I dish up a 3-course Christmas dinner for £1.80 a head with yellow sticker deals – we still feast on smoked salmon
SCANNING her local supermarket, Jo Bohm loads up her trolley with smoked salmon, chicken and luxury mince pies for Christmas dinner.
But while half of us will fork out from £5 to £20 a head on our Xmas meal, the full-time mum of two will be dishing up her three-course feast for an incredible £1.84 a head.
Jo, 36, who lives with husband Stuart, 40, a self-employed tradesman, and kids Maisie 12, and Freddie, nine, in Newport, Isle of Wight, says: “I’ve always shopped like this.
“I learnt it from my gran and mum who were keen yellow-sticker shoppers. They were both single mums, so it was about being thrifty.
“Last month, in a trial run for Christmas Day, I nipped to my local supermarkets over the course of ten days, and I managed to pick up a three-course feast for four for £7.36.
“We had smoked salmon, rocket and Philadelphia cheese; a main of chicken, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, carrots, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, stuffing, Yorkshire puddings and gravy; and a mince pie and slice of cheesecake each for pudding.
“I’ve cleared out my freezer, as I always do in the first week of December, and now I’ve started shopping for the meal itself.
“Yellow sticker shopping isn’t hard, you just need to shop around and have plenty of space in your freezer.
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"If you’re driving past a supermarket just pop in and see if they’ve got anything marked down.
“I know some people don’t like yellow sticker shopping, but I don’t think you should get into debt at Christmas.
“I love bagging a bargain, it makes me feel good and we’ll still have a delicious meal on Christmas Day.”
For more money-saving tips, you can follow Jo's group on Facebook.
What Jo bought
Starter
Morrisons smoked salmon - reduced from £2 to 60p
Morrisons rocket - reduced from 85p to 26p
Morrisons Philadelphia - reduced from £1.25 to 56p
Main
Morrisons extra tasty chicken - reduced from £5.25 to £1.32
Asda extra special potatoes - reduced from £1.20 to 10p
Morrisons bacon slices - reduced from £1.20 to 36p
Morrisons The best sausages - reduced from £1.20 to 36p
Morrisons carrots - reduced from 35p to 11p
Aldi parsnips - 39p
Aldi Brussel sprouts - 69p
Lidl stuffing - 29p
Lidl Yorkshires - 50p
Lidl gravy - 79p
Pudding
Co-op irresistible luxury mince pies - reduced from £2 to 68p
Asda extra special cheesecake - reduced from £3.50 to 35p
The facts
50% of Brits spend between £5 and £20 a head on Christmas lunch
1/3 of Brits spend £30 - £60 on Xmas meal
