A Week on M&S Yellow Stickers DAY 1

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

When I was homeless and got a room in the YMCA at 16 M&S used to give us all their expired food. I ate like a king.

[@AgentTasmania]

Colin James Mild roller coaster that story.

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

It was good food though. I lived on spinach and ricotta lasagna, smoked salmon sandwiches and steaks. The YMCA also provided a free cooked breakfast. Made up for having to live with alcoholics, junkies and people fresh out of prison. I had to grow up fast.

[@roqeerose]

Hope ur back on ur feet! I’ve Never tried anything from m&s

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

Thank you. Yes, I am. That was 22 years ago now. My life is pretty great at the moment. You should try some of their food. It's quite good albeit expensive for what it is.

[@AimeeColeman]

Wow, story and a half. I'm very glad you're back on your feet. Sadly my local YMCA has brought in a policy to not allow homeless people to stay, even when they pay up front. :(

[@colinwest9000]

Ah so it was you who won the $1.6B lottery.

[@glasspumkin6099]

Its not even expensive

[@isortofyoutube]

I love it when M&S food is discounted. I like wandering in when I go past my local one at around 4-5pm.

[@rosalie5486]

"I'm learning about new things mum" 😂😂

[@jackparry7719]

Percy pigs are the best item at Marks and Spencer’s 🐷🐽

[@joannegray5138]

I have to disagree. I used to love M&S prawn sandwiches when I was a teenager.

[@jackparry7719]

Joanne Gray let’s agree to disagree...

[@rockdiva67]

Jack Parry dw I agree with you, literally the only reason I go into M&S

[@hallwnby]

Jack Parry the only reason I go in

[@JamesDowns]

yes Jack!

[@Jordan_5M]

Basically this challenge is where you want to shop at M&S but don’t want to pay M&S prices

[@IgnoresTrolls]

As you can see on the kiwi there can be two stickers on it. They put a sticker on reducing it a little at the start of the day, but then they do a huge discount in the evening.

[@Jordanrevell98]

I work at marks and Spencer’s and about an hour before closing we reduce everything to 10/20% of what the original price is! If you get in at the right time you get some great deals!

[@londonluke6890]

Do a week on black tar heroin.

[@SigEpBlue]

That's a bit harsh. Maybe start him on methamphetamine, to lose that weight first. ;)

[@rutter1ify]

😂😂👍💉

[@ItzJackAttack]

hiphopcunt had me creasing at this😂

[@Justin-kv8iy]

Ok

[@tronixfix]

I do, if you finance it

[@jacobbates3652]

The first place I go when I get to a shop is the reduced shelf 😂

[@Moghause]

"I've not got refined tastes" We've noticed. ;)

[@Manusmusic]

I'm doing similiar stuff in Finland. A local fancier grocery store sell the 30% off products with 60% discount after 8pm- It's like a whole culture of students going there specifcally to find weird cheap stuff

[@kahe4237]

Manu true

[@larsxo5361]

A WEEK ON GREGGS

[@jackparry7719]

You’re eating stickers for a week ?!?!?

[@diamondfailer11]

Jack Parry Thanks for stealing my joke from Twitter. Much appreciated.

[@dagaminking8272]

ecks dee

[@diamondfailer11]

Jack Parry You know what? Just take the likes. It’s not like you’d delete this comment. Take them, I don’t care anymore.

[@jackparry7719]

Aperture Science didn’t even see your tweet

[@arenoskarlaen4951]

@@diamondfailer11 Come on man, really? It's hardly a spectacular joke, I thought the same thing myself, I don't even use fucking twitter. I'm going to give his comment a like just to spite you. Also, you do seem to care since you made a second comment complaining about him "taking" your likes...

[@freyadaisy1200]

As someone who works at M&S, they have particular times when they do reductions. You want to go (dependant on when your store closes) in the late afternoon (4pm ish) to early evening or when the store opens in the morning. :)

[@morganpw6939]

A week on Willy

[@JunKurosu]

Playing?

[@Beriorn]

A week on phallic foods. You can eat whatever you want, as long as it's phallic in shape.

