One mum has gone viral on social media for sharing a snap of her £1.50 Too Good To Go box from Lidl and has explained how shoppers can get their hands on one.
The popular budget supermarket launched the Too Good To Go scheme back in 2019 and it provides shoppers with 'wonky' fresh fruit and veg that, which is a bit imperfect, but still fine to eat.
Sharing photos of all the fruit and veg she managed to receive in the box, the 5kg box was met with significant praise from shoppers who called it "an absolute haul".
The Manchester Evening News reports that mum-of-two Arja Vapola took to Facebook to share the box which contained grapes, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, potatoes and much more.
With the cost of living crisis continuing to see prices on food rise, it is understandable why so many shoppers have been impressed with the boxes.
Arja, who lives in London, said: "£1.50 too good to go box from Lidl (minus the eggs). Plenty of life left in all but blueberries - they’re gonna be gone in five minutes in this house anyway.
"Too many easy peelers for our household but gonna give them to my partner take work to his colleagues so there’s no waste.
"If you’ve never seen these in your local Lidl ask member of staff what time they go out. I have three Lidls close by and one puts them out 8am, another ones closer to midday."
Shoppers commented on how much they love the boxes - when they manage to get their hands on one.
"The £1.50 Lidl good to go boxes are brilliant value for money, usually find the best first thing in the morning. Saved me a lot of money recently," said one.
Another described the box as 'an absolute haul' and suggested a veg hash recipe for Arja to make with her ingredients.
And she's not the only one making a big impression with her budget find.
Nia (@GwneudYTro), on Twitter, shared a photo of the banana cake she made from her Lidl box along with a list of her other creations.
"So far have made leek and potato soup, aubergine stew, x2 banana cake and strawberries already devoured," she said. "Just carrots parsnips and spring onions to go! Good work Lidl for ensuring slightly damaged fruit and veg don’t go to waste. All at a knocked down price."
Nia, who lives in Cardiff, told the Manchester Evening News: "I've seen these boxes many times but as they are at the end by the till, I never bought them as I’d already piled up on my veg.
"I talked to one of the staff one day who explained that they go through veg on a daily basis and if there is any damage to a pack, say one carrot not looking so good, they’d take many times the offending item out and place them in one of these boxes.
"So, I finally got round to buying one, I checked them all out and there were different options in each box, and I cracked on with it.
"Obviously you need to use with store items you have in the cupboard, but I was really impressed with what you could achieve if you gave it some thought."
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