympic t-shirts round our way. Reduced from the equivalent of 15 quid to 1.40

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[8ball]

It's bargain time with the official Olympic t-shirts round our way. Reduced from the equivalent of 15 quid to 1.40

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Has a boycott been announced or something?

 

[krtek a houby]

Has a boycott been announced or something?

Nah, sadly. These are leftover merch from this Summer/last Summer

 

[brogdale]

Rumour has it, if you live in London, there's shit loads of booty in the central London Waitrose and M&S's shops, as obviously everyone had run a mile due to covid. Outside so, I was lucky to get a bottle of Baileys earlier, its carnage.

The one up behind St Paul’s has long been a festive happy hunting ground for the Brogdales.

 

[killer b]

Good luck out there today everyone.

 

[Carvaged]

I found where most of the shop's discounted food is now going - there's a skip of it chucked out back in the car park

Anyway, just picked these up. For shop bought rolls, they aren't too bad

 

[Epona]

I found where most of the shop's discounted food is now going - there's a skip of it chucked out back in the car park

Anyway, just picked these up. For shop bought rolls, they aren't too bad

Oh those have been discussed on the burger thread, they make good burger buns apparently!

 

[ska invita]

yeah the clearance section was busy in tescos as they clear for xmas
i got a few bits, highlight my favourite linda mcartney hoisin fake duck and pancakes

 

[High Voltage]

I found where most of the shop's discounted food is now going - there's a skip of it chucked out back in the car park

Anyway, just picked these up. For shop bought rolls, they aren't too bad

And they freeze perfectly well

 

[Sue]

The one up behind St Paul’s has long been a festive happy hunting ground for the Brogdales.

The M&S on Gracechurch St in the City used to be great as they'd always have a load of stuff to offload on a Friday (was closed at weekends). Round Christmas, was even better -- loads of well within date stuff reduced to 20p.

 

[A380]

My Waitrose closes at 1800 today . Got my alarm set… two years ago got £70 of free range turkey for £10…

 

[brogdale]

The M&S on Gracechurch St in the City used to be great as they'd always have a load of stuff to offload on a Friday (was closed at weekends). Round Christmas, was even better -- loads of well within date stuff reduced to 20p.

Bet there's loads of their (office) party stuff going this year.

 

[quiet guy]

Aldi have posted on FB that all meat prices are reduced to save them throwing it in the waste

 

[Sue]

Just been to a biggish M&S fooodhall. Reasonably busy but not ridiculous. Lots of fresh stuff dated tomorrow that they're yellow snickering but with rubbish reductions (like £3 reduced to £2.25, £4 reduced to £3).

Not sure what time they close but guessing they'll have to reduce stuff again..? (Loads of people were having a look but weren't buying. There certainly wasn't anything that tempted me apart from what went in for in the first place.)

 

[brogdale]

Just been to a biggish M&S fooodhall. Reasonably busy but not ridiculous. Lots of fresh stuff dated tomorrow that they're yellow snickering but with rubbish reductions (like £3 reduced to £2.25, £4 reduced to £3).

Not sure what time they close but guessing they'll have to reduce stuff again..? (Loads of people were having a look but weren't buying. There certainly wasn't anything that tempted me apart from what went in for in the first place.)

Hang in there; the fuckers play chicken with the stuff.

 

[nogojones]

Just been to a biggish M&S fooodhall. Reasonably busy but not ridiculous. Lots of fresh stuff dated tomorrow that they're yellow snickering but with rubbish reductions (like £3 reduced to £2.25, £4 reduced to £3).

Not sure what time they close but guessing they'll have to reduce stuff again..? (Loads of people were having a look but weren't buying. There certainly wasn't anything that tempted me apart from what went in for in the first place.)

M&S tend to do two reductions. The first shite, that doesn't even bring it down to the cost from a normal supermarket, then the proper one 15-30 minues before the shop shuts that's a bit more realistic

 

[brogdale]

M&S tend to do two reductions. The first shite, that doesn't even bring it down to the cost from a normal supermarket, then the proper one 15-30 munites before the shop shuts that's a bit more realistic

Ahh..you're reminding me of the 10p/pot of posh custard year!

ate so much of the fucking stuff

 

[Sue]

M&S tend to do two reductions. The first shite, that doesn't even bring it down to the cost from a normal supermarket, then the proper one 15-30 munites before the shop shuts that's a bit more realistic

It's pissing down with rain and not bothered enough to go back out tbh. (Especially when i could be opening a bottle of wine...)

