A WOMAN has hit back at trolls after nabbing 16 packs of reduced chicken fillets in Sainsbury's.
Michelle explained that she'd popped to her local store where she'd spotted the breaded chicken mini fillets marked down from £3 to just 50p a pack.
So, seeing the bargain, she decided to "clear the freezer", and felt no shame in doing so.
She took to the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group on Facebook to boast about her buy, sharing a picture of one of the chicken packs and her receipt.
"A bargain from £3 down to 50p a pack," she wrote.
"Did I clear the freezer? Like hell I did …
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"What am I gonna do with 16 packs of chicken? … Well that's up to me!"
People were quick to comment on the post, with one writing: "It's the smug arrogance that annoys me with some post like this."
"Gluttony," another raged.
"Not much point in posting this really is it it's a page for helping and recommending things to people to give help etc,"a third insisted.
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However, others defended Michelle for getting such a good bargain.
"Good for you at that price I’d do the same !!" one wrote.
"Your money you buy what you like and as many as you like!! Until they start buying for you then they can dictate to how many you can have."
"Why some folks moaning at her end of the day half people on here commented and said they'd do the same as well," another added.
"Not everyone but most the comments I've seen said they'd do it as well, also she could be passing some to other family members as well."
To which Michelle replied: "Exactly what I did geez, like I'm gonna eat 16 bags of chicken… I'd be spitting feathers lol."
"Good on you," a third commented.
"I brought 40 bags of frozen chips other day from Iceland all reduced to 75p each cooked them up and gave some to the dogs they loved them!"
Michelle then returned to the comments section to write: "Wow so many comments.
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"Like I said I can do what I want with them, which I did.
"For those moaning I have only actually got 5 packs left, so wind your necks in."
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