Savvy mum reveals she makes the family’s squash supply last TWICE as long – by fitting the bottles with £4 coffee syrup pumps from Amazon
- Stephanie Palin, 40, from Cheshire, was fed up with her kids wasting squash
- Savvy mum bought a £4 pump from eBay and fitted it to her Robinsons bottle
- She soon found the solution made her family’s squash last for twice as long
A savvy mother has shared her genius solution to make her family’s Robinsons supply last longer.
Stephanie Palin, 40, from Cheshire, told how she bought coffee syrup pumps from Amazon for £4 and fitted them to the squash bottles.
She soon found that her family’s supply of squash was lasting twice as long, saving her money and avoiding waste.
‘I have a husband with a visual impairment and three children aged seven, 11 and 18,’ the mother-of-three said, speaking to money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk.
Stephanie Palin (pictured), 40, from Cheshire, has shared her genius solution to make her family’s Robinsons supply last longer
The savvy homeowner told how she bought coffee syrup pumps from Amazon for £4 and fitted them to the squash bottles (pictured)
‘After watching how much squash they were wasting through spillage when making and getting through a silly amount of squash per week, I thought about how I could reduce this.
Stephanie, a special needs teaching assistant, says that she first tried to find a nice pump bottle for it to go in, but either they weren’t nice or were glass bottles which weren’t safe or food grade.
‘I then started looking a temporary measure whilst I continued to look for a nice pump container,’ she explained.
‘I looked on Amazon and eBay and thought I would try the Moniz pump, so for £4 I bought one pump to see if would fit and it did to the 1.75 or two litre squash bottles, but not the square bottles.
‘A solution is to just decant the square bottle squash into Robinsons or Vimto bottles.
Stephanie, a special needs teaching assistant, told how she was fed up with her three children (her daughter, pictured) wasting squash
‘This worked great so I ordered one more so we had two. They work amazingly and you can either wash them by hand or pop them through the dishwasher.’
Stephanie adds her family now goes through at least half the amount of squash every week – and says that it’s a great way to save money during lockdown.
‘It reduces the amount of squash you go through by at least half,’ she said. ‘Where one bottle wasn’t even lasting us one week it’s just over two weeks now.
‘You can order the Monin pump via Amazon or eBay. They seemed to have jumped up a little in price, but I have given the link out to so many people!
‘It helps people save money during lockdown, and I also use a similar pump for my cleanser and toner as I just seem to go through it so fast also!’
Tom Church, co-founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, commented: ‘Lockdown has been an expensive time for millions of families, so simple, easy and effective money-saving solutions such as Stephanie’s are very welcome!
‘This genius solution won’t just save her money, but will also reduce wastage, a very topical issue at the moment. The pumps can be bought cheaply online, and will last for years!’
Stephanie says the £4 pumps ‘work amazingly’ and advises washing them by hand or popping them through the dishwasher. Pictured, with her partner