Shoppers ignore "best by" in quest for best buy

Sharp increases in food prices have led to more and more savvy shoppers using innovative ways to cut costs at the till. And Cape Town entrepreneur Dave Bester is cashing in on spiralling food prices with a chain of stores that only sell food close to or past its "best before" date.He said demand had "grown phenomenally" of late, and this month he and his partner opened their fourth Foodies store in the Western Cape.