Lucky shopper makes big savings on meat products at Coles Brisbane
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A lucky Australian shopper has scored $255 worth of meat for $27 at a Coles in Brisbane, Queensland.
The savvy saver picked up 14 different meat products, plus three cheese wedges for the low price, and said she visited the store early in the evening when a staff member on his way to discount meats beckoned her to follow.
Happy with her savings, the shopper shared her impressive loot on the Facebook group Markdown Addicts Australia.
One lucky Australian shopper scored $255 worth of meat for $27 at Coles
The lucky shopper caught 14 meat products and three cheese wedges
The thrifty spender said this is the “first time” she’s gotten such a good discount.
For $27, the shopper picked up two boneless Australian roast pork shoulders, 15 Australian lamb chops, an Australian angus beef eye fillet, and Australian chicken thigh chops.
She also scored duck breast, four organic chicken breasts, two packs of Australian chicken dinosaurs, and two packs of katsu curry breast kebabs.
A member of the Facebook group outlined that the best savings can be found on the day a product expires
She also scored a whole Australian boneless chicken, four Australian honey and soy chicken burgers, and three individual cheese wedges.
The shopper was jealous of fellow savers in the Facebook group.
One user commented, “I’m always jealous when I look at other people’s discounts,” but added, “Luckily, that’s a great harvest.”
She explained that she never gets such low discounts on meat, with a recent boneless roast that still costs $12.43.
A helpful user advised that she may not be getting good savings because it is not the expiration date.
The shopper packed boneless roast pork shoulders, lamb chops, beef eye fillet, chicken thigh chops, duck breast, organic chicken breasts, chicken dinosaurs, katsu curry kebabs, a whole boneless chicken, chicken burgers, and three cheese wedges
‘You only get the right discounts on the expiry date’.
She also suggested asking staff to further mark the product the evening before the store closes.
Earlier, a frugal mom shared how she managed to score nearly $60 worth of groceries for less than $5 — and how she grabbed a free Coles fried chicken.
The Adelaide shopper spent just $4.81 on discounted pasta sauce, chocolate milk, pastries, yogurt and a whole roast chicken that would otherwise have been $59.10 when she entered the store at 5:30 p.m.
She got a free chicken thanks to Coles’ policy of giving customers a voucher for a free chook to redeem at their next store if there’s none left.
A money-saving mother from Adelaide has shared how she scored $59.10 in groceries for just $4.81 and a free roast chicken from her local Coles
Post in the Facebook group, Simple saversthe bargain hunter went to the store to pick up her free chicken and found some “much bigger discounts” she’d seen at her local store before.
The woman found a range of items for 90 percent off, including four tubs of Latina Fresh pasta sauce for just 64 cents, two dough-covered cheese sausages for 48 cents each, a gallon of chocolate milk for 55 cents and yogurt for 70 cents.
She said the purchases are usually not items that fit into her grocery budget and she bought the ready-to-eat chicken with a voucher.
Some Coles stores offer shoppers a seven-day coupon for a free chicken if they are out of stock within specific hours determined by each store’s managers.
She caught a free chicken after receiving a voucher for a free chook at her last store when the store was out of stock
The money saver post received a lot of attention from fellow group members who were impressed by the budgetary food catch.
‘I get so jealous when I see people’s bargains! Is there a particular day or time people think is best for price cuts?’ a woman asked.
‘Normally I don’t shop at night. This was 5:30 pm. The offers change tomorrow. Maybe that’s why? These are the best for tomorrow, not today,” said the savvy shopper.
Others were grateful for the tip about the free chicken coupons to which she replied that she rarely buys them, but a store was lucky.
“The irony is that I might buy a boiled chicken once a year. I happened to be standing by the warmer when a lady took the last one and she caught my eye with a beautiful shirt,” the mother said.
“Then I saw the sign. So I asked. And got two vouchers by accident.’