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miacat wrote:so your original spend is not the right amount for the whole month then..
cos your going back and spending more ...:rolleyes:
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miacat wrote:so your original spend is not the right amount for the whole month then..
cos your going back and spending more ...:rolleyes:Panda xx
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mine eat lots of fruit too...I get it on offer, like it's been half price at tescos this week!0
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pandas66 wrote:well I would have to buy a lot more! But then we do eat a lot of fresh food and tonnes of veg. I am very lucky as the boys love lots of veg ad we go through 2 bags of apples every week, 5/6 large bananas and a bag od satsumas.
I would love to shrink my food shopping outgoings, but particularly now the school hols are here, if anything it has increased. And fruit and veg are the last things I want to be cutting back on.Only 5% of those who can give blood, actually do!
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I was sure I had read you made your own dumplings B_S and I was right.............http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=2341457&postcount=32
much cheaper, loveing your ideas B_S btw.Panda xx
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Will you please read the whole thread properly. I don't really want to keep repeating myself. I do go back for more fruit and it doesn't come to any more than £45 a month.
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black-saturn wrote:I will go back there twice a week in the next month to stock up on fruit, vegetables, bread and milk.
Thanks for your list BS, it's not what I'd have bought(I'd have spent less on puds and more on alcohol:rotfl: ) but it shows how you can really keep costs down if you plan meals carefully and only buy what you need.0 -
I have read your post B_S, I have read you spent £34 on an inital shop plus delivery making it £37 ish, then if you go back 8 times extra your bound to spend at least £2 per shop for milk, bread and fruit etc making it a minimum of £53.Panda xx
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thriftlady wrote:Thanks for your list BS, it's not what I'd have bought(I'd have spent less on puds and more on alcohol:rotfl: ) but it shows how you can really keep costs down if you plan meals carefully and only buy what you need.
I agree. My purchases would be of an entirely different nature and probably cost 3/4 times as much per month but that's still a hell of a lot less than what I was spending since I started menu planning and bargain hunting. I just wanted to say thankyou to BS for sharing her particular plan with us - it may not be everyone's idea of a balanced diet but it does show that with a bit of careful planning you can feed a family for a lot less per month than you think you can.0 -
even at fifty three pounds a month thats impressive, just thirteen pounds a week for three, thats bound to be encouraging to people trying to cut back because of debt etc0
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