Motatos deals

Grocery clearance site Motatos* is offering an extra 15% off orders of £25 or more when you enter the MSE Blagged code MSE15 at the checkout until 11.59pm on Tuesday 15 August. 

Motatos sells surplus groceries (because of overproduction for example) or those that are near-to or past their best-before – but are still safe to consume.

Here are some strong discounts we found using our code on Tuesday 8 August:

• Mars triple treat bar 40g* – three bars for £1.35, so £1.15 with our code. Next cheapest: £1.80 at Morrisons.
  
  
• Dolmio stir-in pasta sauce* – 85p, so 72p with our code. Next cheapest: £1.70 at Tesco (for a similar Dolmio sauce). 
  
  
• Nestlé Shreddies 460g* – £1.99, so £1.69 with our code. Next cheapest: £3.19 at Morrisons.

• Tidyz resealable food bags 30 pack* – two for £2, so £1.70 with our code. Next cheapest: £4 at Wilko. Maximum five per person.
  
  
• Coca-Cola zero sugar 10 x 330ml* – £3.90, so £3.31 with our code. Next cheapest: £4.69 at Tesco.

Delivery is £2.99 or free if you're spending £40 or more. Motatos delivers to mainland UK only (excludes Northern Ireland and offshore postcodes), and delivery usually takes 3-5 working days. The code cannot be used with any other discount code.

Shopping via Motatos can be a great way to save on stocking up on those cupboard essentials, if you're not fussed about some items being past their best before. As there's a £25 minimum order value, it's only MoneySaving if you buy in bulk – so rather than replacing your normal supermarket shop, it's a way you can stock up on a few specific items you regularly buy when you spot them here at a heavily reduced price. For more tips, see our full guide to Cheap Supermarket Shopping.

'Best-before' vs 'use-by'

While 'use-by' dates are an important health warning, 'best befores' are simply 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.

While look and smell are important and often the best indicators, you can't always tell with packaged items such as these, especially as you won't be able to check each item before it's delivered to you. Though not everything's past its best-before date and Motatos often displays the date online for each product, so you'll likely know before you buy.

What MoneySavers say about Motatos

This is the first time we've featured a Motatos deal. It has a Trustpilot score of 3.4/5 from 2,600+ reviews, and feedback on it is mixed. Some say deliveries are quick and well-packaged, though some reviewers said items in glass bottles/jars arrived broken. If you need to contact customer services you can do so via Motatos website.