Hello!
It's a year since we did the eating-for-a-pound-a-day experiment. We didn't take it beyond the month that we planned, though it has gone on to influence our behaviour somewhat.
Back in the first post on the blog on 1st December last year I pointed out that we are fortunate enough to be able to spend more than £1/day on food, but we still would like to save money to help us afford to buy somewhere to live. Well, the good news is that we do now have a house of our own, and since moving in, a Waitrose supermarket has opened just under 5 minutes walk away.
Now, Waitrose has a reputation of being more upmarket / expensive than other supermarkets. I don't know whether that's totally fair, as they certainly have some cheaper options that one can stick to. But perhaps more importantly for readers of this blog (hi, Mum), Waitrose will heavily discount perishable food on the last day of it being for sale. By heavily, I mean items will go on sale for perhaps as little as 5% of the original price. The nearby large Tesco typically has such goods discounted to about 75% of original price.
The picture shows an example of some broccoli I bought for 5% of the original price. I would probably not have ever bought broccoli in the form of the more expensive "tender stem spears" but at that price, it was definitely worth it. Of course, we have to be a bit careful to make sure we eat the perishable stuff that has reached its sell-by date, but so far we have done a good job. I don't eat meat, but my partner does, and her meat intake has gone up quite a bit because the meat counter is a particularly reliable place to pick up deeply discounted items, and meat freezes straightforwardly without preparation, unlike most vegetables.
Today, I had an egg custard tart for lunch -- reduced from 70p for 2 to 15p for 2!
