29th Nov 2022
No matter how well we plan and how good we are at budgeting, almost all of us will be left with uneaten food at the end of Christmas. Here, our brilliant food blogger Sarah Lockett gives us tips on what do with any leftovers… Turkey Leftover Ideas How to Handle Your Ham Leftovers What to…
14th Nov 2022
National Fast Food Day is an unofficial holiday observed annually on the 16th of November, we take a look at this popular phenomena and how to access free fast food. Fast food started dominating the world in the 1970s and experienced a worldwide boom in the 80s, with McDonalds restaurants coming to many UK towns…
12th Oct 2022
Food vouchers. Sainsbury’s will top up the existing government-funded NHS Healthy Start scheme by providing a £2 coupon every week over the next six months to customers who use a Healthy Start card in Sainsbury’s. UK shoppers who use a Healthy Start card at Sainsbury’s will automatically receive a printed coupon worth £2 to use…
27th Sep 2022
Mortgage free by 33. We have some fantastic readers who share with us their money tips and tricks from time to time, so we thought we’d ask one reader, Hannah Pears, how she learned how to manage her finances and what her top tips are for being frugal and financially healthy, particularly when dealing with…
22nd Sep 2022
We recently hosted an Instagram Live, where Magpie Izzy sat down with Sarah Morison from food waste charity UK Harvest. They discussed the work UK Harvest do, how they help feed people across the UK and more! If you missed the live, don’t fear! You can watch it below. You can also read the transcript…
16th Aug 2022
Frozen food giant Iceland has been working hard to help their customers in any way possible to combat the cost of living crisis as food prices soar. We recently wrote about the chain giving 40,000 pensioners across the country £30 vouchers to spend on essentials within their stores. Now, Iceland are partnering with charity-owned lender…
8th Aug 2022
We’re giving one lucky reader the chance to win a Musclefood hamper worth £59! the prize Stock up for less with Musclefood! We’ve teamed up with Musclefood to offer one lucky winner a value hamper worth £59 full of 7.3kg of meat to make up to 66 healthy meals. Contents include: Beef Mince, Beef Steak…
19th Jul 2022
McDonalds Rewards are finally something we can enjoy. Customers can collect points on purchases to redeem against menu items or donate to charity. An Excuse to eat nuggs if ever I heard one. McDonald’s UK is launching its first rewards scheme, which will award customers free menu items, or the option to donate them to…
24th Jun 2022
Supermarket and frozen food favourite Iceland are offering small loans to customers to help pay for their food shopping. The rate of inflation is at the highest it has been in 40 years, and the cost of living is causing a huge strain on the pockets of households nationwide. In a move to help customers…
10th May 2022
Our founder Jasmine Birtles recently hosted an Instagram Live with Mark Breen from Hubbub, to discuss making your food go further. Mark makes an Italian dish from leftovers. You can read the full summary and watch the video below! Jasmine Birtles I’m now live. This is great. We’re going to be doing a chat…
6th Mar 2022
It’s zero waste week! In February, we launched a campaign with our founder and personal finance expert Jasmine Birtles to legalise Freeganism in the UK. You can sign our petition and help fight food waste here. Freeganism is defined as: “An alternative philosophy for living, based on minimum participation in capitalism and conventional economic practices,…
25th Feb 2022
Ahead of our Instagram live, we asked SORTEDfood to share their smart tips for saving money in the kitchen. To view the live tune into @jasminebirtles on Instagram on Friday 25th February at 12:30 pm. Don’t worry if you can’t make it as it’ll be added to our YouTube channel after the broadcast. SORTEDfood is…
