Meet the mum who bagged more than £40 worth of food for just £1.40

Meet the mum who regularly hunts for yellow stickers - and recently bagged more than £40 worth of food for just £1.40.

Lucy Robinson, 31, has been looking for food bargains for a while - and says she treats it like a game to keep her kids entertained. Just days ago she says she took home a haul including three whole chickens, a pack of pork chops, two chicken jalfrezis and a cut of roast beef for less than £1.50.

Mum-of-three Lucy's top tip is to make sure you freeze your yellow sticker finds to beat the use-by dates. She also recommends shopping late in the day to find a real bargain - and asking staff is there is anything being kept back.

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Lucy, from Bradford, said: "I've been yellow label shopping for a while. Just the other week I got an entire shoulder of beef for £4 - it was 70% off. I've actually made it into a sort of game with my kids too, they all go off and try and find the cheapest items in the shop."

Lucy separated from her husband in January 2020 but still looks after her kids - aged 14, 10 and four - every weekend and on school holidays. She is currently studying to be a mental health worker and lives off monthly Universal Credit payments worth £334.91 per month.

Lucy admits that local shops can be hit or miss with cheap products - but there is gold to be found if you know where to look. She said: "I normally don't need to spend more than £20 on my weekly shop.

"Asking in local stores if they have any food on sale is also good. They don't often have much on sale - but sometimes you get lucky. Usually smaller stores have higher prices, but sometimes you get lucky and they have too much