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B&M shoppers rushing to buy household essential scanning for 10p instead of £3
B&M shoppers can’t get enough of a kitchen essential scanning for just 10p instead of £2.99.
The bargain retailer is selling a stainless steel slotted turner that’s ideal for flipping eggs or burgers.
One shopper spotted the nifty gadget in their local B&M, posting a photo of it with a receipt on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook page.
They said: “Had a feeling this would be 10p as others next to it was £3.50 and this one said 2.99 so probably old stock.”
The post has notched up dozens of likes and comments from shoppers keen to bag one of the spatulas.
One, who missed out on the deal, revealed: “Was literally looking at this last weekend and put it back because of the price.”
If you’re looking to snap up one of the slotted turners, the shopper who posted on the Extreme Couponing Facebook page said there were around five left at the Danum Retail Park Doncaster branch she found hers at.
If you don’t live near there it might be worth calling your local branch to see if they have the spatula and if any are on sale for 10p.
You can find your local B&M branch by using the discounter’s store locator tool on its website.
In any case, remember to always shop around when buying something like this as you might find it cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley and Price Spy let you compare prices on thousands of items across online retailers.
Meanwhile, the Google Shopping/Product tab lets you scan the internet to see how much different online retailers are selling a particular item for.
We had a look online to see if any other retailers are selling a stainless steel slotted turner for less than 10p, however none are.
The next cheapest option is Dunelm which has one for £2 while Robert Dyas is selling one for £6.99, and that’s before factoring in delivery charges.
How to find 10p bargains at B&M
If you’re the type of shopper to never find 10p bargains at B&M, there might be a reason why you’re missing out – you’ve not downloaded the retailer’s scanner app.
The B&M scanner app can be downloaded for free on to your smartphone via the Apple App Store or Google Play.
The app has a barcode price check feature that lets you scan products in store to find out their true price which is sometimes cheaper than the price label says.
The app also offers you a description of the product you are scanning.
Shoppers have been known to find products for as little as 10p by using the app which takes just minutes to download.
How else to save money at B&M
According to one ex-B&M manager, you’ll want to visit your local branch at 10am on a Wednesday.
This is when staff slash items to as little as 10p to clear excess stock and make way for new products.
Keep an eye out for red sticker products as well, according to deals expert Tom Church.
These are put on special buy products that have also been reduced in price.
It’s worth signing up to Facebook pages dedicated to hunting for bargains from B&M and other discounters too.
Some of the best ones to join are B&M Bargains, Extreme Money Saving Deals and More and Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group.
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Sign up to loyalty schemes of the brands that you regularly shop with.
Big names regularly offer discounts or special lower prices for members, among other perks.
Sales are when you can pick up a real steal.
Retailers usually have periodic promotions that tie into payday at the end of the month or Bank Holiday weekends, so keep a lookout and shop when these deals are on.
Sign up to mailing lists and you’ll also be first to know of special offers. It can be worth following retailers on social media too.
When buying online, always do a search for money off codes or vouchers that you can use vouchercodes.co.uk and myvouchercodes.co.uk are just two sites that round up promotions by retailer.
Scanner apps are useful to have on your phone. Trolley.co.uk app has a scanner that you can use to compare prices on branded items when out shopping.
Bargain hunters can also use B&M’s scanner in the app to find discounts in-store before staff have marked them out.
And always check if you can get cashback before paying which in effect means you’ll get some of your money back or a discount on the item.
Do you have a money problem that needs sorting? Get in touch by emailing money-sm@news.co.uk.
Plus, you can join our Sun Money Chats and Tips Facebook group to share your tips and stories
I was playing armchair detective – then I found out the horrific secret which had haunted my family for decades
WHEN Anna Allan decided to trace her family tree, the last thing she expected to uncover was a shocking family secret.
Days after joining the site Ancestry.com, Anna, from Bridgwater, Somerset, was stunned to discover her aunt, Patricia Cupit, had been murdered on her way to school when she was just six.
