Tesco is giving away £5k grants at 100 shops this weekend – check the full list of stores
LUCKY shoppers could be in with a chance of grabbing £5,000 for their local school this weekend.
Between 12 noon and 1pm on Saturday shoppers in 100 Tesco supermarkets around the country can take a lucky dip to search for a gold token.
The token will then allow the winner to choose one of three local schools or community groups to receive a £5,000 golden grant to spend on equipment or healthy food.
Recipients of a Tesco Golden Grant last year included Tornedale Infant School which was able to replace worn out play equipment, build a new sand pit and create a community room to support new families.
Farms For City Children, based in Newham, were able to take even more children, from areas of deprivation in London, to their three farms to experience the benefits of food, farming and outdoor learning.
Claire De Silva, Tesco's head of communities, said: “Schools and local projects are vital in supporting our children and our communities. We’re giving customers who visit these 100 stores the chance to make a difference to a school or group that’s doing amazing work on their doorstep.”
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Golden Grants are awarded twice a year as part of Tesco Stronger Starts, a £5million grant programme in partnership with Groundwork UK.
Tesco stores taking part in the Golden Grants lucky dip are:
- Aberdeen Castlegate Express
- Ashtead Craddocks Express
- Aston Lane
- Atherstone Superstore
- Balderton Express
- Baldock
- Ballygomartin
- Basingstoke
- Battle Express
- Beckenham Chinese Garage Express
- Bedford Harpur Express
- Belmont Road Express
- Berkhamstead
- Bilsthorpe Express
- Birmingham Road Sut Express
- Bognor Regis Express
- Bridgewater Express
- Bristol Canons Express
- Broadstairs
- Broken Cross Macclesfield Express
- Bushbury Express
- Cambridge Newmarket Road
- Carfin Express
- Caversham Express
- Chafford Hundred Express
- Cirencester Express
- Clapham Oval
- Coleraine
- Commercial Street
- Coventry High Street
- Cramlington Express
- Crosby Coronation
- Croxted Road, Dulwich
- Dumfries Extra
- Dunfermline Extra
- East Calder, 242 Main Street
- East Molesey
- Eastleigh Express
- Enfield Lock Express
- Exwick Express
- Felixstowe Express
- Gatwick
- Glasgow St Enochs Express
- Glenmore Road Express
- Gloucester Churchdown
- Gravesend Riverview Express
- Grimsby
- Harpenden Luton Road Express
- Hartley Wintney Express
- Heath Street, Hampsted
- Hendon Beaufort Park
- Highgate High Street
- Inverness Extra
- Islington Express
- Lea Valley
- Leeds Bond St Express
- Leicester Beaumont Leys Extra
- Leicester Fosse Express
- Leyland
- Little Sutton Express
- London Fulham Reach Express
- Lowestoft Road Express
- Lymington Express
- Marton Blackpool Express
- Melksham Express
- Mossley Road Express
- Newcastle
- Newmarket Extra
- Northenden Express
- Old Portsmouth Express
- Oxford Cowley Express
- Perth Extra
- Peterborough Express
- Prestwich Bury Express
- Rainham Extra
- Renfrew
- Rhoose Express
- Rusholme Express
- Scarborough Castle
- Scisset
- Seaham Stockton Road
- Seven Kings
- Sheffield Savile Street
- Shirley Dickens Heath Express
- St Austell
- St Mellons
- Stockport
- Swansea Llansamlet
- Swansea Sthlen Road Express
- Telford Extra
- Victoria Express
- Watford Leavesdon Express
- Wembley Watford Road Express
- West Hallam Express
- West St Horsham Express
- Weston Favell Extra
- Weston Super Mare
- Widnes
- Wimbledon Centre Court Express
- Winchester
- Woolwich
- Wycombe South Express
How can I save on my supermarket shop?
THERE are plenty of ways to save on your grocery shop.
You can look out for yellow or red stickers on products, which show when they've been reduced.
If the food is fresh, you'll have to eat it quickly or freeze it for another time.
Making a list should also save you money, as you'll be less likely to make any rash purchases when you get to the supermarket.
Going own brand can be one easy way to save hundreds of pounds a year on your food bills too.
This means ditching "finest" or "luxury" products and instead going for "own" or value" type of lines.
Plenty of supermarkets run wonky veg and fruit schemes where you can get cheap prices if they're misshapen or imperfect.
For example, Lidl runs its Waste Not scheme, offering boxes of 5kg of fruit and vegetables for just £1.50.
If you're on a low income and a parent, you may be able to get up to £442 a year in Healthy Start vouchers to use at the supermarket too.
Plus, many councils offer supermarket vouchers as part of the Household Support Fund.