Fast food fans can enjoy the bank holiday with a cheap meal - but only if they order on the McDonald’s app. Diners will be able to pick up McMuffins and McNuggets for a snip of the price tomorrow (May 2).
'I was a yellow sticker virgin but my 43p bank holiday chicken has got me hooked'
19.04.2022 - 21:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
I'm certainly not a food snob, but for some reason I've never ventured into the yellow sticker sections in supermarkets.
When I've glimpsed at the discounted shelves in the past, I've been put off by pale meats and packs of wilting vegetables. Plus there are usually too many people hovering around and even pre-pandemic, I didn't really fancy being shoulder to shoulder and fighting it out for a cheap pack of mince.
But with the cost of living soaring, we're all trying to cut back where we can aren't we, so I decided to give it a whirl. My mission was to visit the four major supermarkets - Morrisons, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's - to see what bargains I could get.
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With it being Easter Monday, I was hopeful of some big discounts on products that hadn't quite made it to the table for Sunday dinner. I started at Morrisons and oh my word did I hit the yellow sticker jackpot.
They say it's all about timing with these things and as I arrived one shop worker was busy reducing a whole load of items that had already been reduced. We were talking double discounts.
What did that mean for my shopping bill? Well, 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 the same day but all freezable.
I think the shop assistant thought I was a little unhinged as I kept circling the aisle and going back for more - I simply couldn't help myself. Chicken tikka masala down from £2.50 to 25p, a pack of thin cooked chicken reduced from £2 to 40p and Pukka jumbo sausage rolls down from £1.14 to just 12p, they all went in the basket.
Don't get me wrong some of the discounts weren't
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