£10.00 per week for food Help please

Quillion

Thanks guys will see how he goes xx

ceridwen

tiff wrote: »

Martin says that by having the internet you save more than you spend, as long as you arent paying over the odds for broadband.

It would be good if the friend could sign up on this site and people could maybe help with their overall expenses. Easier said than done though.

I think myself that - provided you dont get any p.c. repairs needing doing! - then its a moneysaver. My monthly fixed phonebill I seem to remember was £20. So - to pay £28 now and get Internet thrown in means I am spending £8 per month (if that) for the broadband. My tv licence alone would cost more than that - but I watch any programmes I want to on IPlayer etc.

Thats not to mention that I've picked up simply loads of moneysaving ideas:D

zarazara

nothing to add but ((((((((((HUGS)))))))))

Fire_Fox

tiff wrote: »

Martin says that by having the internet you save more than you spend, as long as you arent paying over the odds for broadband.

It would be good if the friend could sign up on this site and people could maybe help with their overall expenses. Easier said than done though.

I have only had the internet (again) for about eighteen months, and in that time it has definitely earned me far far more than I have spent - cashback, surveys, focus groups, price comparison sites, recipe 'books', and of course all the brilliant advice on this website. :T However you can get free access via some libraries, so that is the most sensible route. How much the internet really costs depends on whether you need a landline as well.

sparrer

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

Pink has collated a whole load of thrifty food threads - I'll go and find the link.............. here you go

Thank you for those links, I have lots of extra expenses coming in over the next few months and the links are going to be a great help. I usually allow £100 a month (including food for 2 cats and a dog) but am going to bite the bullet and try to bring it down to £50. Thanks to MSE and people like you posting the links there's no reason why I can't do it

CharlieBilly

How about

rice you often see it on BOGOF
Curry sauce to go with it £4p
Chips a large bag will last days around £2.50

JayJay14

Quillion - is there an Aldi nearby, this weeks super 6 includes baking potatoes for 49p, 2.5kilo, which would go a long way to feed your friend for the week, small amounts of cheese with beans is a lovely meal in this weather. If you teach him to make a basic curry with whatever he can find woopsied that will go in them too.
Probably at the start the diet will be repetative but as he goes on and builds up some things in the storcupboard it wil get better.
I have a book by Shirley Goode called 'Goode for one' (she made at tv series too I think) in which she spent 4 weeks starting from scratch on a limited budget wth no storecupboard - there may still be copies out there.

Penny-Pincher!!

JackieO wrote: »

One of my neighbours is living on benefits, and there are four in their house.The other day she told me it cost her £7.00 per day to top up her key with gas for heating. The two teenagers cannot find work and she has a health problem and her husband is her care.I know they have a struggle at times and sometimes have to borrow a fiver from me to get them through till their next payment day.She is very good though, and its paid back promptly first thing in the morning. I don't mind as I would hate to think of anyone being cold in this horrible weather we have had.£10.00 a week for food is a bit of a struggle but is doable with a bit of practise I think.Maybe you could show him some simple things he could learn to cook,pasta, mince ect not exotic but useful as a start.No reason why a guy shouldn't learn to cook as well as a woman,only needs to be shown how .we all had to start somewhere.

Jackie0...you are such a wonderful person:A

£10.00 pw is ok. Is there anyway, he could get £20 together for the first week as we find it easier to get better deals but using 2 weeks in 1 go IYKWIM?

I would buy:

Pasta
Beans
Mince
Onions (basic)
Frozen mixed veg
Spuds
Value Fish
Milk
Tuna
Bananas
Sausages
Flour
Eggs
Butter
Kidney Beans
Cheese
Soup

Is this a temporary measure?

HTH
PP
xx

babyshoes

Much luck to your friend. I have a colleague who struggles with money, and I regularly invite him over for supper and a night on the sofa - saves him money on travelling home and food, plus I feel good knowing he is getting a decent meal with veg, meat etc rather than just carbohydrate rich basic foods like bread and potatoes. He spends one or two nights here each fortnight, and a couple of nights with other colleagues/friends and it saves him a lot, especially in petrol as he lives a fair distance from work.

If your friend has other friends/relatives who know of his money woes, would they be willing to feed him one night a week?

Otherwise, soya mince is an excellent source of protein and can be cheaper than meat. It is the only vegetable protein that contains all the amino acids the human body needs, so as good as meat, with far less fat! It can be used on its own or mixed with mince to stretch it a lot.

tiff

anna-marie wrote: »

Hi, my weekly food budget is £30 a week to feed a family of 2 adults and 3 children. This is for every meal assuming no store cupboard ingredients. I've started to put shopping lists and recipes on a blog at (....hmmm I wasn't allowed to put the link in as it's my first post but its http : // thirty-quid. blogspot. com/ without the spaces) so I guess your friend could find some ideas there. eg Oatkaces made with leftover porridge costs 1p per serving, cottage pie is 41p per serving. Good Luck:rotfl:

Thanks for the link, I have subscribed to your blog in google reader. I quite like the oatcakes idea and have never made them but have bags of oats in my cupboard so will give them a try.