Top money saving tips for families

GET trawling for some brilliant buys on British fish and seafood this week. Morrisons fishmongers have a catch of in-store only deals until March 14, supporting the country’s fishing community. I’ve also hauled up the best seafood from other supermarkets, making March a great time to enjoy the best of British. With a bargain in your shopping basket, you can then cook up one of the recipes below from morrisons.com . Best of British For a fish treat, introduce the family to something different. Sainsbury’s British smoked boneless mackerel is £4. Sainsbury’s oak-smoked Scottish salmon, 100g, is delicious for £4.35. Reel in a great deal at Waitrose, saving £1.50 on two Scottish loch trout fillets, now £4.50. Get a smoking deal with a third off No1 chestnut-smoked Scottish salmon at Waitrose, down from £6 to £4. Net a tub of Orkney crab meat, 100g, for £3.50 at Tesco. Market street tip DON’T move fish around the pan too much or it will break up. Cook … [Read more...] about Catch the freshest offers with Mrs Crunch’s top deals on British fish and seafood

LAUNDRY is the bane of every parents' life, but what if there was a way to cut it out? Mum-of-four Jennifer Barton, 38, from South London, is set to save £2,000 in a year as well as three hours of her time every week, after making the decision to rent her kids' clothes instead of buying them. Sound appealing? Jennifer shared her tips with Fabulous - so you can do the same... When our monthly clothing parcel arrives on our doorstep from thelittleloop, there’s a flurry of excitement - in fact, it almost feels like it’s Christmas all over again. My daughters - Diana, 10, Liv, eight, Stella, five, and Ada, three - rush downstairs to unpack the parcel: they know what’s in there since they went on a ‘shopping spree’ on the website just a few days ago. The clothes are even lovelier up close: a rainbow striped skater dress from Kite, a sunflower frock that feels like summer from Frugi, a smart grey pinafore skirt from Jackalo... In a month, we’ll pack everything up … [Read more...] about I’m a mum-of-four & I’ll save £2k by RENTING my kids’ clothes – I’m saving three hours a week by skipping laundry too

A packet of crisps today can have up to seven layers of wrapping - that’s a whole lot of plastic and foil. In fact, the world is producing 20 times more plastic now than it did 50 years ago – a number that’s fast growing – despite politicians and campaigners calling for a ‘zero waste economy’. But did you know that just one plastic carrier bag can take up to 100 years to decompose? As Britain's waste problem continues to hit record levels, one couple reckon they have what it takes to get the planet back on track. Their answer? A zero waste shop. Richard Eckersley, his wife Nicola and their baby, Willow, are the family behind the UK's first ever 'no packaging' supermarket - here's how it works. How much Brits are throwing out a year 177 million tonnes of waste is thrown out in England every single year Gov.uk Earth.Food.Love Earth.Food.Love is an organic shop based in Totnes, Devon. It's the first zero waste store in the UK, retailing a range of up to 200 … [Read more...] about The shop where packaging is banned – meet the couple tackling Britain’s waste problem and winning

WOMEN were shocked to find out they've been holding their hairbrushes wrong their entire lives. The simple trick make getting tangles out so much easier. TikToker @lexlatt first shared the hack – and user @mommameg.11 dueted her video, and was equally surprised at the tip. "You're telling me I've been brushing my hair wrong," the TikToker, whose name is Lex, according to her profile, said. She held her hairbrush horizontally, and showed how people typically run it through their hair with the handle parallel to the ground. "Everyone holds it like this. It gets caught though," she said. Lex dubbed it "the worst." She then held the brush to the camera, and revealed how the bristles do not sit in straight rows horizontally. Lex flipped the brush to be perpendicular, however – with the handle facing into the ground – and revealed the bristles appear in straight rows. "You're supposed to..." she trailed off, as she ran the brush seamlessly through her hair, … [Read more...] about Women shocked to find out they’ve been holding their hairbrushes wrong – and it makes getting tangles out so much easier

STARING lovingly into the eyes of his master, Eton, a Neapolitan mastiff-cross, seems an adorable dog. But owner Anna White says her five-year-old pet is “behaviourally broken” from the butchering he suffered as a puppy. Eton has had his ears cropped — a practice where a dog’s outer ears are removed, or have the tips or large parts cut off, now being done for cosmetic purposes. This is often done with razor blades and no anaesthetic. Anna, 55, believes Eton’s jumpy nature is down to him having had this done. She said: “If you make any sudden movement near his head, Eton is terrified, goes as stiff as a statue and growls.” The sick practice is increasing, with a 621 per cent rise in cases over the past six years and numbers more than doubling in the past 12 months, from 47 to 101. Love Island’s Jack Fincham got in hot water recently for buying a cane corso, Elvis, with cropped ears. But he posted on Instagram this week: “If it was my choice, that would never … [Read more...] about Stars join campaign to end cruel ear cropping mutilation of ‘designer’ dogs