If you're feeling romantic but don't want to break the bank, Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert (MSE) team have revealed which supermarket is selling the cheapest dozen red roses for Valentine's Day. Costing just £4.49 and available in stores nationwide, Aldi's beautiful bunch is a whopping £20 cheaper (82 per cent) than Marks and Spencer.
MSE says: "Over-commercialised spending is one of our bugbears – you should never feel the pressure to buy stuff just because the calendar tells you it's Valentine's Day. But if you are planning to mark it with red roses, make sure you're not paying over the odds."
The money experts found Aldi and Lidl came out on top when comparing the price of a dozen red roses across supermarkets available in-store. Its findings are as follows:
- Aldi - £4.49
- Lidl - £4.99
- Morrisons - £5
- Tesco - £5
- Sainsbury's - £5
- Asda - £5
- Co-op - £10
- Waitrose - £15
- M&S - £25
The news comes as Aldi announces it's opening its first-ever flower stall in one of the UK's busiest train stations just in time for Valentine's Day. With new research revealing that almost a third of Brits (29 per cent) end up forking out more money as a result of leaving buying Valentine's gifts too late the supermarket says: "Aldi's Flower Stall is here to save Valentine’s Day, all in the name of love!"
Located in the heart of London Waterloo on February 13, those passing through will swoon at the sight of the supermarket's range of purse-friendly bouquets, including its Dozen Red Roses. The stall will be open from 7am-7pm.
Available in-store or at Aldi's Flower Stall, the supermarket offers:
- Specially Selected One Love Single Rose - £2.29
- Dozen Red Roses - £4.49
- Love Always Bouquet - £9.99
- Double Dozen Roses - £9.99
- Elegance Bouquet - £14.99
- One in a Million Bouquet - £19.99
If you can't get out in time to get your loved one a bunch, you can order them online and can be delivered straight to their door, even sent through the letter box. Interflora offers bouquets straight to your door, which can even come on the same day. Meanwhile, Bloom & Wild also has its own letterbox flower service, with a huge array of bouquets on offer.
