Co-op Food Deals

Co-op is running its '£5 freezer fillers' meal deal, which gets you £11.95-worth of grub for a fiver. To get it, just look for the five specific items below at Co-op stores (find your nearest) by Tue 27 Aug. The offer's running at more than 50% of stores across the country - we've asked for a list of participating locations and will update here as soon as we have that information.

Make sure to purchase ALL of the following products to get the £5 deal:

• Young's 2x extra large battered fish fillets (320g)
  
• Young's 2x jumbo battered fish cakes (210g)
  
• McCain oven chips (750g)
  
• Co-op British garden peas (400g)
  
• Carte D'Or vanilla ice cream tub (1kg)

If a specific item is out of stock, Co-op tells us a substitute will be displayed alongside the other items. You'll still get the £5 offer if one or more of your five are specified substitute items.

Are you a student?

Thanks to Co-op's 10% student discount, those with a student card can get this deal for £4.50.

Are you a Co-op member?

If you've got a Co-op card (membership costs £1), you'll earn back 5% of your spend. That's 25p in this case.

Peruse our supermarket coupons for more ways to shave down the weekly shopping cost.

If you're a student with an NUS Extra or Totum card, you can get 10% off food and drink (exclusions are listed in 'more info' below) at participating Co-operative Food stores. Just show your card at the checkout to get the discount. Not all stores accept NUS Extra/Totum - check if your local store is participating.

Sign up to the newsletter at posh ice cream brand Jude's (you might have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the sign up box) to get a printable coupon sent to your email address for £1 off any 500ml tub.

The coupon is valid in store at Waitrose, Co-op, Budgens, Sainsbury's or Tesco (where stocked).

There are always ways to save money at Co-op, so even if there isn’t a cracking deal out there that works for you, don’t assume you can’t cut your costs further.

Ways to save include:

• Supermarket coupons. Make sure you check out our supermarket coupons page to save on your shopping.


• Compare the cost of your trolley. Compare the cost of your shopping at the major online supermarkets with MySupermarket*. Prices are often reflected in stores, so it's worth doing a check to see if any are cheaper than the Co-op for you.


• Take the Downshift Challenge. The phrasing and promotional language used in shops hypnotises us into thinking the most costly is best. While the packaging looks more opulent, look beneath to the actual product you're getting and sometimes you won't be able to tell the difference (often it's even made in the same factory). Take our Downshift Challenge.


• Time trips right to bag huge yellow sticker discounts. If you spot a yellow sticker discount - fantastic. Grab it and use it quickly as it's a saving on perfectly good nosh. See when Co-op normally reduces its produce in our Cheap Supermarket Shopping guide.


• Check out similar retailers, eg, Asda, Sainsbury’s and the other major supermarkets. If you're not committed to buying from Co-op, check out our deals from Asda, Aldi, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Lidl and Waitrose, where they may have a better offer.


• Try haggling. We polled 1,400 MoneySavers to find out in which shops hagglers have most success. Supermarkets did feature, so it's worth a go. Find out more in our Haggle on the High Street guide.

If you spot any hot deals out there we have missed (we are human after all!), please let us know. Email us at msedeals@moneysavingexpert.com or via MSE Facebook and Twitter @MSE_Deals.