The cost of living crisis has pushed the price of an average family shop up in recent weeks.
As fuel, energy and supermarket food prices continued to rise I logged on to the Iceland website to see how easy it was to cut the price of a big shop and save some money.
After filling the basket with some essentials like butter, eggs and milk, as well as a selection of Iceland's own fruit and vegetables, I then went browsing in the meat and grocery sections to complete a shop that could realistically feed a couple of people for a week. Iceland may be one of the cheaper supermarkets around but the cost very quickly went up as items were added to the basket.
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The total shop should be priced at £55.97 for around 27 items that included everything from pasta to rump steaks, lamb chops to Heinz baked beans.
However, Iceland holds a number of offers that can bring that price down by over £10 quite easily. The trick is to go onto the offers section and buy multi-buys from the three for £9, two for £2 and three for £5 sections. By doing this I bought steak, meatballs and chicken worth over £12 for just £9, as well as chips worth £6 for just £4.50.
There is also an offer to get £4.75 worth of Tetleys tea bags for just £3 so that was added to the basket too.
After all of these discounts the total should have been £45.88 and this qualifies for free delivery. But the discounts do not end there. Now it is time to add some vouchers and online discounts to bring the price down further.
The £5 off at Iceland code is available when you spend over £45. By entering ICEFIVE at checkout it brings the price down to £40.88.
For a further £10 off I signed up for deals website Topcashback. They are offering £10 in cashback for any new user who signs up and then orders £35 or more from Iceland. Factoring in cashback brings the price down to £30.88 for a shop that is originally worth over £55.
The full list of items was:
Ragu Authentic Italian Spaghetti Wheat Pasta 750g - £1.25
Iceland 21 Day Matured British Beef Rump Steak 227g - 3 for £9.00
Iceland British 16 Lean Beef Meatballs 305g - 3 for £9.00
Richmond 12 Thick Pork Sausages 615g - 3 for £9.00
Iceland 6 Granny Smith Apples - 3 for £5.00
Fyffes 8pk Bananas - 3 for £5.00
Iceland White Potatoes 3.5kg - 3 for £5.00
Iceland 10 Large Eggs - £1.29
Iceland British Fresh Pasteurised Semi Skimmed Milk 4 Pints - £1.35
Tetley Original 240 Tea Bags 750g - £3.50
Heinz Baked Beanz 415g - 2 for £2.00
Just Like Butter Spread 450g - £1.00
Iceland Broccoli 400g - £0.89
Iceland Carrots 880g - £0.85
Iceland Baby Plum Tomatoes 300g - £1.00
Iceland Iceberg Lettuce - £0.75
Iceland Thin and Crispy Double Pepperoni 334g - £1.00
Iceland Thick Sliced Soft White 800g - £0.95
Iceland Cucumber - £0.70
Iceland Closed Cup Mushrooms 300g - £1.00
Batchelors Original Mushy Peas 300g - 2 for £1.00
Iceland Wafer Thin Cooked Ham 130g - £1.00
Iceland Lean Beef Steak Mince 360g - 3 for £9.00
Iceland Class A Fresh Chicken Breast Mini Fillets Skinless and Boneless 400g - 3 for £9.00
Iceland Lamb Chops 300g - 3 for £9.00
McCain Flavour Maker Smokey BBQ 762g - 2 for £4.50
McCain Lighter Home Chips Straight 1.36kg - 2 for £4.50
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