Emma Gill from Manchester spent only £50 on her weekly shop by buying Asda own brand food only. The mother-of-two and Manchester Evening News journalist said the food was delicious bar two products she wouldn’t buy again.
Emma has shared which foods she bought on her weekly shop, with the total number of products coming up to only £50.
The products were enough for Emma to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for her and her family every day.
There were also some foods left over for snacks and sweet treats.
The mum-of-two wanted to buy Asda Smart Price items for a full week in order to keep costs “down” and avoid as much “waste” as possible.
On Saturday, the family had sausage sandwiches, while on Sunday they were treated to a Full English, which included eggs, beans, sausages, bacon, plum tomatoes, mushrooms, and toast.
Weekday lunches consisted of sandwiches with the choice of lettuce, ham, cheese, and tuna as fillings.
There was also the choice of tuna and mayonnaise pasta, tomato pasta, sausage rolls, carrot sticks, cherry tomatoes, fruit, ready salted crisps, and Fromage Frais yoghurts.
On weekends, the family had either a sandwich, toastie, tomato soup, sausage roll, or cheese on toast for lunch.
Wednesday was spaghetti Bolognese with garlic bread, while Thursday was fish, chips, and peas.
On Friday, Emma and her family had chili con carne with tortilla chips.
As for Saturday, the family was treated to corned beef hash with red cabbage.
There was dessert every day too, ranging from ice cream to rice pudding.
As for snacks, there was enough food left for the family to have carrot sticks, fruit, caramel wafers, chocolate and nut muesli bars, and tortillas.
