2015

Now Christmas is over, both supermarkets and other retailers are slashing prices and festive chocolates, sweets and biscuits are being sold off at a fraction of the price. When it’s gone, it’s gone though, so go quick if you want to stock up. If you’re not thinking of giving up chocolate as a New Year’s resolution (and you won’t eat it all in...

With an average of £159 to be spent per family this year, budgets for Christmas food are always tight, but ‘downshifting’ on brands is a great way to save. By embracing MSE’s downshift challenge, which means moving down one level from whatever you’d normally buy (eg, swapping Bisto gravy for a supermarket own brand, or ditching ‘taste...

It’s that time again, yes I have been out shopping and recording it for your enjoyment. This week I managed to get over £50 worth of items and pay just under £5 for the whole lot. Items include Christmas crackers, wrapping paper and a little food shop from Tesco. Most of the offers in this video are available...

Have you got an Amex credit card and a Tastecard? Do you fancy a romantic meal for two (or even one) for about a fiver? Try this nifty trick to eat out at independent restaurants for bargain prices. Amex is running a ‘Shop Small’ promotion, between Saturday 5 and Sunday 20 December, paying you £5 cashback when...

Here’s a nifty trick, by combining a coupon with a half-price offer in Sainsbury’s and Asda stores, you can bag yourself a free posh soup. Who said there’s no such thing as a free lunch? We have raved about this soup-er trick in the past and now the offer’s back. Here’s how to get it… Step 1: Get the...

The best things in life are free and companies giving out freebies always brightens up my day. There is almost always some kind of freebie to be had, either by using a voucher code, coupon or cashback.  So I went on a freebie hunt today to see what I could get, and easily managed to grab £15 of free...