Supermarket deals, including discounted gift cards, free choc, new online supermarket customer offers
There are so many supermarket-specific deals that we’ve moved this section away from our food and drink deals page. We’ll keep adding to the page as new offers appear.
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Current offers & sales
Co-op: five freezer items for £5
Co-op is offering five freezer items for £5 for loyalty members (£6 if you’re not a member).
Included in the offer are:
- Chicago Town Deep Dish 2 Four Cheese Pizzas
- Birds Eye 12 Wholegrain Chicken Nuggets
- Birds Eye 10 The Original Potato Waffles
- McCain Oven Chips
- Nuii Salted Caramel & Australian Macadamia Ice Cream Bars
The ice creams alone cost £4.75, so you could save a fair amount with this offer. You have to be a Co-op member, which costs £1 for a year. However, there’s an offer at the moment that can get you a free £5 Argos voucher and £1 off your first order.
Iceland: 10 items for £10
Iceland is currently running a 10 for £10 multibuy offer. The offer is on Birds Eye products and includes pizzas, veggies, fish fingers and fish cakes, amongst other standard frozen items.
Most of the items in the offer would usually cost between £1.50 and £3, so it’s a good opportunity to fill up your freezer if these are items you’d usually buy anyway.
Morrisons: four items for £5 (ended)
If you have a Morrisons More card then you can get four frozen items for £5 until 29 September 2024.
The items are mostly McCain, Chicago Town, Bisto and Birds Eye products, such as fish fingers, potato waffles and pizzas. Morrisons has a full list on its website.
You can save between £2.16 and £7 with this offer.
Loyalty coupons and prices
Supermarket loyalty schemes often let you earn points as you shop, while others give you discounted prices or coupons – or a mix of all three!
Sainsbury’s: Great fruit & veg challenge (ended)
Activate the Great fruit & veg challenge tile in your Nectar app to collect additional Nectar points when buying fruit and veg at Sainsbury’s. Offer runs until 17 September 2024.
Waitrose: weekly MyWaitrose discounts
It’s worth checking your offers before you shop to see how much you can save on selected products. In 2024 it appears to be mainly 50p or £1 vouchers, which is a far way down on the £3 and £4 offers in previous years.
Here’s Andy full analysis of the scheme and how it works.
Co-op: Coupons via membership
You need to be a Co-op member to get this deal. which costs £1.
Once you’ve signed into the app or online account you’ll see various offers which change each week. You can add two to your account and they’re automatically redeemed when you swipe your card at checkout. We often see £1 off your shopping offers here, as well as money off categories (eg 25p off cheese) or specific items (eg 50p off coke).
Lidl: Coupons on Lidl Plus app
Download the Lidl Plus app and you’ll get new money off vouchers every Thursday.
You might also find one when you first sign up to save £5 when you spend £25. If it’s there it’s valid for 14 days from when you activate the app.
Lidl: Up to £20 back a month with Coupon Plus
There’s also a new offer called Coupon Plus. If you reach certain spending thresholds in the calendar month, you’ll get a coupon to spend.
The levels are:
- Spend £50 and get a free bakery item
- Spend £100 and get free crisps
- Spend £150 and get free juice or smoothies
- Spend £250 and you’ll get an extra 10% off your next shop (up to a maximum of £20)
You need to scan your Lidl Plus app when you shop to qualify for the offer.
The coupon will be added to you Lidl Plus app and you’ll have seven days to use it.
Obviously, this is only good if you are going to spend that amount anyway – it’s not a reason to buy things you don’t need.
Gift card offers
Cashback on supermarket gift cards
There are a number of apps that’ll give you money back when you buy gift cards, including some of the major supermarkets. Use these for your everyday shopping and you’ll be saving every time.
The key apps are:
- JamDoughnut
- Cheddar
- HyperJar
- TopGiftcards (via TopCashback)
We’ve written in more detail about them here, including some welcome offers to boost your savings.
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Cashback apps
You can often save a little extra on your groceries using supermarket cashback apps (read our review), and it’s worth checking to see if there are freebies.
