Addicted to whoopsies?!...

nadmaj

Hi

I have to become grocerry shopping savvy now after a recent gas bill.

When is it the best time to shop at supermarkets for their offers such as whoopisies and yellow stickers - i did read a threat here but a very very long time ago and cannot remember.

thanks in advance

littlemissbossy

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3059570

Diflower

Last Saturday I went to MrM's on my way home just to get a bag of salad (to go with our Valentine meal) as I remembered they were on offer for only 50p. Turned out to be really good timing:)
The chap was by the reduced stuff with a price gun and just me and another lady there. He happily said that it was all marked too high so hadn't sold and we were in luck:T
I got a cajun chicken pizza - 29p
2 'best' cottage pies for 29p each (they're £2.79 each, no wonder they hadn't sold!)
2 packs of fresh cheese tortellini - 19p each

I could have had about a dozen pukka pies for 19p each but thankfully don't have enough room in the freezer for extras like that:)

We had the cottage pies the other night (hardly ever have anything ready-made) and they weren't up to much - fine for 29p though:D

noin004

I got a pack of 9 minced beef pasties from Tesco yesterday, reduced to 88p. Just had them for lunch and they are yummy! Also milk reduced to 20p and turkey from £4 to £1.75.

eleanor73

Mr T's the other day-

3 Turkey Steaks down from £3 to 40p.
2 finest beef burgers down from £2.59 to 58p
Tray of meatballs down from £2 something to 40p.
9 finger rolls 9p
Pot of hummous - 12p

I am a whoopsy fiend and all my friends think it is hilarious but they soon change their tune when I get by on just buying breakfast and salad some weeks because my freezer is full:j

MrsBartolozzi

quintwins wrote: »

i'm not long back from tesco, i find about 10 am i a good time to go, ok it's only around 40% off but theres more choice and i only ever buy stuff i would be buying anyway, i only got some sausages and some stewing steak today because my freezers full, i already have the steak in my sc

You're really lucky! Our Tesco doesn't even reduce to 40% off after 8pm. I saw some mince the other day on BBE day with 30p off, was barely 10% iirc, and that was about 8.30pm. Most people browsing the reduced items fridge were tutting and bemoaning the lost days of 75-80% off and I didn't see anyone buying reduced food either.:(

Eco_Miser

Sunday 3:30 onwards (close at 4) at my local Asda, sees crowds round the 'reduced to clear' cabinet, as everything is further reduced, ususally to 10p, sometimes 5p.
Other days, the final drop is to 10p or 20p around 7-7:30pm.

noin004

Had a very successful shop at Morrisons & Iceland this morning. Everything I purchased was reduced apart from the milk. Got 4 bags FULL of shopping for under £10 inc Pork reduced to 80p, meatballs 50p, and a big pack of cheese pasties for 50p. Very pleased!

noin004

Had to pop back into town as a present I got for my dd was broken. Went back into Morrisons and spent 36p for chocolate donuts, danish pastries, scones and loads of bread! Bargain!

Enterprise_1701C

You do have to watch them though. Went into Mr T's the other week and was about to stock up on the plastic bags of milk at 10p each until I checked the Use By date - it was supposed to be displayed until the day before, and used by today. Now if I did not have a 4 pinter on the go already it might have been different, but I tend to be very careful with dates on fresh millk! Don't normally pay too much attention to dates for other things, but milk, fish and chicken I am careful with.