If you are tired of wasting too much money on food then this blogger might help you save some pennies.
Fiona Hawkes, 32, who is a blogger and documents everything related to saving money on her blog, savvyinsomerset.com.
Fiona feeds her entire family-of-three for £30($39) a week around £4($5.20) per day and explained how to save for a deposit or how to cut down on travel costs.
She spoke to money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk to give people her top tips about how to save money on food shopping.
The money saver mom said: “We then continued with our saving to be able to afford our wedding and Las Vegas honeymoon and a trip to Disneyworld for my thirtieth birthday.
“I have won the award for the U.Ks best frugal and thrift blog for the last two years running. One of my favorite ways to save money is by cutting right back on my grocery spending.
“It’s one of the easiest areas to save money in and one where most households typically overspend.”
“I love hunting out yellow sticker bargains and combining with other cheap ingredients or coupon offers to create super thrifty and tasty meals for my family,” she explains.
“A great example of this is a beef curry I recently made using yellow sticker braising steak and sauce which cost 10p from a coupon offer – it worked out at 47p each for two adults with enough for our toddler too and some leftovers as I couldn’t eat all of mine.”
“Some of best my yellow sticker hauls have included lamb chops at 16p for two, rib-eye steak for 26p and braising steak for 18p. Reducing the cost of meat means each meal I cook costs significantly less as meat is usually the most expensive part. I also stick to the basics range for things like rice and pasta and make the majority of sauces at home.”
“I also get lots of yellow sticker bread and bakery items. As well as the obvious sandwiches and toast, bread can be used for so many things such as making croutons, melba toasts, bread and butter pudding, summer pudding, breadcrumbs and of course it freezes well.”
“I’m a sucker for a sweet treat and will always check the bakery reduced section for cheap cakes and doughnuts. Birthday cakes often end up in the reduced section too and they can be frozen until needed meaning you could save 70-90% on the RRP.”
“It includes lots of branded items such as Strongbow cider, Mcvities biscuits, McCain roast potatoes and Butterkist popcorn,” Fiona explains. “I also got my Christmas turkey for £2($2.60) by using a £10($13) off a £40($52) in Lidl voucher.
“We currently spend between £30 and £40 a week on our food shop with the odd top-up shop on top. We could cut that back quite a bit if we needed to though as it includes treats like Ice cream and lidl own-brand cola. The average for a family of three is around £330($420) a month so I think we’re quite a bit below that.
“I think we eat really well and the cupboards are always well-stocked – I rarely get down to only having a few bits in and we often have steak, lamb and so on!”
Tom Church, co-founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, comments: “Food shopping is always a painfully expensive part of the week, but Fiona has so many excellent tips for cutting down on unnecessary costs, and it’s great to get ideas from reading her blog.”
“Simple but effective tips include buying own-brand supermarket staples, using cashback apps and seeking out yellow sticker items – these simple changes can make a huge difference when it comes to cutting out wasteful shopping!”
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