Eating plans for a £1 a day

yes, rural poverty is real

In the 60s and newly married, I was given a book “100 meals for a shilling.” If I remember the recipes used an awful lot of offal, which people don’t eat so much of these days.

We have no local public transport. Tesco and Morrisons are the only supermarkets that deliver here.

Mollygo

Callistemon21 I agree with this.

If all children got a good, nutritionally balanced school dinner either free or subsidised then that would solve a lot of problems.
Although our school dinners aren’t junk food, I’m still not convinced about school dinners or that “good” and “nutritionally balanced mean the same.
If the (primary) children ate what they were offered on the menu, I could just about accept ‘nutritionally balanced’. Many don’t. They simply leave bits that they don’t want to eat, often the veg or salad or fruit. Also, some schools declare the week’s meals to be ‘nutritionally balanced’ which means children need to eat a whole week of the meals to get the balance.

Mollygo I was told, as table head, I'd have to eat everyone's leftovers if I allowed them to leave anything. That was the vile headmistress.
The memory still makes me want to throw up even now!

Germanshepherdsmum

We have no local public transport. Tesco and Morrisons are the only supermarkets that deliver here.

and they have a minimum spend on orders

Shandy57

Vegans do not need to take additional vitamins, everything is available in certain foods, just have to maintain a balanced diet.

Please tell me what are the non-animal natural sources of vitamin B12.

When I asked my friend about it, she said she gets her B12 from regular imbibing of fortified plant milks. Her favourite is oat milk.

I don’t know about Morrisons but Tesco charge £4 if you spend less than £40.

Germanshepherdsmum

I don’t know about Morrisons but Tesco charge £4 if you spend less than £40.

Tesco have varying delivery charges depending on what type of delivery you choose.
A one hour slot can be as much as £7 I think, depending on time of day, regardless of how much you spend.

They charge for priority slots now, too.

Baggs

Shandy57

Vegans do not need to take additional vitamins, everything is available in certain foods, just have to maintain a balanced diet.

Please tell me what are the non-animal natural sources of vitamin B12.

Fortified breakfast cereals
Marmite

I use the Delivery Saver scheme with Tesco for free delivery Tuesday to Thursday. I don’t remember what it costs per month but around £3.50ish and a lot of people pay for it with Clubcard points. I have a weekly delivery so it’s a considerable saving.

I have thought about buying a pass.
Does that mean I wouldn't need to spend £40 for delivery?

Tesco charges £47.94 for 6 months or £7.99 a month, but you have to spend £40 for each delivery. I have 2 deliveries a month. It wouldn't be viable for somebody living on £7 a week for food.

MissAdventure

I have thought about buying a pass.
Does that mean I wouldn't need to spend £40 for delivery?

No, you would still need to spend £40 per delivery, but I find it's worth it - just! It saves me money in fuel and means I can plan exactly how much I spend.

You'd probably be better looking for the cheap delivery slots, but they go very quickly at bank holidays and Christmas.

Ooh...
£40 is too much for me to spend in one go, really.

Iceland is 25 or 30 I think, but it somehow always seems to round up to about 40 pounds, too.

Callistemon21

Baggs

Shandy57

Vegans do not need to take additional vitamins, everything is available in certain foods, just have to maintain a balanced diet.

Please tell me what are the non-animal natural sources of vitamin B12.

Fortified breakfast cereals
Marmite

Fine if you eat breakfast cereals and don't hate Marmite.

I really wish I could force my neighbour to go halves with me.

MissAdventure

Ooh...
£40 is too much for me to spend in one go, really.

Iceland is 25 or 30 I think, but it somehow always seems to round up to about 40 pounds, too.

It's about right for two weeks' food for me. I have to plan very carefully to make sure that stuff won't go off. I'm lucky because a friend brings me a fruit and veg box once a week, although the contents can sometimes be a bit random.

I don't always use the same supermarket.

I used to have an oddbox delivery, but, nice as it was, it wasn't that economical for me.
I'd like the option of doing a £20 spend, really.
Not all iceland stuff, and not all Asda, which is my other delivery shop.
I have used morrisons on amazon a couple of times.

I really can't be bothered traipsing round different supermarkets. I do sometimes go into Aldi, but it really bugs me that the queues are always so long and my branch doesn't have a self-service, when I only ever have a couple of items.

Mt friend doesn't charge me for fruit and veg, so it's a real bonus for me, even if I do end up with litres of beetroot soup or something a bit niche.

I don't traipse around them, well not usually unless I'm in the mood or want to go to Lidl.
We usually have a delivery.

I grow my own salad stuff (and more) too.