'I saved a fortune on food and drink big brands at this secret Stockport warehouse'

Food prices are soaring and most shoppers are looking for ways to keep their costs down.

Of course there are food banks available to help the most vulnerable people, however not everyone qualifies for those.

But there's one place that prides itself of helping what it describes as 'the squeezed middle' - those people who don't receive any financial help or support, but are finding it increasingly difficult to put food on the table.

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The little-known Rogers Wholesale Foods is hidden away on an industrial estate in Bredbury, Stockport, and is open to the public.

It specialises in food and drink that's either short dated or past its best before date and, because it buys stock in bulk, it's able to 'pass on huge savings' to customers.

After hearing about shoppers snapping up 50p tins of Heinz beans at the warehouse, I decided to give it a visit to see what other bargains are in store.

Like all places it's not allowed to sell products that are past their 'use by' dates as that would be deemed unsafe, but 'best before' simply means the quality may not be as good as it once was.

I was impressed to find that much of the stuff here was either still in date or had only just gone over the 'best before' - the majority of my haul included.

It's not somewhere you can come for a weekly shop, but you can make some huge savings on some big brands, or pick up treats like chocolate that you might be avoiding in supermarkets because of the price hikes.

They had boxes and boxes of Cadbury Caramilk buttons for instance, costing £6 for a case of 10 105g bags - working out at 60p a bag and less than half the price of Tesco, which