Fanning the flames of love with food and drink this Valentine's Day? You won't be the only one, so, if you’d prefer to steer clear of all the overbooked restaurants, but don’t love the idea of the mountain of washing up, supermarkets will have you covered with their Valentine’s Day meal deals for two.
While 14 February may still be a little way off, we’re anticipating all the major supermarkets will unveil their Valentine's Day meal deals in the lead-up to the big day, from M&S and Waitrose to Tesco and Asda. If previous years are anything to go by, we can look forward to menus with mains, sides, and a dessert for two, as well as a bottle of wine or a non-alcoholic drink – and at discounted for the occasion, what’s not to love?
To stay up to date on all the latest intel about what supermarkets will be offering this Valentine's Day, we’d recommend bookmarking this guide, which we’ll be keeping updated as and when new details are revealed – so far, it’s Waitrose, Morrisons, Co-op, Tesco, Aldi and Amazon Fresh, but you can expect to find out more in the coming days. It’s here where you'll find everything from availability dates to prices, so without further do, let’s tuck in.
Waitrose Valentine’s Day offer
Waitrose’s Valentines Day offer covers starters, mains, sides, desserts and a drink, all for £20, which, impressively, works out as nearly half price. To start, dishes include prawn cocktail, moules mariniere, vegetable antipasti arancini with basil pesto, and goat's cheese and lemon bakes with wild garlic pesto. The mains sound every bit as delicious, from paella to salmon en croute with champagne and spinach in buttery puff pastry, beef bourguignon, parmigiano reggiano and truffle chicken kyiv, and Juicy Marbles plant-based steaks.
You’ll be choosing from seven equally-scrumptious-sounding sides – think triple cooked fries with Cornish sea salt, or roasted garlic and buffalo mozzarella flatbread. For the finale, you could be digging into melt in the middle chocolate puddings, raspberry panna cotta desserts, sticky toffee pudding, Sicilian lemon tarts, to name several of the puds on offer.
Drinks for the table could include La Gioiosa Asolo Prosecco if you’re looking to celebrate the occasion with fizz, while wines will include Jip Jip Rocks shiraz and Ara Single Estate Sauvignon Blanc. If you prefer a cocktail, take your pick from tipples like a negroni, an old fashioned or a cosmopolitan. And for booze-free drinks, the options include DA-SH raspberry infused sparkling water.
If you can’t wait until 7 February, Waitrose is launching a £10 chocolate truffle and bubbles bundle from 29 January, which would cost £15 when sold separately – it’s never to early to indulge your loved ones, after all.
Morrisons Valentine’s Day offer
Morrisons is hoping to win you over with a three course meal for two. Though you’ll need to be part of the Morrisons More Card loyalty scheme to redeem the offer – this is a starter, main, side and dessert and a drink for two, for £15 – you can register for Morrisons More online, and it’s free.
The meal could begin with a tear and share camembert wreath, a goats cheese, vintage cheddar and caramelised onion tart, while there’s also a vegan hoisin vegetable rose among the options. For your main, you could be serving a 30-day matured rump steak with pink peppercorn butter, or, if you’re after a veggie option, a mushroom, spinach and pine nut wellington. Other mains include chicken in mushroom and prosecco sauce and pulled beef brisket encroute, which you’ll be able to pair with sides spanning roasted Chantenay carrots with acacia honey butter, cauliflower cheese and truffle mash.
Melt in the middle puddings, sticky toffee pudding, lemon cheesecake and raspberry and vanilla heart shaped panna cotta are among the desserts to leave room for. To wash it all down, there’s a choice of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks with which to toast to the occasion, from Kylie Minogue alcohol free sparkling rose and Sicilian Lemonade to Peroni Nastro Azzurro gluten free beer and prosecco.
