A woman who managed to spend just £163 on food in 2021 has said it's all thanks to yellow sticker discounts - and that it would have cost £1,223 otherwise.
Sharon Adams, who is 48, has perfected the art of money saving on groceries for 10 years.
She says she hunts out discounted items on her local supermarkets in Pontypridd, Wales, and also uses the food app Olio , the Sun reports.
She said one haul saw her spend £2.40 on food that would otherwise have set her back £40.
She managed to pick up items including mince, turkey, vegetables and some treats like mince pies.
Other bargains included hair conditioner for 10p.
Sharon has two freezers to keep items fresh, with much of it filled with a bumper haul of yellow-sticker discount items from just before Christmas.
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She said: “Yellow sticker shopping has really helped me to stretch the pennies and the pounds.
“If I can sniff a yellow sticker reduction out, I will.
“I budget £10 a week on food shopping, and often find that I can spread that amount further.
“I tend to go to Morrisons and Asda in the evening as they always have the best reductions."
She said she has barely needed to do any shopping at all this month, but squeezed in one at Asda where she got £40 of groceries for £7.49.
This included chillies and tomatoes for 10p each and a big pack of mince for 62p.
She added: "Other supermarkets like Aldi, I don’t go to that often as its further away, but I actually went there once and managed to get £40 worth of meat for £11 as everything was 75% off in the reduced section.
"I go to my local McColls a lot too, and they have a lot of reductions that are usually around 10 pence each."
In the last six months, Sharon has received over 429 free items from Olio including sandwiches, an assortment of berries, yoghurts, bread, milk, desserts, and even a pizza or two.
Olio is a free sharing app where people give away food and other household items to people living nearby.
The app lets users browse food items nearby and click on the listing to request it.
If approved by the 'giver' you'll then need to arrange delivery between yourselves.
Sharon said: “My local Tesco will donate to the Olio representative every evening with stock that hasn’t been sold, including a lot of reduced, going out of date items.
"Yellow sticker shopping has really helped me to stretch the pennies and the pounds."
Sharon’s yellow sticker hauls and freebies also mean that all of her three daily meals usually amount to less than £1 per day.
She said: “Meals are always really cheap, because the items I put together have either been free from Olio, or just massively reduced with yellow stickers.
"I budget £10 a week on food shopping, and often find that I can spread that amount further."
