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Louise Lazell & Elaine Blackburne

Thrifty woman's two tricks which slashed her food bill and even saw her eat free for a month

A dumpster diving professional is toasting her success with hauls including a four pack of Guinness which have helped slash her food bills to less than £100 a month for two. Caitlin Weich, 29, regularly plunders supermarket dumpsters for fit to eat food and drink.

She says it not only cuts waste but is also saves money as the 29-year-old marketing manager saves to get a deposit for a house. Caitlin combines using a food sharing app with digging through the bins of discarded goods to slash her outgoings and help her protect the planet.

By also collecting unwanted food from friends and neighbours in her lunchbreak, Caitlin, who lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her lawyer boyfriend Adam, 28, says they eat like kings on a pauper's budget. She said: "We spend as little as 100 euros (£85) a month for the two of us.

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