help me out with my food bill

earwig

black-saturn wrote:

You could have a look at my new meal planner which costs me £43 per month for a family of 3

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=2340412&posted=1#post2340412

is that right a month my god i do more than that a month on takeaways where do you shop what do you have for breakie lunch snacks

naughty_10382

How come baked beans have to be heinz? I personally can't tell the difference (apart from the 30p or so my mum saves per can)

My sister did go through a phase a few years back where the only beans she would eat were Tesco's value beans... confusing!!

earwig

naughty_10382 wrote:

How come baked beans have to be heinz? I personally can't tell the difference (apart from the 30p or so my mum saves per can)

My sister did go through a phase a few years back where the only beans she would eat were Tesco's value beans... confusing!!

i can taste the differance ask my mum she treid more than once i could tell by the colour and smell and the taste if they are not heinz i cant eat them they just dont taste as nice

black-saturn

earwig wrote:

is that right a month my god i do more than that a month on takeaways where do you shop what do you have for breakie lunch snacks

We only have takeaways about once a year as a treat. I eat a home made sandwich or soup for my lunch and my children have a school dinner whilst at school and the same as me when they are home.

Raspberry_Swirl

i buy the value brands for most items that it's available for, but i do also buy heinz baked beans

thriftmonster

Packed lunches for everyone at school/ work are a lot cheaper than school dinners - if you have to pay for them- or the sandwich shop. One month I costed mine out and saved about £45 over a month of school dinners.

thriftlady_2

I'm with you there Thriftmonster,I don't care if Jamie Oliver himself is cooking the school dinners,I can still do it for a lot less and make sure it is healthy and junk-free.;)

culpepper

earwig wrote:

i can taste the differance ask my mum she treid more than once i could tell by the colour and smell and the taste if they are not heinz i cant eat them they just dont taste as nice

My OH wouldnt eat non heinz either. I bought some Asda's and added a little tiny pinch of powdered chilli pepper and he didn't say a word. I think the own brands do taste too sweet .

One of your example meals is fish fingers (Asda's are 17p for 10) .
Burgers are very easy to make from scratch.
Mash ,chips can be made from scratch a very big bag of potatoes is £3.98 in Asda. The only pricey things I can see on your list are roast beef and chops .
I only go in sainsbury's for a tin of yeast(only place I can get it) as they are so expensive. I get my fresh yeast free in Asda.

spud30

Heinz beans are on offer at Tesco at the mo.

2 4-packs for 2 quid, a saving of £1.36.

We have stocked up while they are cheaper than usual.

calleyw

spud30 wrote:

Heinz beans are on offer at Tesco at the mo.

2 4-packs for 2 quid, a saving of £1.36.

We have stocked up while they are cheaper than usual.

Somerfield has they also on offer for £1 for 4 tins.


Yours


Calley