I found the best food bargain store – veggies cost 10 cents and I grabbed free cheese
A WOMAN has revealed she has found the best food bargain store.
So if you want to save on the price of your groceries, you've come to the right place.
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Bargain-hunting mum-of-two Lottie Marie shared a look inside her local The Company Shop in Dudley, just one of 14 discount superstores across the UK, and revealed what's currently on the shelves.
The Company Shop sells surplus food and household items from major retailers to those who meet strict criteria.
The store sources items from major supermarkets that are misshapen, near their expiration date, damaged or in improper packaging.
The Company Shop sells items from companies such as ASDA, Morrisons, The Co-operative, M&S, Tesco, Nestlé, Ocado, Tetley, Young's and Muller.
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Products from these stores are sold to members at 40 percent of the recommended retail price.
But there's a catch: you must meet specific criteria to qualify for membership in The Company Shop.
To become a member you must:
- Be older than 18 years
- Work in the emergency services – such as the fire brigade, police and NHS, or
- Be a current or retired employee of one of their partners (company that supplies products to The Company Shop)
In addition to meeting the criteria to become a member, once you have a membership you are only allowed to bring one non-member into the store at a time.
In Lottie's clip, which was shared on social media, the savvy shopper explained: “Tonight's bargains in the Company Shop for under £20.
“Check their website to see if you can apply for a free membership and where your local company store is.”
As she showed her followers around the discounted store, she said: “Cabbage costs 30 cents, if you've never tried this Polish mayo you have to try it. You will never go back. We just ran out, so I have six jars.
'Greens cost 10 cents and the Wensleydale cranberry cheese is free. I think it's because it will spoil in two days, but it's free so I'll take one.
“Sandwiches and wraps cost 50 cents each.
“Greek yoghurt costs 65p and they also have six Muller corner yoghurts for £1.25.
“They have cheddar sticks for the kids' packed lunches – 85 cents.
“Brie costs 50 cents. Various cheeses €1.
“There's a lot of cheese and some really good prices.”
Not only is there a lot of cheese, but also meat, chips and alcohol.
Lottie continued: “They have barbecue brisket or pastrami for £1.10 a packet and whatnot Nice ham for €1.15.
“Cherry tomatoes cost 6p, Apple slices are only 25 cents – perfect for the lunchboxes.
“Five packs of fire-grilled steak chips cost 85 cents – again perfect for back to school.
'Chocolate sauce, that's it Nesting also, is 50p.
'They have the offer for any eight for £5 on selected beer, lager and cider. A very good deal.
“If you didn't know, all the bread in The Company store only costs 40 cents. They have sandwiches, crumpets, bagels, all different types of bread. It's a fair price.”
Check their website to see if you can request a free membership
Lotte Marie
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @lottiemarie_xhas clearly left many open-mouthed, as it was only shared 13 hours ago but quickly racked up 391,000 views.
Social media users were impressed by Lottie's video and wanted to express their opinion in the comments.
One person said: “So cheap.”
Another asked: “What time are you going? There's rarely anything good in it when I go.
To this Lottie replied, “I went tonight about 5 p.m.”
While a third commented: “We need the company store in Cornwall so badly.”
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