I’ve got two kids & my food shop is usually so pricey…I’ve found a place where I can get a weekly haul for only £11
A MOTHER has revealed that normally her food shop is so expensive, but now she’s found a place that’s super cheap.
Molly Champion, 23, a mum-of-two under three explained that now she goes to Heron Foods every week and “raids” the place for cheap snacks.
The content creator, who is mother to Ember-Oak and Darla-Dove, explained that she now gets her weekly haul for just £11 – including drinks, cookies, crisps and even jars of baby food.
Showing off her impressive haul online, Molly shared a clip in her local Heron Foods, leaving many open-mouthed.
Heron Foods has hundreds of locations across the UK and prides itself on offering “big-name bargains for less”.
Heron Foods was a family business until it was bought by B&M Stores in 2017.
Since then the company has expanded rapidly and employs over 5000 people across 300 stores.
The majority of locations are in the North East and Midlands but the network is increasing, with some stores already in Cardiff and Luton.
Showing off the cut-price buys in the less-known bargain supermarket, the food fan and savvy mum said: “If you want to know how I only managed to spend £11 on all this baby food, keep watching.
“If you don’t know me, my name is Molly and I’ve got two little girls under three.
“Judging by that sentence, the food shop is very expensive, so every other week I go into my local Heron Foods and I raid the place.”
Molly picked up baby food jars, cookies and biscuits, before nabbing branded juice and sweets.
She explained: “Starting out with the baby food jars and then we picked up the honey teddy bear cookies because everyone was raving about this in my last video.
“I picked up two boxes of the Alphabet Biscuits, the Heinz juice is coming home with me straight away and another thing I haven’t seen are these little gummy sweets.
“I did a quick shop and then headed to the checkout.”
These dates from this shop have at least a month on them, this will do the girls for just over a week
Molly Champion
Upon arriving home, the bargain hunter continued: “We finished our shopping so let’s do a breakdown of what we got – we got two boxes of Alphabet biscuits, they’ve got five packs in each – 39p.
“The big pack of Honey Teddy Bear cookies were £1, and a pack of the Organix tomato crisps were 39p.
“Four boxes of the Organix Fruity Pic-Nix, again 39p, individual bags of Organix crisps, these were 29p each.
“The Heinz drinks were two for £1 – the girls absolutely love these drinks.
“Two small packs of Mandarin, 49p each, banana baby porridge, I think it was 39p.
“Six Hipp Organic jars, again these were 39p each or three for £1, so I picked up six for £2.
“I got the tomato and ham pasta bake and the courgette and potatoes – I mainly use these to add in to sauces for Darla.
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According to Heron Foods: ‘Value at the expense of quality? No way! No-one knows that better than our customers.
‘Our customers constantly tell us how much they love our fantastic range of chilled and frozen foods and grocery products at prices none of our competitors can match. Buying for less, saving you more.
‘We have one of the fastest changing ranges of discounted products in the UK – what we have today might not be there tomorrow so don’t miss out!
‘Our great range of everyday items cost less because we buy them in huge volume.
‘We’ve been buying from our suppliers for over thirty years meaning we can negotiate huge discounts – savings that we then pass on to you.
‘Our stores are bright and attractive places to shop. Our staff are always on hand to help you track down any one of the hundreds of bargains in-store.
‘So call in today in any one of our 250 shops throughout the North and Midlands and bag big name bargains for less!‘
“That is everything I got from the shop for just over £11!”
Thrilled with her finds, Molly then advised her followers: “If you haven’t been to Heron Food yet, run to your local one!”
Molly later confirmed to Fabulous that a normal weekly shop elsewhere would cost her almost £30, making Heron Foods far more affordable for her as a young mum.
SOCIAL MEDIA USERS REACT
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @raisingemberanddarla, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 61,300 views.
Social media users rushed to the comments to share their thoughts on Heron Foods, with many praising the cheap chain.
One person said: “Heron’s is magic!”
Another added: “I love Heron.”
A third commented: “Absolutely love Heron! I need to go have a look at a different one near me as the one I’ve been in before hardly has any snacks like that!”
Whilst someone else simply penned: “Runs to Heron.”
How to save on your supermarket shop
THERE are plenty of ways to save on your grocery shop.
You can look out for yellow or red stickers on products, which show when they’ve been reduced.
If the food is fresh, you’ll have to eat it quickly or freeze it for another time.
Making a list should also save you money, as you’ll be less likely to make any rash purchases when you get to the supermarket.
Going own brand can be one easy way to save hundreds of pounds a year on your food bills too.
This means ditching “finest” or “luxury” products and instead going for “own” or value” type of lines.
Plenty of supermarkets run wonky veg and fruit schemes where you can get cheap prices if they’re misshapen or imperfect.
For example, Lidl runs its Waste Not scheme, offering boxes of 5kg of fruit and vegetables for just £1.50.
If you’re on a low income and a parent, you may be able to get up to £442 a year in Healthy Start vouchers to use at the supermarket too.
Plus, many councils offer supermarket vouchers as part of the Household Support Fund.
At the same time, one user wrote: “When bulk buying for a baby be careful in Heron – make sure you check the dates.
“Very often it’s cheap as it goes out of date very soon, so it’s great for a week’s shop but be careful bulk buying or in advance.”
To this, Molly then confirmed: “These dates from this shop have at least a month on them, this will do the girls for just over a week.”
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