Lidl deals

With Lidl Plus, including Mini Eggs, Smarties and Freddo

Lidl Plus members (free to join) can get selected Cadbury and Nestlé Easter eggs for 99p. The deal is available in-store at Lidl until Sunday 5 April. The following eggs are available:

• Cadbury Buttons 90g – next cheapest, £1.25 at Tesco via Clubcard

• Cadbury Freddo 90g – next cheapest, £1.25 at Tesco via Clubcard

• Cadbury Mini Eggs 95g – next cheapest, £1.25 at Asda and at Tesco via Clubcard

• Nestlé Smarties 100g – next cheapest, £1 at Tesco via Clubcard

• Nestlé Terry's Chocolate Orange 91g – next cheapest, £1.25 at Asda

No Lidl nearby? Tesco is offering £1 Nestlé Easter eggs.

1kg carrots, 500g parsnips, a swede and more

Planning a big roast for Easter? You'll want to hop to it this week to get mega-cheap vegetables. Much like we see at Christmas, some of the major supermarkets are reducing the price of selected packets of veg leading up to Easter.

So far, Aldi, Lidl and Morrisons have dropped the price of carrots, parsnips and a swede down to 4p. Aldi and Lidl are also selling other selected veg at 8p each. Sainsbury's and Tesco have knocked prices down to 15p a packet, while Asda is doing it slightly differently, running a 'five vegetables for £1' offer.

Supermarkets are constantly price matching, so we could see the cost of veg chopped even further, and we'll update here if there are any changes.

Here's the full list of where you can bag a veggie bargain:

Aldi, in stores
Available now until Sunday 5 April

• 4p parsnips (500g) – were 74p, saving 95%

• 4p carrots (1kg) – were 69p, saving 94%

• 4p swede (each) – was 62p, saving 94%

• 8p white potatoes (2kg) – were £1.32, saving 94%

• 8p brown onions (1kg) – were 99p, saving 92%

• 8p 'XL' loose garlic (each) – was 39p, saving 79%
  

Lidl, in stores
Available now until Saturday 4 April

• 4p parsnips (500g) – were 74p, saving 95%

• 4p swede – was 62p, saving 94%

• 4p carrots (1kg) – were 69p, saving 94%

• 8p white potatoes (2kg) – not usually sold

• 8p 'Deluxe' echalion shallots (300g) – were 99p, saving 92%

• 8p spring onions (bunch) – were 69p, saving 88%
  

Morrisons*, in stores & online, with More Card membership (free to join*)
Available now until Sunday 5 April

• 4p parsnips (500g)* – were 74p, saving 95%

• 4p carrots (1kg)* – were 69p, saving 94%

• 4p swede (each)* – was 62p, saving 94%
  

Tesco*, in stores & online, with Clubcard membership (free to join*)
Available now until Monday 6 April

• 15p potatoes (2kg)* – were £1.32, saving 89%

• 15p brown onions (1kg)* – were 99p, saving 85%

• 15p white cabbage* – was 89p, saving 83%

• 15p broccoli* – was 82p, saving 82%

• 15p parsnips (500g)* – were 74p, saving 80%

• 15p carrots (1kg)* – were 69p, saving 78%

• 15p swede* – was 62p, saving 76%

Sainsbury's, in stores & online, with Nectar membership (free to join)
From Wednesday 1 April until Sunday 5 April

• 15p white potatoes (2kg) – were £1.32, saving 89%

• 15p savoy cabbage (each) – was 75p, saving 80%

• 15p parsnips (500g) – were 74p, saving 80%

• 15p carrots (1kg) – were 69p, saving 78%

• 15p swede (each) – was 62p, saving 76%

Asda, in stores & online
Available now until Monday 6 April

Any of these five vegetables for £1 (20p each)

• Mild & sweet spring greens – 84p separately

• Broccoli – 79p separately

• Parsnips (500g) – 74p separately

• Carrots (1kg) – 69p separately

• Swede – 62p separately

• White potatoes (2kg) – 30p separately

If you bought the five most expensive vegetables for £1, you'd be saving 73%.

These are great deals, but only buy what you can use to avoid food waste. Make sure you have a plan for how you’ll store or use your vegetables. Rosemary Brotchie, Senior Specialist at the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) told us:

“While supermarkets selling cheaper vegetables over Easter makes it more affordable to feed bigger groups, it can be tempting to buy more than we need. Make vegetables last longer by storing them in the fridge – in fact, all fresh fruit and vegetables (including potatoes) should be kept refrigerated, apart from onions, bananas and whole pineapples. For vegetables that you may not use before they go off, the freezer is your friend – most fresh veg can be blanched then frozen, keeping it fresh for months to come.”