[@vickishaw6053]

.....what? I'm not sure if Willy is a thing or if your unaware that it means penis

[@sharabeans]

Sausages, cucumbers, carrots and eggplant, delicious.

[@zoew1602]

How about willy cheese 🤢

[@KateRambo]

Please do a week on eating serving suggestions so you can be the first person in history to eat a serving suggestion.

[@MajaBiana]

The poor man would starve to death!

[@skullsnroses6617]

Hed be left very hungry he has quite big servings usually 😂

[@beckykent435]

I've tried this is very hard to figure out how much you have of a lot of stuff it's basically less than my children eat in a day

[@YOLO-vt1zw]

@mattdoesfitness has done a video eating only recommended serving sizes

[@hattie2525]

We are living off Sainsbury's yellow stickers at the moment. We had 2 tuna steaks reduced from £6.50 to £1.20 for dinner tonight, absolute bargain but we do end up eating some odd combinations!

[@Karasuraven0395]

Just because it's past the expiration date doesn't mean its suddenly bad. Honesty the best way to tell if something has gone off is by feel and smell. Stores put the expiration dates on food for best time to eat the food not when it'll go bad.

[@kmcat]

If you did this in Tesco, you could save a whole pound with all their discounts

[@tahmedurrahman666]

I get there chocolate doughnuts for 25p from £1.00 sometimes they go down to 15p

[@nashnashnasher]

My tescos is really good for reduced stuff. Usually early morning everything is reduced really cheap some times for just a couple p. I get like veg for 3p mostly for my rabbits and tortoise but I'll eat it myself too. I got some bargains just this morning from tesco reduced

[@nashnashnasher]

@@tahmedurrahman666 I do the SME just this morning got some stuff of the bakery for 25p XD

[@TastesLikeChicken3]

My local Tesco can be hit and miss with reduced stuff; that said, I did get Nescafe coffee 150g bag for 36p yesterday instead of £3.64. It wasn't defect or short expiration date either, just guess they weren't stocking it anymore and wanted to get rid of it fast.

[@KellieValentine]

Tesco discounts make me laugh so much, it's like "was: £3.95, now £3.90" wow absolute bargain mate 👌

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

Do a week on WW2 rationing

[@yasminpaul3068]

He's done 5 days on it already.

[@kikoizme]

@@yasminpaul3068 when was that? I don't see it

[@AgentTasmania]

A recreation could be fascinating, but given how he buggers up basic things, he’d probably end up eating a rifleman’s week’s ammo issue.

[@logandh2]

I love this series because every now and then Mike does a week on some specific thing that I’ve never heard of; and this is the epitome of that

[@lucaparker1084]

You need to go in about 6 pm thats when you get some really good reductions

[@reyn5821]

In my local M&S about 6pm you get people literally fighting over the reduced bread..

[@TheLondonLass]

In my local one they also have a lot of reduced chilled food when they open in the morning.

[@VlogsMarcus]

It depends on the store. Some stores close at 6. So final reduction (3rds) gets done at 4. Or that was the case of the M&S I worked at, but the bigger stores is 6, it's normally 2 hours before they score. They do their final reduction on deserts and meats. Well, anything in the fridges really

[@callummorris5628]

VlogsMarcus I work for M&S and we do our thirds about fifteen minutes before closing. We’re a massive store and it’s absolute chaos 😂

[@juandef4115]

Most m&s is closed at 6pm.

[@theframo]

Why am I sitting here watching a man eat a sandwich.. good god

[@CreativeCreatureCarla]

In my post hospital stay mind, I read this first as: "A Week on M&M's Yellow Stickers Day 1" My mind is just, "Why just yellow M&M's? You'll be sick on the first day! What do stickers have to do with it?!" Worry not, I've read it again and am less worried about you being sick. lol I shall sit back and enjoy the week whilst recovering. 💜

[@GenialHarryGrout]

I don't know if you have done this week on before so how about a week on £10 worth of groceries for the whole 7 days? You can buy anything from anywhere, free if possible, but £10 is your spending limit.

[@joannegray5138]

Or a week on Freegan?

