Bargain hunters, listen up. Clear your diary past 7pm and head to Tesco, where baked goods are set to be half off.
Unfortunately, there are a couple of catches. Your local store will need to be participating in this trial, which the brand is doing to try and reduce waste and avoid perfectly good food ending up in the bin. On top of that, this doesn’t apply to bread, only to loose items like croissants or pastries. Strangely, gingerbread is also exempt.
You’ll know if your local Tesco is involved because the staff will put up signs after 7pm which state ‘From 7pm, our loose bakery products are reduced by 50 percent’. Pretty simple!
Even if you’re not able to get the half-priced goods, it’s worth popping to your local store in the evening to check out what’s been reduced. This is generally around 7pm, although a spokesperson for Tesco noted that it can vary by store. They continued: ‘Markdowns on fresh products continue to be popular and help to prevent good food from going to waste. If we can't sell food, we redistribute it to charities and community groups, and offer it to colleagues for free.’
Some Tesco shops are going even further and trialling giving away discounted food for free after 9.30pm. This is in a similar effort to curb waste, but also in hopes that those who need the food most will be able to access it. You don’t need to prove anything to claim this though, you simply need to turn up and hope that the yellow-stickers haven’t all disappeared.
Enjoy your discounted dinners!
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