A savvy shopper has revealed the best time to shop at Tesco in order to snag major bargains – although not everyone is convinced by her tactics
A clever shopper has shared the best time to visit Tesco for the top deals. TikTok user baby_doll_2020 revealed that she usually heads to the supermarket at or after 8pm, allowing her to take full advantage of the store’s discounted items.
While many people plan their weekly grocery shop during daylight hours, shopping in the evening could be the secret to substantial savings. In a video posted on the social media platform, the user shows off the impressive haul she managed to secure during an evening trip to Tesco.
She also sought reassurance from her followers, hoping she’s not the only one who makes these ‘sneaky’ trips to the supermarket’s reduced food section. She said: “Right girls, please tell me I am not the only one that does this. So sometimes it gets to like 8pm and I think I’m gonna sneak out and I’m going to run to Tesco’s and check out the reduced food section.”
She humorously noted that while “some people sneak out to have affairs”, food enthusiasts like herself “sneak out to check the reduced aisle at Tesco’s.”
The thrifty shopper then proceeded to display the discounted food items she scored that night, including a bramley apple pie marked down from £1.90 to just 48p – a find she was particularly pleased with as she had been craving apple pie earlier in the day.
Next, she managed to grab a pack of two Tesco S’mores Loaded Brownies for just 70p, down from £2.80 – a saving of four times the original price. These decadent brownies are described as being “topped with digestive biscuits, marshmallows, Belgian milk chocolate and a drizzle of white chocolate”, making them a real treat.
She also found a deal on a pack of two banoffee tarts, reduced to a mere 61p from their original price of £2.45. Shifting her focus to bread, she secured a pack of four white sourdough rolls from the Tesco finest range for only 66p, down from £1.30.
These were particularly handy as she needed rolls for that night’s burger dinner. Lastly, she scored a pack of custard doughnuts for an astonishing 30p, down from £1.20.
She exclaimed: “What an absolute bargain and the thing is my partner can take half of this to work tomorrow for lunch with him as well.”
In total, the savvy shopper saved £6.90 on the five items from Tesco’s reduced section. She humorously questioned whether she was a “complete foodie” for “sneaking out as if I’m doing something like dodgy” when in reality she was simply heading to her local Tesco.
She added: “I love going to Tesco at night anyway. They (have) got the tunes on, it’s quiet. I don’t know if they do this at every Tesco but at my big Tesco from 8pm is when they put all the reduced stuff out so like I was the first one there as well and I was like winning.”
A savvy shopper has shared her late-night Tesco escapade, planning to “have a little snack evening” with her haul. Her video caption humorously declared, “ngl (not going to lie) Tesco’s after 8pm is a whole vibe.”
The clip has garnered 216,700 views, attracted 3,108 likes and sparked over 500 comments. One viewer, familiar with Tesco’s evening markdowns, joked: “Why does it feel illegal lol.”
Another shopper recalled: “I used to do that but in MandS, I used to be buzzing with all the bargains.” A third confessed their love for late-night deals, while a fourth highlighted the immediate benefit of such shopping adventures: “Good thing about doing this is you have to eat it all that night or the next day.”
Supermarket reduction sections often feature items close to expiry, so they likely have to be consumed either on the same day they were bought or the following one.
