A mum was left in tears after a hero shopper helped pay for her food shop.
When she was in Iceland at the tills when she realised her shopping had gone over her tight budget. The mum admitted she was 'breaking down' in the middle of the shop and was embarrassed by having to put items back.
However a mystery shopper stepped in and offered to cover the extra cost - allowing the family to have food for the week. Taking to Facebook, the woman expressed her gratitude in a bid to find the person who helped her.
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She wrote: "Thank you so much to the lady in Iceland today who paid for £10 of our shopping. I was in the middle of a breakdown with not being able to afford our food and the embarrassment of having to put stuff back.
"It’s thanks to you that we now have food for the week. The world needs more people like you."
As the BirminghamLive reports, she admitted that she often has to borrow money from family and rely on food banks to feed her and her toddler.
She went on: "She was all I could think about while eating, if it wasn’t for her our stomachs would be empty - she's a true hero.
"I know we said thank you about 20 times, but I’d love to thank her again. She’s put food in our stomachs for the week and I couldn’t be more grateful.
"It's not easy as I have a 15-month-old son to look after and I have to lend money off family members sometimes, just to get by and food banks help as well. But it’s people like this woman who mean a lot to me - it could've been her last £10 for all I knew."
People replied to the post with support and praise. One said: "Being so kind at a moment in time is treasure .. whoever you are thank you."
Another replied: "It's so lovely to hear these random acts of kindness, I'm so pleased for you and thank you to the very kind lady."
"What a beautiful thing to do, so there are decent people left in this world, they are just very rare." Adam Hampton wrote: "What a nice kind gesture that person was to help another person out as they were struggling to afford food to put on their table. I'm so proud of them - well done," a third added.
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