€1 ravioli haul shows up the supermarket

Ravioli at €1 and donuts at €0.70: the haul that shows up the supermarket

How much can you save by shopping at a clearance store? The shopping list published on 18 March 2025 has the answer: more than €62 on just three products. Eight packs of Rana asparagus and Parmigiano Reggiano ravioli at one euro each, two of caramelised onion and goat's cheese, five and a half kilos of cooked ham in one piece and 52 filled donuts for less than €50 in total. The question is not whether the price is real, but what gets lost along the way.

The economy of the full freezer

Surplus discount chains have struck gold: well-known brands at rock-bottom prices. In this haul, the cooked ham worked out at €2.50 per 750-gram bag, compared with the €45-55 it costs sliced at a conventional supermarket. The ravioli, at one euro a pack, cost four on the regular shelf. Some argue that buying in bulk and freezing is the only way to eat good brands on a tight budget; others counter that freezing does not improve something that was mediocre to begin with.

Other bargain hunters confirmed the trend with frozen burgers at €1.50, and even €0.50 at a trusted store. The stockpiling logic is flawless: two boxes for the weekend, the rest into the chest freezer for months.

What the offer label doesn't say

The fine print came later. A diet built on sugar and refined flour eventually saturates the metabolism: glucose and fructose pass into the bloodstream, the liver converts them into triglycerides and the cells learn to ignore insulin. The haul included 52 donuts, at a rate of almost two a day for a month. The filled ravioli are not exactly vegetables either.

The shopper who sparked the controversy did not seem willing to give up sweets, and responded with quips that add nothing to the nutritional debate. But his case serves as a warning: the hard-cash savings are real, and you don't need to be a financial engineer. Just common sense at the till.

The pantry surplus

In the end, the real issue is not whether those ravioli are worth one euro or four. It's whether you can keep 52 donuts in the freezer and not eat them all in the first week. The price of a deal is never just in euros.