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Buy snacks in Australia from A$1 at discount retailer Cheaper Buy Miles
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Shelves at Cheaper Buy Miles are stocked with inexpensive snacks from as little as A$1 (84 Singapore cents) a pack.
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- Cheaper Buy Miles offers discounted groceries in Melbourne, sourcing overproduced, mislabelled or near-expiry items from other stores.
- Grant Miles founded the store in 1996 to reduce food waste, driven by his experience seeing usable products discarded.
- Increased demand post-pandemic, plus social media attention, has boosted sales, with diverse stock appealing to tourists.
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MELBOURNE – In the trendy inner-city suburb of Fitzroy, where charming cafes and offbeat boutiques line the streets, discount grocer Cheaper Buy Miles wears the ultimate disguise.
Its dark grey storefront is unassuming, but the store, and its three other outlets around Melbourne, is a bargain hunter’s haven.

