A money-saving mum has revealed how she feeds her children for less than £15 a week at Tesco.
The savvy shopper posted her shopping list to a Facebook group called ‘Feeding Yourself for £1 a Day’, and wrote: “I have created a shopping list as well as meal ideas to help people out there ensure their child/children are getting 3 meals a day for £14.94.”
There are 23 items on the list which covers meals and snacks. The thrifty mum added: “It may be quite repetitive (especially breakfast). But any meal is better than no meal.”
Over 1,000 people ‘liked’ the post—and many commented that, with a few changes to the list, there were even more ways to make savings.
One Facebook user wrote: “Only thing I would change is the sausages. Tesco do a frozen bag of 20 for £1 butchers choice ones. They’re lovely and you’d get 8 more for 20p less.”
Another commented “One item that I would add to this for a treat is the Ms Mollies soft scoop ice cream, it’s 99p a litre tub and it’s quite nice!”
Someone also commented on a swap to make the potatoes stretch even further: “I would change the 4 baking potatoes to a 2kg bag for £1.25 as this will create more meals such as jacket potatoes, potato gratin, mash potato, chips etc.”
Here is the meal plan that the mum shared online:
- Breakfast : Porridge or toast
- Lunch : Cheese sandwiches, tuna sandwiches, chicken or tomato soup, cheese on toast, egg and soldiers
- Dinner : Pasta bake, beans on toast, jacket potatoes with tuna or cheese, sausages and mash, chicken curry, pasta bake
- Snacks : An apple a day, a banana a day, bag of crisps, strawberry yoghurts and a square of chocolate for a treat
The full shopping list comes in at just £14.94
- Whole chicken – £2.52
- 6 eggs – 70p
- 12 pork sausages – £1.20
- Porridge oats – 75p
- Cream crackers – 40p
- 4 baking potatoes – 41p
- Long grain rice – 45p
- Curry sauce – 28p
- Penne pasta – 29p
- Tomato and herb pasta sauce – 28p
- Root vegetable medley – £1
- Can of baked beans – 23p
- 6 bananas – 64p
- 12 strawberry yoghurts – 73p
- Apple and blackcurrant squash – 43p
- 6 bags of crisps – 65p
- Tin of tomato soup – 45p
- Tin of chicken soup – 24p
- Strawberry jam – 28p
- Two tins of tuna – £1.20
- Cheddar cheese – £1.60
- Wholemeal bread – 36p
- Milk chocolate bar – 30p