An example week:
CheckoutSmart had free Rachel’s rice pudding at Morrisons, free Bahlens Pick Up biscuit bars at Sainsbury’s and free Little Dish kids meals at most supermarkets.
Over on Green Jinn there was free Kombucha and popped chips at Tesco, free Love Corn at Waitrose, Asda and Sainsbury’s and free protein shakes and pea milk at Morrisons.
While Shopmium offers included free oat milk at Sainsbury’s, free Iron Bru at Asda, Co-Op and more, free Rachel’s organic yoghurts at Waitrose and Sainsbury’s, free Jerky at Asda, Morrisons and Sainbury’s and free Diet Pepsi at Tesco. And don’t forget there’s also free Pringles for newbies (more on this below).
Shopmium: Free Dairy Milk Buttons
One – Shopmium – offers a freebie to get you started. Right now it’s a pack of Dairy Milk Buttons.
Previously it’s been a pack of pringles, tub of Ben & Jerry’s, a snack jar of Nutella and it used to be a bar of Lindt chocolate, and has at times been a box of cornettos. It should say when you download the app.
Use the code KHMYEEFW to activate the offer. Once you have signed up you’ll need to buy the item and then scan your receipt to get the money paid back.
There are always lots of other discounts and freebies on the app, so it’s worth browsing to see what else you can buy.
Grocery delivery offers
Ocado: 25% off for new customers
If you shop at Ocado for the first time and use the code VOU4435047 you’ll save 25% off your first order. You’ll also get free “Smart Pass” delivery for three months. Minimum spend £60, max discount £20.
It’s also worth checking your email to see if you’re an existing customer in case you get sent a similar deal.
Sainsbury’s: £15 off for new customers
New customers to Sainsbury’s online delivery service, can save £15 off their first order over £80 using the voucher code SCSEO24OC15. Valid until 31 October 2024.
Iceland: £5 off your first online shop
Use code ICEFIVEOFF to save £5 on your first online shop over £45. There’s also free next day delivery too.
Zoom by Ocado: 20% off your first order
New to the speedy grocery delivery apps is Zoom by Ocado. Available in West London only at this time. Get 20% off your first order with the code WELCOME20.
Morrisons on Amazon: £20 off each of your first three shops
If you’re new to Morrisons on Amazon, you’ll get £20 off each of your first three shops with the code NEW20OFF01, NEW20OFF02 and NEW20OFF03 for your first, second and third shops respectively. £70 minimum spend applies.
Amazon Fresh: £15 off each of your first three shops
Get £15 off a minimum spend of £60 on your first three shops with Amazon Fresh. Use the code WELCOMEFRESH at the checkout when you place your first order and the offer will be automatically applied to your next two orders. Offer expires 27 November 2024.
gopuff: 40% off your first three orders (expired)
Save 40% off your first three orders over £20 with the code 40FOR3. Maximum of £10 discount.
Snappy Shopper: £12 off your first order (expired)
Save £12 on your first order with Snappy Shopper using the code SNAPPY12. Minimum order of £12.
Out-of-date but good to eat
There are a couple of websites which sell food that’s past or close to its best before date – but still safe to eat (more on the different dates on food here). Be careful not to over-order tough (much of it is bulk buy), and check the initial, pre-discounted price hasn’t been inflated. Watch out for delivery fees too.
We have a full guide on discount supermarket food here.
Discount Dragon
Discount Dragon (formally Yankee Bundles) is particularly good for chocolate, especially after big season events like Easter and Christmas. There’s free delivery on orders over £20 and 5% off your first order.
Approved Food
It’s worth checking out the Approved Food website to see if there’s anything that takes your fancy. Along with food that’s just out of date there are products that are part of warehouse clearances.
Christmas bonus schemes
Christmas saver schemes 2024
Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Morrisons all tend to offer Christmas savings schemes. Depending on how much money you add to your account you’ll get a bonus reward. You can use your savings for any shopping in-store or online at the selected supermarket.
