Moral dilemma yellow stickers

[MrsMaryMooFace]

So this may set the cat amongst the pigeons but...

To preface, we are not millionaires BUT we have good wages and we aren't worrying too much about bills, they're expensive but we can graft and do overtime to pay them. We both work A LOT.

When I see a yellow sticker in the supermarket, I'm instantly drawn in because I love a bargain. But 99% of the time I don't grab them, because I worry there are others who genuinely need the reduced food.

So I usually leave it. Because morally I feel like I'm taking away from a more needing family.

So AIBU?

NO YOU ARE NOT UNREASONABLE to leave the bargains for people who needs them

YES YOU ARE BEING UNREASONABLE leave them for the people who need them

I leave them for someone else too.

Your options don't make any sense.

But in answer to the question, by the yellow stickered items and whatever you've saved use to buy stuff for your local food bank/make a monthly cash donation to a foodbank.

People who have less money might not have the fridge freezer space or might not like the items, buy them and if you want donate to the food bank trolley on the way out

Oh yes, they don't! Hopefully people will get what I mean! This is where we need the edit button!

If you want it, buy it. It could just as easily not be bought by anyone and end up in the bin by the time the shop closes which is obviously a waste of food.

Thank you for the donation ideas, I always am completely oblivious (as always rushing) to donations until I'm done and leaving and don't have anything spare

I would buy what you like, then pop something in the food bank on way out. I usually buy a small pack of nappies or wipes etc , I always remember how expensive my babies were!

I was in Tesco yesterday and they had some jars of sauce massively reduced. I brought some for myself, and some for the foodbank.

Regarding yellow stickers, I have no qualms in buying stuff. I just don’t go overtop, so wouldn’t buy it all to go in the freezer.

If it's near closing time then definitely buy them as they're likely to be binned otherwise.

Thank you all, appreciate the answers and as a sadly unable to be a mum, didn't consider nappies etc so they are now on my radar!

@mumsnet can I edit my options please??

Thank you everyone for your suggestions!

If you leave it on the shelf, the next person along will pick it up and may be very comfortably off.

If you want it then take it!

We’re in the same position, pretty comfortable, and I pick up yellow sticker items. I like the bargains and saving money is good no matter what your situation, I’m just mindful of how many reduced items there are and only pick up a couple so that there’s some left for others.

We genuinely need a bargain but 2 is my limit. I know other people also genuinely need... Yabu to take from the needy imo.

Yellow label shopping in M&S and Waitrose is fair game. Other places it depends on what it is ....if it's actually worth it. I don't pick up some stuff as I wouldn't buy it at any price.

I have to say, I don't overthink it. If there's a yellow sticker on something I was going to buy anyway and we're going to eat it in the next day or so, I'll buy it. I don't generally buy yellow sticker for the sake of it as that's not really saving money if I wasn't going to buy it anyway.

Wow, if I see a bargain I just grab it. I doubt any orphans will starve because it's usually eclairs.

This. I’m comfortably well off but love a bargain.

No @MrsMaryMooFace I don’t have a clue what you mean. You have every right to purchase food. I assume you have very little in your life for this complete non-issue to be a genuine dilemma for you 🤷🏼‍♀️ get a life

DH said this when I got an order for good to go. He said we couldn’t park his car in front of the shop because they would think we were CFs. I just like a bargain.

As long as you're not pinching it all if there's other people around then just take what you'll eat. That's the point - to reduce food wastage.

There is no moral dilemma. It’s there for anyone to buy. It’s a bit like when people on mumsnet (because I genuinely have not heard such twaddle in real life) say people who can afford clothes shouldn’t shop in charity shops.

A lot of supermarkets donate their leftover reductions to homeless shelters so better leave it for them.

you do realise you don’t have to live with this level of angst dont you? If you want it buy it

Re food banks, please keep donating , I have a friend who volunteers in one and she says the quantity of donations they get has really diminished, both from donations from supermarket donation points and from commercial donors, some days they barely have enough of even the most basic items like pasta and cereal let alone any treat items or toiletries.