A mum of three from Southport has explained how she managed to pick up £30 of food for the bargain price of £3.09.
Alice Griffiths, 25, was almost out of cash as payday approached, but used a food-waste app to grab the massive Morrison's haul.
"I decided to get the Morrisons box as I was down to my last £5 before payday and I knew that at the least I would get enough vegetables for soup and so on for us to last a couple of days," she told money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk.
The Too Good To Go app offers people the chance to pick up items that are near their sell by dates for a fixed price. So far Morrison's is the only supermarket signed up, but plenty of other pubs, restaurants and cafés are also involved.
However, the contents of the box change depending on what's leftover that day - and this time Alice struck the jackpot.
"This was my fourth box, and I would say this one was definitely worth it! It had enough meals to feed me and my husband for the next seven days," Alice said.
"All my friends and family know I love finding bargains and shopping around for the best deals.
"I'm surprised they're not sick of me talking about these Morrisons boxes. In my opinion, they're a game-changer and more shops should do it."
Alice's latest box was perfect as she struggled to work out what to cook with money low.
“This Morrisons box had a family size chicken pie, two microwave carbonaras, mushrooms, cheesy chicken breasts, bacon, cook in the bag chicken, lettuce, microwave mash, vegetable medley, sausages and a microwave fish and chips," she said.
"If I paid full price for all of that I reckon it would have cost around £25 to £30.
“My main tips to snap up a box would be to be quick. The new boxes get released each evening around 18:15 on the Too Good To Go app and you have to keep refreshing the page until it says available.
"They sell out so fast!
“In the past, I’ve had other boxes full of veggies, one with doughnuts, biscuits and bread and one that included loads of cherries that we made jam with."
As well as snapping up Morrisons boxes for just £3.09 and cutting down on food waste, Alice also has other tips for saving cash on food.
“My top tip is to stock the freezer up - the freezer is my best friend at the moment,” Alice said.
"Use the reduced sections in supermarkets and apps like Too Good to Go. Shopping smart means you can save money and means you won't have to go out to shops or supermarkets that often.
"I tend to prep veg and separate food like bread into separate portions and freeze them so they don't go off and they're ready to go as soon as we want them.”
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