If you are on the ball, don’t mind spending a little time to research you can pretty much get away with getting discounts on everything that you buy. From food and drink to clothes and beauty products and even down to free fitness sessions. It doesn’t take much ingenuity to get good deals on the stuff you want, there have been websites around for a long time that keep you updated on the deals of the moment but some companies are definitely more worthwhile than others.
There are the companies that time and time again just give great money back, discounts and deals that it would be silly not to sign up, it’s just a case of being a little organised and collecting and keeping vouchers at hand.
Free Supermarket Food & Deliveries
Sign up to Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrison’s, Waitrose and Asda to all if you think you will use them, especially if local or just to take advantage on their discounts and free delivery offers for first time online customers. You can get £12.00 off the price of your shopping at Sainsbury’s, sign up to Waitrose and they will send you vouchers for £7.00 off a shop in store. Usually this does require a minimum spend but it’s all worth it to get that little bit more. Get their club cards to collect points and receive offers by post or in store, these can be best spent elsewhere to make the most of them.
If you were not already aware then try not to shop in the ‘Local’ shops as these are more expensive than their out of town stores and if it’s the case that the out of town stores are too far then it’s the ideal excuse to get your food delivered.
Discount off Style and Beauty
Make sure that you are signed up to your favourite clothes shops, footwear, beauty products brands for exclusive offers.
This Works send out emails every week with money off offers on products or spend so much and get a product for free, remember it’s only worth it if you were going to buy the product anyway, but it is fun when you get something for free.
Sign up for brands such as Sweaty Betty (one for the girls) and you’ll be informed when sales are on and given extra discount codes off the items already discounted. This is a great store if you like fitness and fitness clothes that are a little different.
Currently they have a Volleybody Workout session available on their website for two weeks. Also this store is so good because they offer free Yoga, Pilates, Spin and Running Club from their stores, so if you have little money or prefer not to spend it on exercise then sign up with sweaty Betty and get some great training for free.
Join Boots and get a Boots card, they will then send you vouchers for brands which will give you points onto your card. Make sure whenever you go in store to find their point’s booster machine, put your card in and see what extra discounts and points you can get in store on that day. There are quite often deals whereby you spend over £25, £35, £45 and get an additional amount of points. It’s best to save up your shopping list and get everything in one go to make the best of their deals.
It is possible to use many vouchers at the same time so keep trying, give all your relevant vouchers to the lady at the till and see what you get back, it has been known on many occasions to get £15.00 or more in points.
Books for Free
Don’t buy a Kindle, well do if you like reading all the classics which you can download for free from Amazon but instead think about joining your library to download books for free onto your computer, iPod, MP3.You are allowed to download up to date, current books such as One Day by Paul Nicholls and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest. This is not good for Kindle as it will not allow you to download but it seems other brands such as the Nook will allow.
Getting Fit
Sign up to your local Everyone Active gym, even if you don’t join they will send you free passes, sometimes only one day, others can be one week of free access to all their classes and to the pool.
In fact enquire about joining any gym local to you and you will be usually given and free pass to trial the clubs facilities. Fitness First, Virgin Gyms, David Lloyd, Everyone Active, Nuffiled Health etc. Look out on the covers of magazines, even wedding magazines as these have been known to give a free seven day pass to one of the top gym brands.
In summery the best brands to target for getting free stuff and discounts on the high street are Sainsbury’s, Tesco’s, Boots, Sweaty Betty and David Lloyd and Everyone Active for Fitness.
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