Our savvy readers share how to save money without having to make massive changes — plus find out how to get £5,000 with Sun Savers
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COUNT on us to help you make the most of your money in 2018.
It’s day two of the Sun Savers cash-in weekend – and we have more tips from our savvy readers on ways to save money without big changes to your lifestyle.
Even if you only use a couple of ideas, they will still put extra pounds back in your pocket.
Get started as you celebrate the new year.
- Download apps that pay you to take surveys or watch videos, such as Swagbucks or Streetspotr.
MARK LIGHTLEY, Devon - Buy reduced-price food and freeze it by the use-by date. The items will be perfect when you defrost them.
LEE CROWSON Loughborough, Leics - Join your supermarket’s Christmas Savings Club as soon as it opens in the new year. You will get a cash bonus next December.
GILL OSBORNE, Bristol - Switch from normal lightbulbs to low-energy LED. They cost more but can save £100 a year.
ADRIEN TIMMINS, Blackpool - Don’t throw away foil containers from takeaways. Wash and reuse them as roasting or baking dishes.
KATH PEASLEY Kidderminster, Worcs - Save a small fortune by baking homemade bread. Breadmaking machines cost less than £50 and there’s a fresh loaf daily for pennies.
CHRISTINE HYDE, Preston - Shop with a friend or family member and split up to search for bargains so you don’t miss a deal.
PATRICIA DRABBLE, Stone, Staffs - Wrap food including fruit and vegetables in foil before you put it in the fridge. It will last longer.
MARILYN DAVEY, Bletchley, Bucks - Join Sun Savers. Not only do you get a free £5 each month, you will also save hundreds of pounds on all the other exclusive offers throughout the year.
MICHELLE HARRISON, Stockport
Earn a fiver with Sun Savers
SUN SAVERS is the best way to get a FIVER in cash - just by reading The Sun. Here's how...
- Sign up to Sun Savers
- Pick up today's paper and scan in the unique code
- Collect 28 codes and Sun Savers will put £5 in your account - no strings attached
It's that simple!
Sign up here or enter your code here if you're already on the way to a free fiver!
MINI SAVE
YOU can cross this stylish bargain off your shopping list. Carvela Nala Cross body bag, at debenhams.com.
WAS: £59
NOW: £19
SAVE: £40
SAVE BIG
MAKE a clean start to the new year with this Dyson V6 Total Clean vacuum cleaner, at dyson.co.uk.
WAS: £449
NOW: £229
SAVE: £220
SAVE SMALL
THIS offer looks good. Ray-Ban The General sunglasses are half-price at very.co.uk.
WAS: £140
NOW: £70
SAVE: £70
Reader tip
LOUISE CEESAY from Bolton says: “Are you considering starting a health kick but have whiffy trainers?
You can put cat litter in them overnight to make them smell fresh.”
- SEND your tips to sunsavers@the-sun.co.uk and you will get 28 codes, worth £5, if yours is used. Please include your name and town.
Designer Double
SWAP the £441 Pink Unicorn Sweater from Coach with the Pink I Speak Unicorn sweatshirt for £27.20 from RockOnRuby at etsy.com/uk.
SAVE: £413.80
Top offer
STAYING in this New Year’s Eve? If so, get £5 off your first two orders with Deliveroo tonight until midnight only. For details, see vouchercloud.com/deliveroo-vouchers.
Jane's tip
RING in the savings changes. A study by sellmymobile.com found the average household has at least two old, unused mobile handsets worth £260 if resold – so get checking.
- PRICES correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability.
Fancy a free fiver?
YOU can get FREE cash with super Sun Savers just for buying your favourite paper.
Our brilliant new rewards club will pay back our most loyal readers.
Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have collected 28.
This isn’t a one-off and there is no limit to how much cash you can save.
For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.
We are keeping it super-simple. You don’t have to enter codes from consecutive days, so don’t worry if you forget a day or two.
Download our easy Sun Savers app and quickly scan your code using your smartphone. Or go online and enter your code at sunsavers.co.uk.
What is Sun Savers? Here's everything you need to know about our new rewards club
MOST READ IN MONEY
To get you on your way, join today and we will put a bonus £1 in your Sun Savers wallet tomorrow. And the good news doesn’t stop with free cash.
With Sun Savers, we give you the best hacks, deals and tips to save money every single day.
TO JOIN: Don’t worry, folks — joining takes just 30 seconds, in three steps.
All we’ll ask of you is your name, your date of birth and an email address to get you on the way to your first crisp fiver.
You can choose to save or cash out straight to your bank account or instantly with Paypal.
Don’t delay — join Sun Savers now!