"Eat Well For Less?" - thoughts?

catkins

I've just watched it and, as I guessed they would, the couple annoyed me no end. Are we meant to believe they really did not realise how much they are spending a week/month/year on food? If they honestly did not realise then they are even more stupid than they seemed. They guy in particular was an idiot - thought he know it all and didn't even realise the jam was the one he always ate!


I do have a stock of things like tinned tomatoes, beans, pasta, rice but I buy when they are an offer (unlike that family) and I certainly don't have £1,000 worth of food in my cupboards.


They didn't seem to buy that much fresh food but I'd like to know with the fresh they do buy how much they throw away

tronator

Pollycat wrote: »

Really surprised at that nutrition woman who appeared to say that even the cheap sliced bread was 'good'.
Very different from the advice given by Gillian McKeith in 'You are what you eat' many years ago.

I was also surprised that she didn't mention what nasty stuff this "Chorleywood" bread is. She might be right that there is not much difference in the branded and basic bread, but she should have said something about the nutrition value of this kind of and "real" bread. They did it with the sausages, why not going to a proper bakery and compare it with their bread? Or even show them how easy it is to make your own?

PasturesNew

After years without a freezer, I bought one earlier in the month. Leading up to that point I had visions of hitting the freezer sections in supermarkets and doing a trip to Iceland.

Then it arrived - and I twigged..... why would I fill a freezer full of food that I'd then not fancy/remember I had/get round to eating.

For now I'm using it just to extend my options. e.g. today I bought a loaf of bread AND crumpets AND muffins - rather than having to choose as they're all best before 3rd February.

I'll be using it for longer-term storage of things I buy - and, just in case I find a YS bargain (never normally do, but the 1x a year that I might spot one I can now buy it).

Same with tins. I've stocked up before with things, only to have them languishing, or not used for 2 years. No point. I am learning to get round to using up what I've got and keeping the stocks fairly lowish.

The only things I "stock up" on so I never run out would be: 2-3 packs of instant noodles, the next jar of coffee, the next toothpaste, 2-3 cans of baked beans, 2-3 cans of tomatoes, the next big pack of loo rolls. Anything more would be overload. It's OK to run out of things ... there's plenty of other things to choose from without running my own corner shop in the cupboard.

My mum used to have cans over 5 years old, unused .... and stacks of them.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Watched the intro out of interest, as BoP on another thread.

Absolute Codswallop. Turned off. Just muppetary tv, with silly forkers without sense, purely fronted up for entertainment. Did any of hem burst into crocodile tears?

Sits down, rubs tum and watches the goldfish.

prosaver

The best ready meals are from aldi.....tried tescos own make dead tight on the meat...and horriblebtaste... the tesco own make spaghetti bol is really nice better than well known brands and their crab sticks must come from the same factory, nice..
good cheap rules
meat from lidle
veg from aldi
frozen stuff from farmfresh
coffee from b and m ..maybe tinned stuff
tescos own middle range vodka triple distilled ..similar to smirnoff 15 pound a litler

tessie_bear

i enjoyed the programme...thought the chat on oj was interesting...wasnt surprised that sausages from butchers were superior to i think richmonds....was surprised that the nutritionist was so positive about bread

the kids were nice i thought and so willing to try things....i agree with posters about the usefuness of a store...i have been buying the lidl meat offers this year and build up a store with reduced price food

redmel1621

Nikkisun wrote: »

Does anyone know what brand the ketchup was? We've tried loads of cheaper ones but always end up back with Heinz cos they don't taste right!

Yes it was Aldi ketchup. It is lovely, as most things from Aldi are.

Ilona

maman wrote: »

I was amazed that they described the dad as a 'foodie'. Their food seemed very basic almost junk food to me.

Yes, I thought that as well, some of it poor quality, didn't see much fruit and veg, and too much meat, too much cheese, too much of the wrong kind of food, not healthy. Can't remember seeing any eggs.

All a bit too staged for me. Won't watch any more.
Ilona

Yes, the kids were nice.

HOWMUCH

I can confirm that the ketchup was Bramwell which is from ALDI

Pollycat

PlymouthMaid wrote: »

I didn't actually agree with the advice not to hoard. I like to have a cupboard (or under bed) filled with beans and tinned tomatoes when they are at their cheapest. No good hoarding if you never actually rotate stocks and eat stuff but possibly unwise to run stcks seriosuly low each week just in case of a zombie apocalypse. But that is just me (and everything on the preppers board).

Me too.

I have a 'little shop' in my garage with shelves with half-price or BOGOF items such as tinned tomatoes, baked beans (and other types of beans), tuna, coffee, jars of mustard, bottles of ketchup/sauce, wash powder/fabric conditioner, washing up liquid, toilet rolls etc.

I meticulously rotate when I replenish my stock so there's nothing out of date.

I'm lucky in that I have the space and disposable income to be able to keep that stock but I can't see that it's wrong.
It just means that I pay half price for a lot of things that many people would have to pay full price for (if they bought when they needed it instead of when it's on offer).

My shopping list often looks like this:
chopped toms IOO
plum toms IOO
Tuna IOO

My OH said 'Why do we need 100 tins of tuna, FHS?'

But it means 'if on offer' - my stock is getting low and I'll take advantage if it's half price/bogof but won't if it's full price.