Pat had something important to tell us on 1 Jun 2004 19:20:46 -0700:

>What are the best tips you've ever read and been recommended so far
>and also regularly practice, relating to how your family has made and
>regularly makes it's money go a lot further than it ever used to, when
>it comes to all your weekly food - drink purchases / expenses, if you
>have a family to look after, or when you did.

Remember that with food, as with all other things, most of the time
you get what you pay for. There are some products where the storebrand
is indistiguishable from more expensive varieties (like pasta and rice
and flour) but a lot of the time the homebrand will have more
water/oil/liquid in it (because water is cheap)... it's not a bargain
if you have to buy two tins to get enough fish/beans for the meal.

Also, if you can, make it from scratch - a tin of tomatoes and a
chopped onion and a sprinkle of dried herbs will cost less and taste
better than a jar of 'tomato sauce' - and it won't have anything in it
that you didn't put there (like flavour enhancers, thickeners etc)

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