Approved Food Deals

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  Extra 10% off clearance groceries, eg, 23p Walkers crisps, 45p Oxo Cubes

  Blagged code for cheap 'past-best' goods. Min order £22.50

  If you go online to clearance site Approved Food* you can get an extra 10% off everything - including past-best-before (but safe-to-eat) groceries - when you enter the MSE Blagged code MSE10 until 11.59pm on Wed 26 Feb.

  Delivery starts at £3 for up to 25kg, but varies depending on where you live and increases with the weight of your order, although there's an automatic discount if you spend over £55 (see 'more info' below). The discount code box will be on the right-hand side of the page after you've entered an address.

  MSE Becky says:

  Not everything's past its best and Approved Food tends to display the best-before date online for each product - so you'll know if what you're buying is out of date. 

  There's a £22.50 minimum spend before the code can be applied, so it's only MoneySaving if you buy in bulk - so rather than replacing your normal supermarket shop, it's a way you can stockpile specific items you regularly buy when you spot them here at a heavily reduced price. So it's a bit of a game, and you'll need to do your own research to find the best deals for you.

  Examples of savings I found on Tue 18 Feb:

  • Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps 33g* - 4 for £1, so 23p each with our code.
  • Oxo 18 Beef Stock Cubes 106g* - 2 for £1, so 45p each with our code.
  • Heinz Beanz 200g* - 2 for £1, so 45p each with our code.
  • Maltesers Bunny 29g* - 3 for 99p, so 30p each with our code.
  • Mars Bar 51g* - 3 for £1.20, so 36p each with our code.
  • Graze Cocoa Vanilla Protein Oat Bites 4x30g* - 2 for £2, so 90p each with our code.
  • Coca Cola Raspberry Zero Sugar 500ml* - 2 for £1, so 45p each with our code.
    
    

  IMPORTANT: 'best before' vs 'use by'

  While 'use-by' dates are an important health warning, 'best befores' are just a manufacturer's guidance of quality. It's perfectly legal to sell goods beyond a best-before date. However, as there's no hard-and-fast rule on how far beyond a best before it's still safe to eat products, you need to make that call yourself. Look and smell are often the best indicators.

  What MoneySavers say...
  

  Even though Approved Food has a Trustpilot score of 4.2/5, feedback on Approved Food is mixed. Some suggest bargains have recently become harder to find, and others saying using the cheaper option for post makes it a much slower service. See the MSE Forum for more feedback (good and bad), but do bear in mind that bad news usually travels faster and further.

  More info in the MSE full guide to Cheap Supermarket Shopping.

  • More info

    How delivery works...

    For England, Wales and parts of Scotland:

    1. £3 for 25kg and under.

    2. £6 for more than 25kg but less than 50kg.

    3. £7 or more than 50kg but less than 75kg.

    If you spend over £55, £3 will automatically be deducted from the delivery cost at the checkout. Depending on weight, if you spend over £40 and find the delivery to be more than £4, you can use our MSE Blagged code MSE40SHIP to get free shipping. This code cannot be used in conjunction with any other code.

    See Approved Food's website for a full breakdown of delivery charges.

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  Extra 10% off clearance groceries, eg, 26p Pepsi

  Blagged code for cheap 'past-best' goods. Min order £22.50

  If you go online to clearance site Approved Food* you can get an extra 10% off everything - including past-best-before (but safe-to-eat) groceries - when you enter the MSE Blagged code AFT100 until 11.59pm on Thu 31 May.

  Not everything's past its best though and Approved Food tends to display the best-before date online for each product - so you'll know if what you're buying is out of date. Delivery starts at £5.99 for up to 25kg, but increases with the weight of your order, although there's a delivery discount if you spend over £55 (see 'more info' below). The discount code box will be on the right-hand side of the page after you've entered an address.

  There's a £22.50 minimum spend before the code can be applied, so it's only MoneySaving if you buy in bulk. Rather than replacing your normal supermarket shop, it's a way you can stockpile specific items you regularly buy when you spot them here at a heavily reduced price. So it's a bit of a game, and you'll need to do your own research to find the best deals for you.

  Examples of savings we found on Tue 17 Apr:

  • Pepsi 500ml* (best before 31 Oct 2017) for 26p with our code (next cheapest we found online, 50p at Poundstretcher)
  • Sharwoods Black Bean and Red Pepper cooking sauce 425g* (best before 26 Mar 2018) for 71p with our code (next cheapest we found online, £1.20 at Sainsbury's)
  • Jacobs Mini Cheddars Original 50g* (best before 23 Jun 2018) for 26p with our code (next cheapest we found online, 80p at Tesco and Ocado)
  • Heinz Tomato Ketchup 570g* (best before 1 Jan 2018) for £1.34 with our code (next cheapest we found online, £1.69 at Lidl)
  • Knorr Lamb Stock Cubes 80g* (best before 28 Feb 2018) for 53p with our code (next cheapest we found online, £1 at Waitrose)

  IMPORTANT: 'best before' vs 'use by'

  While 'use-by' dates are an important health warning, 'best befores' are just a manufacturer's guidance of quality. It's perfectly legal to sell goods beyond a best-before date. However, as there's no hard-and-fast rule on how far beyond a best before it's still safe to eat products, you need to make that call yourself. Look and smell are often the best indicators.

  What is Approved Food?

  Approved Food is a company selling mostly 'past-its-best' and close-to-expiry (but safe-to-eat) groceries at a fraction of their normal price. Approved Food sells roughly 10 million items a year and estimates it's saved UK households over £7 million.

  What MoneySavers say...

  Feedback on Approved Food is mixed, with some suggesting bargains have recently become harder to find, and others saying the postage costs make it difficult to save much money. See the MSE Forum for more feedback (good and bad), but do bear in mind that bad news usually travels faster and further.

  Most recently, in May 2017, forum user Wickmesh commented: "I've been a customer for nearly three years now, and have [had] a mixed experience... You need to search the site carefully to find the bargains (things worth buying at all) - and that takes time."

  More info in the MSE full guide to Cheap Supermarket Shopping.

  • More info

    How delivery works...

    1. £5.99 for 25kg and under.

    2. £8.50 for more than 25kg but less than 50kg.

    3. £4.50 per additional 25kg thereafter.

    If you spend over £55, £5.99 will automatically be deducted from the delivery cost at the checkout.

    See Approved Food's website for a full breakdown of delivery charges

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