Surviving on £1 a day for food and drink

[Eddie]

27 minutes ago, sage said:

I will probably buy £10-11 in one shop then fill gaps with 'end of day shopping'.

I haven't sorted it all out yet, but i should put a limit on shopping and cooking/preparing time.

Sensible. Keep a quid back for milk. It's perhaps unlikely to stay fresh for a week. Could consider getting your milk at the start and then freezing half of it. Sue says Pasteurised lasts longer, but it's more expensive.

 

[Miggins]

32 minutes ago, Boycie said:

Baking potato’s are ok but it’s the cost to bake em that’s the killer for people on low income.

Food banks have stopped taking root vegetables at the moment I hear.

I agree @Boycie. So people on low incomes are forced to buy food that is easier to heat, possibly less nutritious and less expensive.

Let's all get behind @sage and see if we can't raise just a bit to help out.

[sage]

48 minutes ago, Miggins said:

I agree @Boycie. So people on low incomes are forced to buy food that is easier to heat, possibly less nutritious and less expensive.

Let's all get behind @sage and see if we can't raise just a bit to help out.

Don't get to close behind me, we may be living on beans for a week. 

[Boycie]

7 minutes ago, sage said:

Don't get to close behind me, we may be living on beans for a week. 

I always said you were all f’heart you.

[sage]

We have agreed a protocol of some basic items at home pre shop. 

Salt pepper, one oil, one herb, one spice, one stor similar, one condiment/sauce.

Letting the lad pick. 

 

[Guest]

This is a quite a challenge but we’re going to give it a try 

here’s what we’ll buy (food only tea and coffee etc we’ll use from stock)

bread x 2 = 72p

sausages 16 = 1.59

chicken thighs 1kg = 1.85

rice 1kg = 45p

penne pasta 50g = 29p

potatoes 2.5kg = 89p

cornflakes 500g  = 55p

crumpets 9 = 37p (Asda)

bananas 5 = 70p

onions 3 = 39p

tinned tomatoes plum 400g = 28p

tinned tomatoes chopped 400g = 28p

frozen mixed veg 1kg = 69p

baked beans x2 = 44p

grated cheddar 250g = 1.49

eggs 15 = 1.18

milk 2 litres = 1.00

spread 500g = 69p

total 13.85

prices are online might shave a few pence off the total at local markets for the bananas/onions/potatoes 

@sage good luck 

Edited April 3, 2022 by Monty

[Ram-Alf]

On 29/03/2022 at 09:51, Miggins said:

A stock cube makes rice a bit more tasty.

Oxo cube a great drink in the winter months

[sage]

23 hours ago, Monty said:

This is a quite a challenge but we’re going to give it a try 

here’s what we’ll buy (food only tea and coffee etc we’ll use from stock)

bread x 2 = 72p

sausages 16 = 1.59

chicken thighs 1kg = 1.85

rice 1kg = 45p

penne pasta 50g = 29p

potatoes 2.5kg = 89p

cornflakes 500g  = 55p

crumpets 9 = 37p (Asda)

bananas 5 = 70p

onions 3 = 39p

tinned tomatoes plum 400g = 28p

tinned tomatoes chopped 400g = 28p

frozen mixed veg 1kg = 69p

baked beans x2 = 44p

grated cheddar 250g = 1.49

eggs 15 = 1.18

milk 2 litres = 1.00

spread 500g = 69p

total 13.85

prices are online might shave a few pence off the total at local markets for the bananas/onions/potatoes 

@sage good luck 

Tea  and Coffee !! Shocking

I'm doing an Easter Saturday/Sunday low sell by date run. Hopefully i'll pick up a few bargains I can freeze

[Guest]

1 hour ago, sage said:

Tea  and Coffee !! Shocking

I'm doing an Easter Saturday/Sunday low sell by date run. Hopefully i'll pick up a few bargains I can freeze

Yep good idea sure you’ll find something 

In theory with the menu plan we’ve worked out it looks just about doable but will need some firm commitment!

 

[sage]

1 hour ago, Monty said:

Yep good idea sure you’ll find something 

In theory with the menu plan we’ve worked out it looks just about doable but will need some firm commitment!

 

I have a fussy yet gluttonous teenage lad to feed so I need to find some bargains 

[Brammie Steve]

Get the toogoodtogo app.

Lots of carveries and shops sell off what's left at the end of the day at cheap prices.

Always worth a look and a way to eat well for much less!

[GboroRam]

Check the supermarkets at closing time. Morrisons often have stuff they are practically giving away otherwise it'll go in the bin.

[Boycie]

1 hour ago, GboroRam said:

Check the supermarkets at closing time. Morrisons often have stuff they are practically giving away otherwise it'll go in the bin.

You’re trying to teach @sage about closing time discounts?

Jeez.

 

[sage]

9 minutes ago, Boycie said:

You’re trying to teach @sage about closing time discounts?

Jeez.

 

Cheers @Boycie I am good at skanking. Got the lad some cheese and ham baguettes yesterday. 90% off. 

[Boycie]

9 hours ago, sage said:

Cheers @Boycie I am good at skanking. Got the lad some cheese and ham baguettes yesterday. 90% off. 

Textbook.

[Guest]

Sandiacre yesterday afternoon - could have saved on biscuits 

[sage]

3 hours ago, Monty said:

Sandiacre yesterday afternoon - could have saved on biscuits 

If they were chocolate digestives I'd have had a drive down there. 

[GboroRam]

5 hours ago, Monty said:

Sandiacre yesterday afternoon - could have saved on biscuits 

No jaffa cakes?

[sage]

Just now, GboroRam said:

No jaffa cakes?

@uttoxram75 wasn't driving

[TimRam]

Just need tea bag and hot water lorries now.