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Boffins uncover secrets of yellow-sticker shopping success - MSE News

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Supermarket bargain-hunters require a unique set of "skills and knowledge" spanning both shopping and cooking to truly make the most of yellow-sticker discounts, according to a group of academics who analysed nearly a thousand MoneySavingExpert.com forum posts...
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Do what I did and get an extra freezer, my YS hunting/savings paid for the new freezer in less than 5 months :T
They basically concluded they have no idea in their findings. What a waste of time. About as useful to the world as other notable "academics" degree study casework, like "why do cornflakes go soggy in milk" (i'm not joking, they did do such "research" and other such things!). Good use for university money and a positive benefit to a future employer they are! lol
Here are some other worthless studies, just the tip of the icebrug: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/275060
Yellow stickers are (I might be wrong) the colour Asda use (and red ones for damaged packaged items), some other supermarkets use red; so "discounted on the day stickers" would be more accurate a description.
Nearly all supermarkets use yellow stickers...
The Tesco nearer where i live was up to a year ago very lively on reductions...remember a Tesco employee standing there waving a shelf stacker stool shouting back back to a angry mob trying to get at the reduction trolley!!!, like a lion tamer...in a tescos!!...now its more pleasant , as its not reduced much and goods/Food are left on the shelf
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Lidl use orange, I believe Aldi ones are red too
When I go I do tend to take a lot but if I see someone behind me I ask if they want some of the items, I also stand back from staff when they are reducing and talk to them and ask if its ok to take the item they have just labelled.
Do remember one food store though where the guy there was a miserable sort, really snooty and I remember standing back and waiting for him to reduce for 10 minutes as I didn't want to shove, then a woman arrived with a trolley with about 20 whole chickens in, and he asked her if she wanted ALL the pizzas he just reduced and she said yes, she can use them for her grandkids, so me with a empty basket who waited 10 minutes got ignored and I felt annoyed as it felt like he was calling me greedy when I had nothing, at same place there was a guy who shoved in front of people and went in daily, even smarmily saying "first come first served" when I picked up something first once he tutted at me and moaned I took everything "2 packs of chicken" I turned to him and said "first come first served"
People can be so greedy.
I hate the plague of locusts you get when the staff start reducing stuff. My OH loves buying YSF but doesn't always have a plan for it, he bought a pheasant half price a few days ago, just before it's use by date. It's still sitting in the fridge and both freezers are full.
* It's to save money :rotfl:
Having seen the treatment given to the poor staff and security having to get involved, I've decided I don't want to be involved in that sort of behaviour.