Mother roasted over vegetable 'hack' for saving money while shopping

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With millions of families worried about their household budgets, many people are sharing tips and hacks for saving money anywhere they can. But one mum's trick for saving money on vegetables at the supermarket has seen her be ridiculed online, after perhaps taking the idea of cutting costs a little too literally.

The woman took to social media to share how she makes sure she only pays for what she is going to use when doing her grocery shop. Mimi Carter posted a video on TikTok about buying broccoli, which has now racked up 5.5 million views and thousands of comments.

In the video, captioned "snip, snip", she is seen holding broccoli stems detached from the crown while standing by fresh produce. She says of the stems in her hand: "I am not paying for these, so I just..." as she tosses them back with the rest of the broccoli on the shelf.

It then cuts to her showing off her bagged up broccoli, each with most of the stem cut off, as she adds: "I am only going to pay for what I am going to eat." In a follow-up video from her kitchen at home, Mimi explains that sometimes you can just break off the broccoli stems if they are long enough, reports The Mirror.

But she said she usually just cuts them off - and pulls a pocket knife out of her waistband to demonstrate. Mimi then picks up the lopped off stems as she says: "I just leave these for the store. Y'all can have it, I don't need it. I wash my hands of it."

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