For full tips, see our 15 ways to stop wasting food and drink blog.

Looking for some culinary inspiration? Or know how you're going to make the most of your cheap veg? Let us know on the MSE Forum.

Via Lidl Plus app, which also includes weekly coupons. Excluding Northern Ireland

Sign up to the Lidl Plus app to get a free doughnut from the bakery section (normally about 50p) on your birthday, with no minimum spend. You'll receive the coupon in your Lidl Plus app on your birthday and will have seven days from then to use it. See full T&Cs.

Regular Lidl shopper? Check our full analysis of the Lidl Plus app offers.

Slightly past its best, but still edible. In stores nationwide, excluding Northern Ireland

If you head into a Lidl store (find your nearest), you can pick up a 5kg 'Waste Not' box of fruit and vegetables for £2, while stock lasts. The boxes contain 'edible but not perfect' fruit and veg, which are slightly past its best, but still safe to eat. This is currently an ongoing offer with no end date, but we'll update here if that changes.

These are available in stores in England, Scotland, and Wales, and found near the checkout area. They're subject to availability, so if you want one you'll need to be quick as there are only a limited number of boxes available each day. Lidl says any unsold boxes will be donated to local good causes.

What you'll actually get is completely random, as the boxes are made up on the day with whatever fruit and veg is looking past its best in each store. Some could be damaged or discoloured, but you'll be able to see what you're getting before you buy.

^{A box we spotted in Aug 2023 in a London branch of Lidl}

To give you a rough idea of how much of a saving you could make, when we picked up a box to check this deal out, we got:

• One 250g punnet of raspberries – normally £2.99

• Two bananas – normally 37p for two (£0.78/kg)

• Five apples – normally 89p for a five-pack (17p each)

• 13 satsumas – normally 95p for a 500g bag (£1.90/kg)

• Two pears – normally 95p for a 550g bag (£1.72/kg)

• One 500g pack of leeks – normally 69p for a 500g pack (£1.38/kg)

• Two aubergines – normally 69p each

• Three lettuce – normally 69p for a two-pack (34p for one)

• 13 potatoes – normally 91p for a 2.5kg bag (36p/kg)

• One punnet of black grapes – normally £1.09

Based on the price of each individual item in the box, we've calculated that it would cost over £10 to buy it all separately – so buying a box for £2 really does save a bunch.

Don't have a Lidl near you? Try Sainsbury's similar fruit & veg box.

When you spend up to £250 in a calendar month

New and existing users of the Lidl Plus app (download via App Store or Google Play) in England, Wales and Scotland will receive a 10% off voucher when spending £250 in a calendar month – up to a maximum of £20. If you spend £100 in a month, Lidl told us you will qualify for a free own-brand item, and then again if you spend £150.

Lidl Plus is also available in Northern Ireland, but tends to have different offers.

As well as money-off coupons, you can claim a free in-store bakery item when you've spent at least £10 in a month. To track the amount spent, scan your virtual Lidl Plus card (within the app) each time you shop. Of course, this shouldn't be an excuse to overspend, but it could be a nice bonus when doing your normal shopping anyway.

Once you've reached the spend target, your coupons should appear automatically in the Coupons section of the app. You can't get change from the coupons, and you'll need to use them within seven days of issue at any Lidl store in the UK (find your nearest).

The qualifying spend excludes infant formula, and coupons can't be used on alcohol or infant formula.

What else you can get from the app – 20% off in-store bakery items and weekly coupons

Check the 'Coupons' section of the Lidl Plus app weekly for extra offers. You can get 20% off all in-store bakery items on Monday to Saturday (excluding bank holidays) from 7pm until closing time.

Every Thursday, you'll be offered a different selection of item-specific coupons valid for one week. When we checked, you could get 20% off cookies and 15% off salted nuts, bacon and stonebaked pizzas.

The Lidl Plus app for Northern Ireland customers

To use the app, select Northern Ireland when signing up. Each week, the app will have 10 coupons for selected products, usually up to 33% off. MoneySaver Glenda K told us she's previously seen 33% off organic honey, 30% off smoked bacon and 25% off ground coffee.

How to use the Lidl Plus app

Scan your virtual card at the till or self-service till each time you shop. Spend coupons by loading them onto your virtual card, then scanning your card before paying. You can use more than one coupon at the same time, but Lidl says there may be a limit of six promotional items per customer.

For more ways to save on the weekly shop, whichever supermarket you frequent, see our supermarket coupons.