B&M shoppers have been raving about the store’s scanner function in its app for a long time. Customers have walked away with furniture for a fiver and as many candles as you could possibly need for just 10p a pop.
One mum, posting on a B&M Facebook group, found chunky knit rugs discounted from £40 to just £1. Whilst others have found rolls of wallpaper for just £2.
With this in mind, and an afternoon free, I headed to South Shields’ B&M to see what bargains I could find. I decided to avoid the aisles of homeware with the newly released ranges in, primarily because these are the ones that attack my bank account on a daily basis and headed upstairs for the furniture and candles.
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Unfortunately, while I didn’t find any showstopping bargains, of the 136 products I scanned, I found many that were showing up at 50% off. Often, items had “new” stickers on but were reduced in the app and at the till.
I was extremely let down by the candle aisle, which I had high hopes for as it’s usually my first stop. Obviously, I stayed to smell every scent on offer and I did find a few that were reduced on the ticket price, but none that were below £2.
Many of the reduced items that I scanned were on shelves that didn’t have price tickets. Here are a few of the deals we found.
Grey and gold console table - £80 down to £25
Cane floor lamp - £60 down to £30
Glass & gold tealight candle holder - £7 sticker down to £4
Table lamp - £28 down to £15
Gemstone diffuser - £5 to £2.50
So if you’re heading to B&M for a shopping trip, we can recommend taking a few seconds to scan any items you’re on the fence about - you may find they have a secret discount. Ten of the items I scanned, including those above, had decent discounts.
If I had bought all ten items at their stickered prices, I’d have left B&M £324 down. However, once the discounts were taken into account, my haul would have cost just £136.50.
Some of these reductions may seem small, but during this cost of living crisis, saving every penny helps.
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