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Article: Struggling to make your budget stretch? One Aldi customer has shared how she spends just over £10 on her food shop a week. Mia Munro, a student in Newcastle, has created a meal plan that helps her groceries go further and she recently shared it with the money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk. In total, Mia's weekly Aldi shopping list comes to £10.08 and it includes porridge, honey, toast, poached eggs, sausage sandwich, jacket potatoes, spaghetti hoops, mixed vegetable omelette, sausages, mash and veg, yogurt, honey, cookies and cream biscuits. Here's a closer look at what Mia's breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks look like when she follows her £10-a-week meal plan.
Breakfast: Porridge & Honey x 7
Lunch: Toast & Poached Egg x 2 / Sausage Sandwich x 1, Toast & Honey x 3, Jacket Potato & Spaghetti Hoops x 1
Dinner: Mixed Vegetable Omelette x 2 / Sausages, Mash & Veg x 3 / Jacket Potato & Spaghetti Hoops x 2
Snacks: Yogurt & Honey, Cookies & Cream Biscuits
Mia also shared some tips on how to save on your weekly food shop. She said: “I always buy them individually as it usually works out cheaper, and they’re only 18p each at Aldi. For example, for this shop I added a couple in bringing my total spend to £10.44.”
The rising cost of living is putting a strain on many households, so it's important to get creative if you want to cut your costs. Mia's £10-a-week meal plan is a great example of how you can make your money go further. It includes 11 items such as Nature’s Pick Baking Potatoes, Everyday Essentials Porridge Oats, McCallums Scottish Organic Semi-Skimmed Milk, Everyday Essentials Medium Sliced Wholemeal Bread, Merevale British Free Range Medium Eggs, Everyday Essentials Clear Honey, Everyday Essentials Spaghetti Loops In Tomato Sauce, Butcher's Select Pork Chipolatas, Four Seasons Mixed Vegetables, Belmont Cookies & Cream Biscuits and McCallums Fat Free Natural Yogurt.
With the worldwide energy crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine invasion, the financial impact of the Covid pandemic, record inflation figures and a surge in the cost of goods, fuel and travel, it's more important than ever to make your cash go further. Through our newspaper, we want to do what we can to help make your cash go further because we know your money matters.
Take a leaf out of Mia Munro's book and get creative with your weekly food shop. See how far you can make your money stretch and check out our money-saving deals, competitions, giveaways and insightful stories from your community on the impact this cost-of-living crisis is having on our readers.