Can you feed a family of 4 on £25 per week?

Bitsy_Beans

Boodle wrote: »

My sis and I used to fight over the calculator when walking around Kwik Save with my dad Then we had the mile-long bank to climb back up home with all the shopping bags, making detours for the greengrocer's and butcher's. Ah the good ole days!

Thankfully we had a car. since back then my dad was a mechanic he'd flatline if he didn't have 4 wheels and an engine :rotfl: Some people drink, smoke -my dad had a rally car (his hobby) with no back seat which was used to ferry us kids around. The good old days before Health and Safety demanded the use of seatbelts

angelpye

Boodle wrote: »

My sis and I used to fight over the calculator when walking around Kwik Save with my dad Then we had the mile-long bank to climb back up home with all the shopping bags, making detours for the greengrocer's and butcher's. Ah the good ole days!

Snap with the calculator in kwik save - long live the broken biscuit! :T

We used to have to wlk miles home with a shopping trolley( wicker style not stolen from the supermarket!Lol!) and stopping off at the market and charity shops - embarassing then, pretty impressive now!

youngie

Do You Have Acess To A Farm Shop The Veg Is Often Much Cheaper And Fresher There At Our Local Farm Shop 25kg Potatoes £3.99

Boodle

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Thankfully we had a car. since back then my dad was a mechanic he'd flatline if he didn't have 4 wheels and an engine :rotfl: Some people drink, smoke -my dad had a rally car (his hobby) with no back seat which was used to ferry us kids around. The good old days before Health and Safety demanded the use of seatbelts

Mine just drank and smoke unfortunately :rotfl: He was the old-fashioned Sunday pub/few cans a night type fella - just think of the extra we would have had without the money going on that! I think I would have preferred the car too

angelpye wrote: »

Snap with the calculator in kwik save - long live the broken biscuit! :T

We used to have to wlk miles home with a shopping trolley( wicker style not stolen from the supermarket!Lol!) and stopping off at the market and charity shops - embarassing then, pretty impressive now!

Luckily we were still too young then to really be embarrassed - totting it all up on the calculator was more of a game to us really. Broken biscuits just reminded me too of when we would stock up on everything possible, i.e. cereal, broken biscuits , washing powder, flour, at the local Weigh House too - I don't even know if those shops are still going now...

Bitsy_Beans

youngie wrote: »

Do You Have Acess To A Farm Shop The Veg Is Often Much Cheaper And Fresher There At Our Local Farm Shop 25kg Potatoes £3.99

It's a car drive away but I do visit a nursery for my fresh veggies. Hope some of that will be a thing of the past once my own veggies start growing. Am rather stupidly excited that I have a cauliflower and broccoli seed sprouting in my windowsil propagator :j

angelpye

Boodle wrote: »

Mine just drank and smoke unfortunately :rotfl: He was the old-fashioned Sunday pub/few cans a night type fella - just think of the extra we would have had without the money going on that! I think I would have preferred the car too



Luckily we were still too young then to really be embarrassed - totting it all up on the calculator was more of a game to us really. Broken biscuits just reminded me too of when we would stock up on everything possible, i.e. cereal, broken biscuits , washing powder, flour, at the local Weigh House too - I don't even know if those shops are still going now...

Oh, where I live we have a 'pay and weigh' on the high street - haven't had the time to use it but I seem to remember bread flour etc was oh so cheap! What I would give for a broken biscuit and a nice cup of cocoa...thanks for sharing the memories - nice to remember I haven't always been a grown-up!:D

Bitsy_Beans

Can I just say thanks for your replies and good news is we won't be as destitute as I though as I have been signed up for a different childminding job tonight!!!
That's such a load off my shoulders but actually I was looking forward to the challenge so may try and do it anyway! Glutton for punishment?!!

veggiecar

Come and join us on the printable coupons thread....you'll save yourself a fortune!
I'm glad the pressure is off now though!

freebiequennie

have you tried advertising on

www.netmums.co.uk
www.mumsnet.com
www.gumtree.com
www.childcare.co.uk
www.findasitter.co.uk

sometimes there are parents on these sites looking for childminders also as well as being able to place your own ad all free of charge

clutterydrawer

Here is a list of price per portion of various carbs - I saved this from somewhere else on the forum a while ago and don't take any credit for compiling it - it is someone else's hard work!

Bulghar £1.50 per 40g serving- 6p
Rice-white long grain £1.23 per 75g serving- 9p
Rice-brown long grain £1.50 per 75g serving- 11p
Rice-white basmati £2.10 per 75g serving- 16p
Rice-brown basmati £2.89 per 75g serving-21p
Rice-risotto £2.98 per 75g serving-22p
Pasta-spaghetti £1.15 per 75g serving-9p
Pasta-penne 99p per 75g serving-7p
Ebly(whole wheat) £4.18 per 35g serving-15p
Spelt(similar to Ebly but home produced) £5.90 per 35g serving-20p
Barley(also home produced) 98p per 35g serving-3p
Potatoes (Waitrose white) 56p per 200g serving -11p
Potatoes (20kg sack from a farmshop) 25p per 200g serving- 5p

Another good site is www.madaboutbargains.co.uk where you can see what special offers yoru supermarket of choice has on this week.

If you do attempt this challenge I for one would love to hear what you eat etc as it goes along Have beent rying to cut my food bills for awhile but not doing too well so all inspiration is welcome