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@@joannegray5138 I'd never heard of Freegan until now and that would be an interesting challenge

[@joannegray5138]

It's basically foraging and raiding the bins out the backs of supermarkets where they throw their out of date but still edible food.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@Uncle Rico If it is easy then make it so that he can only eat the same food twice during the week. Eating beans and bread 3 times a week for 7 days isn't a balanced diet.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@@joannegray5138 I get the idea of using food that supermarkets throw away, but in the UK I believe that it is illegal to do this. You can ask the supermarket for food that they are going to dump but once it is in the bins then it is classed as theft unless you ask for permission first. Isn't UK law fantastic. If I have misunderstood the law in the UK then someone will let me know.

[@natalielennox16]

“ The favourites of everyone’s grandma “ 😭😂😂

[@Adam-Adamson]

It's not just Mike Jeavons, it's M&S Mike Jeavons

[@jankjason]

Mike is loving comments? What is this tomfoolery?

[@lukecarrigan6]

I can confirm its not £3.00 because it's GF. All of their Sandwiches are that price (Give or Take).

[@mattp7109]

Prepacked sandwhiches are so incredibly expensive anywhere.. I just don't get it

[@ZipplyZane]

I think they are expensive due to being the ultimate convenience foods. Anyone could buy the ingredients and make their own, so those interested in those sandwiches are paying more for the convenience than the food itself. This allows for a hefty markup.

[@DONK8008]

Aldi ones are WAY cheaper and still good, better than Tesco's imo.

[@adammoorby99]

Lol buy a meal deal and buy the most expensive stuff 😂😂😂

[@tormenty0]

Just to help you out a little. Shops usually put on reduced stickers the day before expiration. So the first reduced sticker won’t be a big difference from the original m. However, the next day is when there’s like a 60% discount. That’s because it’s the last chance for it to sell before it expires. Most shops have a specific time where the highest reduced stickers are put on. In Tesco it’s 7pm everyday. You may wanna ask the m&s store u go to

[@andyt2k]

I used to work at M&S, so this should be an interesting one. Worth noting that the reduced stuff is based on the Sell By and not the Use By date, so things like sandwiches they will be the same day (there's usually sarnies reduced) but on some other things, it will have a gap between those dates. If you want a nice cheap "continental" breakfast, go to a shop with an In Store Bakery, about a hour or so before they close and they should reduced the baked stuff and they'll be fine the next morning. They also reduce things more than once, so depends when you go, will be how much it's reduced by. So it might only go down £1 the first time to get them sold, then towards the end of the night to clear the last bits they'll often reduce a second time

[@maybehesbornwithitmaybeits9318]

wouldnt eating nothing but stickers clog you up and starve to death?

[@aaronrobinson8394]

I live for the basil cameos

[@nessbee9748]

The price of the reductions depends on what time of the day you go, usually at my local store, around 4pm seems to be the sweet spot for low prices and before everyone else raids the reduced sections

[@AlexH96]

Reason for the security sticker is because M&S experienced a large amount of steak theft a couple of years back. When I worked in my local store over £500 worth was stolen during open hours and they had to reorganise the whole shop so that the steak could be seen from a till at all points of the day.

[@zaras6772]

Do a week on subway I don't know why just do it

[@GiraffeCubed3]

Great idea to see how much variance he can get, how it makes him feel and what it does for weight!

[@maxscardanelli6185]

There’s a Subway in my old college. I used to have a foot long there everyday for lunch. Man, the long nights I’d spend on the toilet afterwards...

[@tyty21315]

As long as he doesn’t turn out like Jared lol

[@hallwnby]

That’s easy

[@JamesDanielJust]

Yes do it!

[@CommanderZx2]

If you visit certain super markets are specific times of the day you can see them applying the yellow stickers can get some excellent stuff for very little. I have a relative that goes there and buys these huge steaks and other various other large quantities of meat for very little.

[@PiousMoltar]

Do A WEEK ON DRUGS Yes not one specific drug, just all of them

[@Sar_Sar1]

PiousMoltar 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jesslemon9124]

😂

[@themeparkenthusiast169]

BE THAT A HEX ADVERT I SEE?! A TALE WITH A TWIST?! A TREE IN CHAINS?! A TURNING POINT?! A VAULT SEALED FOR 2 CENTURIES?! A RIDE THAT ENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE?!

