A SAVVY saver has revealed how she feeds her family-of-three for just £11 a week.
Rosie, who is known online as ‘Money Saving Rosie’, is based in Cheshire and rather than buying her groceries from Aldi or Lidl, has decided to ditch the supermarkets.
Now, Rosie spends just £11 a week and is able to stock up on all things from pizzas and macaroni cheese, to crisps, bread and vegetables[/caption]
Instead of weekly trips to Asda or Tesco, the brunette beauty now does her weekly shop at The Very Green Grocery, whose mission is to fight food waste whilst providing an affordable grocery shopping service for the community.
The savvy saver, who has 18,000 followers on Facebook, took to social media to show off her epic haul – and you won’t believe how much she got for just £11.
Posting online, Rosie uploaded her clip with the caption ‘Join me on an affordable food shop. This is everything I got within the space of an hour, not bad!’
At the start of the short video, Rosie sat in her car prior to stocking her cupboards, as she said: “Come food shopping with me where we’ll hopefully spend about £10 on our weekly food shop.
“Today I’m going to two different initiatives, they operate on the same day.
“Both have volunteers that collect food that would’ve gone into landfill, that are surplus from supermarkets and manufacturers and get sent to these places and we get to buy it at a massively subsidised rate.”
Moments later, Rosie proudly showed off her purchases, which included a tomato pasta salad, originally from Morrisons, cooked chicken breasts from M&S and a microwave macaroni cheese from Sainsbury’s.
As well as this, she also got onions, potatoes, loads of shredded lettuce, avocado, roasting herbs, carrots, spring onions, celerity, tomatoes, corn on the cob and a green pepper.
She even got fruit too and was able to nab bananas, apples, oranges and lemons.
Not only was she lucky enough to get herself a bouquet of flowers, but she also got Yorkshire puddings, oats, a block of cheddar cheese, a plate of tasty sweet treats and focaccia.
But that’s not all, as this bargain hunter was even able to stock up on snacks, as she got pots of Pringles, a large pack of Coco Pops, croissants and pain au chocolat.
She even got a loaf of bread, two baguettes, an olive bloomer, two big bags of crisps and a tub of Twiglets, as well as protein bars, a Swiss roll and a variety of pizzas.
This all came to £11 and what a crime that all of this would have been thrown in the bin or gone in landfill
Rosie
To top off the haul, Rosie also got some soft drinks too, including a pack of Coca Cola Zero and an orange juice.
Thrilled with her bargains, Rosie beamed: “This all came to £11 and what a crime that all of this would have been thrown in the bin or gone in landfill.
“Instead, it’s benefitting the community.”
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Rosie later penned: “For clarity, this isn’t food meant for the food bank, this is a completely separate entity.
“This isn’t taking food away from the vulnerable in the community.
“If anything, I could have taken more! This is open to anyone.”
Facebook users react
Rosie’s clip has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly amassed 849,000 views, 9,400 likes and 852 comments.
Facebook users were stunned with her cheap haul and many eagerly flocked to the comments to express this.
I would love to have one of these, it would be so much cheaper
Facebook user
One person said: “This is great! There’s loads of places all over the country, you’ve just got to do your homework in your area.”
Another added: “You go girl, feeding your family well on a budget.”
A third commented: “I would love to have one of these, it would be so much cheaper.”
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Odd boxes – plenty of retailers offer slightly misshapen fruit and veg or surplus food at a discounted price.
Lidl sells five kilos of fruit and veg for just £1.50 through its Waste Not scheme while Aldi shoppers can get Too Good to Go bags which contain £10 worth of all kinds of products for £3.30.
Sainsbury’s also sells £2 “Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me” fruit and veg boxes to help shoppers reduced food waste and save cash.
Food waste apps – food waste apps work by helping shops, cafes, restaurants and other businesses shift stock that is due to go out of date and passing it on to members of the public.
Some of the most notable ones include Too Good to Go and Olio.
Too Good to Go’s app is free to sign up to and is used by millions of people across the UK, letting users buy food at a discount.
Olio works similarly, except users can collect both food and other household items for free from neighbours and businesses.
Yellow sticker bargains – yellow sticker bargains, sometimes orange and red in certain supermarkets, are a great way of getting food on the cheap.
But what time to head out to get the best deals varies depending on the retailer. You can see the best times for each supermarket here.
Super cheap bargains – sign up to bargain hunter Facebook groups like Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK where shoppers regularly post hauls they’ve found on the cheap, including food finds.
“Downshift” – you will almost always save money going for a supermarket’s own-brand economy lines rather than premium brands.
The move to lower-tier ranges, also known as “downshifting” and hailed by consumer expert Martin Lewis, could save you hundreds of pounds a year on your food shop.
Despite this, at the same time, one woman slammed: “So basically you don’t need to buy that but your gunna take it out of the mouths of people who do.”
But to this, Rosie clapped back and confirmed: “Babe, what are we implying here? That I went to a foodbank or a community facility and took all the food like some Grinch?
“If you had bothered to listen to the first 30 seconds, it’s a community (that means everyone, by the way) shop that allows you to buy food that doesn’t even make it to the food bank.
If anything, I could have taken more! This is open to anyone
Rosie
“We buy it at a massively subsidised rate. What I took wasn’t even all of my allocation, so can you imagine how much you can take? It’s nuts isn’t it.
“But before you steam in giving it the big one that I take from those in need, let’s use some critical thinking.
“Read the whole description, watch the whole thing through then see whether what you originally thought still makes sense.”
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