If you're not careful, your groceries can go out of date before you've even had a chance to eat them. Fresh fruit and veg can turn fuzzy, bread can develop mould and milk can turn sour.
And not only is this a big waste, it can also make you lose money too. Thankfully though, there are ways to stop this from happening.
One of them is to keep an eye out for a code that's often displayed on food packaging. Gemma Bird, AKA Moneymum to her online fans, asked her TikTok followers if they wanted to "know a hack for buying fresher food".
The savvy shopper then highlighted a code printed on a packet of leeks in her local supermarket, which often goes overlooked.
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