[@ashleysewell6569]

Theme Park Mania ayeeee another theme park enthusiast in the commentsssss

[@teepee69420]

Worst ride at Alton Towers. Cool lore though.

[@hnsccharlie4908]

ooh a little corner of theme park enthusiasts:))

[@themeparkenthusiast169]

YAAAAS UNITE WITH THE CHOSEN ONES MY FELLOW ENTHUSIASTS!

[@ashleysewell6569]

Theme Park Mania wickerman is very very VERY good

[@lolfunacount]

it's finally here. btw thanks for removing the premiere thing for a previously recorded video

[@CryptoA]

Most shops in Norway has a reduced (-40%) price on soon to expire foods. Most of them are put in a bargain fridge in one spot, usually gets cleaned out very early on.

[@Cheemma]

I used to work at M&S and a lot of people came in everyday just to buy the reduced stuff near closing time. A lot of stuff would be reduced twice, and what didn't sell could be bought by the staff. I got some pretty good stuff that way

[@BigCalsWorld]

Funny, I was just in M&S today looking at the food and thinking to myself "HOLY FOOK THAT'S EXPENSIVE" at everything I saw :P

[@alanmonaghan3657]

I worked for M&S and they have time slots for reducing, the bulk of the food gets reduced in the morning before the shop opens, veg and fruit gets reduced then too, salads gets done around 2pm along with the sandwiches etc. also there is a time later on, usually 6 where they reduce everything again to crazy low levels, I once got a 40 pounds chateaubriand for a fiver, also long life items like chocolates and the like are reduced in their month of expiration and it gets lower and lower as the reach their sell by date

[@joshuacass5410]

Do a week on Tesco's Meal Deals (you can only eat three meal deals a day)

[@markiangooley]

On my occasional visits to England I’ve gone to M&S only once, getting food for lunch at one at Heathrow. Excellent but expensive food: going to an airport restaurant would have been cheaper. Fairly sure it was an M&S...

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

markiangooley Sounds like an M&S. They’re at most airports & service stations!

[@kylelevesque1702]

Discount posh. Hmm. You should write a screenplay for something animated, your books are very suited for animation as it is.

[@AgentTasmania]

Kyle Levesque There’s his inspiration. Also: I suppose he can only put ‘I have a book being published as we speak’ as his assignment submission so many times.

[@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail]

Kyle Levesque I read that as "... your bollocks are very suited for animation..."

[@jjhellis100]

I work in one of the factories making M and S pre cooked foods and on the food we make It's still safe till eat for 4 days after use by date.

[@GorgorothBergen-ns7il]

During my stay in England, I found M&S slightly expensive, I discovered a Lidl and was so happy. M&S expensive, but mile's more convenient compared to Norwegians Prices.

[@Helcc]

What time did you go to shop to get the yellow tickets

[@SaviolaIsGod]

Why are these videos so satisfying to watch?

[@charlottestevens9352]

It worth asking staff what time they reduce most items and go looking then also ask if they have a section for just reduced items

[@tan8813]

Go in the evening thats when. They reduce the most, if you go in the morning it's only a like a 30% reduction but in evenings it Can be upto 75%

[@davidd1727]

I have to admit that when I go M&S I usually tend to go for the deals or yellow sticker items. If you were to go to M&S and buy lets say a prawn sandwich (they label it as their "best ever") it will cost you £4.00 (from a London store). For me who earns a decent salary, it is still a crazy price to pay for a sandwich. Overall what makes this a total no go is the fact that all other shops have meal deals usually at £3.00 that give you a snack and drink and the sandwiches are pretty good too.

[@IckleBloo]

That moment Mike mentions he is doing a month on currently and you get excited for the video 😂😍😍

[@JustAnotherLondoner]

I do reductions in sainsburys a lot and almost everything that gets chucked out for being out of date is absolutely fine and would last another 2-3 days to be honest. So much food that is perfectly fine gets wasted.

[@alastairward2774]

Impossible now in Belfast, even during lockdown people were going nuts for the yellow label stuff.

