£224 per month for 7!!!

rachbc

anguk wrote: »

I've just had a quick look at her shopping thread, I'd love to know where she lives because she gets a massive amount of fruit & veg from the market for £20 and also 30 free range eggs for £2.40 from a local shop.

I agree - my market might knock a bit of for favoured customers - by we are taking round down to the pound or chucking in something for free - not knocking nearly a thrid off the total!

Allegra

patchwork_cat wrote: »

However can we stop being so MSE and give her a pat on the back for reducing her phenomenal food bill. Let's face it while Weezle does it for £100 she doesn't use food I eat, whereas ( leaving out the rubbish) this is more food I would eat.

That's because there is no way on this earth - or I should say in this country - to create a menu plan containing that sort of food for that sort of money. It just can't be done. To keep it as low as Weezl did (as well as meeting the basic nutritional guidelines) some seriously off-the-wall thinking was required !

cobbingstones

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Sorry have you got a linky 4 me? I change my mind reading her recipes this is not a spin this is fantasy, I agree - she uses 200g of pasta for 7 people for an evening meal.

On first post.

cobbingstones

anguk wrote: »

I've just had a quick look at her shopping thread, I'd love to know where she lives because she gets a massive amount of fruit & veg from the market for £20 and also 30 free range eggs for £2.40 from a local shop.

It says Berkshire. :-/ there is no way you could do this in the south surely?

ladymarmalade

cobbingstones wrote: »

It says Berkshire. :-/ there is no way you could do this in the south surely?

Could you do it anywhere?

anguk

rachbc wrote: »

I agree - my market might knock a bit of for favoured customers - by we are taking round down to the pound or chucking in something for free - not knocking nearly a thrid off the total!

I was surprised by how much they knocked the price down, I was at the market on Saturday I got £12.80 worth of fruit & veg, the stall-holder charged me £12 and I'm a regular customer. They certainly wouldn't knock a third off.

feedumall

she buys dog treats but i didn't see any dog food on the list

bluetimone97

I am always shocked by how much people say they spend on takeaways, if we have a rare takeaway (Me, OH, DS1 19, DS2 17, DS3 14) so all adults really we spend

Chipshop (2 portions chips, and either sausage in batter or fishcake (large ones if required)) - Never more than £10
Pizza (2 Large pizzas between us) - £16
Chinese (Various dishes) = Never more than £21
McDonalds (We use the poundsaver menu usually) - £13-£15
KFC (Bucket of some sorts plus a mini fillet or popcorn chicken) - £16 but sometimes cheaper

patchwork_cat

bluetimone97 wrote: »

I am always shocked by how much people say they spend on takeaways, if we have a rare takeaway (Me, OH, DS1 19, DS2 17, DS3 14) so all adults really we spend

Chipshop (2 portions chips, and either sausage in batter or fishcake (large ones if required)) - Never more than £10
Pizza (2 Large pizzas between us) - £16
Chinese (Various dishes) = Never more than £21
McDonalds (We use the poundsaver menu usually) - £13-£15
KFC (Bucket of some sorts plus a mini fillet or popcorn chicken) - £16 but sometimes cheaper

How big are your chippies portions of chips - 2 portions for 5 adults ?

MaggieBaking

patchwork_cat wrote: »

How big are your chippies portions of chips - 2 portions for 5 adults ?

Price of a chippy completely depends on location - near us, 2 portions of fish and chips is £7 - my in laws in Essex pay something like £18!! :eek: