asda chicken breasts £1

booeyhugh

just read thru the whole thread, im lucky enough to have parents who have a sml bit of land we have chicks, ducks.cockerels, pigs and sheep!my dad loves them! BUT we are \also lucky to have the meat they produce! so dont have to Put meat into our weekly shop(par chic)! please dont have a go at people who buy the supamarket meat and if people cook real food from the £1 offers in asda and not the crappy micro s!@t families will be beta off!

sorry but this mho

slate if you will!

kyssyn

It always saddens me when people say 'I can't afford to eat free-range'. I'm single and on disability benefits (which means I have nobody to split utility bills etc with) and I can't afford many luxuries (no tv) but I only eat free-range eggs and chicken. I can only afford to eat it once in a blue moon but when I do I appreciate it all the more. The truth is that with a little creative thinking everyone CAN afford to eat free-range.

booeyhugh

'can a little creative thinking feed a family of four and a dog on a budget on £50 a fortnight?'
i dont have to feed any kids etc but i dont begrudge people that do! asda selling meat cheap is what happens least families eat home cooked food!?
anyone that can help out on this post???!!
i dont class myself as an expert at all but chicken in a pan with some veg is beta than pre paired stuff in a bag! surely!??

suelizab

bernard matthews - yuk . Haven't bought his food for along time . I've swapped to free range but to tell the truth No one in my family can taste any difference . Anyway, we all have to manage as best we can and im sure a lot more ppl will be eating non free range with redundancies . If you can afford the more expensive meat then you have a real choice, but many ppl dont . I just wish some ppl wouldn't be so snobby because in the end it is those who have further to fall .

abfmdf

For many people free range is a luxury that they simply can’t afford with often a negligible difference in quality (especially if used in a curry or something). Quality or cruelty seem the main arguments, but I wonder how many of the “free range only” crowd eat chicken from a take away or a restaurant, as 90% of these will just use a normal battery chicken. For that matter most food you probably eat probably came from battery hen (mayonnaise, cakes, mousse etc)
There seem to be a lot of people who buy free range so that they can believe they don’t contribute to cruelty but it is quite hypocritical when they are quite happy to buy a product made with eggs.
What it comes down to is good chicken at a good price (bought some today myself). Which if welcome as it is usually only the really processed food that is discounted that much.
As a side note also noticed the mince (not smart price) was reduced to 75p

yummymummyoftwo

Just want to say don't buy the mince at 75p we tried it o m g
It was awful,like chewing on bones so won't be buying again
We can't afford chicken normally so will be getting some of this
Everytime I see a thread about chicken or eggs I cringe cos I know what's going to happen,what's the point?
Just don't post if you don't agree
Like it's been said before not everyone can afford organic/free range especially in these awful times we find ourselves in
If we can afford it I do buy free range eggs like at the moment they are on offer at asda for £2 for 15 I think,if not it's the caged eggs so all depends on your personal budget

Saint_Chris

if i could afford to buy better cuts of meat i would

but it's dog eats dog in this world, and my family come way before a chicken in a coup

and if me buying this means that i can save money and put it towards the heating bill, to give us a bit more heat in this cold time, then i will

putting a picture of a sad looking chicken won't make me not buy it..

And i will sleep very well at night, with a full tummy of to get some now

Oh and i do have to say that £1mince was rank..............never again

rachbc

I don' think being on a budget is an excuse to buy cheap meat - there a plenty better ways to get protein than that. I'd rather eat less good meat and add veg and pulses than £1 chicken. In case your wondering - my shopping budget was £30 for 4 for this week, inc packed lunches and a decent chicken from the butcher that will do 2 meals plus soup!

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If people are concerned about cheap low quality meat especially mince why not try the soy mince from Tesco 500g £1.19 (might be wrong on price but noy by much).
I mix it with Tesco stock cubes 10p chicken or 29p beef tastes good in most things( ok its not meat texture or full taste!).

Oh and I do eat meat not always the cheapest but whatever meets my needs or is on offer at the time:D !!

zippybungle

lindseykim13 wrote: »

Bloomin heck your rich, i have a family of four and a dog but i still have to budget on £50 a fortnight! Try that on free range lol

I feed a family of 5 on £50 per week and manage to buy free range/and or RSPCA Monitored chicken and eggs. I would rather go for quality meat than quantity.

If you can't afford free range, then why not try the RSPCA monitored ones and cheaper cuts of meat eg, Chicken thighs

Ziippy x