£10 for the week...

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mirrorimage0 wrote: »

....place in the oven for around 10 mins and its lovely

When you have used the oven to heat another meal, throw in when you are finished will take about 5 mins longer in a cooling oven and you have not spent extra on the energy.

erichamster

oki1875 wrote: »

I live near co-op. What time do they usually reduce their food?

If its on a sunday, I usually go about 3 and then often stuff has had its final reduction, which is when you can get the 10p bargains.

If I go any other day its usually around 5-6pm and then stuff is at about 75% off. I would say about an hour before closing time (you can find out opening times for your store online) is your best bet if you want the best reductions, but if you live close by just try popping in when you're passing.

In my store they always put the reduced fruit and veg in a certain place, the ambient stuff in a certain place, and so on for the bread and the refrigerated stuff so once you get to know where it all is, you can check it pretty quickly.

Kate78

oki1875 wrote: »

I live near co-op. What time do they usually reduce their food?

I find if I get to our local co-op around 6pm there's usually a nice young man wheeling out a trolley of reduced bread and baked goods.

So I stock up the freezer with these - good reductions.

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Supermarket Rough Reductions Schedule

Amount you may be able to save

Up to 25% off
Up to 50% off
Up to 75% and up

Asda

12pm
5pm
9pm

Morrisons

-
5pm
7pm

Sainburys

10am
5pm
8pm

Tesco

8am
4pm
8pm

Co-op

8am
5pm
7pm

Sharon87

My Sainsburys is rubbish at reducing stuff. I saw some ham originally £1.99 at about an hour before closing (10pm closing) and it was reduced by about 50p! Rubbish.

OP have you started the challenge yet? If so how's it going? I could never do it lol, well not now, I think I did at uni when I was really skint lol

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Sharon87 wrote: »

My Sainsburys is rubbish at reducing stuff. I saw some ham originally £1.99 at about an hour before closing (10pm closing) and it was reduced by about 50p

You could always ask if there is a further reduction available.
I know you shouldn't have to, but with less staff on duty later in the day, they may not have anyone available to put reduced prices on goods.

adelight

For a few months last year I spent that or less a week on food and I ate pretty well, stacks of fresh fruit and veg as I'd buy whatever was cheapest at the local market and the fruit/veg on offer that week at Lidl or Aldi. And dried pulses! At the markets I've been to, the later you go they start chucking LOADS of stuff in bowls and boxes and selling them for a pound each. This often meant I ended up eating avocado and tomato salads all week but I can't complain
Also buy what meat is on offer. At sainsburys the packs of 3 legs 3 thighs are often 1.50 or bogof equivalent which makes a cheap and tasty meal with market veg and basics stuffing, casserole with pulses, or curried.

Eating whatever was on offer and not minding a quick experiment in the kitchen meant I tried so many different delicious meals. Sometimes I'd just google "recipe" + a few ingredients I had for an idea or I'd make a soup or stew with what I had. Can also freeze some stuff you buy in large quantities to eat later.