A woman is undercutting £1 stores to help feed the poor
Major chains choose not to sell the stock due to manufacturing defects, such as damaged packaging or incorrect labels
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Your support makes all the difference.A woman has set up her own 25p store, selling items that aren't up to the standards of Britain's major supermarkets.
Charlotte Danks, 20, from Newquay, launched the Bargain Brand Food store to give poorer people in the local community an alternative to food bans, Western Morning News reports.
Most of her stock comes from the major chains, but they choose not to sell it due to manufacturing defects, such as damaged packaging or incorrect labels.
The items in Ms Danks' store, which include fresh meat, dairy, tinned foods and even hair dye, are coming to the end of the sell-by date, but are within their use-by date.
Most items sell for 25p, with the most expensive being a two-litre tub of curry powder for £2.50.
Her shop in Newquay has been so successful she is now planning on opening two more in St Austell and Penzance.
Western Morning News reports her saying: "The majority of the items I sell have gone past their best-before date, but they are still good. I pick them up and sell them, otherwise they would just go to landfill.
"It's all from their surplus stock, but we sell them cheap because a lot of people in the area don't have money and are struggling, so I'm keeping them as cheap as possible so they are affordable for everybody.
"I want to help people in the community, people who are out of work, so they can eat as well."
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