We’ve just got back from our little trip to the Co-Op. A 3 minute walk at 7-7.30pm guarantees us something for 10p from their reduced shelf. But tonight was a whole other league.
Tony picked up a couple of reduced yoghurts and we grabbed a 10p loaf of bread, only for them to scan at -6p as a total. Some quick maths made me realise that the yoghurts were on a multi buy offer, meaning they were usually 68p each, or buy two for £1. Each one was reduced to 10p, so for every two we bought for 20p, the till was refunding us 36p – 16p profit.
Well you know what happened next! We raced back to the reduced shelf and cleared all the yoghurts in multiples of two. We bought 22 in the end which meant we were owed £1.76. The store couldn’t give us the money, so we used it to buy some cereal alongside 10p pancakes, muffins and bread. There was a hairy moment when the checkout assistant called a supervisor over, but she said as long as the store didn’t owe us money, it was okay.
Now….what can we do with 22 pots of yoghurt?
Naomi Alexander says
Haha! This post really made me laugh! Absolutely brilliant. Found your site coz of your Tesco Value blog for Miss Thrifty. I did the guest blog for Sainsbury’s Basics – http://slendermeans.co.uk/
Miss Thrifty just needs to find a regular Asda shopper blogger and she has the ‘big 4’ covered. I’m assuming she can do a Morrisons one herself (I know she loves Morrisons shampoo!) Best wishes, Naomi.