Amazon Fresh Valentine’s Day offer
A tempting selection for pasta fans, Amazon’s dine-in Valentine’s Day offerings start at £9.50. The least expensive deal includes a main, side and dessert, and will only be available from Amazon Fresh stores. Choose from byAmazon pasta dishes, such as butternut squash and sage girasoli, with your chosen sauce, including mattarello tomato and mascarpone or basil pesto. Sides such as goats cheese and red onion focaccia Italiana are also included. Finally, an eagerly awaited dessert from Gü.
Alternatively, Amazon’s “premium” dine-in deal will be priced at £20 – it includes a main, a dessert and a drink, and it can be ordered online. Mains will be from Pasta Evangelists, one of our favourite restaurants in our review of the best recipe boxes, think tagliatelle with spicy 'nduja, gnocchi with mushroom sauce, or beef and chianti ragù with reginette. Ice cream from Hackney Gelato are on the menu for dessert (think pistachio, almond and lemon, and chocolate and roasted hazelnut), while drink options span wine, beer or a soft drinks.
Tesco Valentine’s Day offers
Tesco is hoping to send foodies’ hearts a-fluttering with its Tesco Finest Valentine’s Day range, which includes starters, mains, desserts and drinks for two, all for £18. To kick off the meal, you could be serving small bites like breaded Mediterranean prawns with hot honey dip or opt for caramelised onion chutney-filled Camembert tear and share bread.
For your main, choices will include chicken ballotine with parmesan and wild garlic, mushroom stroganoff pies and seabass with king prawn and champagne sauce, which is said to be the perfect match with a glass of crisp white wine. To complement these dishes, Tesco’s sides this year include the likes of creamed spinach, three cheese cauliflower gratin, and heart-shaped sea salt and black pepper rosti.
Making your evening even sweeter, serve up one of the puds on the menu, from the raspberry and passionfruit tarts to vanilla panna cotta with rhubarb conserve, chocolate cheesecake moulded hearts and a selection of cheeses to woo any fromage fanatics. To whet the whistle, you can choose from Moth canned cocktails, prosecco, alcohol-free lager and more – we’ll cheers to that!
Co-op Valentine’s Day offers
Kicking off the countdown to the big day, Co-op has revealed what’s on the menu for 2025. Available in-store and online from 5 to 19 February, the deal will see a main meal, side and a bottle of wine from Co-op’s premium irresistible range priced at £10 for Co-op members, and £12 for non-members.
For the main meal, you could be impressing your date with dishes such as chicken parmigiana, salmon en croute, vegan mushroom Wellington and lasagne al forno. A match made in heaven, you could be pairing it with a range of sides, from triple-cooked chunky chips to flatbread with garlic and parsley. And for drinks, there’s a choice of red, white, rose wine, prosecco, or a selection of soft drinks to wash it all down.
While the Valentine's Day meal deal won't include a dessert, this doesn’t mean heartbreak for those with a sweet tooth, as the supermarket will be offering sweet treats to add to your meal. Think rose cupcakes, Valentine’s heart-shaped lollipops with honeycomb and raspberry pieces, and chocolate melting middle puddings.
Aldi Valentine’s Day offer
True to form, budget supermarket Aldi has unveiled an affordable Valentine’s Day offer. While most supermarkets tend to offer a set number of items and at a set price, with Aldi, you can go a la carte, and pick as many items as you’d like, from a range of starters, mains, sides and dessert and drinks. If you were to go for all of the above, the least expensive combination of items – heart shaped pizza, mini heart shaped garlic bread and pink mini heart pancakes, and, as your optional drink, Prosecco Spumante DOC – totals £2.99 per head.
Among the starters, there’s vegan wild mushroom tomato and basil arancini, tempura prawns with sriracha dip, and red pepper swirls sharing bread with camembert. Main dishes such as duck breast with plum and hoisin sauce, lamb rump with mint and rosemary rub and spiced damson glaze, and heart shaped lobster, truffle and parmigiano reggiano pasta will follow, before a choice of puds, from pink mini heart pancakes to vegan caramelised biscuit heart sponge pudding and raspberry and vanilla macarons.
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