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Share ideas/tips - preparing for higher food and energy bills

Marianne72

This rise in bills is going to happen so we may as well prepare. It would be nice to share ideas on reducing food & energy bills. My 3 tips [but add as many as you like!}

1. shop for simpler meals - traditional favourites. This batch cooking from Lidl 7 [from the Joe Swatch TV programme] has good recipes.

2. I use 4mm flat polycarbonate panels attached with heavy duty velcro on my windows. They can be removed for cleaning but I leave them on all year as they also cut out the heat in summer

3. heavy weight curtains lined with blackout thermal lining [buy lining that has both functions in one] AND draught excluder tape for exterior doors and windows helps block draughts.

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  • 1. Subscribe to the money saving expert website, to get a weekly email with money saving tips

    https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

    2. If you're retired or on a low income, use a benefits calculator to check if you're entitled to any benefits such as housing benefit if you rent your home

    https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

    3. Try buying cheaper brands or the store's own brands in the supermarket, to see if they're acceptable. I regularly buy some of the Stamford Street brand from Sainsbury's, for example - jam 49p, peanut butter 99p, 15 Yorkshire puddings 44p, 20 frozen sausages £2, four minced beef & onion pies £1.85

  • in reply to Lotus

    Thats good if you have a big choice of supermarkets, but we don't, our nearest sainsbugs is just outside Rhyll about 60 odd miles away, our asdas are tiny too.

    I was wondering about buying things like pulses and spices to tuck away, as well as dried fruit and anything else that has a fairly long sell by date, that comes from the middle east and Asia?

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  • in reply to Lotus

    Thats good if you have a big choice of supermarkets, but we don't, our nearest sainsbugs is just outside Rhyll about 60 odd miles away, our asdas are tiny too.

    I was wondering about buying things like pulses and spices to tuck away, as well as dried fruit and anything else that has a fairly long sell by date, that comes from the middle east and Asia?

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