Shopping on a very tight budget

tango

Ok all points taken on board
I will have to change their food,and also get them to go out hunting every few days,to save me some pennies

smokey112

Hi Tango

We have 3 cats.
We feed them on 1 tin of food per day between them in the morning and then with some biscuits in the evening. They used to only eat Felix (£2.78 for 6) but we alternate between that and ASDA's own (£1.88 for 6). ASDA's big box of biscuits is 94p compared to £1.94 for Go Cat complete.(I sometime buy this if on offer.

They are all healthy cats with shiny coats and no issues whatsoever.

HTH
Ang
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MrsMW

I don't know about cats, but our dog is a very fussy eater. I used to buy Pets at Home premium stuff but then I saw some in Lidl and the ingredients looked similar so I got a big bag £3.99. The dog likes it and seems to be OK with it. Might be worth looking to see if they a cat food.

researcher

lidl's dried dog food is excellent. Made in Germany - they have strickter controls than here.

Queenie

tango wrote:

Ok all points taken on board
I will have to change their food,and also get them to go out hunting every few days,to save me some pennies

One of the Freebies you might find useful: 5 James Wellbeloved Pet Food Samples They are prompt and the pertinent part of that freebie is where the OP states you can apply every 3 months, so keep a note on your calendar

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Some super markets sell their own brand tuna flakes in small cans and I buy that for my furbaby periodically to suppliment his dry food. It is cheaper than tinned cat food, no additives and he loves me for it - whereas every brand of commercial cat food I have tried, despite being bigger, he picks at and then I end up throwing much of the tin away.

Go to your library and borrow:
"How to Feed your family for £5 a day" by Bernadine Lawrence: ISBN: 0722525710
If they don't have it, ask them if they can order you in a copy. The recipes are filling, healthy and although the prices are somewhat out of date, it is still a good little book to read through (includes a menu plan too)

All the very best of wishes ((hugs))

tango

Thanks must get into lidil,sure there is one near me.
Have done the free samples ,thanks Queenie,
In fact you are all :A
Just what i need at the mo

*moneysavingman*

I am new here and would like to cut down my grocery budget. Currently spend £50+ a week just on me and the cat I am sure I can cut this down. Am a good cook and have a large freezer.
Only found this website today.

MSM

tango

*moneysavingman* wrote:

I am new here and would like to cut down my grocery budget. Currently spend £50+ a week just on me and the cat I am sure I can cut this down. Am a good cook and have a large freezer.
Only found this website today.

MSM

Hope you find this thread,and this board a help,good luck

tiredwithtwins

del_boy_ wrote:

. go late about 7.30 -8.00pm for reduced items

ok....i tried this last night in our big tescos on abbeydale road in sheffield - there were about half a dozen scabby looking celeriacs, and a broken packaged pack of 6 muller corners.........either i was too late and the bargains had been had, or the 24 hour stores dont reduce until much later???

went hoping to bag a few bargains, as my freezer got switched off a couple of days ago and we only discovered it yesterday!! managed to salvage a few things, and we are having chicken every day this week (lol!).......

shall give morrisons a whirl tonight as i now need to stock up my freeezer!!!

Sarahsaver

*moneysavingman* wrote:

I am new here and would like to cut down my grocery budget. Currently spend £50+ a week just on me and the cat I am sure I can cut this down. Am a good cook and have a large freezer.
Only found this website today.

MSM

Welcome to our world! :beer: