With the cost of living soaring, we're all trying to cut back – so a visit to four major supermarkets – Morrisons, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's – has revealed the "yellow ticket" discounted goods on offer. At Morrisons, it meant a whole chicken reduced from £4.25 to 43p, a posh cottage pie reduced from £6 to 60p and sausages reduced to 15p a pack – all dated for use on the same day but all freezable.
In research for the Manchester Evening News, a reporter ended up saving a massive £86.38 on her investigative shopping. In Morrisons, a trip to the reduced section cost £12.99, a £41.75 saving on original prices. Although choices were limited, the reporter still found a chicken tikka masala for 25p – down from £2.50, a pack of thin cooked chicken reduced from £2 to 40p and Pukka jumbo sausage rolls down from £1.14 to just 12p.
At Asda, a chicken and bacon puff pastry lattice was down from £3.38 to £2.37. Samosas were reduced from £1.15 to 90p and steak down from £5.75 to £4.71. At Sainsbury's, the bargains were scattered around and placed in the area you'd usually find the full-price products. A pack of 10 Happy eggs was down from £2.85 to £1.89 and the stonebaked BBQ chicken pizza was reduced from £3.25 to £1.99.
