Retail Week’s 12 days of Christmas: Grocers’ festive food offers

Tesco

Tesco’s Christmas dinner offer this year includes the usual fare of turkey and pigs in blankets. As part of the grocer’s luxury offer, Tesco are selling the ever indulgent Three Bird Roast, coming in at £45 and comprising of duck, turkey and goose.

Also under their luxury offer and selling at £20 apiece are a whole cooked lobster and connoisseur’s hamper, including Tesco’s finest tempranillo wine and as well as elderberry and port jelly.

Morrisons

Morrisons’ Christmas dinner offer is a traditional and affordable affair, including goose fat roast potatoes for £1.49, pork, apple and cranberry stuffing parcels for £2.99 and sprouts and chestnuts for £2.

The grocer’s Christmas miracle comes in the form of their Morrisons Signature jewelled fruit Christmas pudding. At a very economical £3.99, this own brand Christmas pudding came out on top of Which? blind tastings, beating offers from more upmarket brands including Fortnum & Mason.  

Asda

Asda’s Christmas offer has upped the novelty factor this year, from the breakfast option of snowman and Christmas-tree shaped crumpets (£1) to canapés of dressed crab and lobster tails, selling for £5 and £4 respectively.

The grocer’s Christmas lunch is where they pull out all the stops, however. Perhaps their most prodigal offer is a six-bird roast, selling for £40 and consisting of an eye-boggling and mouth-watering combination of turkey, duck, chicken, pheasant, partridge and pigeon.

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s Christmas dinner this year includes a turkey alternative in the form of a free-range goose that serves eight to ten people and is selling for £60. As well as the classic Christmas dinner trimmings, Sainsbury’s is also offering some tempting alternatives to the Christmas pudding.

Perhaps the most appetising are their Taste the Difference chocolate and salted caramel choux wreath (£12) and limoncello bûche de Noël, which is sold for £10 and more commonly known as a yule log.

Waitrose

Once again, Waitrose’s Christmas offer includes creations from Heston Blumenthal, who has brought his culinary flair to proceedings. His desserts include the ultimate chocolate bar (£9.99) and sticky toffee apple pudding (£10), as well as bread and celeriac sauce.

Slightly less highbrow but charming nevertheless, Waitrose has also created a Reggie the Robin cake as part of their Christmas offer. Reggie can be purchased for £13 and looks (almost) too sweet to eat.

Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer’s festive food offer includes classics such as cranberry and port sauce (£1.99) and all butter mince pies (£1.50). The upmarket food retailer comes into its own, however, with showstopper Christmas treats and canapés.

Their Scottish smoked salmon snowflake (£12) and American style BBQ pulled pork stacks (£7) both get honourable mention, but the pièce de résistence is the whole baked pear and stilton pork pie, selling for £10.

Lidl

The German discounter’s Christmas offer is an eclectic affair, ranging from competitively priced festive staples such as 12 minces pies for £1.49 to less traditional fare, such as sliced and smoked reindeer (£4.99).

As part of the discounter’s luxury offer, Lidl is also offering a deluxe two beef wellington for £6.99 and an 18 month matured Christmas pudding, which is on sale for £7.99.  

Aldi

Aldi’s festive food offer provides plenty of alternatives to the traditional turkey and trimmings, with their luxury offer focusing on shellfish options including large scallops for £4.49 or wild lobster tails for £9.99.

Those after a more classic Christmas dinner at competitive prices will not be disappointed, however, as Aldi is also selling six mince pies for £1.49 and cranberry sauce with port for 99p.