[@jbearclowater]

M&S was always a bit of a favourite when I lived in the UK, they had some great chicken that came with the sauce on them ready for cooking. Definitely a bit expensive, but well worth it.

[@ryantaylor2479]

This is how I live normally due to working at m&s. The best time to buy the reduce stuff is normally 8pm ish because it in its final reduction watch makes a £7 stake a 70p stake

[@thomasdavies7288]

Used to work at M&S as a Christmas temp. We used to reduce food first thing in the morning. So that's the best time to go :)

[@rossuk123]

how does the cost of this compare to you week on maccyDs?

[@upfrontbear74]

My local M & S reduce stuff about 3.30/4, then later on about 4.45/5 ish reduce them even more then all the old dears come round barge you out of the way and grab the lot like it's the end of the world, and then about 10 minutes before they are due to close they reduce whats left again for example the Spinach & Egg protein pots are £1.50 normally, they reduce them to like 75p, then 40p then if there is any left at the end like 15p, t's just pot luck.

[@SECONDQUEST]

Sell by, best before, and use before are all very different and very important to pay attention to.

[@FateBoost]

SECONDQUEST Sell By is the date to get it off the shelf. Use By is the day it expires, and it’s only safe for about 3 days after. Best Before is the day or sometimes month it expires, and it’s usually safe for at least a month after.

[@chloedevereaux1801]

also you've got them on first reductions....... they go down further later in the day around 6pm ish

[@markh5210]

The breakfast and lunch stuff was 2nd reduction- you can see the two stickers.

[@Jhizzle2495]

can you not use oil and stuff from home or does it all have to be in the discount

[@morganveitch1422]

Past sell-by date very rarely means it's not safe to eat, I live off reduced items from Waitrose so I have quite a bit of experience.

[@steely666]

Finally, a decent idea for a week long series.

[@mattymerr701]

I originally read it as "Yellow M&M's" and was thinking "no way you can live a week on those"

[@BigPermTV]

Another brilliant video, I'm looking forward to this series!

[@PiousMoltar]

Holy crap never seen a sandwich reduced that much at my regular supermarkets. Might need to look up where my local M&S is after all. I did once try gluten free bread that was very heavily reduced from Tesco once. It was terrible. Not even bread IMO.

[@emay1903]

depends on the time you go, looks like the pack had 2 stickers on, so possibly got reduced around lunchtime and then again later.

[@donuttime2507]

I check my Scotmid everyday but they only sell them half price no matter the time of day....I remember when i was a manager at Scotmid(4 years ago) i used to drop the price to 10p for everything for the last few hours before the store closed. Would have just went in the bin!

[@IronBahamut]

So to supermarkets at the right time and you can get sandwiches for 10-20p Hell I've seen news stories about people literally getting into fights over them

[@JustAnotherLondoner]

I work in Sainsburys, about an hour before closing sandwiches go to about 50p. But most go when they're put to half price around 6pm

[@exox7534]

Tescos sandwich reductions aren't even worth bothering. Not far off original price or meal deal price

[@RERTOxCRAFT]

alton towers hex XD omg love the moment when shawn sanbrooks stood under the painting saying every line word for word xD

[@DagIngeB]

so if you keep up the spending it will be more expencive than the week on muscle food?

[@asmolbean9300]

You can get fillet steak for 4 pounds in lidl, they're really good. Cooked medium rare, it's fantastic, genuinely melts in your mouth. The fact that that fillet steak broke in half is a bit weird, it should just be one circle

[@TheLondonLass]

During impoverished periods of my life, I have eaten really well thanks to M&S yellow stickered stock. The M&S where I used to live used to put most things down to 80p including really nice cuts of meat.

[@scriobhme]

English supermarkets always have better reductions than the ones in Ireland, I have found. Also, going in at the very end of the day you get the best deals. Handy if you live near a shop. I'm surprised to see M&S don't have a reductions area for all of the reduced food to go to. But they do cater to wealthy people and probably don't want to make it easy to get a bargain.

