How NHS, police and fire service workers can get up to 60% off supermarket food
NHS, police and fire service workers can get up to 60 per cent off supermarket food from a little-known discount retailer.
Company Shop Group is a small chain, which buys surplus food from supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste, and then sells it for up to 60 per cent less in its stores.
It stocks everything from food to household goods to garden and pet care with products from the likes of Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Iceland, Lidl, Ocado, M&S, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose.
Company Shop Group says its goal is to protect the planet and minimise environmental waste, which it does by selling stock retailers can't shift.
This could be anything from food with a short shelf-life that's been oversupplied to products with damaged boxes or items with old packaging or branding on them.
Other examples of items stocked include discontinued lines, trial products, and stock with foreign labels.
Some retailers even donate items without charging a price for it.
The catch is that only people who work in the food manufacturing supply chain or in the emergency services or NHS can get the deals.
And there are only six stores, all of which are in the north of England; Corby, Grimsby, Middleton, St Helens, Washington, and Wentworth.
These operate as any regular supermarket would with no cap on what shoppers can purchase, although you can't shop online.
The Sun was first alerted to the discount when savvy shopper Georgie Smith posted about it on the
She said she was invited to go along to one of the branches of the with her mother-in-law, who has a membership.
While there, Georgie nabbed £16 worth of items including "loads of brands and supermarkets, even Waitrose", while she even grabbed her son a couple of M&S school jumpers for just £1 each.
The items she picked up were mostly short dated, but she says she'll just "bung it in the freezer" as it's "such a help in short weeks."
If you fancy giving it a go, you'll need to complete an on the Company Shop Group website and upload two recent payslips as proof of eligibility.
It is completely free to sign up and, once approved, shoppers are issued with a membership card that they show in-store.
But Company Shop Group isn't alone. Many food and drink clearance supermarkets and websites exist - including , Too Good To Go and Olio - so you could save yourself cash on every shop.
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