The table below shows the dates for 2024:
| Supermarket | Last date to add money | Bonus |
| Iceland | 6 November 2024 | 15% |
| Tesco | 17 October 2024 | 6% |
| Morrisons | 31 October 2024 | 3% |
| Sainsbury’s | 1 November 2024 | 5% |
| Asda Christmas Savings Card | 11 November 2024 | 5.3% |
| Asda Christmas Saver Cashpot | 3 November 2024 | TBC |
| Co-op | TBC | 4% |
For Waitrose, surely your headline should be spend £100 (2x£50) get £15 off,, not just £50!
Tesco Clubcard: Chance to win £500 in gift cards
When I select this I’m shown a page which states it’s unsafe and may be a scam
the strongbow ended a while ago
Andy, I’d be interested to know why the Nuii deal would not work with Morrisons – they have a 2 for £5 deal on at the moment too. Is it down to a difference in the receipt format between Asda and Morrisons?
Have used Shopandscan for several years. As we receive online deliveries and we need to check all the produce has been delivered, its hardly an inconvenience to scan the bar codes. Between scanning and sending copied of receipts, Christmas bonuses, completing food diaries, the Shopandscan Food on the Go App and surveys, I probably earn £200 a year.
Lidl offer has changed and you have to spend £250 and get 10% off your next shop instead of the £10
The Co op reward was reduced to 2%
Thanks Keith. Updated
Surely that £2 and £10 bonus on spend at Lidl has been running for months now?
Possibly. I don’t have a Lidl near me but it was pointed out to me just last week
Don’t you think you should mention that you get a REFERRAL BONUS when people use your Shopmium signing up code? I think you might be contravening the law otherwise.
Hi Jay, thanks for your interest. It’s good to keep an eye out for this. However, in this case, you’ve missed a few things.
If you read the top of this post, and any other which contain affiliate or referral links, you’ll see that it’s clearly stated that sometimes links will generate income, and there’s a link for futher information.
Something which I do which very few other sites do (possibly just MSE and one or two other bloggers) is to only write about and share deals which are the best deals, regardless of whether they generate income or not.
I hope this clears things up for you. Thanks for reading the blog.
Morrisons not back on my Airtime Rewards app.
Hmm, strange. It’s showing in the grocery tab for me
Not in mine either.
God some people are so sad, want others to do all the work and you just sit back and enjoy. While they find things out take time to let others know with no benefit for their time. Get a life.
I’ve downloaded new Lidl Plus App but no voucher £5 off when spend £25 is available any more.
This was only valid for those who downloaded this app and register with Lidl by 23/09/20
Thanks Zak
I just downloaded in April and got discount in UK, used it in Spain and cash backs and money off is better than UK.
Hi
Could you please clarify in what order Iceland uses the money from a bonus card? The Iceland website is silent about this. First the current balance then the savings made in August
Hi
Could you please clarify in what order Iceland uses the money from a bonus card? The Iceland website is silent about this. First the current balance then the savings made in August, then the is the credit bonus the last?
Yes, I looked for this but couldn’t find the info. I’d assume it takes the bonus first as it says that’ll disappear at the end of September, but I’m not sure for certain.
When you save on your Bonus Card and hit the £20 savings threshold the balance increases the same or next day by the normal £1 bonus. It looks like the “additional bonus” earned through August is going to be added in one amount between 31/8 & 4/09. So after that date the balance should increase by that amount accordingly. I don’t believe the Bonus Card is that sophisticated that it can distinguish between different types of money added to the balance & bonuses earned. So I’m taking it that as long as you spend as much or more than the additional bonus by the expiry date you will have used it up.
I can’t find the shopmium app – when I click on the ones listed that include the word shopmium it brings up a list but shopmium doesn’t seem to be on the list. Or am I having a senior moment?
It is available on both Android and Apple… if you’re struggling there is a desktop option, though it has less offers.
Can’t see free almond ice cream on checkoutsmart. Are you sure it’s valid ?
Hi Amit. It’s still showing on my and my wife’s accounts. It says “own brand chocolate almond ice cream”
Not on mine either