Food supply for a month £30?

Amp34 · 22 Jul 2013 at 15:14

'Harry said:
Welcome to the real world of benefits and renting privately.

Or being employed and living near London (when you're not on benefits...

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Which is why a significant number of employed people live in shared accommodation...

awaybreaktoday · 22 Jul 2013 at 15:52

Food Bank for the win

wingman · 22 Jul 2013 at 15:54

Tesco are doing 48 Weetabix for £3 nationwide.

That's breakfast sorted.

MooMoo444 · 22 Jul 2013 at 15:56

A months worth of milk would cost a bit though, unless you had that naff powdered stuff... but then beggars cant be choosers, as they say!

wingman · 22 Jul 2013 at 15:58

Substitute milk for water.

MooMoo444 · 22 Jul 2013 at 16:00

Cereal with water :|

wingman · 22 Jul 2013 at 16:02

Grim, but doable.

Amp34 · 22 Jul 2013 at 18:24

Weetabix with Marge/spread. Nom nom. Cheap and reasonably filling. A reasonable alternative to oats ever so often.

smelly_legend · 22 Jul 2013 at 18:38

lewism · 22 Jul 2013 at 19:21

Or just shop a half hour before closing, get reduced stuff and freeze it? Get a loaf of bread, freeze it and take out what you want to use the night/day before. Get loafs for about 20-40p. Buy the cheapest chicken you can get usually £3 for a smart price one, easy couple of meals/soups there.

If you had to do this everyday then get to know where the reduced isle is and what time they mark items down at. Walk there with plenty of time (you're unemployed what else do you have to do?) take a calculator with you or use your phone and do the math.

£30 is easy if you avoid full price anything and use your freezer wisely.

Zeed · 22 Jul 2013 at 21:04

Instant noodles.
When i came to uk i was broke and all. All iw as eating was instant noodles for bit over a month before i got my first paycheck.
Lost some weight while doign that so

the1gooner · 22 Jul 2013 at 21:29

MooMoo444 said:
A months worth of milk would cost a bit though, unless you had that naff powdered stuff... but then beggars cant be choosers, as they say!

You can buy those cans of condensed milk too, i buy them because i like the taste in coffee.

Can be diluted to give milk for cereals.

The $6m Dan · 23 Jul 2013 at 22:02

Sainsbury's do a 4 pint jug of 1% fat milk, and tastes like semi skimmed really.
For reference, full fat = 4%, semi skimmed = 2% and full skimmed = 0.1%

Also just read this article on the Guardian, which talks about this site here and the woman that runs it.
Lots of super cheap and healthy recipes by the looks of things.

itchy · 23 Jul 2013 at 22:14

Not being an *** !!! BUT!!!

You can make extra money easy! Try Ebay or if you not shy Cam4 whatever you can if you in that boat !!! Do what it takes, dont just sit there and say "Oh I got £30 a month for food how can i manage!!" Say "How can I make extra money for food "

Stay positive and dont say thats all I got, because everyone has something to offer of value no matter what!!

McBain · 23 Jul 2013 at 23:18

Not healthily....

28 days of pasta should be do-able on £30 though, pasta for breakfast, lunch and tea.

Hmmmm pasta.

Monkeynut · 23 Jul 2013 at 23:39

One of the best ways to beat the lack of money would be to scour charity shops for stuff that's been heavily underpriced, and then sell it on the bay. I've done this before.