[@grumpymonk824]

If you go at around 7:45pm you can get some brilliant stuff like a ham and mustard sandwich for 25p

[@ECL28E]

Well, "Sell By/Best By" dates are not expiry dates. Although, I'm not sure what the British FDA mandates

[@alexiaworkman6389]

Rice and other gluten-free grains cost more to grow than wheat that's why gluten-free tennis to cost more

[@skullsnroses6617]

Lol no

[@Lynxfan2]

When I visit Marks and Spencers, I can get a packet of 10 or 12 British Pork Chipolata Sausages (78% Pork) for £2 a packet. A 150g West Country Luxury Yoghurt costs £0.75 - I buy four of them, which means I pay £3.00 for all four tubs. Kind regards, Peter Skuce, St Albans, Hertfordshire.

[@TheMeshal33]

Great video I love buying reduces. Same stuff less money but you go more often. And that’s ok as long as it’s close.

[@gralkor]

Hey Mike! you might want to try tasting your food as you cook so you'll know if it needs seasoning, extra flavouring, etc.!

[@idekhelpme]

If you got to M&S about 4:30/5:00pm the food will be reduced to ridiculous prices including the bakery stuff so you could get yourself some pastries for breakfast and buns for lunch :)

[@tahmedurrahman666]

Great video! Can you also do one for Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons? Best time for yellow stickers are 1 hour or 2 hours before closing time. All stuff that are going out go down by 75% and up.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

He did tesco and i think asda

[@lukedoherty-short4071]

I work for the company a great time to go in would be 1-2 hours before closing time we usually double or triple reduce some products. Could get some top notch bargain at that time

[@Funem]

Marks and Spenser food isn't that expensive or posh in some cases its the same price as the supermarkets. The quality of food in Marks and Spenser is higher than the average supermarket so its like buying Tesco finest or Salisbury's taste the difference. This week on isn't that difficult this time. Should be easy as your local Mark's are in the same areas as mine as you live near me, if you want yellow marked food, just go 1hr before closing time, they mark them all down then. They do a meal for two for £10, Indian and Chinese meal deals (2 main and 2 sides) for £10 and 3 for £10 items.

[@ailinos]

M&S is ridiculously expensive, no idea how they're still in business. You can buy a prepackaged sandwich there for €5.40 (or some weird price like that) here in Ireland or you can buy a near identical one from Dealz (PoundLand in England) for €1.50!!

[@KellieValentine]

I used to love going in to M&S after college and grabbing all their vegetable sushi snack packs that get reduced to 30p. Delicious 😍 and the only thing I could afford lmao

[@ashleysewell6569]

“I can’t stop watching videos about theme parks” is a mood (icon is better than wickerman only just though because I foooooooking loveeeee Mack)

[@harrypower8283]

Omg this is so true and the beginning about grandmas and my grandma shops there and I sent the link to her lol 😂😂 this guy is amazing

[@jesslemon9124]

only reason why i go to mine (jk) 😂😂😂

[@CSDANNY824]

A week on huel?

[@loulou7963]

Marks and Spencer’s food is the king of foods. You will love everything ❤️❤️❤️❤️. So wish I was rich enough to shop there.

[@shannonjones9455]

I work at Asda and oh boy I can feast like a king due to reductions. Have a freezer full of nice things I got for under 50p and reduced veg? Life saver

[@GTanny]

Awesome my suggestion on his last week on was to do a week on the reduced section so like to think I had some impact on this... Even though in reality I guess I had no involvement at all 😅

[@AssassinFallz]

Love these videos

[@doremikan22]

Have not seen a reduced sticker in MNS Newcastle/Brighton in my 5 years.

[@katrinafarmer207]

doremikan22 if you dumpster dive their bins you will find it there,no idea why they don't lower their reductions,so people could have it.

[@hallwnby]

YOURE BACK YAY

[@MonkeyHunch1]

If you catch Aldi on the right day in the right branch they have some real bargains reduced in the chilled stuff sometimes but i don`t think you could find enough for a week. Not here atleast

[@Crana]

I hope you head over to the bakery section at some point, they always have reduced stuff there, normally sweets but you know, if you have to eat slightly stale sugar doughnuts for breakfast so be it.

[@glendadalejones3753]

Aha...did u know marks reduce their foods in percentages at several points in the day..afternoons being bigger reductions usually and especially during the last few hrs of opening..