sammy_kaye's £100 a month food budgetting

weezl74

Spider_In_The_Bath wrote: »

Quick question. I am reading this correctly in that the only fruit and veg bought for a whole month (back in 2008 when this post was first made) was the following?

tesco value bananas £1.25kg 81p
tesco value apples polybag - 86p
tesco value potatoes - 2.5kg x 2 £2.00 (we eat alot of potato's - also make our own chips too so saves a few quid buying big bags, mashed,roasted,boiled,jackets,in soup, potato pie, toppings)
tesco value onions - 2kg - 78p
tesco carrots - 1kg x 2 - £1.24
tesco value swede - 1kg 65p (again the above three handy to have for adding to soups or as portions for meals, little one and me snack on carrot sticks too)
brocolli - x2 a approx 48p each - £96p
2 x cloves of garlic - 35p each
tesco value mushrooms

For two adults we spend between £15-£20 a week on fruit and veg alone (buying in season etc to reduce costs). The above list seems to be very little for a month.

the list does contain the OPs family's 5 a day though, and so I think that's very impressive on her budget, and better than 65% of UK families do (according to one source I read)

tori.k

i wonder how much that same shopping list is now compared to 2008 when it was listed?

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whilst decorating this week I found an old shopping lined book from 1970 in which I listed some of my shopping

sugar 1s.8d for 2lb (8p)
spring onions 1/- a bunch (5p)
Leg of Lamb 17/6d (86p) This was my weekly joint and woulld last from Sunday until at least wed/thursday
cucumber 2/- (10p)
1.lb butter 2/3d(11p)
5lb potatoes 2/6 (13p)
It sounds really cheap but my housekeeping for my OH, myself and two small children was £8.00 per week plus 10/- (50p) for gas and 7/- (35p)for electric (we had two meters in those days as we lived in a one bedroomed flat. Our only form of heating was a gas fire and we had to share the toilet with two other families, and had no bath so the kids and I would walk to my sis-in-laws once a week for a 'proper' bath instead of a washdown. So much for the 'good old days '

candygirl

JackieO wrote: »

whilst decorating this week I found an old shopping lined book from 1970 in which I listed some of my shopping

sugar 1s.8d for 2lb (8p)
spring onions 1/- a bunch (5p)
Leg of Lamb 17/6d (86p) This was my weekly joint and woulld last from Sunday until at least wed/thursday
cucumber 2/- (10p)
1.lb butter 2/3d(11p)
5lb potatoes 2/6 (13p)
It sounds really cheap but my housekeeping for my OH, myself and two small children was £8.00 per week plus 10/- (50p) for gas and 7/- (35p)for electric (we had two meters in those days as we lived in a one bedroomed flat. Our only form of heating was a gas fire and we had to share the toilet with two other families, and had no bath so the kids and I would walk to my sis-in-laws once a week for a 'proper' bath instead of a washdown. So much for the 'good old days '

Makes me wish i'd written all my prices down when I first got wed.It would be very interesting now:D:D

iris

JackieO wrote: »

whilst decorating this week I found an old shopping lined book from 1970 in which I listed some of my shopping

sugar 1s.8d for 2lb (8p)
spring onions 1/- a bunch (5p)
Leg of Lamb 17/6d (86p) This was my weekly joint and woulld last from Sunday until at least wed/thursday
cucumber 2/- (10p)
1.lb butter 2/3d(11p)
5lb potatoes 2/6 (13p)
It sounds really cheap but my housekeeping for my OH, myself and two small children was £8.00 per week plus 10/- (50p) for gas and 7/- (35p)for electric (we had two meters in those days as we lived in a one bedroomed flat. Our only form of heating was a gas fire and we had to share the toilet with two other families, and had no bath so the kids and I would walk to my sis-in-laws once a week for a 'proper' bath instead of a washdown. So much for the 'good old days '

I think we are about the same age JackieO and I loved reading your shopping list from the 1970s.

I too remember putting money away every week in a special tin for gas and electric.

When we got married in 1963 we bought our own house and it did have a bathroom, although there was no cental heating and no phone:eek: We also had 'lino' everywhere with a carpet square on top. I managed to save enough money for a fridge and washing machine before I left work to have my DD.

A treat in those days was a fresh cream cake:rotfl:

Allegra

tori.k wrote: »

i wonder how much that same shopping list is now compared to 2008 when it was listed?

I dunno, but it IS still possible to feed a family for £100 pm :

http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/

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quintwins wrote: »

she did say at the start of her post that her freezer is full of frozen reduced bread and soups

I spotted the comment about the freezer, but even so the list of the fruit and veg bought is for a whole month to feed two adults and a child.

For example the list shows just one bag of apples for a month. How many apples in the bag? About 5 or 6. So that would be two apples a month per adult and one per child. I could understand if the list was for a week perhaps.

I am not having a go at the list just curious how to reduce my food budget and still try and eat 5 a day. For my husband and me an apple a day is 14 a week which is about 56 apples a month.

emweaver

Ive thought since I first read either the list is wrong or must be a real boring diet and be hungry a lot. A child should have alone all the fruit in the budget A WEEK

LilacPixie

Spider_In_The_Bath wrote: »

Quick question. I am reading this correctly in that the only fruit and veg bought for a whole month (back in 2008 when this post was first made) was the following?

tesco value bananas £1.25kg 81p
tesco value apples polybag - 86p
tesco value potatoes - 2.5kg x 2 £2.00 (we eat alot of potato's - also make our own chips too so saves a few quid buying big bags, mashed,roasted,boiled,jackets,in soup, potato pie, toppings)
tesco value onions - 2kg - 78p
tesco carrots - 1kg x 2 - £1.24
tesco value swede - 1kg 65p (again the above three handy to have for adding to soups or as portions for meals, little one and me snack on carrot sticks too)
brocolli - x2 a approx 48p each - £96p
2 x cloves of garlic - 35p each
tesco value mushrooms

For two adults we spend between £15-£20 a week on fruit and veg alone (buying in season etc to reduce costs). The above list seems to be very little for a month.

What are you eating to spend 15-20 a week on F&V for two??? Sounds high to me.. Do you eat alot of exotic fruits? I am around the £10 mark in winter, less summer and autumn for 4.

emweaver

5kg potatoes £2
carrots £1
banana £1.50
strawberries £2
grapes £2
mushrooms 80p

£9.30 week

t hats a week for 3 with just dd eating the fruit sometimes well have strawberries adding another £2. Spend £1.50 week on frozen veg mix if we bought fresh veg would be more

so £15 is possible. £10 for 4 seems cheap is it reduced fruit and veg?