‘I’m jealous’ admit shoppers as savvy mum beats ‘vultures’ to bag huge Morrisons yellow sticker haul
A SAVVY mum has left shoppers jealous after bagging a huge haul of yellow sticker bargains in Morrisons.
Bargain hunters praised Lorna Cooper, from Paisley, for “beating the vultures” to the discounted stash in her local supermarket.
Posting on Feed your family for about £20 a week, a public Facebook group with 678,000 followers, Lorna shared snaps of her Morrisons buys.
Alongside the post, she said: “I landed this haul in Morrisons on Friday.”
She managed to pick up heavily discounted vegetable samosas, Cornish pastries, 700g of Cajun chicken breasts and a quiche.
She also bagged a loaf of plain bread, iceberg lettuce, two packs of fish, celery sticks, and 80g of topside of beef.
Hery grocery shop should have cost more than £30, but the yellow sticker discounts brought the total to just £9.75.
But Lorna did have one complaint about her lucky food shop – the competition to grab the sale goods.
She said: “I ended up at a different Morrisons from the one I usually go to and what a different experience waiting on the yellow stickers getting reduced.
“In the one I usually go to it is pretty civilised but not so much this one!
“People hanging over the people reducing stuff and pushing in. It was a bit nuts. I think I will stick to my normal one from now on!”
Her haul left social media users open-mouthed, with many taking to the comments section.
“You got a good haul though Lorna”, insisted one.
“Wow. Great discounts”, said a second.
A third wrote: “It’s like that in our Morrisons they like vultures.”
A fourth confessed: “Awww, I’m jealous. You gotta get it while you can especially if it will freeze. I seem to miss out on any good bargains at Morrisons. It’s the timing I think.”
Meanwhile, a fifth commented: “They do that in my local Morrisons, like vultures waiting to pounce. Always the same people too, awful. I feel sorry for the staff having them hanging over them!”
How to save money on your food shop
THERE are plenty of ways to save on your grocery shop.
You can look out for yellow or red stickers on products, which show when they’ve been reduced.
If the food is fresh, you’ll have to eat it quickly or freeze it for another time.
Making a list should also save you money, as you’ll be less likely to make any rash purchases when you get to the supermarket.
Going own brand can be one easy way to save hundreds of pounds a year on your food bills too.
This means ditching “finest” or “luxury” products and instead going for “own” or value” type of lines.
Plenty of supermarkets run wonky veg and fruit schemes where you can get cheap prices if they’re misshapen or imperfect.
For example, Lidl runs its Waste Not scheme, offering boxes of 5kg of fruit and vegetables for just £1.50.
If you’re on a low income and a parent, you may be able to get up to £442 a year in Healthy Start vouchers to use at the supermarket too.
Plus, many councils offer supermarket vouchers as part of the Household Support Fund
Lorna has made a name for herself as a top budget shopper over the years.
She is the author of Feed Your Family For £20 A Week – In A Hurry cookbook, where she shares her secrets for making meals for a family of four for less than £3 a day – as well as running her popular Facebook page.
After she was unable to work because of a back injury, Lorna managed to cut her £100-a-week food bill to just £20.
The busy mum-of-three is now known for her saving tips, food hauls and bargain hunting which she shared in her debut book.
It has more than 100 budget-friendly recipes, and best of all, the meals can all be prepared in under 20 minutes.