Viral budgeter gets her weekly food shop down to just £22 by cutting one thing from her diet

Watch This Viral budgeter gets her weekly food shop down to just £22 by cutting one thing from her diet By Jessica Martin Comment Published 26th Mar 2025, 15:37 GMT Updated 26th Mar 2025, 15:49 GMT Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Molly Spencer, who gets her weekly food shop for just £22, says she makes the cost of her food shopping as low as possible so she can enjoy other things. Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter.

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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. A woman has revealed how she reduced the cost of her weekly food shop to just £22. Molly Spencer, @feedmewhenim64 Bradford , decided to tighten her belt after moving in with her partner Jake in September 2024.

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They think being vegan would be so expensive but it’s so much cheaper. Molly Spencer with partner Jake. | Molly Spencer / SWNS “[People] are commenting asking for advice [and] recipes.

There’s people in my comments saying they’re spending £400 per month on food and asking ‘what am I doing wrong’.” Molly advises planning ahead to help cut spending. She said: “I usually look at the things I already have in my cupboards that are fresh to use for the next week.

Then I think about protein and base my meals off of that, and think about cheap ingredients.” Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In a recent video , Molly ran through her £22.80 food shop, with enough to make six lunches and dinners for the week ahead.

Molly’s favourite meals to make are Gochujang tofu and chickpea and spinach curry, using leftover spinach in a different meal. She said: “I focus on cheap protein, so a can of chickpeas from Aldi are 49p and I’d usually do two meals with that. Aldi’s tofu is really cheap too.

“I budget so I can afford to live, but it’s so important that I enjoy nice things, so I save up and spend money on going out to eat at restaurants .” Two tubs of hummus Oat milk Fruit - easy peelers and grapes Bread Pasta Spinach Five blocks of tofu Courgette Rice noodles Carrots Red cabbage Cucumber Spring onions Butter beans Tinned tomatoes Kale Chickpeas Continue Reading Related topics: Yorkshire Bradford Budget Food Video Money Restaurants TikTok Aldi Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories. User feedback, insights and back-and-forth exchanges add a rich layer of context to reporting.

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