how to reduce my food bill [merged]

andrewmp

Spend £50 instead and you can get £10 off when you go through quidco.

Also you'll get £10 quidco cashback.

Get mince, you can make chillis from that for next to nothing (with value tomatoes etc).

Tinned beans etc are cheap too. I tend to freeze a lot of stuff though so I'm not so sure what's the best tinned stuff to buy.

she_who_can_not_cook

claire0710 wrote: »

Farmfoods are good for basics such as frozen veg and they do 2x Hovis loafs for £1 and 2x 4pint milk bottles fo £1.50, great value for families and you can freeze one of the loafs.

and the last time i went they had tuna chucks 3 at pound and then sugar 2 at a pound

lola34

I've started to cut back big style, the main bit was shopping with the debit card, I'd pop to the shop and get a few bits and then this turned into a few bits more. My budget is £300 per month, £75 per week, this is for 2 adults, 2 children, 1 rabbit, 1 hamster and a fish (ok so the fish doesn't eat a great deal!!!!) I am onto week 3 at the minute and (touch wood) its going well, I withdraw £70 one week and £80 the other, keep it in a seperate purse and then go shopping, costing it up in my head as I fill the trolley, but always go with a shopping list and I do sit down beforehand and menu plan so then I can see what I already have in my cupboards and then just buy at what extra I need.

andrewmp

lola34 wrote: »

I've started to cut back big style, the main bit was shopping with the debit card, I'd pop to the shop and get a few bits and then this turned into a few bits more. My budget is £300 per month, £75 per week, this is for 2 adults, 2 children, 1 rabbit, 1 hamster and a fish (ok so the fish doesn't eat a great deal!!!!) I am onto week 3 at the minute and (touch wood) its going well, I withdraw £70 one week and £80 the other, keep it in a seperate purse and then go shopping, costing it up in my head as I fill the trolley, but always go with a shopping list and I do sit down beforehand and menu plan so then I can see what I already have in my cupboards and then just buy at what extra I need.

A little pedantic I know but £75 per week is £325 per month.

babyfruitella

andrewmp wrote: »

A little pedantic I know but £75 per week is £325 per month.

VERY pedantic. I, for example, get paid 4 weekly, & would class that as a "month". So in my mind £75 a week WOULD be £300 a month.

babyfruitella

andrewmp wrote: »

Spend £50 instead and you can get £10 off when you go through quidco.

Also you'll get £10 quidco cashback.

That only applies to your first ever online order though, so while its great the first time, after a few online shops, you've given them the £20 back in delivery charges.

andrewmp

babyfruitella wrote: »

That only applies to your first ever online order though, so while its great the first time, after a few online shops, you've given them the £20 back in delivery charges.

Yeah, I know, it's just he said he was going to do it for the first time, he may as well not lose out on first time perks.

I only did it once, actually twice as they messed my order up and gave me another £10 off.

chelms38

When the supers have bogof's and special price deals make sure you can go halves with friends/family to help keep the bill down.Be strict with yourself and only buy what you will actually eat/use and if you are buying fresh stuff that only gets chucked maybe buy frozen which will save you money in the long run.Good luck.

andrewmp

babyfruitella wrote: »

VERY pedantic. I, for example, get paid 4 weekly, & would class that as a "month". So in my mind £75 a week WOULD be £300 a month.

If you get paid 4 weekly then you get paid 13 times a year. There are only 12 months in a year.

So regardless of what your mind says, £75 per week is not £300 per month. :beer:

she_who_can_not_cook

lola34 wrote: »

I've started to cut back big style, the main bit was shopping with the debit card, I'd pop to the shop and get a few bits and then this turned into a few bits more. My budget is £300 per month, £75 per week, this is for 2 adults, 2 children, 1 rabbit, 1 hamster and a fish (ok so the fish doesn't eat a great deal!!!!) I am onto week 3 at the minute and (touch wood) its going well, I withdraw £70 one week and £80 the other, keep it in a seperate purse and then go shopping, costing it up in my head as I fill the trolley, but always go with a shopping list and I do sit down beforehand and menu plan so then I can see what I already have in my cupboards and then just buy at what extra I need.

good for you