Save money on coffee and help the environment with these top tips — plus get two FREE tickets to a day at the races
YOUR daily caffeine fix can cost a lot of beans. Each week we buy on average three drinks from a coffee shop or cafe, spending more than £300 a year.
Some chains, such as Starbucks, now add to this cost by charging for disposable cups — but also have handy money-saving incentives for customers who bring in their own reusable ones.
One of the most popular reusable coffee cups is the KeepCup, starting at £7, but there are others on the high street for as little as £1.
Here’s how investing in a reusable cup could save you hundreds of pounds a year at some popular coffee chains . . .
PRET A MANGER: Customers can now save 50p on each coffee they buy, simply by using a reusable cup. If you drink three flat whites a week — or 156 a year — at a cost of £1.79 (discounted from £2.29) this works out at a saving of £78.
SAVE: £78 per year
GREGGS: Take a reusable cup with you and save 20p when you buy any hot drink. It does not even have to be Greggs-branded.
SAVE: £31 per year
CAFFE NERO: Nero gives you two loyalty stamps for each coffee you buy in a reusable cup, instead of the usual one per cup. If you buy five £2.75 flat whites with a reusable cup for £13.75, you get your sixth free, meaning each one will have cost £2.30 — a saving of 45p per cup.
SAVE: £70 per year
COSTA: Bring down your bill at Costa by using a reusable cup instead of a disposable one. The chain offers its customers a 25p discount in store.
SAVE: £39 per year
STARBUCKS: Every time you use a reusable cup you will save 25p. To help reduce waste further, the coffee chain now charges 5p for a paper cup, so it makes even more sense to switch.
SAVE: £39 per year
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GET an Outsunny portable folding barbecue for £25.99 at onbuy.com, down from £39.99.
SAVE: £14
Cheap treat
KEEP your plants hydrated with a green watering can from Wilko, now £3, down from £5.
SAVE: £2
My Sun Savers fiver
PAULINE THOMPSON, from Tipton, West Mids, says: “I’m saving up my Sun Savers fivers to treat my mother-in-law to afternoon tea.”
- Send your Savers fiver stories to sunsavers.co.uk/fivers and you’ll get 28 codes worth £5 if yours is used. Please include your name and town.
Top swap
IMPROVE your outdoor space with B&M’s Sorrento corner sofa set for a fraction of the cost of Next’s Monaco garden set.
SAVE: £799
Reader’s saving tip
PATRICIA McIVOR, of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, says: “I clean tea-stained cups with two drops of baby’s sterilising fluid. Fill with water and rinse out. It’s cheap and easy and has no strong smell.”
- Send tips to sunsavers.co.uk/tips and you will get 28 codes worth £5 if yours is used. Please include your name and town.
Shop & save
SOAK up the evening with a delicious glass of Weather Station Malbec Shiraz from M&S, in store only. Was £7 for a bottle, now £4.99.
SAVE: £2.01
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Two FREE tickets to day at the races
GET one of more than 10,000 pairs of tickets to horseracing events across the country.
Pick from Newmarket, Nottingham, Epsom Downs and more, with events taking place from May 5 until October 19. Enjoy family fun days, beer festivals, ladies’ days, Eighties nights and summer Saturdays.
From the QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket, to the Investec Derby at Epsom Downs there is something for everyone. Get the full list on the Sun Savers app or at sunsavers.co.uk.
To get your tickets, download the Sun Savers app or join online.
Then go to the “Free Day At The Races” page in the “Offers” section and click “Start Collecting”.
Collect EIGHT Sun Savers codes from those printed daily until May 12. Today’s is on Page 24.
Enter your codes on Sun Savers to unlock booking. Click “Book” and you will get an email with a unique code and steps to claim your tickets on The Jockey Club website.
- 18+ UK residents only. Multiple code collect. Select tickets/events available, subject to availability. 20,000 tickets available in total. First come, first served. Full T&Cs apply. See sunsavers.co.uk
Sign up to the Sun Savers and get FREE cash
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Sun Savers is our fantastic rewards club which gives all readers the chance to take advantage of FREE cash, treats and prizes. That’s right – you can get FREE cash just for picking up the paper.
For every 28 Sun Savers codes you collect, we will give you a fiver to spend however you like.
Sun Savers codes are printed in the paper every day – you can find today’s on Page 20. Check your Sun Savers code then enter it on our free app or sunsavers.co.uk.
Once you have entered your 28th code, we will stick £5 in your wallet. And with Sun Savers, you can also get big discounts on holidays, cinema tickets, days out, beauty kits, festive goodies for the family . . . and much more.
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For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.
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YOU could win £50,000 in our Sun Raffle – simply by reading the paper.
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To enter, download the Sun Savers app or sign up at sunsavers.co.uk. Then opt in to each month’s Sun Raffle by clicking “Yes!” when prompted and start collecting the codes printed daily inside the paper – scanning in the app or entering online. Today’s code is on Page 20.
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With every code you enter you’ll earn a ticket into that month’s £50k Raffle. There is no limit to how many tickets you can collect per month, so make sure to enter as many codes as you can to give yourself the best chance of winning.
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