‘I discovered a easy approach to save £20 off my Easter Sunday roast from Sainsbury’s’
Shoppers can save money on a traditional Easter Sunday roast this year by using a simple supermarket trick that slashes the bill from £50 to £30
Sainsbury’s shoppers can save over £15 on a leg of lamb this Easter(Image: Sainsbury’s)
Anyone hosting Easter will know just how rapidly the cost of a traditional Sunday roast can mount up. From the star attraction meat to all the accompaniments, nothing beats a proper home-cooked roast – but I’ve discovered a supermarket trick that means it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to feed the family this Bank Holiday.
Ahead of the long weekend, I managed to slash my Easter food shop almost in half at Sainsbury’s – and it all boiled down to one straightforward thing. Shopping online, I reduced my bill from £50 to £30, simply by entering my Nectar card at the checkout.
Thanks to the supermarket’s Nectar prices, which give those signed up to a free membership access to discounts, I was able to save over £20 on my basket without sacrificing quality. Naturally, the reductions are only available for those registered for a Nectar card, so customers without one won’t see the same cuts at the checkout.
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This comes as the retailer is offering ‘better than half price’ with Nectar prices on selected joints, which includes a British or New Zealand Whole Leg of Lamb – a traditional choice for Easter. Weighing approximately 2.3kg, it’s priced at £33.40, but plummets dramatically to £15.70 with a Nectar card.
From there, it’s straightforward to construct a complete roast around it using other reduced essentials. No lamb dinner is complete without mint sauce, and a jar of Ocean Spray Mint Sauce 200g is £1.35 with a Nectar card, or £1.80 without.
British or New Zealand Whole Leg Of Lamb (Approx. 2.3kg)
Reared by trusted farmers, this whole leg of lamb is now better than half price with a Nectar Card ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday
Meanwhile, a pack of 10 Aunt Bessie’s Glorious Golden Yorkshire Puddings is now priced at £1.75, down from £2.50, and a tub of Bisto Gravy Granules has been reduced from £2.95 to £2.25. Also on offer for Nectar card holders is Sainsbury’s Sage Roast Onion and Shallot Stuffing, with a saving of 50p, bringing the price down to £1.90 from £2.40, reports the Mirror.
Not part of the deal, but arguably essential for a roast dinner, are loose parsnips, which have been price-matched with Aldi at £1.48 for 1kg, and roast potatoes available for £6. In total, everything needed for a proper Easter spread should have cost £50.53, but with the Nectar card discount, my bill came to £30.43.
Elsewhere, Cook is offering a Lamb Easter Dinner Box for 6, priced at £77.45, which works out at £12.90 per person. It includes a slow-roasted shoulder of lamb with white wine and rosemary jus, dauphinoise potatoes, red cabbage and a trio of greens.
Alternatively, Iceland has launched two roast dinner boxes designed to feed a family of four. There’s a lamb dinner option priced at £30, and a slightly more affordable chicken version at £25. Each box includes everything needed for a complete roast, including gravy and trimmings.
Lamb might not be everyone’s go-to for a roast, but Sainsbury’s has equally enticing deals across other meats – all accessible with a Nectar card. The Scottish salmon side is now half price, down from £21.60 to just £10.80 with Nectar, while the British pork crackling leg joint has been reduced by a third to £5.78 (originally £8.68). Regrettably for beef enthusiasts, it seems the British or Irish 21 Day Matured Lean Beef Roasting Joint, previously under £10 from £22.32, appears to be sold out at the time of writing.
For me, this offer transformed what could have been a £50+ shop into a much more manageable £30, feeding a family of four for roughly £7.50 per person. Shoppers can grab everything they need for their Easter Sunday roast on the Sainsbury’s website and unlock lower prices with Nectar.
