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M&S Dine in for Two, 26-31 Jan 2012

Our favourite supermarket offer is back on in Marks & Spencer shops till Tuesday, and it’s perfect for this hibernating time of year.  They have a couple of healthy-ish options on the list this time, such as the whole chicken, the salmon fil…

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Special offers in supermarkets, January 19

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M&S Dine in for Two, 12-17 Jan 2012

The first M&S Dine in for Two of the year kicks off today.  We’re on a predictable but necessary healthy eating buzz at the moment, and this fortnight’s menu is a bit heavy on the melted cheese and cream.  The topped plaice may be ok,…

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Special offers in supermarkets, 5 Jan 2012

Plenty of new offers for the new year in the supermarkets and convenience stores. How are you getting on with resisting the slashed-price Christmas chocolates? Special offers at Aldi Special offers at Lidl Special offers at SuperValu Special offers …

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Bargain: €5 stew in The Grand Social

The Grand Social, one of the best pubs in Dublin, serves delicious big soup cups of Irish stew, packed with meat and veg and full of flavour and heartiness, with two slices of buttered McCambridge’s bread, for just €5. For €8, you can have st…

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Special offers in supermarkets, December 19

Here comes Christmas. It’s bumper time for retailers, and they should be offering us the sun, moon, and stars to win over our business. With judicious shopping across the supermarkets, you should be able to cut the cost – just watch out for…

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Another Christmas at Aldi

Put on your stretchy Christmas pants. Next year, Europe is probably going to pull the world into the abyss once again, so I think people should make an effort to enjoy Christmas as much as they can. Oh yeah, money: nobody has any. Or, to put it another…

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A convenient Christmas?

Out of cream! Out of crisps! No more pickles! A Quality Street crisis… Christmas is one of those weird, insanely voracious times of year when the whole day can be ruined by the absence of mustard, cream soda, or vol-au-vent cases. There seems to …

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M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50, December 8-13

The wonderful M&S Dine in for Two offer is back, running from Thursday until Tuesday. Pick up a main, side, dessert, and wine for two for the absurdly reasonable price of €12.50. This weekend’s menu includes fish pies, gammon steaks, chocol…

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Special offers in supermarkets, December 5

Are supermarket offers really all they’ve cracked up to be? Tonight, BBC’s Panaroma programme runs an episode entitled “The Truth About Supermarket Price Wars”, highlighting: How some packed fruit and veg are cheaper when bought…

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M&S Dine in for two for €12.50, November 24-29

M&S’s wonderful dine in for two for €12.50 – wine, main, side, and dessert for two – runs until next Tuesday. Full menu on the M&S website. Related posts:M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50, December 8-13 M&S Dine in …

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Special offers at supermarkets, November 14

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M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50

On this rainy, rainy day: grab a bottle of wine with dinner, side dish, and dessert for two people. €12.50. Beef goulash with a side of carrot and swede crush, followed by warm apple pie, will do nicely. Eat and be warm. Full menu on the M&S webs…

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Special offers at supermarkets, November 7

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M&S: Roast dinner for two for €7

Another great deal from M&S: a roast dinner for two, with potatoes and two types of vegetables, for just €7. We’ve written about it on the site before, and it’s highly recommended. The deal includes a choice of honey roast ham, smoky …

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€10 steak dinner in The Larder

Parliament Street is full of great restaurants. There is, of course, Zaytoon, the only place you’d consider eating a kebab while sober. Then there’s Corfu: let’s call this one a work in progress. Cafe Topolis is a lovely Italian resta…

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M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50, October 27 – November 1

Here comes the Bank Holiday weekend, and here comes the extraordinary M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50 offer: mains, a side dish, dessert and a bottle of wine or two cartons of fruit juice for €12.50. For the weekend that’s in it, there&#82…

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Special offers at supermarkets, October 27

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Dine in Dublin restaurant week, October 24-30

Next week is is Dine In Dublin, where almost 50 restaurants around the city will offer a starter, main and dessert, from a set menu, for either €20, €25, or €30. There’s some fantastic restaurants taking part, including Fallon and Byrne, Th…

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Product reviews: Aldi opens in Sandyford

At last! Tomorrow, Aldi are opening up in Sandyford, south county Dublin. If, like me, you refused to drive past several branches of Lidl to get to Aldi in Nutgrove, this will be very good news indeed. Aldi don’t stock the very amazing Fruchtsaft…

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Special offers in supermarkets, October 18

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M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50 runs until Tuesday

Oops… forgot to mention: M&S’s Dine in for Two for €12.50 deal – main, side, dessert and wine or juice – is running until Tuesday October 18. There’s usually very little left by the Tuesday. Full menu on the M&S …

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M&S Dine in for Two for €12.50, September 29-October 4

Coq au vin, prawn risotto, beef and ale pie, and crusted seabass are among the options in this week’s wonderful Marks and Spencer Dine In for Two for €12.50 offer. The full menu is on the M&S website. Related posts:M&S Dine in for Two …

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Special offers in supermarkets, September 29

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The Exchequer’s incredible Sunday roast deal

I’m always bleating on about how the M&S Dine In for Two for €12.50 offer is the best food deal in Ireland. I’d never found a restaurant that could match it. Until now – and from a rather unexpected quarter. Cheapeats was recent…

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