A money-saving mum has revealed her thrifty shopping hack that saved her more than $250 across two trips to the supermarket
A money-saving mum has revealed her thrifty shopping hack that saved her more than $250 across two trips to the supermarket.
The Victorian shopper said she phoned a nearby Coles to ask when they would be marking down perishable groceries and timed her shops accordingly.
She was told they discounted food three times a day and managed to score $199.11 worth of meat for $46.97 on her first shop and $129.89 of groceries for just $23.77 on her second.
A thirty shopper has revealed how she saved more than $250 across two shopping trips by calling a nearby Coles to ask when they would be marking down perishable items
She was told they discount food three times a day and managed to score $199.11 worth of meat for $46.97 on her first shop and $129.89 of groceries for just $23.77 on her second
Across the two hauls, she would have spent $329 for the groceries had they been full price but only forked out $70.74 saving a whopping $258.26.
‘I live in country Victoria but I was in Melbourne on Thursday for a funeral.Went with my sister and went back to her house where my brother-in-law told me about this,’ she wrote in a post to the Facebook group.
‘He said ring your local Coles and ask them when they do their mark downs…I rang mine and they said three times a day.’
She was told the morning markdowns are mostly in the bakery while bigger markdowns across the diary, meat and dairy sections occur in later in the evening around 6:30pm
She said she was told the morning markdowns are mostly in the bakery while bigger markdowns across the diary, meat, Penyakit menular seksual fresh produce and dairy sections occur in later in the evening around 6:30pm.
‘Also it’s only on items with a use-by on same day and they will already have the markdown sticker on them,’ she added.
‘Although I did get four items that had the next day’s date on them.So ring your local Coles store and ask them.’
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