Last Minute Bargains Before Xmas

kr1664uk

Whats The Best Time To Call At The Super Markets Before They Close To Get Some Great Bargains.im Thinking Xmas Eve But What Time For Which Store..

janaltus

At my local Sainsbury's the best bargains are to be had in the final hour before closing. Throughout the day they put the usual "discount" orange stickers on stuff approaching the Sell By Date (showing a discount, but usually not that big a discount). But come the last hour of the shopping day ... you find or approach one of the shop assistants who is wielding a sticker gun and a bar code reader (they hang around the cut price section) and they recalculate the price of the "orange sticker" goods you are interested in (and holding in your hand or in your basket). I've seen them recalculate a joint of beef down from £14.00 to £1.40, cakes from £10 to £1 and many items go for just 10 pence.

Anyway, for what it is worth, that is my experience. But the best bargains are at my local street market, where in previous years I've been sold a sack - a full sack - of Brussel sprouts for 50 pence (on Christmas Eve).


Happy hunting!

zombie_tennants

im going to check out the supermarkets this year, got some good reduced stuff last year

Hizz

Morrisons reduce their items regardless of original price to just 9p!

Most supermarkets have to clear this type of dated chilled stock at whatever price - even if it's for 1p.

If they don't, the original full price comes off their waste budget allowance, and they may get told off by head office for not managing stock levels well enough!

spaceman5

Hizz wrote: »

Morrisons reduce their items regardless of original price to just 9p!

Most supermarkets have to clear this type of dated chilled stock at whatever price - even if it's for 1p.

If they don't, the original full price comes off their waste budget allowance, and they may get told off by head office for not managing stock levels well enough!

well i dont know about other supermarket chains, but morrisons gets fresh and chilled products allocated to them by head office, the stores have no control or very little control on what stock levels they have, so it would be very hypocritical for head office to start complaining about waste when it is them that potentially sends in too much stock in the first place.

ben500

spaceman5 wrote: »

well i dont know about other supermarket chains, but morrisons gets fresh and chilled products allocated to them by head office, the stores have no control or very little control on what stock levels they have, so it would be very hypocritical for head office to start complaining about waste when it is them that potentially sends in too much stock in the first place.

Your right in part, however the store is still required to manage the stock levels they are presented with, ie promote or reduce where applicable.

funnyfreckle

Hi there - anybody have any advice about what is a good time to call in to Tescos on Christmas Eve for last minute bargains and what to look out for?

Many thanks and Happy Christmas

Liverbird

We were in Tescos about 2pm ish last christmas eve and got loads of fresh fish and a turkey reduced to silly prices. Also handy to hang around the butchers counter as they sell any cut meat off really cheap too.

mrsscrooge1

Just back from Mr T - everything 10p in the reduced section - smoked salmon, finest souffles and lots more. I think they will start reductions early tomorrow. Last year all the salmon had gone for a fiver each in sainsburys by midday.
No room in my fridge or freezer now so guess I will have to start munching.

CHR15

janaltus wrote: »

I've been sold a sack - a full sack - of Brussel sprouts for 50 pence (on Christmas Eve).

Happy hunting!

50p for a [STRIKE]scrotum [/STRIKE] Sack full of the Devils Testicular??? They saw you coming!!

greyskittles

I was in Asda (south shields) today and stuff's getting reduced already... the bananas were cheap, 20p a kilo. They weren't overly ripe or anything, still quite green. Needless to say we now have enough bananas to feed an army as my mam gets carried away when she sees a reduced sticker...

We were is Asda last xmas eve until they literally kicked us out, and there was loads of super-duper cheap stuff so we will be back there again tomorrow!