CHILDREN in some parts of the UK are yet to break up for the summer holidays.
But a savvy mum from Scotland has now revealed the B&M bargains you need to pick up
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Zoe Sullivan, 45, her husband Ben, 49, and their 12 children make up one of the biggest families in the country.
The couple are parents to Elisabeth, 19, Olivia, 17, Noah, 14, Evangeline, 12, Tobias, 11, Agnes, seven, Joseph, five, Florence, two, and two sets of twins – Charlotte and Isabelle, 16, and Leah and Erin, eight.
The brood live in a six-bedroom house in Burghead, Moray, where they regularly document their busy lives on your YouTube channel.
And they’re already enjoying more time with their family since summer vacation began last week.
Zoe admits they spent the first week “relaxing” due to the bad weather.
She added: “I always think it takes at least a week for everyone to relax and calm down from the hustle and bustle of everyday life at the start of the holidays, and I think we’re at the chill point now, thankfully!”
But with so many kids to prepare for the next semester at school, there’s only so much supermom Zoe can do.
In fact, she’s already thinking about the essential items her brood will need to return to the classroom after the summer.
She said: “So I know a lot of you haven’t even finished school yet, but I went into B&M the other night just to buy some other stuff and they have a lot of back to school stuff. [things].
“They had so many things there. Obviously, they put everything in.
“I don’t know if it’s in all of them. Obviously we’re in Scotland, our schools have already been disbanded, so people are already thinking about going back to school.”
Zoe showed off the “complete bargains” she saw at a short video.
The first was a 98-cent water bottle that she insisted was great when her kids dropped them and broke them so often that she had to buy replacement parts.
She also found lunch boxes for £1 and a three-pack of multi-compartment lunch boxes for £2.97.
There were also color-changing cups and glitter water bottles on offer, which Zoe said were cheaper than usual.
Get more bargains with the B&M scanner
The app’s barcode scanner lets you see if the item’s price is cheaper than advertised on the store shelf.
The B&M scanner is located in the B&M Stores mobile app, which can be downloaded for free onto your smartphone.
Buyers can download it from the App Store or Google Play.
Once you get the app, click the “scan” button at the bottom of your home page.
This will open your smartphone’s camera, which you will need to use to scan barcodes.
When you find a product you want to scan, simply point your smartphone camera toward the barcode.
The app will automatically display the item’s price – that’s when you’ll know if it’s been reduced or not.
Bargain hunters say some items go for £1, 50p or even 10p via the app.
But of course not every item will be scanned at a lower price – so don’t be disappointed if what you’re looking for isn’t reduced.
You will often need to have plenty of time on your hands to browse and scan many items in the store.
While reductions may seem random, they are often seasonal or old-stock items.
Another thing to note is that reductions sometimes vary between stores.
This means that just because something is reduced at a B&M, prices will vary from store to store depending on stock levels.
But if you’re lucky and find a bargain, the product should be scanned for that price at the checkout.
And other parents are loving their bargains.
“It’s great value for money. I will definitely go there and save it for September,” said one mother.
A second wrote: “Great idea, buy now before they sell out.”
A third echoed: “I don’t blame you, if you don’t understand it when you see it, next time it will be really boring.”
Another person added: “Mine don’t finish until July 19th, but I started purchasing uniforms in May to spread the costs.
Meanwhile, a fifth chimed in: “Wow, that looks amazing, I hope our B&M here starts having their selection soon.”
We’ve previously told you how Zoe only sleeps four hours a night – but we’d still never say never to baby number 13.
The supermummy gets up every morning at 4:45 am, after just settling down the night before around midnight.
She said: “I can’t stand being late for anything and I can’t stand being rushed.
“So if I wake up early, I can take a shower, think about what I’m going to do for the day and get ready.
“I also like to do some chores before the kids go to school, so I can wash twice and that kind of thing.
“I don’t go to bed until around midnight, so I probably average four or five hours of sleep – on a good night.”
But she still “would never say no” to having another child, and added: “I think the more we had, the more we realized how much we loved having a big family.
“And to be honest, the more you have, the easier it gets, in a weird way.”
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