How Cheap Can I Eat?

10 days to go, and in an effort to get back on track I had a stir fry today. Had to share with with the gf so sadly there are no portions left for tomorrow.

I’ve still got frozen meals in the freezer, and other ingredients knocking about in the cupboard. I think I’ll do this with plenty of food to spare. The only thing I might need to buy between now and the end is milk.

On that note, a friend of mine sent me this link, about how the big name supermarkets have already been penalised for fixing the price of milk and cheese. While this article is 6 months old, I’m still surprised that the same companies mentioned still have identical prices of milk today. Surely this can’t be coincidence? If it’s not being explicitly fixed, then perhaps they have an unspoken agreement? That would seem to be the case, especially since Iceland, one company not mentioned in the story, is the only place I’ve found where the price is different.

Very suspicious stuff, if you ask me.

Morrisons are purporting to sell 8 popular food items for 50p each. There is a store a couple of miles from where I live, so I’ll be popping over tonight to see if this deal is viable. Personally I suspect the publicity it has received means I’ll turn up at the store to find at least 6 of the 8 items completely sold out, because that kind of thing is just typical of special offers like this. I’ll also have a nose around for other bargains while I’m there and report back afterwards.

Food today has been museli, a packet soup from the cupboard for lunch (costing something like 30p and not at all filling), and tonight I’ll probably have a couple of baked potatos, because they need using and I’ve got plenty of toppings, like cheese and branston. Mmmm.

7pm: Back from Morrisons. Spent a grand total of £3.14. For this I got another load of bread, 16 sausages, 4 beef burgers, and a pack of white buns. I was so excited at the prospect of 12.5p burgers that I had two for tea. It was pretty much was I expected cheap quarter-pounders to be. They don’t taste the best but it’s a meal. I won’t make a habit of buying and eating these. The buns will be handy for lunch next week, and the bread will be handy for breakfast toast when the museli runs out.