COUPLES spending Valentine’s Day at home can cook up a storm on a budget with these romantic supermarket meal deals.
Most stores tend to offer some kind of Valentine’s Day meal offer leading up to the big day.
M&S is offering a Valentine’s Day meal for two for only £20
And with the cost of living squeezing everyone’s purses, many of us will be looking to save cash where we can.
So if you and your partner are panning on staying in on February 14, you’ll be able to still dine in style with these romantic meal deals.
We’ve the full list of what supermarkets are offering below.
Marks & Spencer
M&S is offering lovebirds a £20 meal deal which includes a luxury prawn cocktail, sirloin steak, prosecco and more.
The delicious range is available for shoppers from Thursday, February 9 to Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, February 14.
It always proves to be popular so you may want to visit your nearest M&S soon after launch if you’re thinking of trying it.
You can find your local store by using the locator tool on the M&S website.
There are over 30 products in M&S’ range, which means there are dozens of different menu combinations you can cook up.
Customers can save up to £17.50 on the price of buying a starter, sirloin steak, cheesy side, a chocolate pudding and a bottle or prosecco, all for two.
The meal deal includes a starter, main, side, desert and drink.
Here’s the full list of items available.
Asda
The supermarket giant is offering a three-course meal for two for £15.
It’s made up of a starter, main meal, two sides, a dessert and either a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates.
Asda is also offering lovebirds signed up to its rewards app a Sky Movies voucher worth £5.49 as part of the deal.
Asda’s romantic meal will be available in stores and online from February 9 to 14.
Starters include a truffle mac ‘n’ cheese, chicken liver parfait or vegan mushroom arancini hearts.
For the main, shoppers can chose from five options, such as an Aberdeen Angus beef burger, cold fillet or a plant-based wellington.
To finish off the meal there are Italian espresso tiramisu cups washed down with a class of Malbec or Sauvignon Blanc.
The full list of products on offer can be found here.
Co-op
Co-op‘s Valentine’s Day meal comes complete with steak and strawberry cheesecake – though you can see the full list of items here.
The supermarket this year is offering a meal for two starting from £12 on the loved-up day.
But you should note, that’s without booze to go with it.
The deal is made up from a starter, main meal, dessert, soft drink and side.
And you’ll need to be a Co-op card member to get the deal for £12.
If you’re not a member, the meal will cost £15.
You could save as much as £10.75 – as the garlic tear and share, sirloin steaks, mashed potato, any dessert and San Pellegrino Lemon would normally cost £22.75.
The dinner will hit stores from February 8 to 14 – but stock may be subject to availability so you might want to call up your local store beforehand.
Morrisons
Morrisons is offering a Valentine’s meal deal for £15 for those with a My Morrisons card or £17 for those without.
This will save them roughly £20 as opposed to buying the items on their own.
The deal for two includes three courses in total – one starter, one main, two sides and two desserts.
The meals also come with a soft drink or wine.
For example, the camembert (£4.99), the beef wellington (£11), the best greens (£2.75), garlic bread sticks (£2), zillionaires cheesecake (£3.55), panna cotta (£3.50) and a bottle of prosecco (£8.50) comes to total of £36.29.
This means someone without a My Morrisons card could save £19.29 by buying these products as a Valentine’s Day meal deal.
Shoppers with a My Morrisons card could save more depending on the discounts available via the rewards scheme.
The deal is available in store and online from February 8 to February 14.
You can find your local store by using the locator tool on the Morrisons website but you can see the full list of items on offer here.
Tesco
Loved up couples can get their hands on a romantic Tesco meal deal for just £12 – and it includes a £10 bottle of Prosecco.
The UK’s biggest grocer will start selling the deal from February 9 in stores and online.
It includes one main, one side, one dessert and one drink.
But you can only get the deal for £12 if you have a Clubcard.
If you don’t have the loyalty card, you’ll have to buy the items individually and it could cost as much as £21.60.
Customers can choose from a range of meat, fish and vegetarian dishes including heart-shaped croquettes with black pepper and parsley and truffle mac and cheese.
