A MAJOR supermarket is offering kids free warm breakfasts over the February half-term.
Asda will give children the cheap deals this month as families combat the cost of living crisis.
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From 8am to midday during half-term, kids can get a free bowl of Quaker porridge on top of any kids’ main meal for £1.
The current kids for £1 menu includes a choice of one of six hot meals or a cold pick and mix sandwich meals deal for just £1.
The offer is available throughout February half-term and across all 205 Asda cafes.
The dates are February 9 until February 22 to cover all variations of half-term holidays.
Kris Comerford, Asda’s chief commercial officer said: “We know when families are preparing for the school holidays it can often mean an additional strain on household budgets – especially feeding and entertaining their children.
“We remain as committed as ever to supporting our customers in tackling these tough times.”
Sainsbury’s has also confirmed that it’ll be offering kids free hot meals or a lunch bag over half-term.
Parents will just need to purchase any of the adult main meals for £5.20.
The offer is available in all Sainsbury’s cafes between February 13 and February 24.
During term time, Sainsbury’s is also offering kid’s meals for £1 for every adult main purchased.
We’ve asked other supermarkets what they’re doing for half-term and will update this piece once we hear back.
The Range is also giving shoppers the chance to get a free breakfast.
Two children under 16 per family can get a free warm breakfast with every adult breakfast purchased.
What other help is available?
Household Support Fund
To help families juggle the cost of living crisis, many councils are offering free cash or supermarket vouchers through the Household Support Fund.
The pot of money from Government has been shared between local councils.
But each local authority decides how to allocate their portion of the fund so what you will get depends on where you live.
In most cases, the help is given to households on benefits or a low income so check with your local council to see what it offers.
Healthy Start vouchers
Struggling parents can also apply for Healthy Start vouchers.
Families that qualify for the Healthy Start scheme get one or two vouchers per week, per child, depending how old each child is.
If you have a child that’s younger than 12-months-old, you get two vouchers each week.
That means in the first year of your child’s life you could get £442.
Pregnant women get one voucher a week, and parents also get one voucher for each child between one and four.
That means they would get at least £221 in a year.
Supermarket rewards schemes
Most supermarkets have their own loyalty schemes which customers can sign up to to earn points and get discounts on products.
Tesco offers personalised coupons to its loyal customers through its Clubcard scheme.
Asda Rewards allows customers to collect “Asda pounds” every time they buy Star Products and complete Missions in store.
Meanwhile, Sainsbury’s revamped the Nectar loyalty scheme in 2019 to also offer personalised discounts.
Customers can see the deals on the website or app each week, then collect the extra points if they buy the item in store or online.
Morrisons shoppers can no longer collect points through the My Morrisons loyalty scheme after the scheme was overhauled in May 2021 and points collecting scrapped.
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