Yahoo Finance Eat out for £1 and money saving for parents: this week's deals and discounts
There’s a great bunch of money-saving deals and discounts for you to grab this week, including a main course for a pound and money-saving for mothers.
But remember, a bargain is only a good deal if you were planning to splash out on it anyway.
Italian or French main course for £1
Vouchercloud has a couple of decent exclusive offers at the moment for hungry bargain-seekers. At restaurant chains Bella Italia and Café Rouge you can get a main course for a quid, if you buy one at full price.
You’ll need to be quick to get the deal at Café Rouge – it ends on Sunday 4 March. Details here.
You have until almost the end of the month to visit Bella Italia and get the deal – it finishes on 29 March. Go here for details.
Eat quickly at bargain prices!
If you don’t mind buying food that’s close to its sell-buy-date you can get a basket-full of discounts.
The website Approved Food is chock-full of offers of cut-price food.
The site says: “We specialise in surplus and short-dated stock, food that is either near or just passed its ‘best before’ date – allowing us to pass on huge savings to our customers.”
It’s a great idea – save food waste and save money!
Bonus cashback for shopping at Sainsbury’s
New shoppers at Sainsbury’s can get £3.15 off a shop while existing Sainsbury’s customers can get an extra £1.05 every time they shop via TopCashback.co.uk.
You’ll need to log into the cashback site and then link to shop online at Sainsbury’s, but if you were going to shop there anyway, you can get the equivalent of a free pack of biscuits by using the link.
The deal is ongoing which means there’s an extra £1.05 every time you shop. Find more information at TopCashback.co.uk/Sainsburys
Money-saving for parents
Join the Mothercare club to get access to discounts such as 20% off maternity clothing.
It also offers exclusive member-only early access to sales and more than £100-worth of vouchers.
£29 hotel treat for mum
Budget hotel chain Travelodge has a Mother’s Day Travel Offer of 22,000 rooms from £29 during stay dates from 9-12 March.
To book, visit www.travelodge.co.uk, although you can forget the idea about a London treat, hotels in the capital are excluded from the offer.
Free mackerel
There’s nothing fishy about this deal – you can get a free pack of Princes Mackerel by going here and filling in your details.
Do so and you’ll be sent a coupon to get a free pack.
Save on garden creams and skin potions
Are you a green-fingered bargain hunter? Crabtree & Evelyn is offering 15% off its Gardeners Collection if you buy two or more products from the range o n the next few days.
It’s an online-only deal here until next Monday 5 March.
10% off West End theatre
Theatre Tokens are a way to treat someone to a trip to the theatre without tying them down to a specific date – you send them the tokens and they choose their theatre visit.
And right now you can get 10% off tokens through an Officiak London Theatre offer.
Simply quote OLTGift for 10% off Theatre Tokens at TheatreTokens.com or over Tokenline on 020 3011 0755.
Tip of the week
The Money Advice Service says you need to be a savvy spender to save money on shopping. Here are its top tips.
Work out what you spend your money on. Make a list of everything you buy in a typical month. It will make it easier to work out where you can cut back.
Shop around. Check out the competition and compare prices.
Beware of special offers. Never buy something you don’t need just because it’s on offer.
Don’t impulse buy. Think carefully before making a purchase – especially if it’s expensive. At the very least sleep on it! It might seem less appealing in the morning.
Check reviews. If you’re not sure about a product, check online to see if there are any reviews. Just type its name into a search engine, followed by ‘review’.
