Savvy woman fed herself for less than £1 per day using items from Tesco
A savvy woman has revealed how she fed herself for less than £1 per day, and was still able to shop in Tesco.
Amid the cost of living crisis, thousands of households will be looking at how they can save their hard-earned cash, often opting to shop in supermarkets such as Lidl or Aldi.
But one woman has shown that you can still shop in one of the big four supermarkets.
Kathryn Leech, 26, revealed she just wanted to challenge herself by restricting her budget, but has said that for many families across the UK, living on such little could "be their reality."
The 26-year-old from Manchester decided to buy a whole day's worth of food for as little as £1 - and in total ended up spending just 99p.
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Kathryn said she knows that living off £1 a day is a reality for some families (Caters News Agency)
Kathryn regularly shares her money-saving hacks on social media (Caters News Agency)The content creator, who regularly shares her money-saving tips on social media, has explained just how she was able to save so much money on her meals.
Kathryn explained : "I went to Tesco and purchased my food for the day which ended up totalling 99p.
"I bought tinned peaches for my breakfast and then cooked a pasta dish for my lunch.
"For dinner, I used cheap spaghetti, chopped tomatoes, onion and carrots to cook up a meal."
The frugal woman challenged herself to buy a whole day's worth of food for as little as £1 (Caters News Agency)
Kathryn revealed exactly how she managed to spend even less than £1 on her daily food shop (Caters News Agency)She added that she wanted to "challenge" herself to "eat on a very small budget to see if it is possible."
The 26-year-old continued: "For me, it was just a challenge, but for some people, it could be their reality with the way inflation and the cost of living are rising.
"Although, I think long-term it would be incredibly unhealthy as there's no way you could get in all the right nutrients on that little food.
"However, if you need to just have a few cheap meals to keep you going, it would be absolutely fine."
Kathryn shared a video of herself cooking the meal she bought for a pound (Caters News Agency)It is also widely known that shoppers can save some money on their food shop by taking advantage of supermarket rewards scheme such as Tesco Clubcard, Sainsbury’s Nectar card and Asda’s reward stars.
And Tesco shoppers have been informed that they have just over one month left to spend £16million worth of Clubcard vouchers.
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Meanwhile, food prices are rising at record rates with supermarket shoppers facing a potential £788 annual increase in the supermarkets, new research by Kantar has shown.
The analysis shows that grocery inflation has hit 16.7%, which is the highest since their records began in 2008.
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