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Original poster

To buy yellow lable reduced items..?

146 replies

sunights · 04/04/2024 22:07

When I shop at small high street supermarkets I look out for and buy items that are reduced due to their use by date where I can use them in my meal planning.

I think it is ethical to avoid food waste and know these items get thrown away if they are not sold. I also don't have any problem with trying not to spend more than I need to, as although I live in a house with a paid off mortgage and my DP has an annual passive income of around £250k, my own passive annual income is less then 10% of this and my DP expects me to split most costs equally with him.

We are in a town where CoL is very high and there is a large street homeless community in the local area.

AIBU?

OP posts:
Mintchocco · 04/04/2024 22:09

Swiftly moving on from the yellow label stuff..your husband earns that kind of money and you earn less that 10 percent but are expected to split down the middle? Is that correct?

oObyeOo · 04/04/2024 22:09

Who’s told you you are being U?

oObyeOo · 04/04/2024 22:10

Also your DH is a twat

StopTheGreyness · 04/04/2024 22:11

Yes, I do think you are being unreasonable. I could also do this but I choose not to as there are so many people living hand-to-mouth at the moment who really need reduced-price food. I think you know this, which is why you've posted on here.

Be thankful for the fortunate position you are in and let others who are not so fortunate take advantage of any reductions.

Edit: I've just read the bit about your DH. That is awful, you need to talk to him about his miserliness rather than buying yellow-stickered food when you have no mortgage and you have a household income of £275,000.

EveryoneJapan · 04/04/2024 22:12

Your income is 10% of his but you split costs equally?

Your DH sounds lovely. No wonder you’re buying the yellow labels.

Original poster
sunights · 04/04/2024 22:12

@Mintchocco yes for things where I can afford to.

He has a passive income and I have more qualifications than him, so he also invests so a lot of time supporting my work to try and help me to earn more which I appreciate as I want to be financially independent.

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ilovesooty · 04/04/2024 22:14

Passive income? Property portfolio?

Rhoticity · 04/04/2024 22:16

my DP has an annual passive income of around £250k, my own passive annual income is less then 10% of this and my DP expects me to split most costs equally with him.

Sounds like a keeper..... Not!

Original poster
sunights · 04/04/2024 22:21

Thank you all. I live rent free which allows me to do a job that I love. I have never had a full time job and am happy with the compromises I am making.

I really just wanted feedback on whether buying reduced items just to avoid food waste is BU.

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neverknowinglyunreasonable · 04/04/2024 22:23

Never had a post been less about buying reduced yellow sticker food.....

justasking111 · 04/04/2024 22:24

I've bought the odd joint and put it in the freezer. The leg of lamb was eaten on Easter Sunday.

rookiemere · 04/04/2024 22:25

Putting the other stuff to one side I believe YANBU.

The yellow label reduced food is available to everyone in the supermarket, there's no restrictions that only poor people can buy it. Besides not everyone likes to buy or eat short dated food, even if they have a low income.

It's a bit like saying well off people aren't allowed to buy clothes from the charity shops, it doesn't really make sense.

If you were stockpiling it and buying everything reduced there might be a small reason not to do that, but even then it's marginal.

BobnLen · 04/04/2024 22:26

Of course it's not unreasonable, buy what you want, I bought a shedload of reduced mini eggs and Maltese's bunnies on Tuesday

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sunights · 04/04/2024 22:28

@neverknowinglyunreasonable I included our incomes as a friend who has a similar income to mine questioned whether I was BU.

I don't have access to DP's money and he tries not to spend it, but I think it influences my friends view.

For me this is mostly about preventing food waste and a little bit about enjoying a bargain, which DP and I both do as he made a lot of financial sacrifices in the past.

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XenoBitch · 04/04/2024 22:31

YANBU, yellow sticker stuff is about reducing food waste, not providing cheap food for those less well off.

But on MN, you will probably get ripped to shreds. I remember a poster being flamed into oblivion because she had the audacity to buy reduced chicken and sausages to feed her dogs.

DdraigGoch · 04/04/2024 22:35

I bought a short-dated black forest gateau recently. It was absolutely gorgeous!

Crispsandcola · 04/04/2024 22:43

Not unreasonable at all - I abhor food (or any) waste so I think it's an excellent thing to do.

ManchesterBeatrice · 04/04/2024 22:44

You have a very small income, and you don't own your own home. Therefore I don't think you're unreasonable to buy yellow label food.

If you had a joint income with your husband, and you were joint owner in the Home, then maybe ethically, it would be better not to buy it. But you are pretty poor really.

FrogsWormsandCaterpillars · 04/04/2024 22:45

I’m not judging you for buying reduced stuff but just so you know it isn’t thrown away if not sold, it gets donated to local food banks (I work in a supermarket)

Didimum · 04/04/2024 22:46

I’m not sure why this is a question. Why does it matter, OP?

Grimchmas · 04/04/2024 22:53

I don't have access to DP's money and he tries not to spend it, but I think it influences my friends view

imagine living with a partner whose income was 250k, in a mortgage-free property, and you earn not much more than NMW, and he is so tight with his money that you're buying yellow sticker items.

idontlikealdi · 04/04/2024 22:53

This isn't about yellow sticker
Food is it? It's the fact your husband is a cock.

GrazingSheep · 04/04/2024 22:58

He has income of £20,000 per month.
You have less than £2000 per month.
He expects you to split outgoings equally.
Can you not see that you are being screwed?

GrazingSheep · 04/04/2024 22:59

He’s quite happy to use your money but you can’t use his.

candgen625 · 04/04/2024 23:03

Come on now