Giveaway – No Waste Meal Planner

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No Waste Meal Planner

Over the festive period I stumbled upon The No-Waste Meal Planner by Becky Thorn – in fact, I loved it so much that I picked up an extra copy to give away!

The blurb says that “With food prices rising faster than the national debt we need to get every scrap of value from the goods we buy. Good menu planning is a sure way of saving money, and this book takes menu planning to another level. It shows how, by linking your meals from one day to another, you can cook – and shop – economically but deliciously; and use up any leftover ingredients that might otherwise be scraped into the bin or left to gather mould in the fridge. I’m a big fan of meal planning, and it helps us to keep our grocery costs down. This book is packed full of ideas and I can strongly recommend it – I will be posting a review soon.

To be in with a chance, simply complete any (or all!) of the Rafflecopter entry options using the widget below. The competition is open now and will run until midnight on 21st January. The winner must live in the UK.

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Win £50 cash in time for Christmas

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Win £50 cash for Christmas

On Friday I introduced the Streetspotr app to you, and now they are giving you the chance to win £50 in time for Christmas. The contest ends at midnight tomorrow night, 23rd December, so you will have to act fast!

You get one entry for each friend you refer to the app. Both you and your friend must have completed the Welcome Spot to be eligible, and there is no limit to how many friends you refer. It is a random prize draw – none of this “whoever has the most referrals wins” stuff. If you haven’t yet installed the app or completed your Welcome Spot, it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to complete, and you stand the chance to win £50.

As the app is new(ish) to the UK and the contest is only run for a few days, you stand a really good chance of winning – well worth 10 minutes. Click here to get started.

Save money on takeaways & win £20

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save money on take away

The cost of getting a takeaway is astronomical! Whilst fakeaways (where you cook your own takeaway) are great, there are plenty of ways to trim down the costs whilst still enjoying your favourite take away.

Order less & share

Some of the portion sizes from your favourite take away are huge – more than you can reasonably eat in one sitting. Or sometimes they offer a great deal on a larger portion that can easily be split between two or more people. Subway is a great example of this – they have a 6″ sub and a drink for £3, or a foot long (12″) sub and a drink for £5. Whilst the saving isn’t massive and you don’t get a drink each, sharing a foot long sub saves you some cash. Another example is our local fish and chip shop. One order of large fish and chips feeds the two of us to the point of being stuffed (in fact, we often have to leave some) and saves us having to buy more.

Discounts & codes

Domino’s is famous for its discount codes, meaning that you can often save 50% or more. Be sure to compare what the best offer is though – we found it cheaper to use a 50% off coupon than ordering the “Two for Tuesday” deal. Takeaways may offer a weekday discount to entice business. Other discounts include military, OAP, carer and more.

You could also get a discount for ordering takeaway on a weekday instead of a weekend – our local Chinese takeaway offers a substantial discount for orders placed between Monday and Thursday.

Consider meal deals

Don’t assume that a set meal is cheaper than ordering the items individually…but they often are! Larger sharing meals may have exactly what you were planning on ordering individually, but at a much cheaper price.

Mystery shopping

If I told you that we regularly get to have pizza, chicken or sub sandwiches for free and get paid to report back, I am sure that you would love to get involved! It is a great money saving and money earner! Mystery shopping companies are always looking for people to carry out evaluations of the service and food provided by take away establishments. I would recommend Market Force, Grassroots and The Mystery Dining Company.

Get cash back

If you are ordering via Just Eat or Hungry House, remember that you can get cash back from Topcashback, Quidco or Fat Cheese.

Hungry House offer 4% back at Fat Cheese, Quidco and Topcashback.

Just Eat offer 6% for new customers and 3% for returning customers at Quidco and Topcashback.

Collect

Sometimes collecting your order makes you eligible for discounts that wouldn’t apply to online orders or delivered orders. By collecting you are also likely to order less because you don’t have to make up the minimum spend for delivery. Plus if delivery isn’t free, you save yourself that cost.

Win £20

I’m giving away £20 so that you can treat yourself to a take away in January. The competition runs from 1st December 2014 – 31 December 2014 and the prize will be sent to the winner via Paypal. To enter, simply complete any (or all!) of the Rafflecopter entry options below. Good luck.

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