It's no secret that the price of food has rocketed since the cost of living crisis began.
Brits are looking to save cash where they can in a bid to take the pressure off their wallets.
To help people out, one savvy shopper revealed how you can bag a grocery shop for just a tenner after heading to Aldi.
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Mia Munro, a student in Newcastle, shared her weekly shopping list with money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk that comes to just £10.
As well as the meal plan, she makes sure she gets the most out of her groceries by using everything up.
She said: "If it’s coming to the end of the month and I’m short on money, I save on my weekly shop by sticking to this list that comes to £10. It keeps me going for a week, and doesn’t break the bank."
Mia's shopping list is pretty simple, and it comes in at just £10.08.
She thinks it's great value for a week's worth of food, as prices have soared due to inflation.
Aldi £10 shopping list
- Nature’s Pick Baking Potatoes, 4 Pack – 67p x 2
- Everyday Essentials Porridge Oats 1kg – 90p
- McCallums Scottish Organic Semi- Skimmed Milk 2 Pints – £1.20
- Everyday Essentials Medium Sliced Wholemeal Bread 800g – 45p
- Merevale British Free Range Medium Eggs 318g/6 Pack – £1.29
- Everyday Essentials Clear Honey 340g – 75p
- Everyday Essentials Spaghetti Loops In Tomato Sauce 410g – 19p x 3
- Butcher's Select Pork Chipolatas 340g/12 Pack – £1.79
- Four Seasons Mixed Vegetables 1kg – 99p
- Belmont Cookies & Cream Biscuits 300g – 45p
- McCallums Fat Free Natural Yogurt 500g – 35p
Explaining how she uses her supplies, Mia said: "For breakfast, I’ll keep it simple and have porridge with a drizzle of honey every day of the week.
"Porridge is slow releasing carbs so it energises me throughout the morning.
"It keeps me full until lunchtime, and it only needs three ingredients: porridge, honey and milk.
"For lunch I do a mix of meals to keep things interesting throughout the week.
"If I’m not that hungry, I’ll have toast and honey, or for something heartier, I can do toast and a poached egg, a sausage bap or a jacket potato with spaghetti hoops.
"It’s a nice mix of different options and it usually keeps me pretty stuffed until dinner."
If she gets peckish during the afternoon, she said she'll nibble on some Cookies & Cream biscuits which are 45p.
Mia said the tasty treats are "Aldi’s answer to Oreos" but – if she needs something more substantial – she'll have a little natural yogurt and honey.
For dinners she'll make a mixed vegetable omelette, as Aldi sells a kilo bag of Four Seasons Mixed Vegetables for just 99p.
On other nights she'll then opt for a jacket potato and spaghetti hoops or £1.79 sausages, mash and veg.
“Sometimes I’ll spend a little more and pick up some bananas as an extra snack or pudding idea," added Mia.
"I always buy them individually as it usually works out cheaper, and they’re only 18p each at Aldi.
"For example, for this shop I added a couple in bringing my total spend to £10.44."
£10 budget meal plan
Breakfast – porridge and honey x 7
Lunch – toast and poached egg x 2 / sausage sandwich x 1, toast and honey x 3, jacket potato and spaghetti hoops x 1
Dinner – mixed vegetable omelette x 2 / sausages, mash and veg x 3 / jacket potato and spaghetti hoops x 2
Snacks – yoghurt and honey/ cookies and cream biscuits
Tom Church, Co-founder of money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk said: "I remember being a student and coming to the end of the month with just a few pounds left in my bank.
"I would buy porridge just like Mia, but also lots of rice dishes for dinner as rice was cheap.
"Mia’s £10 weekly food plan is creative and shows what’s possible on a budget, but behind it is also a worrying story about rising rents and the cost of living crisis.
"Student voices are often ignored despite them incurring the highest tuition fees ever, rising debt levels and extraordinary rental costs."
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