Reduced bargains and yellow stickers shopping

tootallulah

Another reason to be thankful for living near a Waitrose, much calmer atmosphere in the shop and good bargains if you are lucky.

prosaver

rufuschucklebutty wrote: »

I've been doing this for years, but i find some very nasty grabbing impolite people about now, and a new phenomenon of recent immigrants using family members to camp out all day by the reduced shelf and hoover up everything and wait until the last reduction at night, then wheel up a trolley full. Some stores won't allow this but some do.

i also witnessed a riot in Tesco in Hayes ( London) with people panicking over old vegtables, that disgusted me. Some lady was pushed into a pile of bread ! i lost the will to live and walked out.

I found out if you look for the store assistant reducing the stuff in different aisles he/she puts it on the trolly before going to the reduced section,
so i asked if i could have some stuff of the trolly and she said yes,,,,, ha ha thats the way to beat them

geordie_ben

prosaver wrote: »

I found out if you look for the store assistant reducing the stuff in different aisles he/she puts it on the trolly before going to the reduced section,
so i asked if i could have some stuff of the trolly and she said yes,,,,, ha ha thats the way to beat them

This doesn't work in certain stores. In my local Tesco they're not allowed to do give you items off the trolley, they have to put them in the fridge first

maman

Very pleased with my shopping today.

I went to Sainsbury's to return a pair of jeans. Bought them last Monday and then when I was there Friday I say the 25% off on TU so bought another pair and returned the non-reduced ones.

OK so I'd saved there BUT....raspberries reduced to 30p from £2, bags of peppers reduced to 20 p from £1+ and spring onions for 19p. the peppers I'll slice up and freeze, the spring onions I'll use for a stir-fry tomorrow, the raspberries I'll just gobble up later!:D

Lynsey

maman - nice bargains and well done with the 25% TU saving. I would have done that. lol

I managed to get some cranberry bread for only 5p from Morries the other day - actually very nice toasted. They had loads of packs of 5 jam doughnuts for 9p (too many calories there though). I also got some packs of 2 speciality pasties from the bake in store for 75p per pack of two (in freezer).
Picked up some packs of 2 garlic and coriander naan breads for only 10p per pack in Sainsbury's along with other stuff like twin packs of sponge puddings and apple crumbles for 25p per pack.

Having a few days off.
Go grab those bargains and save, save, save.

Lynsey

VfM4meplse

The problem is that RTC stuff is usually stuff or wouldn't usually buy for yourself

Lynsey

VfM4meplse - that can be so true and I've bought lots in the past which I shouldn't have.
The positive is (I suppose), is I/we have tried things we would never have bought at full price. £3'ish items for 75p, £4'ish for £1 etc, etc.
I'm a little more "picky" now TBH and not as many "mistakes".
Fruit and veg vastly reduced in Sainsbury's does help.

Only spend yesterday was a 20p Warburtons "half and half" loaf.
Froze some for toast an the birds will get a good share.
I left all the "garbage" though.

Lynsey

Kirri

gailey wrote: »

my nearest waitrose is 30min drive. whens best to go?

I've never seen reductions in my local Waitrose that would be worth driving for 30 min (each way?) with the cost of petrol these days.

But the quality of reduced food is good, unlike some other shops.. They start reducing in my local one around 7pm ish on the veg but there's still reduced items there first thing in the morning. There's never mega cheap stuff though.

daisybella

Yesterday I got 3 W'rose Love Life ready meals for 55p/each reduced from almost £3.
That's my lazy post-work dinner nights sorted, straight in the freezer they went!

I never usually find decent reductions where I live, but when I'm staying with the boy, more near the city they tend to be better.

Lynsey

Picked up quite a bit last night - free range chicken (halved and in freezer), not great @ just over £2, but over £5 off original (high) price. Very large water melon for 64p, grapes for 49p, garlic and cheese pizzas @ 29p each and other bits.
I did buy bananas at full price (68p per kg), but I only buy bananas on the green side and can't generally get them reduced!!
I need to relax a little and use stuff up before buying again. lol
I'll still take non-freezer stuff though, especially fruit and veg.

Kirri - hope you are well.

Lynsey