Could you feed your family for a tenner a week?

[super jumbe]

More than half a million people in Britain are relying on food banks to eat, a charity has found, as rises in prices combined with high unemployment and cuts to benefits leave them below the breadline.

But how low can you realistically cut your food bill without compromising your health? I decided to find out by following the example of Jack Monroe.

Jack had to quit her job as the cost of childcare and her daily commute meant she simply couldn?t afford to work. She couldn?t find a job closer to home, so she ended up flat broke ? and with just ?10 a week left for food after bills.

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/could-you-feed-your-family-for-a-tenner-a-week-155239687.html

[lagerland]

Its a sad state of affairs when it comes to food poverty in this day and age,thats all some people have week in week out ...........................

[super jumbe]

You could live on eating bugs, grasshoppers, Ants, Snails, Worms, with ?10.00 I could have some change left for my beer.

[ajax2061]

I have to be picky due to health reasons no way in hell I could do it on a tenner 20 maybe.....but i would struggle

[lagerland]

You could live on eating bugs, grasshoppers, Ants, Snails, Worms, with ?10.00 I could have some change left for my beer.

When was the last time you went 2 the pub SJ,a tenner will get ya 2 pints. Maybe enough left for a bag of chips if your lucky......................

[Kalipo]

When was the last time you went 2 the pub SJ,a tenner will get ya 2 pints. Maybe enough left for a bag of chips if your lucky......................

Where on earth do you live.. 3 pints for a tenner here!!

[nara]

Where on earth do you live.. 3 pints for a tenner here!!

...and that's if you drink that Lager sh*te. It's even cheaper if you drink proper beer.

[Kalipo]

...and that's if you drink that Lager sh*te. It's even cheaper if you drink proper beer.

There is just no pleasing you nara .. i'm starting to think you don't get any??

[maca]

Hmm feed my family for a tenner ok no probs give me a tenner and i'll feed em dont normally get paid for cooking .....

[Kalipo]

I get a tenner a day expenses so foods free for moi anyway but.. theyre making it harder and harder to live off benefits..

but living on benefits can be better than working on minimum wage..

If they want.. why not open work houses and be done with it.. get nara and maca smashing rocks for **** all ..

If you think your jobs bad.. think, somebody woke up this morning. went to work and assembled dildos for 9 hours

[maca]

Can they put a claim in for vibrating finger ??

[Meat-Head]

Yes could proberbly feed family for ?10 as live on own no pets or anything

liane got a perfect saying. " dont breed them, if you cant feed them"

[Kalipo]

Yes could proberbly feed family for ?10 as live on own no pets or anything

liane got a perfect saying. " dont breed them, if you cant feed them"

Well said.. that has to be the quote of the month so far..

Many many people who i visit have dogs, cats, ps3.. etc but their house is an absolute shit hole.. you can tell they havent been fed since fred dibner bought his last steam train!! yet they seem to priorities shit

[GastonJ]

Well I guess a cannibal could feed his family for a tenner a week, however there'd be less and less of them left each day... the tenner would have to go on the gas bill But I bet lIan Duncan Smith would say he can feed his for a month on a tenner

[Meat-Head]

No tried, no chance

live on own, no kids, no pets, EVERY time go to tesco spend ?7 minimum no matter how hard i try not to