Saving parents feed their son with food recovered in BINS to save £ 150 a month

A mother and a thrifty father feed their eight-month-old son who they have retrieved from the supermarket bins, all to save £ 150 a month.

Every night, Chelsea Fleming, 25, and her boyfriend Johnny shun the police as they hide behind supermarkets to search for food to take home with their son Griffin.

By recovering the food otherwise intended for the compost pile, the couple claims to have saved £ 150 a month in food costs.

But their cleaning does not stop there: they also hunt among garbage for Christmas gifts and non-perishable items such as toiletries.

They even have a small parallel business, sometimes selling their finds to friends and family in Georgia, United States.

Chelsey said, "No one in the United States should be hungry with all the food that is thrown away by big business and even by our own homes.

"Some people are pretty snooty about our way of life, but Johnny and I have a lot to show.

"We are debt-free owners and we came here with a penny.

"People who denigrate us generally can not say as much for themselves.

"What really shocked me was how much support I got this way, so many people seem to be inspired by that.

"I want more people to try to do that, not just for their own benefit, but for others and for the environment in which we live."

"Forty million Americans are fighting hunger, while the waste of food would represent about 30 to 40% of the food.

"It's billions of pounds of food going directly to landfills.

"Although some scavenger divers who save a little do nothing to reduce these numbers, it's the awareness that really matters."