Food supply for a month £30?

Wepohn

Wepohn

Wepohn

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Is it possible? I'm currently in a joint tennancy but we're both ready to go our own ways. I'm currently unemployed due to an injury and gonna be on a really tight budget. Is it possible to buy a months worth of food for £30 or round abouts?

Maybe 120 packets of Asda Smart Price Cheese and Broccoli pasta?
 
i doubt you would be able to get a balanced healthy diet on 30 quid a month, as its only £1 a day.

if your ever out, and you see those little coffee/tea/sugar/milk/sauces sachets, take them... saves you a few quid i guess
 
No.

I spend 70 to 80 per week (employed)
20 a week unemployed (lots of cheap tuna and jacket potatoes)

30 a month...seek help
 
go fishing, kill the local cats, raid the local farms.. check out the bins outside of super markets..

how fat are you ? if you've got some weight on you, that'll keep you going..
 
£30 is barely enough to buy pizza for one...

One of my Aunts recently did a charity thing where she agreed to spend no more than £1 a day on food for a month. She said it is just about doable but you need to be pretty inventive and it is not a balanced diet. Mostly ready meals and processed foods, fresh fruit and veg is not possible.

There are always food banks if you struggle.

/Salsa
 
Seems fairly impossible. But i guess if you buy in bulk with your £30 you could make it stretch 2-3 weeks but not going to eat very well
Some ideas for cheap stuff

Few loafs of bread £1 ea
Some cheap jam for sandwiches/toast less than £1
Big bag of potatoes (Ideally from local farm rather than supermarkets) £3-4
Cheap instant noodles these are penny's per pack for own brands
Big bag of carrots £1-2
Big bag of pasta £2
Big bag of rice £3
Own brand sauces value (Can get some super cheap like jars for 12p)
Something sweet jelly packs for like 20p

Looks out for stuff in the discount isle and sometimes stores have a day where they wheel out a trolly of discounted bakery goods. Maybe ask at the counter
 
Get some bags of potatoes from iceland or somewhere and live on jacket spuds and beans :P
you can get a large bag for £3 although the potatoes are only medium sized but they are pure white inside everytime I've bought them
 
Protein / fat based foods with very low carbohydrate is without a doubt the best way (causes far less insulin spikes, thus less hunger). Still hard to do on that budget though.
 
It will be doable, but you wont have a varied diet, mostly carbs, (pasta etc) but if you buy large amounts at cheap supermarkets its doable.
 
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Can you not apply for a hardship loan or seek other financial support from family or friends, I would hate to think you are damaging your health by not getting sufficient nutrition due to your financial circumstances?
 
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