Morrisons launches bumper BBQ food box for VE Day bank holiday
Published:05 May 2020

- £35 box includes meat, marinades, bread, salad and sweets -

- Price of box is less than the combined cost of the contents in store -

- Box is ordered online will help self-isolating during lock-down -

- Millions of Brits expected to sit in gardens as 24°C Bank Holiday weather predicted -

Morrisons is launching a BBQ Food Box for just £35 - so that people can enjoy the VE Day Bank Holiday weather. 

The food boxes are particularly helpful for vulnerable and self-isolating customers during the coronavirus pandemic but can be ordered by anyone. 

Available from today, the box will contain over £30 worth of BBQ food. This will include; 25 pieces of meat; 8 meat-free portions; 12 bread rolls; seven packs of vegetables and salads; four marinades and dips; plus two boxes of sweets. It will comfortably feed a family of four adults. 

The regular retail prices of these items comes to £32.83 but Morrisons is selling the box for just £30 plus a £5 delivery charge. The supermarket will also deliver the box directly to customers' doors the next day. 

The BBQ Food Box contains everything needed for afternoon’s BBQ at home. With 24°C weather predicted, millions are expected to take advantage of this VE Bank Holiday - as the UK continues its Covid-19 lock down. 

Tessa Callaghan, Head of Food Boxes at Morrisons said: “Many people are looking to get their BBQs out to celebrate - in a socially distanced way - this first May Bank Holiday. We want to play our full part in Feeding the Nation and we hope this BBQ food box will help more people to enjoy a sunny day.”

Morrisons BBQ Food Box meat includes Morrisons The Best Scotch Beef Burgers and Thick Pork Sausages - all sourced from British farmers, along with meat-free Morrisons Cypriot Halloumi and Corn Cobbettes. All can be dressed with marinades and sauces contained within the box.

Customers can make skewers out of Morrisons The Best Sweet Baby Peppers and Closed Cup Mushrooms. Whilst side accompaniments include Morrisons bread rolls, baking potatoes, coleslaw and potato salad, houmous, cheese and fresh salad items. 

To finish, customers can also indulge their sweet tooth with Morrisons Market Street Brownie and Flapjack Mini Bites, which come in bumper boxes of twenty-four.

The Morrisons BBQ Food Box costs £35 which includes delivery. Customers can order online through the Morrisons Food Boxes website morrisons.com/food-boxes/. Orders are delivered directly to their door ‘contact-free’ via DPD the following day. 

Morrisons BBQ Food Box will contain: 

- Morrisons The Best Scotch Beef Quarter Pounders 4pk, 454g, £3.00
- Morrisons The Best Thick Pork Sausages 6pk, 400g, £2.50
- Morrisons Chicken Drumsticks 10pk, 1.1kg, £2.00
- Morrisons British Beef Sizzle Steak 5pk, 350g, £3.50
- Morrisons Cypriot Halloumi 225g, £2.00
- Morrisons Corn Cobettes 4pk, 500g, £1.35
- Morrisons Baking Potatoes 4pk, 600g, £0.65
- Morrisons Finger Rolls 6pk, £0.50
- Morrisons Soft White Rolls 6pk, £0.50
- Morrisons Cheese Singles 10pk, £1.00
- Morrisons Classic Houmous 200g, £1.20
- Heinz Tomato Ketchup 250g, £1.40
- Flava-It Barbecue Marinade 35g, £1.00
- Flava-It Garlic & Herb Marinade Seasoning 35g, £1.00
- Morrisons Twists Cheese Sticks 125g, £1.00
- Morrisons Closed Cup Mushrooms 300g, £0.95
- Morrisons Market St Crisp Leaf Mix 230g, £1.00
- Morrisons The Best Sweet Baby Peppers 12pk, 250g, £1.65
- Morrisons Baby Plum Tomatoes 250g, £1.00
- Morrisons Creamy Coleslaw 300g, £0.78
- Morrisons Deli Potato Salad 300g, £0.85
- Morrisons Market Street Brownie Mini Bites 24pk, 300g, £2.00
- Morrisons Market Street Flapjack Mini Bites 24pk, 300g, £2.00