Lidl Half Price weekend offers 21st-22nd April

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Half Price weekend offer for weekend of 21st/22nd April.

Billed as 'Weekend Breakfast Offers'

400g Unsmoked Middle back Bacon rashers was £1.89 now 94p

4 Pack Branston baked beans was £2 now £1

Fresh Vine Tomatoes Loose was £1.99 per kg now 99p per kg

Oaklands Large, Flat Mushrooms 250g was £1 per pack now 50p per pack

Lynsey

Many thanks, cheap bacon.

I'm down to my last tin of beans also, so 8 tins will do (don't eat loads of beans).

Lynsey

redbiro

Probably Danish bacon;Saw a BBc documentary a few yr back sayin the pigs never leave there 1 cell confiment pen, but heard a podcast recently sayin the Danis treat animals great
As theyre the cheapest on bacon cant see how as it has to be imported; travel expense !

supersally01

Great thanx, the toms and mushrooms will be great to make soups, and getting low on beans too, so will stock up!!

bubbs

Great thanks , only said to DH this morning we need a baked bean offer as bought the last pack out of the shed! Will get about 10 me thinks lol

lillytoad

bubbs wrote: »

Great thanks , only said to DH this morning we need a baked bean offer as bought the last pack out of the shed! Will get about 10 me thinks lol

Its the same here, hope i can get 2 trays as the kids eat them like sweets. We have been buying the iceland bacon for a pound so will give this one a try aswell:beer:

optimistic

Time to restock the beans - down to the last tin in store cupboard! and i refuse to pay more than 4 for a £1.00
Will get some bacon, toms and mushrooms too - sounds like a good week end breakfast.;)

Gigervamp

Ah, I was wondering when the Branstons were going to be on offer again as I too am down to my last couple of tins!

katskorner

will be buying all of these - thanx

Lugh_Chronain

redbiro wrote: »

Probably Danish bacon;Saw a BBc documentary a few yr back sayin the pigs never leave there 1 cell confiment pen, but heard a podcast recently sayin the Danis treat animals great
As theyre the cheapest on bacon cant see how as it has to be imported; travel expense !

This might interest you, taken from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_bacon

In 2001, 5% of bacon consumed in Denmark was imported. During 2004 and 2005, bacon production was moved to Germany, and especially Poland where costs are lower. This almost immediately resulted in imports climbing to 75% and the price falling to one-third of Danish-produced bacon. However, the product is still marketed as Danish bacon, since it is produced from Danish pigs. In Danish shops, it is not possible to buy Danish sliced bacon that has been sliced in Denmark. Danish consumers have expressed unhappiness with what they perceive to be a deceptive practice. In the UK, slicing and packaging of Danish bacon continues to be carried out in UK plants owned by Danish Crown.

I also wonder about the claims made in the podcast you heard. The Danes are still currently using what are called sow stalls or gestation crates although these will be banned in Denmark from 2014. Sow stalls have however been banned in the UK, I doubt somehow the use of sow stalls will be found in any of the UK plants owned by Danish Crown. It is also claimed the use of sow stalls increases the animals' stress levels and also cause other welfare issues as well.

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~nezumi1/sowstalls.html

Lugh_Chronain

Incidentally, it appears that rearing and slaughtering isn't carried out in the UK plants owned by Danish Crown. In the UK it appears, only slicing and packaging of Danish bacon is carried out in UK plants owned by Danish Crown.

I realised my mistake after logging off this morning where I say I doubt the use of sow stalls will be found in any of the UK plants owned by Danish Crown.

According to the information on Wikipedia most plants have moved out of Denmark to more economically advantageous locations, this has partially happened to the slaughterhouses too, leaving Denmark to concentrate on just the raising of the pigs. And as mentioned above, no rearing or slaughtering appears to be being carried out at any of Danish Crown's UK plants, so it seems.

The conclusion appears that the animals' welfare when referring to the rearing of pigs in Denmark may not exactly be considered the best at the moment, especially by the consumer. At least not until after 2014 anyway.

I should have also posted the following article to keep this point balanced:

In Pig Farming, Growing Concern Raising Sows in Crates Is Questioned - Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer June 18, 2001