What can you eat on £3 a week

Pollycat

Jagraf wrote: »

Polly - it's the relationship board lol x

:doh:

Silly me.

Actually, thinking about it - I have a very healthy relationship with food.

DUKE

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Never heard of Heron foods so I assume it's a regional store?

That's Herod, or is it Harrods?

Pollycat

pogofish wrote: »

Surely this should be in the Arms or the "Food Shopping" boards?

I find it disturbing that some people have the idea that they are physically related to their food! :eek:

Well, after making myself look very silly replying to your post I have to thank you. :T
I had no idea the 'food shopping' board existed.

There's even a thread about Heron Foods/Farmfoods.

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So, you need 17,500 calories for £3, that's a budget of 17p per 1000kcal. The only foodstuffs that I've found that come in under that are flour, sugar, cooking oil and pasta. Yum yum.

HappyMJ

jack_pott wrote: »

So, you need 17,500 calories for £3, that's a budget of 17p per 1000kcal. The only foodstuffs that I've found that come in under that are flour, sugar, cooking oil and pasta. Yum yum.

Luckily the £3 mentioned in the TV programme was to cover just 5 snacks during the week and some here thought it meant buying 5 lunches at work or for work. It's certainly not enough money for 21 meals.

Bordeuax

Jagraf wrote: »

Polly - it's the relationship board lol x

it might be because its for her husband?:beer:

onlyroz

HappyMJ wrote: »

Luckily the £3 mentioned in the TV programme was to cover just 5 snacks during the week and some here thought it meant buying 5 lunches at work or for work. It's certainly not enough money for 21 meals.

The first post definitely said the £3 had to cover a week's lunches. Most people interpreted that as being a working week, so 5 packed lunches at 60p each, which is easily doable.

Feral_Moon

onlyroz wrote: »

The first post definitely said the £3 had to cover a week's lunches. Most people interpreted that as being a working week, so 5 packed lunches at 60p each, which is easily doable.

I know the OP stated the £3 was for lunches but I think in the tv programme it was actually meant just for snacks as Fizz also gave Tyrone a sandwich box containing meat paste sandwiches, poor beggar :rotfl:

But, as many of us have successfully demonstrated in this read, it is actually possible to have nutritionally sound and filling lunches for just £3 per (working) week!

yvonne13_2

I just re-watched the programme and she didn't actually say what the £3 was for, but it had to last him all week.

Feral_Moon

yvonne13 wrote: »

I just re-watched the programme and she didn't actually say what the £3 was for, but it had to last him all week.

I think the point being made was he was used to buying fish & chips for lunch, which must cost around £5 a day, so they were demonstrating the contrast of him "tightening the belt" by eating paste sandwiches plus a few quid to buy snacks, whilst his workmate continued to buy the expensive fish & chips.