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Dorina Mladonyiczki says:

It might be just me…if I plan meals it is very likely that I will change my mind about it by the time I should make it, but then eating it anyway makes me feel so unfulfilled that I go on a food shopping/ordering surge until I feel satisfied from what I ate so eventually end up spending 3x times more. Can anyone relate 😮

Charlotte B says:

Use the round up method for most things when going round forget round down for this if it's £1,20 call it £2 and add the rest on top so you have an idea what you're spending when you get to the checkout. You can make a stock with vegetable peel but I didn't find it that tasty but I think I just to find other stuff to help the taste of it. When you're buying chicken thighs put a spare in the freezer for a stockpile. Chicken wings and thighs cheaply for soup as well.

Telsa Morgan says:

I extremely like the video, man. Very helpful and informative. Thank you very much. It is presented so well too. Great, positive work.

haiqu says:

A few more tips for you, from someone who has been poor for the whole of his 70 year life and learned to be frugal:

1. Buy staple items in bulk. Rice, sugar, pasta, honey, flour, olive oil … all of these can be bought for half the cost if you grab the larger packs. Always buy 5kg/5 litre rather than 1kg/1 litre.
2. Avoid highly processed items. I saw you hovering several times over breakfast foods that typically cost 3x the price of unprocessed grain products. Use rolled oats, wheat biscuits, corn flakes in preference. If you must have something sweeter or fancier occasionally, make pancakes or waffles or just add some fruit or honey to the oats. I sometimes make my own raisin bread for toasting in the morning too, it's no harder than any other kind of bread.
3. Buy generic foods where available. Supermarket brand pasta or bacon or cheese tastes just the same as a recognizable brand, but costs far less. In fact it often comes from the same factory.
4. Eat fresh foods if available. This is hard for me, since I live 50km (31 mi) from the nearest supermarket and our local general store is expensive. I only shop every three months so I tend to buy only an amount that won't rot before I get to use it, but often this can be stretched by buying, as an example, green bananas for use in 10 days rather than all yellow ones, or stewing up a batch of rhubarb and apple and freezing it to make desserts later, or bottling pears with simple syrup and cinnamon sticks. Whenever a product is plentiful (and thus cheap) there's a savings opportunity if you know how to preserve it. I also make a huge pot of vegetable soup right after shopping, which keeps far longer than having fresh ingredients in the cupboard. Also, growing vegetables at home isn't rocket science, especially squash and potatoes which need no attention at all. Plant fruit trees too, your kids will love them in their teens when they're always hungry.
5. Use your freezer to the max. If I cook a meal I make enough for at least two meals, more often four. Rather than becoming bored by having the same thing day after day, the extra gets frozen for later. Then on the days I can't be bothered cooking, there's always the option to "nuke" one of them in the microwave. You can buy cheap food containers that typically get used for Chinese foods at take-aways, and these are ideal for storage. Despite being flimsy I've found they can be reused multiple times, and they're also great for those half tins of beetroot or pineapple and the leftover half of the onion.
6. Don't skimp on the few items that matter to you. For me it's good soap, soft toilet tissue, fruit cakes (I buy generic and they're cheaper than I could bake them), fresh marinara mix (freeze it) and a good pre-shredded three cheese mix for my homemade pizzas. I couldn't live without these items. My cupboards are also full of the typical spices called for in recipes.
7. Finally, if you must have soft drinks buy a small CO2 tank and make your own soda. You'll soon become adept at whipping up interesting flavourings to add. I make my own tonic water too.

My personal weekly food budget has leveled out at AU$53.00 (USD 35.72 with today's exchange rate) and I never feel hungry or bored with what I eat.

catescats says:

You could save even more if you don’t shop at the Big Y! They are very expensive!😮

Kathy Barnett says:

Great ideas. Thx.