Post Christmas food reductions

pumpkin89

Longwalker said:
Salmon is always to be found heavily reduced as well, especially whole fish

This must vary a lot by location.  Round here you are lucky to get a whole / side of salmon in the week before Christmas - most supermarkets run out!  Also, the weather is rubbish this week.  All in all I'm considering a move to NI 

DigSunPap

dealyboy said:

@DigSunPap said:

It depends on what you're buying. I am sure Christmas veg such as sprouts for example will come down in price a lot quicker due to the quicker expiry, but something that will keep longer i.e mince pies will probably hold their price into the new year.

What has happened the last few years is reduction of bags of the Christmas vegs by about 50% in the week before Christmas, not related to best befores, applying to sprouts, carrots, parsnips etc displayed in bulk at the front of stores.

Mince pies and Christmas cakes seem to carry on at the standard retail price until either sold out or reaching BBDs which can happen before and after Christmas.

Drinks like Baileys specials and sparkling wine go on special offers well before Christmas and go back to ultra high prices shortly afterwards.

Christmas chocolates go through a series of reductions immediately after Christmas until all sold out within about a week.

Unfortunately whisky is unaffected  .

If only they reduced the alcohol!

Longwalker

pumpkin89 said:

Longwalker said:
Salmon is always to be found heavily reduced as well, especially whole fish

This must vary a lot by location.  Round here you are lucky to get a whole / side of salmon in the week before Christmas - most supermarkets run out!  Also, the weather is rubbish this week.  All in all I'm considering a move to NI 

Come, its a great craic

Remember England in the 70/80;s? Thats where we are here

You do get used to the weather and learn to accept a :grand day: just means you didnt get wet  

MrsStepford

If you're buying alcohol for Christmas, suggest checking offers in October. You won't get buy 6 get 25% off, in December.

Longwalker

DigSunPap said:

dealyboy said:

@DigSunPap said:

It depends on what you're buying. I am sure Christmas veg such as sprouts for example will come down in price a lot quicker due to the quicker expiry, but something that will keep longer i.e mince pies will probably hold their price into the new year.

What has happened the last few years is reduction of bags of the Christmas vegs by about 50% in the week before Christmas, not related to best befores, applying to sprouts, carrots, parsnips etc displayed in bulk at the front of stores.

Mince pies and Christmas cakes seem to carry on at the standard retail price until either sold out or reaching BBDs which can happen before and after Christmas.

Drinks like Baileys specials and sparkling wine go on special offers well before Christmas and go back to ultra high prices shortly afterwards.

Christmas chocolates go through a series of reductions immediately after Christmas until all sold out within about a week.

Unfortunately whisky is unaffected  .

If only they reduced the alcohol!

Bells is £18 a litre in Tesco at the moment, Grouse £18.50, this I think is the last decrease until beginning of December , ie it will go back to the £25 mark and then come back down to the club card deal 

DigSunPap

Longwalker said:

DigSunPap said:

dealyboy said:

@DigSunPap said:

It depends on what you're buying. I am sure Christmas veg such as sprouts for example will come down in price a lot quicker due to the quicker expiry, but something that will keep longer i.e mince pies will probably hold their price into the new year.

What has happened the last few years is reduction of bags of the Christmas vegs by about 50% in the week before Christmas, not related to best befores, applying to sprouts, carrots, parsnips etc displayed in bulk at the front of stores.

Mince pies and Christmas cakes seem to carry on at the standard retail price until either sold out or reaching BBDs which can happen before and after Christmas.

Drinks like Baileys specials and sparkling wine go on special offers well before Christmas and go back to ultra high prices shortly afterwards.

Christmas chocolates go through a series of reductions immediately after Christmas until all sold out within about a week.

Unfortunately whisky is unaffected  .

If only they reduced the alcohol!

Bells is £18 a litre in Tesco at the moment, Grouse £18.50, this I think is the last decrease until beginning of December , ie it will go back to the £25 mark and then come back down to the club card deal 

Sounds like it could be wise to stock up now in that case

Rosa_Damascena

MrsStepford said:

If you're buying alcohol for Christmas, suggest checking offers in October. You won't get buy 6 get 25% off, in December.

Are you sure? I've got an Asda Christmas cash pot I was planning on spending on fizz and was hoping the 25% off 6 bottles+ would appear in late November.

Another one who agrees decent post-Crimbo reductions are few and far between: I was lucky in January to get some bar slabs of Christmas cake 75% off at Co-Op. I am going to make my own this year.

MSE_James

Yesterday in Waitrose...

Emmia

MSE_James said:

Yesterday in Waitrose...

I imagine the best before would mean they wouldn't be great for christmas, unless frozen...

dealyboy

I thought in Waitrose they put the price of yellow stickers up.