Thrifty shoppers show off MASSIVE food hauls after hitting the supermarkets on Christmas Eve for £6 turkeys & FREE veg
MOST would avoid hitting up the supermarket on Christmas Eve due to excessive crowds and the fear of empty shelves.
But a thrifty few prove it's the perfect time to shop for bargains with many bagging heavily discounted food including Christmas turkeys, pigs in blankets and a range of fruit and veg.
An Asda shopper was pretty chuffed to have spotted a £45 turkey for just £8 while on his late night grocery run, and shared his find on
Meanwhile, another shopper had her "fruit salad" dinner sorted after a range of fruit, including berries, pineapple and watermelon, had been slashed to just 10P, while some veggies were completely FREE.
: "Fruit salad for dinner! All 10p each and dated the 26th. Also stocked up on carrots, brocoli, parsnips and Brussels for free at asda!"
But it's not just Asda as other supermarkets including Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Tesco also slashed the prices of leftover stock in order to clear it before the holiday.
"Christmas and new year sorted and helping my daughters out too. Turkey was £50.00 I paid £7.50 loads for everyone."
"I got half a leg of lamb (organic), 3 packs lamb mince, beef topside, 2 packs organic pigs in blankets, 2 packs wild Alaska pollock loins, stuffed sea bass fillets, sea bream fillets, 2 packs cod loins, scampi, lamb leg steaks, lamb loin chops, sliced turkey, sliced chicken, sausage rolls, tangerines, papaya and 2 packs chicken livers (those are for the dog)."
And said: "There were loads of people and enough for all . Everyone queued and only 1 person at a time to chose what they wanted ( I wasn't one of the early shoppers as arrived at 5pm but still got what I wanted ).
"Social distancing measures were followed across the all shop. When I left there were several crates of turkeys down from £25 to £6 left ...."
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And this bloke made Christmas dinner with all the trimmings for 50p a head – his turkey crown cost £1 & the sprouts were 5p.