All sides in the meal deal are usually priced at £2.60, all mains are £6 and all desserts £3.
The maximum saving a customer can make is £9.60 – this is based on any side, main and pudding plus the prosecco.
We’ve got the full menu here that shoppers can pick from.
Iceland
The discount supermarket is offering couples a Valentine’s meal bundle, with prices starting at just £4 per person.
There are three set menus for shoppers to choose from, with each one including steak, chips and peas.
The cheapest offering is Iceland’s £8 value bundle, which includes a choice of a matured Aberdeen angus rump steak, or a Aberdeen angus beef sirloin steak.
Couples can enjoy their steak with straight cut chips and garden peas.
For £11, customers can get either an Iceland Big Daddy sirloin steak or a Big Daddy rump steak, with chips and peas.
The priciest option is the £12.57 bundle, which includes a choice of either a matured Aberdeen angus rump steak or an Aberdeen angus beef sirloin steak.
Iceland fans will be able to grab the deal in stores and online from now until Monday, February 13.
But unlike other retailers, Iceland isn’t offering wine or prosecco as part of its deal.
You can find your nearest Iceland by using the store locator tool on the retailer’s website but here’s the full list of products.
Aldi
The discount supermarket is offering couples a three course meal, with prices starting from as little as £3.63 per person.
There are three set menus for shoppers to choose from, with each one including a starter, main and desert.
You can also add wine to each meal, but this will make it slightly pricier.
The cheapest offering is Aldi’s “unbeatable value meal” which comes in at £7.67 – or £3.84 each, without wine.
This meal deal includes garlic bread, lobster filled pasta and a chocolate melt.
If you add a bottle of Grapevine pinot grigio, your bill will go up by £3.99, or £1.99 each.
While the veggie meal comes with mushroom arancini, vegan pie and a vegan chocolate melt.
You’ve also got the option to add some wine for £4.99.
We’ve go the full list of items here.
Aldi fans will be able to grab the deal in Aldi stores from February 9 up until Valentine’s Day on February 14.
But you’ll have to be quick, as the deal as proven to be popular in the past and stock will be subject to availability.
Waitrose
Shoppers can get their hands on a meal deal from Waitrose this Valentine’s Day for £20.
The dine in offer includes one starter, one main, two sides, one dessert, plus the choice of a bottle of drinks or box of chocolates.
If you’re a meat eater, you could go for the salmon mousse to start, rump steak with chimichurri, potato gratin and melt in the middle chocolate pub.
You could then pair that with the Jackson Estate Stich Sauvignon Blanc, which is usually £12.99 for a bottle.
Without the meal deal, you’d be paying £33.14 for all of that, compared to £20 – so that’s over a £13 saving.
Other options include prawn cocktail, potato gratin, the “perfect” cheeseboard and raspberry panna cotta.
The meal deal will be available in stores from February 8 until February 14 but we’ve got the full list of items here.
Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s couples can grab a romantic meal deal for £15.
It will launch in stores and online on Wednesday, February 8.
And customers will be able to get their hands on the deal up until it ends on Tuesday, February 14.
Shoppers will be able to choose a starter, main, side, dessert and drink.
Starters include a scallop gratin and antipasti platter.
For the main, shoppers can choose from seven options including a sirloin steak, salmon en croute, pork belly and a plant-based Wellington – though the full list is here.
You can currently get the scallop gratin for £3.85, two sirloin steaks with garlic butter for £3.90, triple-cooked chips for £2.75 and two Taste the Difference lemon tarts for £3.35 on Sainsbury’s website.
With a bottle of Prosecco, which is currently £10, the total meal would set you back £23.85, but with the £15 meal deal, you’ll save £8.85.
Lidl
Lidl isn’t offering a Valentine’s Day meal deal this year.
But it is offering romantic treats for customers ahead of the big day.
For example, shoppers can get their hands on heart-shaped grana padano for £2.49 or heart shamed ravioli with ricotta cheese for £2.29.
The items will be available to buy in-store from February 9, though stock will vary depending on which Lidl you go to.
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