The Supermarket Easter Vegetable War Is Back! Grab Your Easter Veg From Just 8p!
- The Penny Pincher Team
- 6 days ago
- 4 min read
As the hours tick down to Easter, the supermarkets are doing everything they can to get you into their stores to buy your Easter supplies from them rather than a rival. A big sales tactic supermarkets use to get you into their stores is the veg war. At Easter and Christmas, most supermarkets will reduce the price of your seasonal dinner veggies to loss-leading super-cheap bargains!
Each supermarket chain offers slightly different variations of vegetables available, including potatoes, carrots, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, swede, and cabbage.
For example, available instore and online from 19th December, Asda shoppers will be able to purchase 1kg carrots (currently 69p), 500g sprouts (currently 85p), 360g broccoli (currently 79p) and 500g parsnips (currently 75p) for 8p each, until the 24th December.
Most of the cheap vegetable offers are available for Supermarket loyalty card holders in-store, so you'll need a loyalty card to ensure you don't miss out on the bargain prices!
Check the pack sizes, as not all deals are the same. Pack sizes can vary, so it’s worth comparing the weights. For instance, you might find one supermarket offering 15p carrots in an 800g bag, while a rival offers 15p for a kilo bag. At these prices, it’s unlikely to make a significant financial difference, but it’s still worth considering.
When Are The Cheap Supermarket Easter Vegetable Deals Live?
Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's veg offer is for Nectar customers.
White Potatoes (2kg): 15p with Nectar
Carrots (1kg): 15p with Nectar
Parsnips (500g): 15p with Nectar
Swede: 15p with Nectar
Brussels Sprouts (500g): 15p with Nectar
Nectar Prices run from Wednesday, April 16th, to Sunday, April 30th
Asda
The Asda offer runs from Tuesday, April 15th, to Sunday, April 30th
Carrots: 8p (1kg)
Parsnips: 8p (500g)
Swede: 8p
Potatoes: 8p (2kg)
Tesco
Tesco's veg offer is for Clubcard customers, and runs from Tuesday, April 15th, to Monday, April 21st
Carrots: 15p (1kg)
Broccoli 15p (375g)
Parsnips: 15p (500g)
Swede: 15p
All Rounder Potatoes 15p (2kg)
Morrisons
Morrisons veg offer is for More Card customers, and runs from Monday, April 14th, to Sunday, April 30th
Carrots: 8p (1kg)
Parsnips: 8p (500g)
Swede: 8p
Morrisons The Best Potatoes 2kg: £1.10 (normally £2.30)
Aldi
The Easter veggie Promotion runs from Tuesday, April 15th, to Saturday, April 19th
White Potatoes: 15p (2kg)
Carrots: 15p (1kg)
Broccoli: 15p (each)
Cucumber: 15p
Spring Onions: 15p
Loose Garlic: 15p
Lidl
These offers will be in stores Tuesday, April 15th, to Sunday, April 30th
British Parsnips: 15p (500g)
British Carrots: 15p (1kg)
Spring Onions 15p (bunch)
Green Beans 15p (220g)
British Swede: 15p (each)
White Potatoes: 15p (2kg)
Why are the supermarkets offering veggies at below-cost prices? It's simply a way to get you into their stores. They hope that if you are going to be coming in to buy your cheap veg from them, you'll also then buy the rest of your Easter requirements as well, such as your meat, pudding and booze and Easter eggs and that's much more profitable to them, so its better to lose a few pence on your vegetable purchase, but make a decent margin on the rest of your Easter goodies!
One point to note, on these cheap veg deals, is that when you see these veggies as yellow sticker bargains, as supermarkets look to clear out the veg before they get stuck with it after Easter, the retailers reduce the price of that clearance item from the normal price, not the loyalty card/promotion price, and so if those carrots are normally 50p per pack, and they knock 50% off, meaning you pay 25p, that's actually more expensive than paying the loyalty card price of between 15p and 19p, so might end up paying more for a yellow sticker pack, than a fresher pack, so check those prices!
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Buy now, eat later!
The vegetables will last a while, so why not stock up on extra cheap vegetables for cheap meals for the next few weeks?
You can extend the life of vegetables by freezing them. Par-cook potatoes, parsnips, and most other vegetables and then freeze them for another day. They'll last several months that way and can be useful meals for the coming weeks.
How to freeze vegetables for use another day
Most vegetables require blanching before freezing to preserve their colour, texture, and nutrients:
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. (Boil the water in the kettle and transfer it to the pan, as it's quicker and cheaper to do this)
Place vegetables in boiling water for 1-3 minutes, depending on the vegetable; soft vegetables need less, as you don't want them to cook fully and go mushy!
Immediately transfer blanched vegetables to an ice bath or into cold water to stop the cooking process.
Drain the vegetables and pat them dry.
Freezing Methods
Dry Pack Method
Place blanched and dried vegetables into meal-sized freezer bags or containers.
Remove as much air as possible from the bags to prevent freezer burn.
Leave 1/2-inch headspace in rigid containers for expansion.
Tray Pack Method
Arrange blanched vegetables in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Freeze for 1-2 hours until solid.
Transfer frozen vegetables to freezer bags or containers.
Frozen vegetables will last at least 6 months in the freezer. Theoretically, they'll never expire as long as they stay frozen, however, over time, they may be affected by 'freezer burn', which will affect the flavour or texture of the vegetable.