Teenager buys

[Hum]

A teenager collected hundreds of supermarket coupons to buy ?600 worth of shopping for 4p so he could give the food to families.

Jordon Cox, 16, scoured endless websites and magazines and gathered hundreds of coupons for dozens of products.

After spending hours each day searching the internet for coupons, he managed to collect 470, which he took to his local supermarket, and filled three trolleys with food and household items.

The bill came to ?572.16, but once the coupons were factored in the bill was reduced to just 4p - a saving of 99.81 per cent.

The teenager, of Brentwood in Essex, donated all his food to the charity Doorstep which gives food to disadvantaged families.

 He said: "I read an article that said a thousandth of the UK population are unable to eat this Christmas because they don't have any money.

"I decided wanted to help as many people as I can, and to also show that it's possible to shop very cheaply, if you know how.

"It's not an exact science, so you can never really work out ahead of time how much the total is going to be. I was stunned when it came up as just 4p."

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[Bryan R.]

This is exactly what my mother does too. She doesn't divulge the details though. She doesn't want others to ruin it for her. The stores can get frustrated at her alone but they only do it because its for a good cause.

[notchinese]

I guess they don't get the extreme couponing show over the pond.

[spenser.d]

I guess they don't get the extreme couponing show over the pond.

All they do there though is stockpile it for themselves and act like their life will end if they don't save as much as they think they will.

[Hum]

I guess they don't get the extreme couponing show over the pond.

 

^ In the USA ? Hell yes -- it's an obsession with some people. :p

[Growled Member]

I really wish they had a separate line at groceries stores and Wal-Mart for people that use a lot of coupons. I know it's saving them money but it's annoy as heck to get behind people like that.