A student has shared how she cut her monthly food bill by more than £80 by using a free app to save cash. Mia Munro spent around £18 on food that would have otherwise gone in the bin - and it provided her with two weeks worth of food.
The 20-year-old, from Newcastle, would typically spend £200 a month on her food shop - or £100 a fortnight - and was able to cut that by £82 using the Too Good To Go app, Liverpool Echo reports.
Mia decided to try Too Good to Go in a bid to spend less money and save waste - something many of us have been trying to do in recent months amid the cost of living crisis. The free app allows shoppers to buy food that hasn't sold in time at a much lower price, saving it from being thrown away at the end of the day.
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Mia ordered a "magic bag" every day from Monday to Friday, and combined the contents with ingredients she already had in her freezer. She said she spent £18 for two weeks' worth of food.
The money-savvy student told LatestDeals.co.uk : "The first bag I got was from my local café, and I got three Rocky Road cakes worth £9 for just £3.09. These were good as snacks and desserts over the two weeks and they were large enough that I could cut them up.
"I then went to Starbucks, and I got four items for £3.59 - I worked out that I saved just over £13 overall! In the bag there was a No Meatball Marinara Wrap, usually £5, a S’mores Muffin - usually £2.65 - an Iced Raspberry Swirl, usually £3, and a Banoffee Mini Loaf Cake which is usually £2.75. I took the wrap out for lunch and divided up the desserts over the course of the fortnight."
On another Too Good To Go adventure, Mia picked up groceries from GoPuff, where she got her 'biggest haul yet'. She added: "I got bananas which would usually be £1.54, a Muller Corner yogurt originally priced at 98p, 2 packs of 6 medium free-range eggs usually £1.15 each, an organic blue top and green top milk usually £1.32 and £1.69 respectively, a cinnamon swirl which would have been 70p, a 6-pack of white baps originally priced at £1.42 and a ciabatta roll which was 40p. I got the whole lot for £4 and saved £6.35."
Mia also saved almost £10 on a bag from Pret a Manger which left her with a number of meals to eat. She also got lots of fruit and yogurts, as well as some soup, for just £3.50 from a grocery store, saving just under £15.
She continued: "I had plenty of fruit for snacks, a number of desserts, some soup for lunch with the ciabatta, pre-made meals from Pret and Starbucks, some milk for breakfast cereals, eggs for omelettes, baps for sandwiches and so on."
She also shared another tip for people who want to save money on their food shops. Mia added: "My biggest tip for budding bargain hunters is to use a Supermarket Price Comparison tool.
"I often make a shopping list of the things I need, and go to one, two, or sometimes even three stores so I can get each item at its cheapest price. Or if I only go to the one store, I will often swap out things I wanted for an item that’s similar but cheaper or on offer."
Tom Church, Co-Founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, said: "Wow, I’m jealous of the huge range of Too Good To Go bags in Mia’s area - I have nowhere near as many where I live! She’s certainly done well to reduce her grocery spend by £80 and make use of these bags, plus her existing food supplies, to get creative and make some bargain-friendly meals."
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