 

[A380]

My Waitrose closes at 1800 today . Got my alarm set… two years ago got £70 of free range turkey for £10…

Disappointed. Lots of Turkeys( c 20 all half price or less) but nothing else…. Boo for efficient stock control…

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It's bargain time with the official Olympic t-shirts round our way. Reduced from the equivalent of 15 quid to 1.40

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Oh man, I'd quite like one for me and the family. We all had tickets. . . Twice.

 

[paul russell999]

For no apparent reason, I've been photographing my reductions and putting them on Twitter for several years - with the tag #todaysreductions - must be hundreds on there. Sadly, the glory days of 10-fold M&S reductions are long gone - much more modest reductions over the past couple of years. (My Twitter handle thing is @paulrussell99 but I don't think you need that.)

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Nothing in the whole world enrages me more than a paltry discount on a yellow sticker. What goes through someone's mind when they decide to only knock off a pathetic 5p on a £7 joint of meat that goes out of date the next day, for example? They ought to be asking themselves some serious questions and be throughly ashamed. If I was in charge, I would knock off the whole amount apart from 5p.

 

[Epona]

Nothing in the whole world enrages me more than a paltry discount on a yellow sticker. What goes through someone's mind when they decide to only knock off a pathetic 5p on a £7 joint of meat that goes out of date the next day, for example? They ought to be asking themselves some serious questions and be throughly ashamed. If I was in charge, I would knock off the whole amount apart from 5p.

This, my disappointment when visiting Morrisons yesterday - they had some joints of meat but they all were on the last day of their use by and they hadn't taken much off the price, I was really hoping to pick up something that was a bargain but no joy. At least in terms of meat - the yellow stickered veg was stacked high in crates - loads of bags of parsnips and carrots and sprouts which I didn't want, but I picked up 2 punnets of chestnut mushrooms for 20p each and a large bag of courgettes (which I know last for ages after the best before if stored properly) for 60p. And some Gu Lime cheesecakes at half price. So I was relatively happy with that, even if the reduced meat was a disappointment.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

This, my disappointment when visiting Morrisons yesterday - they had some joints of meat but they all were on the last day of their use by and they hadn't taken much off the price, I was really hoping to pick up something that was a bargain but no joy. At least in terms of meat - the yellow stickered veg was stacked high in crates - loads of bags of parsnips and carrots and sprouts which I didn't want, but I picked up 2 punnets of chestnut mushrooms for 20p each and a large bag of courgettes (which I know last for ages after the best before if stored properly) for 60p. And some Gu Lime cheesecakes at half price. So I was relatively happy with that, even if the reduced meat was a disappointment.

Id be very tempted to write an incredibly strong letter of complaint to Morrisons at the shoddy treatment on offer for hardened bargain hunters. Such miserly behaviour offering stuff like sprouts on the cheap but none of the decent swag such as meat joints. That meat will probably end up covered in bleach in the industrial bins out the back. So much for the season of goodwill!

 

[Epona]

Id be very tempted to write an incredibly strong letter of complaint to Morrisons at the shoddy treatment on offer for hardened bargain hunters. Such miserly behaviour offering stuff like sprouts on the cheap but none of the decent swag such as meat joints. That meat will probably end up covered in bleach in the industrial bins out the back. So much for the season of goodwill!

I know it sounds like a daft thing to get disappointed about, but there are a whole swathe of us who don't get to eat some of the nice stuff unless it's yellow stickered - we aren't poor to the point of being reliant on a food bank, but I can't afford steak/chops/roasting joints normally and I live for a good yellow-stickererd treat once in a while!

I swear there used to be better deals.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Three xmas puddings for £1 each. Good until 2023.

 

[seeformiles]

Paid just under a fiver for nearly 3lbs of vintage Swiss Gruyere in Waitrose as it was “going out of date” (nearly £30 at full price). Looks like fondue is on the menu sometime this weekend