Coles and Aldi slash ham prices for Christmas
With Christmas a matter of days away, the battle for the perfect ham centrepiece is in full swing — and two of the major supermarkets have upped the ante.
With every supermarket offering a full range of hams for the festive table, it looks like the carving knives are coming out win customers over. Both Coles and Aldi have cut the price of their ham ranges this weekend in a bid to get customers locking in their choice for the year.
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Coles is celebrating gold medal wins for its Christmas hams at competitions across the country and will be taking $5 off the price of all Coles brand Christmas hams from the meat department from today (December 10, 2021) until Sunday December 12, 2021.
The battle for the perfect ham centrepiece is in full swing. Ashley Tyghe
The discount applies to all their own-brand hams, including the Coles crackling rib rack roast ham, the 2021 version of their famous crackling ham of previous years.
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The Coles Finest free-range triple smoked half leg ham is also included in the price cut, which won Gold at the 2021 Perth Royal Show.
"We're incredibly proud of our 100 per cent Aussie and sow-stall free half leg hams, which have been winning awards for years, most recently at the Perth, Tasmania and Sydney Royal shows," said Coles General Manager for meat, Martin Smithson.
Two Aussie supermarkets have upped the ante by slashing prices on their hams this weekend. Nine
"We are excited to offer customers the chance to save on our entire range of Coles Christmas Hams from the meat department this weekend."
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Over at Aldi, the price cut is even heftier again, with the supermarket offering $10 off the full price of selected hams.
From today, Friday December 10, 2021 until Sunday December 12, 2021 a selection of Aldi's Australian leg hams will have their price slashed by up to $10.
Aldi has taken $10 off hams this weekend. Aldi
How will you glaze your discount Aldi ham this year? Aldi
The price cuts include Berg Deli half leg hams and Specially Selected triple smoked half leg hams, while Berg triple smoked boneless ham has a five per cent discount too. Discounts are applied at the register.
The only question now is: how many hams to do you want? And how are you going to glaze them?
