Tesco’s fresh whole turkeys are on sale from today, priced at £5/kg, or £4/kg with a Clubcard.
Fresh turkey crowns have arrived in stores at £9/kg, or £8.50/kg with a Clubcard.
Tesco has also followed Aldi and Lidl by selling festive veg for 19p.
Tesco All Rounder potatoes (2kg), carrots (1kg), parsnips (500g), Redmere Farm sprouts (500g) and broccoli (375g) have been cut to 19p each.
Get all five veg (95p), a 2.5kg whole turkey (£10) and 12 pigs in blankets (£2.50), and it amounts to Christmas dinner for five for a total of £13.45, or £2.69 a head, according to Tesco.
“This year, household budgets are under more pressure than ever and so we are absolutely committed to helping our customers with the cost of the Christmas shop,” said Tesco UK & ROI CEO Jason Tarry.
“Hundreds of thousands of fresh turkeys will be arriving in store and we have some unmissable deals, starting from just £4/kg with a Clubcard. Together with our festive five veg, that means you can pick up everything you need for a great-value Christmas dinner at Tesco.”
Tesco claimed its £4/kg Clubcard fresh whole turkey price was the most competitive available from major supermarkets.
However, in a similar announcement this morning, Aldi said fresh whole British turkeys had arrived in stores at £3.99/kg, and crowns at £8.49/kg.
Lidl and Aldi recently went head to head with near-identical £16.32 Christmas dinner deals for six with a frozen turkey and a selection of 19p veg.
Aldi’s deal is comprised of an Oakhurst Small British Ready Basted Whole Turkey (£13.49), potatoes, parsnips, carrots, sprouts, swedes (all 19p each), Everyday Essentials Yorkshire Puddings (50p), Quixo Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix (43p) and Quixo Gravy Granules (95p).
Lidl’s consists of a Braemoor Small British Self-Basting Turkey with Giblets (£13.49), potatoes, parsnips, carrots, sprouts, swedes (all 19p each), Simply Yorkshire Puddings (50p), Newgate Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix (43p) and Newgate Gravy Granules (95p).
Both work out at £2.72 a head.
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Earlier in December, Sainsbury’s launched a £23.90 deal for six, consisting of a 3kg fresh turkey, carrots (1kg), brussels sprouts (500g), parsnips (500g), white potatoes (2.5kg), gravy granules (170g), sage & onion stuffing mix (85g), pigs in blankets (260g), Yorkshire puddings (132g), cranberry sauce (250ml) and fruit sherry trifle (900g). It works out at £3.98 a head.
Iceland has launched a turkey sale in the run-up to Christmas. Until tomorrow (20 December), the frozen food retailer is offering Bernard Matthews Turkey Crowns at half price – £9.50 instead of £19 – in stores and online. The British-reared turkey serves between six and 10 people, according to Iceland.
Iceland is also offering members of its Bonus Card loyalty scheme a 10% discount when they spend a minimum of £10 in store up until 24 December. The 10% discount is redeemable against a second shop, of at least £25 in value, between 17 and 29 January .
A number of supermarkets have launched discount Christmas dinner deals this festive season, ranging from Heron Foods’ £15 meal for four to Ocado’s £30 premium offering for four to six.
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