After teaming up with a historian who delved deeper into Pat’s case, Anna has uncovered the full story of what happened to her aunt.
Anna, 56, said: “I started looking into my family tree because I didn’t know much about my mum’s side of the family.
“My parents split when I was four and I had limited contact with my mum.
“I was absolutely devastated to find out what happened to my aunt – I cried while reading her story.
“Now, I’m determined to keep her memory alive.”
Anna was soon contacted by another family member, who revealed Anna’s aunt, Patricia Cupit, had been murdered in the 1940s by a soldier.
She googled Pat’s name, and discovered a website dedicated to ‘Little Pat’ – run by local historian Darren Norton.
Darren, from Brandon, Suffolk, had come across Pat’s story, and has spent more than 20 years painstaking researching what really happened.
He said: “I was amazed that I’d never come across the story before and I couldn’t believe it wasn’t better documented.
“My own child was about the same age as Pat, so it really hit home for me.
“The more I found out, the more I was determined to uncover what really happened to Pat.
“It was amazing to hear from Anna and have her help uncovering the story.”
Born in October 1935, Patricia Cupit was doted on by her parents, Leonard, who was in the RAF, and Anne, a housewife, and had a happy life at their home in Mitcham, South West London.
When war broke out in 1939, Pat was evacuated to live with her parents’ friends, Albert and Flo Pask, in the tiny hamlet of Riddlesworth, Norfolk.
On Tuesday, May 5, 1942, Little Pat was walking the mile from her home to the local school, when she was spotted by Private James Wyeth, working at a nearby army camp.
He had a violent past, with previous convictions for assaulting two women, and was serving a sentence at Borstal when he was recruited for the army.
He had never seen Pat before, but would later tell police he felt compelled to follow her.
When Pat failed to come home from school, her panicked foster parents started frantically searching, before eventually discovering her bloodied body lying underneath a tree.
Police quickly focused on Wyeth as a suspect, after other soldiers said he had disappeared from camp and come back looking flushed and red-faced.
He initially told cops he had taken a detour to collect a newspaper, spoken to a colleague, then read the paper for 30 minutes – but he eventually confessed to stabbing and strangling Pat.
What’s the easiest way to research family history?
How do I research my family tree online?
There are several websites that will guide you through building your family tree.
The biggest in the UK is Ancestry.co.uk, which has 2.4million paying subscribers.
Other services, including genealogy.com, genesreunited.co.uk and findmypast.co.uk, are also available.
How does it work?
You’ll need some basic information to get started including the names, birthplaces and dates of birth for parents and grandparents.
But, quickly sites will begin to help you put the pieces together by searching census, military, parish, passenger and even criminal records.
Ancestry.co.uk highlights records of people likely to be related to you for you check and, if correct, add to your tree.
The information you find is organised on an easy to naviagte family tree – with documents stored to the relevant relative.
Ancestry has more than 18 billion records worldwide, which have helped create more than 80 million family trees.
Wyeth was sentenced to hang for Pat’s murder, although the Home Office later revoked his sentence on the grounds of insanity, and he was sent to Broadmoor secure unit, until his death in 1983.
Although Pat’s parents went on to have another daughter after the war – Anna’s mother – the trauma took its toll on her mother, and she was regularly taken home by police after being found in the middle of the night, wandering the graveyard in her nightdress.
Anna added: “I can see why the family didn’t talk about what happened for so long.
“But now I know about Pat, I think it’s important that we commemorate her life.
“I discovered there was no headstone where she is buried, in Streatham cemetery, so I arranged for one to be put in this summer.
Anna and Darren now plan to hold a small commemoration for Pat at the cemetery in October this year, on what would have been Pat’s 90th birthday.
Anna said: “In a way, I owe my life to Pat’s death. If she hadn’t been murdered, her parents probably wouldn’t have had another child and I probably would have never been born.
“That makes it even more important to me that she is never forgotten.”
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