'I lived off yellow sticker reduced food for a week - and I regret everything'

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Hull Live, said he'd already tried out shopping on a Universal Credit budget.But now decided to take on the yellow sticker challenge after being urged to by readers.However, he wasn't a fan.Gregory said the challenge meant he could only life off yellow sticker items for a working week, with him picking up items "wherever I could".He explained: "My first trip to the reduced section was on a Monday evening, this seems to be a good time for the yellow sticker hunters among us as the shelves were packed."I was conscious of the short dates so I went in with the intention to only buy items I could use immediately and things that I could safely store."At Tesco we hit upon a beef massaman ready meal, a cheese, leek and potato pie, a creamy chicken and chorizo pizza, a bolognese sauce, some chicken and bacon sandwich filling, turkey slices and cheese slices."There was no reduced bread which was a shame and the vegetable selection was sparse."Gregory said he had the pizza for tea, but admitted it was "still more expensive than anything I would normally buy".He said he got "carried away" on the first trip - spending £13 in one go.Continuing, he added: "The rest of the week was marred with similar misadventures, in the hunt for the yellow sticker you're very much at the mercy of a small selection of items."I managed to pick up some reduced mixed veg, a reduced sliced bread and some bagged salad from Morrisons the day after my Tesco trip."But that was too late for my sandwich filling and breakfast for which I'd had to pilfer a couple of slices from my housemate."The reporter said he had the massaman curry for his dinner on Tuesday, but described it as "vaguely disappointing".He also said he began "starting to worry" about items which.