A Coles grocery store buyer has revealed how she picked up lobsters for simply $6 simply in time for Easter.
Sharing on a well-liked Fb group, the Perth shopper stated the posh seafood purchase – which retails for $22 normally – had been marked right down to the tremendous low worth.
She additionally picked up an enormous array of connoisseur cheeses and acquired prawns, which had been slashed to as little as $1.60.
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The lead-up to the Easter lengthy weekend is a good time for all consumers to maintain their eyes out for heavily-reduced purchases, on condition that shops shut down on Good Friday.
The discount hunter defined that she and different consumers have been keenly watching the Coles worker accountable for discounting meals when she noticed the gadgets.
“The markdown gods have been taking care of about 5 addicts stalking the markdown girl – lots for all of us,” she stated on the Markdown Addicts Australia web page.
“My haul tonight – full worth $126 for $30.”
The put up caught the eye of many patrons, who have been excited by the haul.
“Woo hoo! The markdown gods be praised!” stated one.
Added one other: “Superb.”
Many markdown specialists say the approaching days are the perfect time of the yr to be looking out for bargains.
With Coles and Woolworths shops set to shut throughout Australia for Good Friday, cut price hunters say there’s usually a flurry of supermarket markdowns on Thursday night.
Skilled gross sales consumers say final trading hours within the lead-up to the Easter lengthy weekend are sometimes a chief time to attain reductions on well-liked purchases as supermarkets put together to shut their doorways for 36 hours.
“Thursday evening is likely one of the largest markdown days of the yr,” stated one.
Added one other: “Remember outlets will likely be closed on Friday so there must be some bargains [on Thursday].”
Wrote another: “Doing my grocery buying [on Wednesday] afternoon/evening to see what number of markdowns I can rating. Hopefully there’s some goodies.”
In earlier years, consumers have reported discovering plenty of bargains within the lead-up to Good Friday, significantly with seafood purchases.
“Simply in time for Good Friday! Salmon for $7.99/kg at Coles Townsville,” wrote one on the Markdown Addicts Australia group.
Markdowns range from retailer to retailer, relying on inventory ranges and expiry dates on the grocery store in query.
However even in case you are not fortunate sufficient to get your arms on some pre-Easter markdowns, Coles says they nonetheless have a wide range of seafood specials available.
Coles Govt Common Supervisor for Recent, Andy Mossop, stated offering the perfect worth and high quality on Easter merchandise is a precedence for the grocery store.
“That is the most important week of the yr for seafood gross sales,” he stated.
“We’re delighted to have the ability to make nice high quality and responsibly sourced Australian seafood like banana prawns and $22 WA Rock Lobsters extra reasonably priced so our prospects can plan their menus over the lengthy weekend.”
Coles are predicting as much as 500,000 kilograms of seafood to be bought over Easter, a 200% enhance in comparison with every other week within the yr.
The WA Rock Lobsters are $5 cheaper than they have been in February, now at $22 every.
Different seafood merchandise on sale embody the Uncooked Banana Prawns and the Thawed Cooked Black Tiger prawns, the place consumers can save as much as $4/kg.
Coles have additionally put Easter candies and novelty gadgets on sale for as much as 50 per cent off, and Andy Mossop stated it is “to assist family budgets go additional”.
“These embody 2 packs of scorching cross buns for $6 and half worth specials on chocolate bunnies and eggs,” he stated.
