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Ongoing

In stores and online at Sainsbury's

Edizione 789 Di Mondelli Prosecco is £5 in store (find your nearest) and online at Sainsbury's

Please be Drinkaware.

Ongoing

Available all year. Online and in stores

If you go online to Sainsbury's or visit a store that stocks the Tu clothing range (find your nearest), you can get school uniform items (ages 2-16) from £3. Delivery's £3.95 and click and collect is free on orders over £15. 

What can you get?

Prices change depending on size. Some sizes are currently out of stock online, so it's worth looking in store if you can't find the size you want online.

Ongoing

In larger stores only

If you head into selected Sainsbury's stores (find your nearest), you can pick up a 'Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me’ box of surplus fruit and veg for £2, while stock lasts. The boxes contain fresh fruit and vegetables that would have otherwise gone to waste.

Sainsbury's says the boxes are a permanent feature, though they will be subject to availability. Look out for them in larger stores, rather than Locals (you can't get them online). 

If boxes are available, they'll be in the fresh produce aisle. What you'll actually get is completely random, though Sainsbury's did say typical contents could include: apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, courgettes, oranges, peppers, plums, red cabbage, and swede. 

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To give you a rough idea of how much of a saving you could make, we've made some calculations based on the products mentioned above:

  • One pack Imperfectly Tasty Gala apples (six in pack) – normally 90p (15p each)

  • One pack Fairtrade bananas (five in a pack) – normally 71p (14p each)

  • One loose broccoli – normally £1.92

  • One loose cauliflower – normally 95p

  • One pack courgettes (500g) – normally £1.29

  • Loose orange – normally 30p

  • Loose red pepper – normally 50p

  • One punnet of plums (400g) – normally 95p

  • Loose red cabbage – normally 65p

  • Loose swede – normally 65p

Based on the price of each individual item in the box, we've calculated that it would cost about £9 to buy it all separately – so we reckon buying a box for £2 is a good deal.

Don't live near a Sainsbury's? Try Lidl's similar fruit and veg box.

MSE Georgia-May says:

I managed to get my hands on a Sainsbury's veg box back in February and it had:

  • One pack of spinach (260g) – normally £1.50

  • Five loose easy peelers  – normally 30p each

  • Two loose peppers – normally 50p each

  • Two loose bananas (five in a pack) – normally 79p (16p each)

  • One loose avocado – normally 75p each

  • One loose broccoli – normally £1.92

  • Three loose plums – normally 30p each

  • Nine loose potatoes – normally £1.25 for one pack pack (2.5kg)


Based on what these items would usually roughly cost to buy individually, the total value came to £9.92. The side of the box advised it should be displayed until Sunday 26 February (I bought it on Monday 20 February), so with a shelf life of six days I think this is great value.

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Ongoing

Incl using supermarket coupons and tracking offers

There are always ways to save money at Sainsbury's* 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.

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

  • Track if it's really a bargain. Most of us know just because a supermarket lists an item as "on offer", that doesn't mean it's cheap. The trouble has been sorting awesome offers from poor promos. 

  • 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 Sainsbury's normally reduces its produce in our Cheap Supermarket Shopping guide.

  • Check out similar retailers, eg, Asda, Tesco and the other major supermarkets. If you're not committed to buying from Sainsbury's, check out our deals from AsdaAldiTesco, MorrisonsLidl 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.

  • Had a problem with Sainsbury's? There’s a free online tool you can use to complain – it helps draft, manage and if necessary escalate your complaint. It’s offered by a firm called Resolver, which we like so much we work with it to help people get complaints justice – you can use it to complain to Sainsbury's*.


     

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

Expired

A dozen red roses from £3.99

Our round-up of prices at major supermarkets

Over-commercialised spending is one of our bugbears – you should never feel the pressure to buy stuff just because the calendar tells you it's Valentine's Day. If you are planning to mark it with red roses though, make sure you're not paying over the odds. Bunches of 12 start from £3.99 at supermarkets, but in the past, stores have engaged in the 'war of the roses' and cut prices even further on the day itself.

SUPERMARKET

PRICE FOR 12 RED ROSES 🌹

Aldi
(find your nearest)

£3.99
Available now

Morrisons
(find your nearest*)

£4 if you've a free More Card*, £5 without
Available now

Asda
(find your nearest)

£4.27
Available now

Lidl
(find your nearest)

£4.49
Available now

Tesco
(find your nearest*)

£5
Available now

Sainsbury's
(find your nearest)

£6
Available now

Co-op
(find your nearest)

£8
Available now

M&S
(find your nearest)

£15
Available now

Waitrose
(find your nearest)

£15
Available now

Expect short-stemmed standard roses – we've not included any premium ranges. The cost of roses can shoot up if they are long-stemmed, or ethically/locally sourced. If you want more bang for your buck, consider alternatives such as tulips.

How to jazz up a £4/£5 bunch

With a bit of creative flair, you can make a £4/£5 bunch of supermarket roses look a lot more expensive for next to nothing. Wrap them in some attractive paper (no need to spend more than £1), attach a self-penned poem (get some inspiration from Google or ChatGPT) and you're sure to be in your loved one's good books.

Expired

Sainsbury's £18 Valentine's dine-in meal deal

Includes a starter, main, side, dessert and drink

From Tuesday 11 February, if you go online to Sainsbury's or into a store (find your nearest), you can pick up its £18 Valentine's dine-in for two meal deal until 11.59pm or store closing time on Sunday 16 February. The deal includes a starter, a main, a side, a dessert and a drink – though last year this was priced at £15 for the same quantity of items, so this is slightly worse value.

A few highlights we spotted on the menu include:

Starters 🥗

  • Twin pack luxury prawn cocktails

  • Olive & antipasti platter

  • Two cheddar & leek tarts

Mains 🥘

  • Beef sirloin steaks with peppercorn butter

  • Scottish salmon, spinach & cheddar en croute

  • Mushroom Wellington

Sides 🥦

  • Dauphinoise potatoes

  • Chunky triple cooked chips

  • Creamed spinach with a hint of garlic & nutmeg

Desserts 🍨

  • Sticky toffee pudding

  • Lemon tarts

  • Chocolate melt in the middle pudding

Drinks 🍷

  • Malbec red wine

  • Nozeco

  • Seville orange gin & tonic

Please be Drinkaware.

Visit our Supermarket coupons page for ways to save on the weekly shop.

Martin's Money Mantras

Use them

Before spending

If you answer 'NO' to any of the following questions, don't buy.

Are you

Not skint? Ask:

Will I use it?

Is it worth it?

Are you

Skint? Ask:

Do I need it?

Can I afford it?

Free protection for all shopping!

There's a little-known piece of legislation that turns any credit card into a financial self-defence superhero. 'Section 75' of the Consumer Credit Act means your plastic must protect anything you buy for more than £100 for free, so if there's a problem or the company goes bust, you can still get your money back.
And although Section 75 doesn't apply to debit cards, there is something else to fall back on if you've paid using a debit card, or used a credit card for a purchase under £100. Known as Chargeback, this is part of banks' and card companies' internal rules and not a legal requirement. Read full details of Section 75 or Chargeback, plus how to claim, in our guides.
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About Sainsbury's

Below are today's top Sainsbury's offers and voucher codes, fully checked and verified by the MSE Deals team. Often when there's a Sainsbury's discount code, it can only be used by new customers, but occasionally, Sainsbury's vouchers are available to all. So make sure you keep an eye on this page and follow us on Twitter @MSE_Deals for all the latest discounts.

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