Co-op meal deals

Feral_Moon

PasturesNew wrote: »

Whenever I look at these CoOp offerings, I see one thing I'd be OK to buy, 2 things I could get cheaper elsewhere and 2 things I'd never normally buy/don't need..... and, one CoOp deal would take up 1/3rd of my freezer space, so I'd need to get a rush on and eat my way through it.

Same here. I would never buy frozen chips/wedges, much cheaper to make my own and cooks in the same time. I also wouldn't buy mechanically reformed poultry/meat/fish so that rules out many of their options. As to ice cream, I actually prefer Aldi's Giovanni ice cream to the over rated Haagen Daas.

Feral_Moon

MysteryMe wrote: »

Also the Aldi pizza at 405 gms so is 75 gms smaller than the Goodfellas one which is 490 gms. There also appears to be a garlic dip with the co op pizza.

Oh whoopee do, it's a mouthful smaller but I can guarantee is much healthier and more tasty.

Feral_Moon

MysteryMe wrote: »

You could also quite easily spend more than the 43p travelling to an Aldi which for many people are not around the corner whereas a co op is much for likely to be. I also get a dividend so nothing wrong with the co op deal as far as I am concerned.

I agree with this as my "local" Aldi is around 15 miles away. I only posted the prices to illustrate how the Coop is trying to get people to buy certain products by fooling them that they're saving over half the price they usually charge.

There's not a single thing from this latest offer that I would ever buy, even at the "reduced" price.

MysteryMe

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Oh whoopee do, it's a mouthful smaller but I can guarantee is much healthier and more tasty.

You can't guarantee anything with regards to taste, it is personal preference.

You may also want to acquaint yourself with basic arithmetic. The difference in size is not a mouthful smaller, unless you have a particularly big mouth.

Money_maker

This is a Co-op meal deals thread, not sure why it's constantly re-visited by those who don't eat their products or prefer to buy at Aldi? I rarely use Co-op but these deals tend to be quite good value for money. Aldi is too far for me and perhaps for some others checking out a Co-op deals thread.

dlusman

Money_maker wrote: »

This is a Co-op meal deals thread, not sure why it's constantly re-visited by those who don't eat their products or prefer to buy at Aldi? I rarely use Co-op but these deals tend to be quite good value for money. Aldi is too far for me and perhaps for some others checking out a Co-op deals thread.

Because these deals from the co-op are normally very poor value , and the stated saving are ridiculously high

captainbeaker

dlusman wrote: »

Because these deals from the co-op are normally very poor value , and the stated saving are ridiculously high

I agree the price savings quoted are high but the general rrp for hagan das is £4.99 etc, not that anyone would pay that it's always on sale somewhere.
But the £5 offer for known branded foods is a good deal and done to entice customers in and hopefully buy some things too.

Feral_Moon

They're also running another £5 meal offer too. A steak/chicken pie, mash, veg and trifle. Even worse value for money!

davidrpj1

Next £5 offer on until 8th November at selected stores:

http://www.co-operativefood.co.uk/5-frozen-meal-deal/

Little Italy Lasagne - 1kg
Co-op British Garden Peas - 400g
Fullers Little Italy Garlic Dough Balls - 120g
McCain Oven Chips - 750g
Walls Carte D'or Ice Cream - 900ml

dlusman

davidrpj1 wrote: »

Next £5 offer on until 8th November at selected stores:

http://www.co-operativefood.co.uk/5-frozen-meal-deal/

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As an aside - The participating stores list must be in the least helpful order possible. Whoever decided to do it like that must have a warped sense of humour - or no sense whatsoever of customer service.