Waitrose Deals

Roses are red, violets are blue, we've rounded up the cheapest couriered roses for you! There's nothing like a dozen red roses on Valentine's Day, so surprise that special someone – without breaking the bank – with our round-up of the cheapest bouquets to have delivered direct to their door. 

• £25 for 12 red roses from Marks & Spencer. Big retailer M&S* offers free nominated or next day delivery via DPD, and a free gift message. Delivery dates are Thursday 9 until Tuesday 14 February. M&S told us you should order by 2pm on Monday 13 February for delivery on Valentine’s Day. Some postcodes require delivery 48 hours in advance and there are a few exclusions – see a list of longer delivery times and excluded postcodes*.

• £29.95 (including £4.95 delivery) for 12 red roses from Waitrose. Order from Waitrose and it'll deliver between Sunday 12 to Tuesday 14 February. Waitrose told us you should order by Monday 13 February for delivery on Valentine's Day, but to keep an eye on their website for a cut off time. You can use the code LOVEFREE until 11.59pm on Wednesday 1 February to get free delivery, but do note there are some postcodes it won't deliver to. 

Important: You can choose the date you want them delivered, and to make it for 14 February, M&S and Waitrose say you naturally must order by 13 February. However, as we note above, there's always a risk of flowers arriving late, so that's not a 100% guaranteed delivery slot. If you go for it, it's best to order ASAP in case the flowers sell out or delivery slots disappear.

We also spotted that Moonpig is offering 12 red roses and a card for £33.99 including delivery, but we’ve kept them out of our round up above as we were looking for flowers delivered for under £30.

These are some of the biggest UK sites that deliver flowers, but it might be worth calling your local florist to see if they have any offers running.

For card and gift deals, see the rest of our Valentine's Day Deals.

If you sign up for a myWaitrose loyalty card (hit 'Join myWaitrose' after clicking through), you can get a 'free' regular-sized tea or coffee in store every day from the self-serve machine, when you make a purchase and use your own reusable cup. Choose from Americano, cappuccino, latte or tea.

Some purchases are excluded, for example, 5p bags (see 'more info' below for full list), but a 16p banana should do it if all you're really after is a MoneySaving brew.

If you haven't got one already, you'll receive your physical myWaitrose loyalty card within five weeks of signing up via the link above. Alternatively, you can download a myWaitrose card via the app (available for free in App Store or Google Play store).

Then simply walk in with your own reusable cup (see below), make a purchase and swipe your card at the till. Then you can go and get your free drink.

Why do I have to provide my own cup?

Waitrose used to hand out disposable coffee cups for this freebie, but in 2018 it stopped this for environmental reasons (see our Waitrose ditches disposable cups news story). For where else you can save with a reusable cup, see MSE Rhiannon's Cup Discounts guide.

For other freebies, see our full list of Free Teas & Coffees.

There are always ways to save money at Waitrose* 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:

• Join myWaitrose. Sign up for a free myWaitrose loyalty card*, to get exclusive discounts on your shopping, as well as a free hot drink every day.


• 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 in shops 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.


• 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 Waitrose normally reduces its produce in our Cheap Supermarket Shopping guide.


• Check out similar retailers, eg, Ocado, Sainsbury's and the other major supermarkets. If you're not committed to buying from Waitrose, check out our deals from Ocado, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Morrisons and Lidl 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 Waitrose? 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 Waitrose*.
  
  

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.