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19-12-20, 00:08
NYCBlue

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They got Aldi or Home Bargains in NYC?

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

They got Aldi or Home Bargains in NYC?

We've got Lidl. But you never know what you're going to find there.

Admittedly, that's for a pound of ground coffee. But it's a cheap brand, and there'd be plenty left over. I would sacrifice the cheese for the coffee. That was almost $8.
19-12-20, 00:12
splott parker

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

We've got Lidl. But you never know what you're going to find there.

Admittedly, that's for a pound of ground coffee. But it's a cheap brand, and there'd be plenty left over. I would sacrifice the cheese for the coffee. That was almost $8.

What’s the poverty and on the street homeless like in New York, is it widespread or central based or invisible to the general public?
19-12-20, 00:18
OurManFlint II

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We also need to question why food is so cheap, rather than so expensive.
19-12-20, 02:46
NYCBlue

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Originally Posted by splott parker

What’s the poverty and on the street homeless like in New York, is it widespread or central based or invisible to the general public?

It's visible. And a real problem. But it's nothing like LA. LA has a crazy homeless population. There are tents everywhere.

https://www.google.com/search?q=tent...w=1242&bih=698
19-12-20, 04:49
cityhammer

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If I was given £60 per month to feed myself I think I could do it. Bigger packs, batch cooking would make it easier.
Being given £15 each week would make it harder, but weetabix for breakfast, beans on toast for lunch and a jacket potato with tuna in the evening is doable.

The budget is £15, not £5. For £15 a week you could eat quite well no need for resorting to basics like beans in toast and jacket potatoes.
19-12-20, 05:17
Rock_Flock_of_Five

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My sister and I grew up on a staple diet of jam, banana or paste sandwiches.
My mother raised us after she divorced my father when we were small. I used to drink huge amounts of milk though, I can only think this was what helped me grow. :hehe:
19-12-20, 07:38
lardy

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Originally Posted by cityhammer

The budget is £15, not £5. For £15 a week you could eat quite well no need for resorting to basics like beans in toast and jacket potatoes.

£15 a week is about £60 a month :hehe:
19-12-20, 11:31
The Bloop

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Originally Posted by cityhammer

The budget is £15, not £5. For £15 a week you could eat quite well no need for resorting to basics like beans in toast and jacket potatoes.

Beans on toast is delicious. I'd have enough left over for some grated cheese and Worcestershire sauce aswell.
Spending more on basics may give you a little left over for the odd treat.
19-12-20, 13:17
neilw65

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Check out this website. Some very good recipes with costs included

https://cookingonabootstrap.com
19-12-20, 16:43
Sloop_Jon_Bee

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Is this just the cost of the food - or does it also cover the cost of electric/gas and all the other things needed to avoid cold/raw veg (and tuna)?

Didn't some Tory MP try to live on some small amount in a council flat about 20 years ago - and got loads of TV and newspaper publicity for trying to prove the state was generous - only to be caught out cheating (food from family and nipping home for a delux sleep)?

£15 p.w. may be possible (if you can get to a low cost supermarket without blowing half your budget on bus fares) but miserable!

My thoughts exactly. The cost of the energy to prep the food and costs to source the cheap foods (travel) should be factored in. 15 quid for 7 days of food is also a challenge if you are to have a well-balanced healthy diet.
Spedger
19-12-20, 16:50
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by Sloop_Jon_Bee

My thoughts exactly. The cost of the energy to prep the food and costs to source the cheap foods (travel) should be factored in. 15 quid for 7 days of food is also a challenge if you are to have a well-balanced healthy diet.
Spedger

I haven't factored it in because i'm presuming that the person or persons may have it covered, they may have other outgoings as well, they may live rurally, it wasn't really about that, it was about having fifteen notes in your bin to buy food for a week.
19-12-20, 17:12
J R Hartley

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How much do people spend currently?

We spend about £120 pw for a family of 4.
19-12-20, 17:17
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

How much do people spend currently?

We spend about £120 pw for a family of 4.

About the same. It's the visits during the week that aren't accounted for, £10 here and there, adds up. There are in my house. If we were disciplined and the missus and kids weren't so fussy, then my food bill could come right down. I'm a bit odd (as you know) in that i'll eat almost anything. My missus eats about three different things :hehe:
19-12-20, 22:08
Its been emotional

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My old man was a miner and during the strike four of us in the house survived on £30 a week...............
Remember eating pancakes most days and not just on a Tuesday.....
Also remember and hated on times (because I had to stay in) my grandparents coming round for Sunday dinner........
Looking back its hard to believe that lasted a whole year.......

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