Can you live of basic/value/smartprice food for a month?

jo1972

How about frozen cheap mince, is that any good?

corsagirl_2

I've had Tesco value steak before, yes sometimes it involves turning a few packs over to find the best looking meat.

My cats enjoy Sainsburys basic frozen fish!

Somebody I know recommends 9p noodles from Aldi I believe.

esthomizzy

JCD_Capulet wrote: »

My monthly food budget is £40, but often comes to less than that.
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wow I still struggle to stick to £40pw

Burlesque_Babe

jo1972 wrote: »

How about frozen cheap mince, is that any good?

To me, the froze mince definitely tastes 'different' My OH isn't fussy what he eats, but I did once use it and he asked if it was frozen. It seems to have a different texture, more.......I don't know......grainy.....

luv_or_h8_me

I'm a student so I can do a weeks shopping on £11.50 a week. Yes and I eat very well!! If you buy the stuff on deals at tesco etc you can eat branded food but the stuff that really tastes good comes from a proper butchers and fruit/veg market for half the price!!
:beer: beer is cheap at iceland too!!!

black-saturn

I don't know if anyones mentioned this thread yet but theres one here which I started which might be of interest:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=405198

JCD_Capulet

esthomizzy wrote: »

JCD_Capulet wrote: »

My monthly food budget is £40, but often comes to less than that.
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wow I still struggle to stick to £40pw

I the past two days I've spent 0.00 on food, using up what's left in the cupboards. Creative and....interesting meals there :rotfl:
I'll probably be able to go the rest of the week without buying food at all thanks to the things in the cupboards, so I'll do a shop next week.

daphne_descends

Tesco do Value noodles that are about 8p a packet I think. I don't get them often but they make a perfectly fine quick lunch, and I think taste nicer than the expensive equivalents, like Super Noodles. The Curry flavour are nicest, yum yum.

jo1972

Well didn't do too well last night, failed on the DFW front as well...

Was listening to a colleaque telling me that she was going to cook thai red duck curry last night, my favourite, and couldn't get the thought or craving out of my head. Bought the ingredients (not gonna say how much :eek:), got home, had to drive DH to a couple of places and ended up in Tesco at 10pm at the hot chicken counter and had a chicken drumstick blowout :eek:

Plus I realised I've got stuff in for the next 2 nights, so Friday will be value chilli night!

gibbojene

I work in the food industry as a rep so have been in many different factories from fruit and veg to canned foods to meat etc and from the day i saw the way value mince was made i never touch value foods! Wish i could forget so my food shopping bill wasn't so high lol!