How much money will you be living off per week at uni?

How do you live on £10 a week shop? Genuine question. The minimum I can live on is probably £20 a week, and that involves noodles, beans and Morrison's tasty £1 frozen Pepporini pizzas.

It's easy. Buy in bulk and cook rather than buy convenience food.

I have £50 a week but I spend a bit visiting people a like once a month and this year have wanted to save for a holiday so been living off £20. I don't drink alcohol that often so it's all I need really

Do you use a wholesalers? Cooking can be a chore for me as I have MS, and sometimes my hands play up (hence quick and convinient food). When I'm having a good day, I will cook food properly.

Does £20 get you everything you need? As in, do you have a healthy (enough) diet and eat proper meals? I'm one of those that has meat with almost every meal, however I realise I probably won't have it as often when at uni - thankfully chicken is one of the cheapest meats, which is my favourite!

No I generally just shop around for bargains and stuff on offer. I'm not particularly fussy about what I eat so I normally buy whatever's going. I'm also a well rehearsed scrimper. I go shopping with friends and they spend about £30 and I'll spend around £8 and come out with more XD

Ah man that sucks, sorry to hear about that

I don't have meat everyday (I have eggs most days for breakfast though) but do still buy it. Normally offers are on 3 for £10/2 for £7 so I buy and freeze stuff I don't need immediately - or you can buy cheaper cuts/types. Fill meal up with veg and it's amazing how many extra portions you can cheaply get out of it. Make massive meal, refrigerate/freeze leftovers.

The £20 isn't exact every week, sometimes it's more/less depending on if it's a meat shop or not. But yeah meat and fruit will probably be biggest food expense! Doing it cheaply is about learning to cope with the cheaper stuff - sainsburys basics/tesco everyday value stuff (really not that different for most things!) and with meat if its not on offer its the cheap stuff and just cutting it down a wee bit so you don't have it quite as often. Also, not buying things when out and about i.e. make lunch at home and take it out rather than buying a £2 sandwich. Drink water too as opposed to expensive soft drinks/coffee. But do treat yourself once in a while otherwise it just gets depressing

No worries. It will be the first time in September when I will be living on a student budget, so I have been lookin around on here for tips and advice .

Good idea It takes practice!

A good example is ketchup. Now people rave about how great Heinz is and I don't think it's all that great myself. Too sugary. A bottle of Heinz ketchup is around £2.50 I believe (not sure how big the bottle is, I think it's around 500g). A bottle of Sainsbury's Basic ketchup is 30p and it's completely fine.

£100- £125 a week, which I'll need as I'll be studying in London

Amen to that. It's like people taste the brand name rather than the product. When you even mention to them that they should try the supermarkets brand it's like you just condoned kicking babies or something Imo Tesco ketchup & beans > Heinz.

Good idea It takes practice!

A good example is ketchup. Now people rave about how great Heinz is and I don't think it's all that great myself. Too sugary. A bottle of Heinz ketchup is around £2.50 I believe (not sure how big the bottle is, I think it's around 500g). A bottle of Sainsbury's Basic ketchup is 30p and it's completely fine.

That is very true. People seem to just go straight for the brand and not the item so to speak. I'm looking at eating pasta meals and the like when I go to university, nice and cheap, plus Pasta is filling as well.