Savvy mother reveals she saved £173 on a food shop that will last her family of seven for WEEKS by snapping up yellow-sticker products at Asda
- Lyndsey Graves, from Barton-Upon-Humber got an impressive bargain at shop
- Revealed she filled her trolley only with items on offer to feed family of seven
- Claimed she saved £173 on the shopping, paid £60.73 instead of £233.57
- Said she had shopped enough items to feed her clan for a few weeks
- Praised online for snatching the good prices before others
A mother-of-five with an eye for reductions revealed she saved an impressive £173 on her food shopping by only buying items on special offer.
Lyndsey Graves, from Barton-Upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, revealed she only paid £60.73 on a food shop that should have cost £233.57 full price, scoring a total of 147 items.
The super shopper explained on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group that she believed the large shop from Asda would last her family of seven a few weeks.
She added that there was plenty of items left for other shoppers in case anyone accused her of being greedy. Most groups members were simply impressed she managed to snatch so many good promos.
Items with yellow stickers are typically reduced because they are going out of date soon, with most supermarkets usually doing their reductions at set times throughout the day.
Lyndsey Graves, from Barton-Upon-Humber, revealed she only paid £60.73 on a food shopping that should have cost £233.57 full price, scoring 147 items for a bargain
In her post, the mother added there were plenty of items left for other people to puck up, and that the trolley contained items for a friend as well as hers
Lindsey shared a pictures of a shopping trolley completely filled with the reduced items, adorned with a yellow label – the sign that their price has gone down.
Her trolley contained meat, crisps, family-sized bags of vegetables, bread and more. She added that some of the trolley’s contents was destined for a friend who had gone shopping with her.
The post quickly gathered more than 3,000 likes and nearly 500 comments within hours of Lyndsey posting.
She reassured commenters that there were plenty of items left over for other shoppers, in case she was accused of being greedy, but Facebook users said she didn’t have to justify herself, with one adding: ‘It’s a dog eat dog world.’
People encouraged Lyndsey and said she did not have to apologise for snatching the bargain, saying it was a ‘dog eat dog world’
‘If I was you, I’d do the same.. get as much as you like girl,’ said one.
‘Don’t explain yourself, that’s a good b***** bargain!! Good on you,’ said another.
‘Never feel bad for grabbing bargains … the haters will always hate but your family is fed … win win I’d say,’ advised another.
‘Who cares if people think you could of left some for others !! Would they? Well done, you enjoy your bargain,’ said one.