Buying reduced items/discount items in 2018

I base my shopping around YS items. I try not to buy processed food if I can but sometimes if I am shopping tired I can get roped in to non YS items like wine and crisps!
I have a good freezer so I try to stick to high quality protein items. I love organic turkey and it is hard to get turkey outside of Christmas so I try and stock up. This year I bought various turkey breasts/whole turkeys for an average of £55 each and I paid an average of £5 each. I try and only look at YS with at least 70% off and I only use Waitr0se and MnS as the quality is high and the shelf life seems longer.

I have another year of restricted budget whilst I do my house repairs so I am likely to shop this way for another year.

To keep my dignity I never take more than one of something before offering it to the person next to me. I never grab and if someone looks like their need is greater I let them have it instead

doingitanyway wrote: »

To keep my dignity I never take more than one of something before offering it to the person next to me. I never grab and if someone looks like their need is greater I let them have it instead

I think there should be etiquette rules for YS shopping such as doing itanyway abides by so many people park their trolley right across the shelves and then proceed to scoop everything they can into it and then give you such a dirty look when you politely shift their trolley out of the way so that you can get to the one thing you want No trollies should be allowed next to the shelf - all should be parked out of the way so people can only take what they can carry as Miss Piggy used to say, 'I never eat more than I can lift'

I live on mainly YS food and save lots of money. I don't meal plan I buy and eat whatever is cheap, except meat, fish, and processed ready meals. Mr T is my nearest, I went just before Christmas and got £63 worth of food for £7.

Ilona

went into Tesco today with a coupon for a free krispy Kreme donut, £1 off covent garden soup x2, so spent 34p on my shopping today!!

My best time at Mr T is just before 7pm, when they put the third and last sticker on. They start just after lunch with the first sticker, and 3pm for the 2nd sticker. I take a chance by going late, sometimes there isn't much left, other times there is loads. Meat I think is discounted early because it has to be sold asap. I don't buy meat.

You need to visit your chosen supermarket at different times, watch what the staff do, ask them when the yellow sticker trolley will come out. Each store has it's own system. Some will leave the items on the shelf so it's spot the stickers in every department. Some will put them all in one place so no hunting. Some will wheel them out from the back on a trolley, then it's grab what you want. It's all quite civilized at my store, a few people know the system. No pushing and shoving.

Ilona