A single man living alone on JSA

milliemonster

£160 a week???? blimey! what do you eat? caviar????

HappyMJ

Must be a very big dog or it's on a premium diet...
1 person should spend about £20 per week on food when living on a limited income such as JSA. Canned food is quite cheap and i'm not just thinking about baked beans.

Soubrette

HappyMJ wrote: »

Must be a very big dog or it's on a premium diet...
1 person should spend about £20 per week on food when living on a limited income such as JSA. Canned food is quite cheap and i'm not just thinking about baked beans.

Our dog eats what feels to me to be the most expensive food out (he has a delicate stomach) he weighs 31kg and that costs just under £40 a month.

Sou

gunsandbanjos

Soubrette wrote: »

Our dog eats what feels to me to be the most expensive food out (he has a delicate stomach) he weighs 31kg and that costs just under £40 a month.

Sou

Which is about £10 a week. In Harlina's case that leaves £150 a week for food for 2 adults!
Harlina have you looked at the Old Style boards on here? Trust me its not all cheap pasta we eat:D
I make fresh homecooked meals for me, OH and my little girl(5) and i spend £50 a week, at the moment aiming for £47.50 as i want to save money for holiday so cutting back on most things:p

harlina

milliemonster wrote: »

£160 a week???? blimey! what do you eat? caviar????

not at all I cook veg everyday meat and also a sunday dinner every sunday im not one for going to mcdonalds for my sunday dinner:rotfl:Has some do:pAnd i deffo dont buy ready meals!! Ever. I do have family over on occassions. And trust me it soon adds up

harlina

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Which is about £10 a week. In Harlina's case that leaves £150 a week for food for 2 adults!
Harlina have you looked at the Old Style boards on here? Trust me its not all cheap pasta we eat:D
I make fresh homecooked meals for me, OH and my little girl(5) and i spend £50 a week, at the moment aiming for £47.50 as i want to save money for holiday so cutting back on most things:p

where do u shop then? I wish my bill could be that but i do like to eat well and i aint no fatty if thats what ur all thinking!;)And ya know bread aint cheap only if u buy the 40p stodgey stuff

harlina

HappyMJ wrote: »

Must be a very big dog or it's on a premium diet...
1 person should spend about £20 per week on food when living on a limited income such as JSA. Canned food is quite cheap and i'm not just thinking about baked beans.

Im not on JSA:D

KimYeovil

Will people not feeding one please stop posting off-topic irrelevant nonsense. Providing for three or four can not be scaled linearly to providing for one.

And less of the freezer stuff - just throw the other portions in the fridge for a couple of days - makes reheating much cheaper.

OrkneyStar

Harlina: £160 seems a lot for two adults (we used to spend about £300 pcm for 2 adults and a cat and that was being very generous to ourselves!) but if you can afford it then its really up to you....does this total include wines or spirits, flowers, magazines etc ? These can soon add up!
As for the OP:
When I lived alone about 5 years ago I'd say I spent about £100 pcm on food (plus maybe an extra £25 if I bought lunches out, which I did somedays). Equating to todays prices perhaps a little more than £100 pcm, so maybe about £20-£30 per week. I'd say don't be scared of basics/value brands and also check out the reduced section (bread, meat etc can be frozen)- get to know when your local supermarket is best for reductions, not too early as not decent reductions and not too late as its all gone usually lol.
Also make friends with local butcher/greengrocer/baker, they may let you know what it best cheap option and maybe when they do any reductions (I know you don't have much income but could you save £3-5 aside for about 4-5 weeks and then get a meat box ? These often work out cheaper).
Good luck.

KimYeovil wrote: »

Will people not feeding one please stop posting off-topic irrelevant nonsense. Providing for three or four can not be scaled linearly to providing for one.

And less of the freezer stuff - just throw the other portions in the fridge for a couple of days - makes reheating much cheaper.

I can't see any nonsense!
As for 'less of the freezer stuff', yes fridge is fine for a couple of days but perhaps the OP would like to batch cook and not eat the meal again until next week. If you defrost it the day before (overnight ideally) then heating costs the same as from in the fridge. Also batch cooking saves cooking power in the long term.

harlina

:Done bottle of wine and a case of larger in with it but we work hard so deserve a treat dont u think
And like i say i have family over for sunday dinner and odd occassions but when ur cooking for two few extra veg and spuds go a long way.
I still dont know how one person shops on £20 though id like to see the shopping list they get with it