MSE News: The £14,400 minimum cost of living

TurkishDelight

They think we spend £76.17 a week on food :rotfl: :rotfl:

If we spend £100 a month it's a flush month that includes Alcohol and I presume household goods (which they had as nearly £15 pw and £11.67 pw respectively)

Hillarious site.

paulwf

TurkishDelight wrote: »

They think we spend £76.17 a week on food :rotfl: :rotfl:

If we spend £100 a month it's a flush month that includes Alcohol and I presume household goods (which they had as nearly £15 pw and £11.67 pw respectively)

Hillarious site.

£100 a month for 2 people means you are spending around 55p per meal per person. And that is before any drinks and snacks are taken into consideration, and I'm not sure from your message but maybe household goods.

That means you could well be looking at around 40-45p per meal per person. That is going to take an awful lot of effort (presumably visiting several supermarkets at yellow sticker time every day) and I'm not sure it is healthy long term. I doubt it's going to be the sort of food you'd look forward to at the end of the day.

ViolaLass

paulwf wrote: »

£100 a month for 2 people means you are spending around 55p per meal per person. And that is before any drinks and snacks are taken into consideration, and I'm not sure from your message but maybe household goods.

That means you could well be looking at around 40-45p per meal per person. That is going to take an awful lot of effort (presumably visiting several supermarkets at yellow sticker time every day) and I'm not sure it is healthy long term. I doubt it's going to be the sort of food you'd look forward to at the end of the day.

I strongly disagree, my husband and I spend c£25-30 a week at the supermarket, which does not involve the effort you describe although we don't avoid bargains, obviously! I eat loads of varied fruit and veg, a predominantly meditarranean and generally healthy diet (I'm half italian). The difference, I imagine, is that I cook everything from scratch. I love my food and do look forward to the meals.

I'm not saying everyone should be doing this but it's perfectly possible and we still eat well.

southend

gonzo127 wrote: »

ha going buy those figures i should be well and truely up the creek without a paddle

£26900 for a family with 2 kids, im on £21500 for a family with 3 kids - and i still feel we live very well, have just got back from a weeks holiday, still have paid for Sky TV and eat very well

wow i have just done the minimum income calc thing posted above and says i need £37982 a year so just under double what i am on currently!

but then again it does say i need over £200 a month on clothes and £622 a month on "Social and cultural activites" - which really is quite shocking

Drop a brand, no doesn't always work out cheaper, supermarkets caught on to this a long while ago. The special offers are not cheaper regardless of that brand one chose. Dropping the brand one week, might not mean a saving the following etc.

Aytoun27

I just tried that calulator thing and it's pretty useless, as it's all about averages and doesn't take into account different lifestyles and attitudes. Apparently I should be spending £14.84 a week on alcohol, a bit of a waste really seeing that no one in the house drinks alcohol.

Other amounts such as household insurance are far too low and can't be amended.

I think it's a shame that surveys like the £14,400 one encourage people to confuse need and want.