Was this a Christmas bargain or what?

okidoki987

2.30pm today no turkey bought :eek: so headed off to Dunnes.
3.30pm, 50% off turkeys & turkey crowns
Went in, picked up a monster 9kg turkey at €54.99 with 50% off.
Over to self scan till, scanned at what I thought was €41 odd, looked again
and it was actually €41 odd OFF so ended up getting the turkey for €13.75

Atlantic Dawn

Bargain, enjoy.

On a side note, normally there's LIDL/ALDI sell offs of cheap Turkeys each year, didn't see any posts about them today.

fepper

Was there normal price about 3€ a kg

whiteshorts

I never pay full price at Christmas, always wait until Christmas Eve to buy nearly everything apart from booze.
Got some cracking bargains over the years.
I'm sure I will end up one Christmas with no turkey but so far so good.

okidoki987

On a side note, normally there's LIDL/ALDI sell offs of cheap Turkeys each year, didn't see any posts about them today

In previous years they did.
Lidl was always around 30% off and 30% off again this year.
Aldi was half price usually after lunchtime CE but for some reason
they didn't this year.
Asked one of the staff and he said they weren't reducing them, Stillorgan had about 30 turkeys of all sizes left at 4pm which is a lot to offload.

okidoki987

Was there normal price about 3€ a kg

The normal price of the one I got was €6 a kilo but prices varied greatly depending on what sort (ordinary/free range/organic/bronze etc) you wanted.

uck51js9zml2yt

tesco on stephens day will probably see them reduced

okidoki987

tesco on stephens day will probably see them reduced

Thought Tesco now give their perishable food to charity?

AMKC

okidoki987 wrote: »

In previous years they did.
Lidl was always around 30% off and 30% off again this year.
Aldi was half price usually after lunchtime CE but for some reason
they didn't this year.
Asked one of the staff and he said they weren't reducing them, Stillorgan had about 30 turkeys of all sizes left at 4pm which is a lot to offload.

Id say they will give what they do not sell to charity. Aldi do that a lot now the same with Tesco.

utyh2ikcq9z76b

Yeah went to tesco and no real reductions, few years ago a mini riot happened, seen people wrestling over a full salmon for €1

byte

AMKC wrote: »

Id say they will give what they do not sell to charity. Aldi do that a lot now the same with Tesco.

Yeah, the Mrs asked a staff member in the local Aldi, apparently they're now freezing them and offering them to charity, as too many got dumped in previous years.

godtabh

Remember Tesco 3/4 years ago? They couldn’t give them away. Lost millions on unsellae turkeys

murphyebass

I admire the balls it takes for ye to wait till Xmas eve to buy a turkey.

Id be shot if I didn't find one so wouldn't take the risk, however small it probably is.

Local butcher did a ham (1.7kg) and a turkey (1.8kg) for €35.

Good price and I like supporting the local butcher.

clairewithani

+1 on too scared to wait for turkey till Xmas eve but wouldn't mind cheap turkey in the freezer for Easter

RobbingBandit

They were selling the deli counter turkey and ham off too got €38 worth for €6 no cooking meat for me today. Big slab of each already prepared.

Bullocks

RobbingBandit wrote: »

They were selling the deli counter turkey and ham off too got €38 worth for €6 no cooking meat for me today. Big slab of each already prepared.

I know someone that does this , gets it sliced in the deli aswell . Just needs to make spuds ,carrots and gravy !

clairewithani

Bullocks wrote: »

I know someone that does this , gets it sliced in the deli aswell . Just needs to make spuds ,carrots and gravy !

Some people are genius.

RobbingBandit

Tbh I was homeless four years ago on Christmas so spotted they slash the perishable foods on Christmas eve then so I have been buying it since.

clairewithani

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Tbh I was homeless four years ago on Christmas so spotted they slash the perishable foods on Christmas eve then so I have been buying it since.

Things going ok for you now?

Bullocks

clairewithani wrote: »

Some people are genius.

She doesnt fall under that category , but she was never able to cook a meat without ruining it so figured this was a safer option

clairewithani

Bullocks wrote: »

She doesnt fall under that category , but she was never able to cook a meat without ruining it so figured this was a safer option

Sounds genius to me. Cheap meat, no cooking and it's even cut for you. Beats my Christmas efforts anyway

Bullocks

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Tbh I was homeless four years ago on Christmas so spotted they slash the perishable foods on Christmas eve then so I have been buying it since.

Fair play , thats a tough station . hope the years are getting much better for you

RobbingBandit

clairewithani wrote: »

Things going ok for you now?

Yeah thankfully long road still but am glad of the things I learned on it.

RobbingBandit

Ten Pin wrote: »

Sounds like something off Sesame Street

Or Mr Bean on his head, or Joey in friends.

okidoki987

. Just needs to make spuds ,carrots and gravy !

OMG
NO Sprouts? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

okidoki987

Sounds like something off Sesame Street

That's what I thought.

Just about got it into the oven this morning without having to cut the legs off!.
Now just have to wait 6 (:eek:) hours for it to cook.

Conchurl

I got a 7kg and an 8kg turkey for €23.75 yesterday in dunnes they just went to 75% off as I picked them up I had a €10 off €40 voucher so I got a few bottles of cider aswell

tayto lover

okidoki987 wrote: »

2.30pm today no turkey bought :eek: so headed off to Dunnes.
3.30pm, 50% off turkeys & turkey crowns
Went in, picked up a monster 9kg turkey at €54.99 with 50% off.
Over to self scan till, scanned at what I thought was €41 odd, looked again
and it was actually €41 odd OFF so ended up getting the turkey for €13.75

It will have to be left for a few days to thaw out though before you cook it.

okidoki987

It will have to be left for a few days to thaw out though before you cook it.

Nope, fresh not frozen.

Mikewalsh

I suppose it's a bargain if you want to eat a cheap turkey

Cantona's Collars

Mikewalsh wrote: »

I suppose it's a bargain if you want to eat a cheap turkey

It wasn't cheap originally.

Aldi when they open on Wednesday will probably have theirs reduced. Picked up turkey,hams etc. for small money last year. We usually do a big feed on New Year's too so they come in handy.

sdanseo

okidoki987 wrote: »

OMG
NO Sprouts? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Christmas without sprouts...sacrilege.

jay0109

Just for the record, Aldi did have 50% off turkeys in my local branch on xmas eve at 5pm when I called in for something else.
There was about 30 of them left at various sizes and no one paying them much attention

uck51js9zml2yt

Tesco Cabra are half price now