Lidl becomes pearl of the posh food wars as it opens up oyster offer — theguardian.com

A battle over upmarket food items has broken out among retailers in the runup to Christmas, with the discount retailer Lidl announcing on Friday that it is to sell the cheapest fresh oysters on the high street. Supermarkets have ramped up their Christmas offerings with luxuries such as lobster, crab, and Serrano and Ibérico ham as they battle for shoppers’ custom with bargain basement prices. Lidl’s fresh oysters will cost just £2.79 for a pack of six and will go on sale from 20 December until Christmas. The “Live Pacific Oysters” are farmed through a Scottish co-operative – Pacific refers to the fact that the oyster is native to the Pacific coast of Asia.

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