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marklv wrote: »

I think this is jargon for getting hammered at the local with your mates.

alcohol has a separate budget on that site. Although I seem to be spending too much on rent and council tax and not enough on booze.

PasturesNew

marklv wrote: »

£2 for a roast chicken?!! Where from?

I only buy corn fed free range ones and even at Tesco they seem to be £7-8 (large ones).

Well, that one was an opportunity buy. You don't set out to buy what you want, you buy what's reduced... and there was this lovely chicken at under half price that day.

When I grew up we would have a 2lb6oz chicken for four of us for a Sunday lunch. We recently picked up a 2.85Kg one reduced to about £2.50, we'd never had a chicken so big, it lasted most of the week!

marklv

PasturesNew wrote: »

Well, that one was an opportunity buy. You don't set out to buy what you want, you buy what's reduced... and there was this lovely chicken at under half price that day.

When I grew up we would have a 2lb6oz chicken for four of us for a Sunday lunch. We recently picked up a 2.85Kg one reduced to about £2.50, we'd never had a chicken so big, it lasted most of the week!

Amazing. Well, if I had kids I would do the same but I like to treat myself to the best. I like to wallow in self-indulgent decadence.

PasturesNew

marklv wrote: »

Poncey but nice. My employer does not provide a staff canteen.

I sometimes get a pie and mash from 'EAT' and even that is over £6 with a bottle of water.

Most employers don't provide a canteen.

OK, top tips.

1] If you want sandwiches, then go into a supermarket on a Sunday, get a good loaf of bread or some rolls (£1.50), then head for the chiller cabinet and grab two pots of sandwich filler (usually two for £2.50). Then it's off to the drinks aisle and you're having whichever drinks are on special this week in a multi-pack (let's say £1 for 6). Now, down to the fruit and see which is best value at the moment. Then it's home to make up a sandwich, a drink and some fruit for the week's lunches. Say for under £5 and you didn't really do any skimping there.

2] Sausage and mash.... make it at home, shove it in two food flasks to keep hot. Sausages: pack of 8 for £1.60, mash: 2Kg of spuds for £1. So that's £2.60 for four meals.

There are lots of ways you can eat similarly to how you are, but at 20% of the price. Leaving more money for more interesting things.

PasturesNew

marklv wrote: »

Amazing. Well, if I had kids I would do the same but I like to treat myself to the best. I like to wallow in self-indulgent decadence.

We can tell.

You know what they say: the higher they are, the harder they fall.

By the way ... if you're so loaded ... got any jobs going? I could do that, gis-a-job!

ILW

marklv wrote: »

Sarnies from PretAManger at lunchtime weekdays (£6 including drink), and just standard stuff in the evening: fish, burgers or steak, sausages, etc with chips or mash, and veg. An occasional dessert and fruit. It all mounts up.

If you spend £6.00 on a sandwich every day, you either have a fair amount of excess cash, or are just stoopid.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I've always taken home made rolls/sarnies to work, not because I'm a povvo, but because I begrudge paying £5 plus a day (over £100 a month, £1200 a year) for a sarnie, crisps and choc bar/fruit. It's just a stupid unnecessary waste for something that's so simple to do yourself. I'd rather spend the money on eating out with mates. As an occasional hungover treat I'll buy myself a posh lunch to say sorry to my body.

StevieJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

Most employers don't provide a canteen.

OK, top tips.

1] If you want sandwiches, then go into a supermarket on a Sunday, get a good loaf of bread or some rolls (£1.50), then head for the chiller cabinet and grab two pots of sandwich filler (usually two for £2.50). Then it's off to the drinks aisle and you're having whichever drinks are on special this week in a multi-pack (let's say £1 for 6). Now, down to the fruit and see which is best value at the moment. Then it's home to make up a sandwich, a drink and some fruit for the week's lunches. Say for under £5 and you didn't really do any skimping there.

2] Sausage and mash.... make it at home, shove it in two food flasks to keep hot. Sausages: pack of 8 for £1.60, mash: 2Kg of spuds for £1. So that's £2.60 for four meals.

There are lots of ways you can eat similarly to how you are, but at 20% of the price. Leaving more money for more interesting things.

Not very healthy that, try beanz on toast for a change

gingerdad

marklv wrote: »

Amazing. Well, if I had kids I would do the same but I like to treat myself to the best. I like to wallow in self-indulgent decadence.

[FONT=&quot]Hold on you by chicken from Tesco (or any other supermarket) and you say you treat your self to the best, I think delusional, you seem to have an interesting take on food all round[/FONT]

StevieJ

gingerdad wrote: »

[FONT=&quot]Hold on you by chicken from Tesco (or any other supermarket) and you say you treat your self to the best, I think delusional, you seem to have an interesting take on food all round[/FONT]

Cosco not bad for cooked chicken, Tesco is horrible unless they hide it in those 'home made' curries that they sell.