Inside the store where you can buy three loaves of bread for just £1
10.06.2023 - 07:27
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We all know how much households are struggling to make ends meet right now, but there's one store that is saving shoppers a fortune.
The Bridge at Leigh, in Wigan, sells 'perfectly good food before it reaches landfill' and has shelves, fridges and freezers packed with all kinds of food and drink.
While it can't shout about its suppliers or prices, much of the stock is branded, with Tesco ready meals, Kellogg's cereals, Heinz products and Walkers crisps all up for grabs.
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And there's a big fruit and veg section, where you can fill a bag with five different products for £1. But you're not limited to one of each, as with carrots for instance, you can take 10 of those to make up one of your five products.
For families, who have faced relentless price rises with food and other bills, this place has become a godsend and demand is huge.
And unlike some other community stores or foodbanks, the social supermarket - which is a registered charity - is open to anyone, regardless of whether they are employed or not and does not require shoppers to be on benefits or low income.
Its aim is to help people save money on their weekly shop and reduce the amount of food going to waste.
Customers pay £2 to become a member for a year and then, every time they go, they can fill a basket with a range of food and drink and other products - a minimum of five items per shop.
And there are lots of offers to take advantage of too, like three loaves for a £1 when I visited last week. There are some free products too, depending on what's in stock. Often milk and eggs if they are short dated.
The charity collects surplus from the food industry, whether from over production,