food bill for 5 - is £35 a week unrealistic?

sammyy

UltraCheap wrote:

Also, if you find a few items in the reduced to clear that are on a special deal (say buy 3 and get one free) then hopefully the items will be rung up as the Reduced to clear price, and then the full price of one of them will be deducted, which often makes all three of them free. This only works if each barcode is scanned in, if the person behind the counter enters the price manually then no deal.

Thats a great idea.I must remember that and make sure I spread them out with the other shopping on the conveyer belt.

Sarahsaver

£35 should be a doddle, especially if you use a market for fruit and veg.
The special offers in sainsbury's like buy 2 save £5 still work if the items are both reduced! I got two packs of luxury smoked salmon for about 3 quid.
Our local market also has good deals on meat - 2 whole salmon for a tenner, rabbits for less than £3 each, cheap pies/flans/quiches/sausage rolls, and I go to a David Cheshire for other meat, e.g. 2 chickens for £5, joint of gammon £3, and the Halal butcher for chicken wings, £1 for a large bag full, mince for £1 a lb, lamb or beef, and they also sell mutton and goat:)
I just got a huge sack of spuds from a farm shop for £4, and the turkish shop round the corner sells onions £1.50 a sack, and halloumi and feta cheeses cheaper than sainsbury's

kitster_2

I could'nt scrimp like this,for christs sake.

MrsB_2

Scrimp like what?? And what's 'for Christ's sake' about it??

The OP asked a question and has had some really useful ideas and suggestions they may not otherwise have considered.

If OS isnt for you, then that's absolutely fine, but you may just find you're on the wrong board.

calleyw

kitster wrote:

I could'nt scrimp like this,for christs sake.

Obviously unlike the OP you must have pots of money.

Some of us don't and that is why we are here.

If you don't have a comment that is constructive then please don't post. I could have been ruder but we are suppose to be nice to all MSE.

Also homecooked and prepared meals taste and are superior to any ready made muck you buy in a supermarket. Which is so full of rubbish. I was once told by someone if you can't say it you should not eat it :snow_laug.

Buying meat and fruit and vegetables fresh and as natural as they can be is cheaper then buy ready meals and chicken nuggets etc.

I suspect you will find that a large portion of society and I am not talking about just the old. But young and middle aged in this country is undernorished. Because they eat little or nothing in the way of fruit and veg and eat fast food and ready meals until they are coming out there ears.

The younger generation and I mean younger than me (I'm 33 by the way)in there late teens, early 20's are going to be out lived by there parents due to the dire diet they are eating. Heart diease, cancers etc are on the rise partly due to the diet that some people eat.

Having to budget and live on modest income often means that rubbish like crisps, cola etc are removed from the diet as they are expensive and wasteful and do nothing for your teeth or even your waistline.

I live on a modest income but we hit our 5 servings of fruit and veg nearly everyday. Which a lot of people struggle with even one serving a day. We have meat and roasts and have food that is nice to taste and our plates are always clean. And we enjoy are food.

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Calley

kiwichick

kitster - You are clearly in the wrong place. OS is a forum of helpful, supportive people with CONSTRUCTIVE comments.

It is certainly NOT for small minded people who think nothing of throwing about insults and being generally nasty to those of us trying to make ends meet.

I should be nice to all moneysavers but I wont - WHY DONT YOU SOD OFF AND ENJOY YOUR PINOT SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOUR NASTY COMMENTS ARE NOT WELCOME!!!!!

PS - The library provides an internet connection for people to use AT NO CHARGE.

swampytiggaa

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ok then - I use re-usable sanitary protection - and re-usable nappies - not really because of the cost but because i don't want to leave a landfill full of my blood and my childrens poo.

Oh and i can 'afford to keep poppin kids out' because my husband works 6am to 5-30pm monday to friday and i work saturdays and sundays in a supermarket. We get nothing from the taxpayer apart from child benefit etc as does everyone else with children.

my children will one day pay for your pension - personally i hope that that system is phased out so that they are not forced to work to keep you in ignorance.

oh and if you aren't interested in moneysaving - then why are you on this site?

kitster_2

lol ! my mum used disp nappys,its t'other thing that some don't want to have shared.

calleyw

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Do you mean how can I afford internet connection Personally whats it to you. We pay our taxes and claiming nothing back. And it pays for it self with all the hints and tips I collect etc.

Well that nice for you have pots of money. Having money does not mean that you are nice or better person than anyone else.

And no is asking YOU to scimp as you say. So what is to you.

But this board is about old style moneysaving. As has been mentioned before I really don't think this board is for you.

Umm did I imply that people with pots of money eat crisps and cola. No don't think so. I believe I said "Having to budget and live on modest income often means that rubbish like crisps, cola etc are removed from the diet as they are expensive and wasteful and do nothing for your teeth or even your waistline."

This is a nice board and we are all nice and friendly here. But your tone seem to come across as abrupt and rude. Not sure if that is how you mean to be.

But as I said before if you can't make constructive comments then please don't comment at all.

I smell the blood of a troll :snow_laug


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Calley

swampytiggaa

I smell the blood of a troll

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