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How to save thousands in the supermarket

Published: Monday, 8 October 2007, 1:11PM

Martin Lewis, creator of MoneySavingExpert.com explains how shopping at the right time in the day, downshifting brands and grab discount vouchers can all slam down your bill.

These theories will be scientifically tested. How did a family cope with living on the downshift challenge for a week?

Martin Lewis uncovers the real stats on how much you can save dropping brands and a team of scientists analyse 50 products; exposing which own brands really exactly the same thing as normal brands.

There’s no easier way to waste cash than by regularly throwing out old food that you never used, but how long after the best buy date can you really use food?

The show lays bare the truth about ‘use-by’ labelling. For more on Martin’s Supermarket Shopping Savings technique read his supermarket article To compare supermarket prices, use mysupermarket.co.uk