Marks and Spencer are currently running a 3 for €7 promotion, which covers a wide range of foods.  You can pick up three deli, ready meal or salad items items for €7 .  Today I got a lovely spinach and ricotta quiche (that will do for two lunchtimes), a portion of prawn cocktail and some [...]

Prices in the grocery sector continue to plummet. Today, Tesco announced the expansion of its Change for Good programme to nine Tesco shops in Dublin’s northside. The company promises a saving of up to 33% on your weekly shop, over 12,500 long-term price cuts, and a bigger choice of products than ever before. According to [...]

The stones of the path crunched beneath my feet, the sun’s rays were sliced by the forest, and coconut gorse and syrupy sweet foxglove scents filled the air. Above me, the sky was cloudless. I skipped along like a pixie in a Disney movie. A cute little rabbit crossed my path and darted into a [...]

People living or working in Dublin city centre who are tired of paying outrageous prices for coffee should check out this offer: €1 for takeaway coffee from Cafe Divino on Bachelor’s Walk. I picked up one of their lattes the other morning on the way to work, and they’re perfectly good – there’s no difference [...]

Two years ago – back when everybody except me ate gold for breakfast – takeaways were just another dinner choice, whatever day of the week. But now, I reckon people see them more as a treat; when you factor in your main meal, plus rice or naan, it can easily work out at €12 for [...]

The Irish Times’ Pricewatch column has lots this week for the food and value-obsessed: Conor Pope looks at money-saving guides, taste tests ready-made lasagne and reveals that supermarket salads can often be just as fatty as a fast food burger. The money saving guide info comes courtesy of mad collector Hunter Davies, who has a [...]

This week at Tesco, there’s a decent selection of half-price offers, including: Garnier Ambre Solaire Suncare Range (prices vary) Pringles (155g range) – reduced from €1.95 to 97c Fairy All in One Lemon Dishwasher Tablets (42s) – reduced from €11.19 to €5.60 Offers valid until Sunday July 5. Click here for more details.

For those of you living or shopping in Northern Ireland… Sainsbury’s current special offers are valid until July 7, and include: Sainsbury’s Italian Margerita Pizza (337g) – better than half price – reduced from £3.49 to €1.57 Nivea Moisturising Sun Lotion SPF15/ Sun spray SPF 15/ Sun Spray SPF 30 – Buy one get one [...]

Dunnes Stores continue to advertise their price drops this week, with a trolley of goods falling from €153.55 to €113.17. Meanwhile, special offers include: Dunnes Basted Large Roast Pork Loin – half price – €6.29 per kg HB Tangle Twister Multipack/ HB Tangle Chocolate Mini 8 pack (400-560ml) – half price – €2.49 Sqeez 100% [...]

Special offers at SuperValu this week include: Shaw’s Carved/ Crumbed Ham (130g) – reduced from €3.39 to €2 Danone Activia Fibre/ Fruit Range (4 pack) – reduced from €2.60 to €2 SuperValu Quality Irish Pork Loin Chops (butcher counter only) – half price – reduced from €10.69 per kg to €5.25 per kg Offers valid [...]