A Week On £1 A Day DAY 1

[@strangekat2840]

This probably isn't the best way to eat on £1 a day. Porridge oats are cheap and it's a good breakfast. Lentils are also good for protein, and combined with mixed veg and rice is a good, filling meal. Pasta, tomato, lentils and veg is also a good meal. I always cook twice as much as I need for one meal so lunch is yesterday's dinner. Soups are good too.

[@jaynadiah5498]

mike is known for being a fuck up... its not a bad trait because its funny to watch... but he fucks up pretty much everything.. you you have to allow it with his videos and just go with it.. just dont see it as a way to do it but rather a funny watch and a way NOT to do it

[@jaynadiah5498]

i mean he fucked up immediately when he said 1 pound a day for 1 week when he payed 13.00 he payed double.. i dont care that theres 2 of them... but hes doing 14 pound a week not 7

[@adameastment]

Jay Nadiah But he should have left overs at the end of the week. Are you really saying that he should effectively have a £7 budget? I get it’s not reflective of some people’s situations, but this would be how I’d work it out so as to not starve.

[@Korea4Me]

@@jaynadiah5498 He's doing £14 because Grace it doing it with him. £7 x 2 = £14.

[@davidlam1869]

I think this experiment should not carry on....there are families out there living in poverty who struggle with hungry children, and it isn't a 7 day experiment...it's every grinding day....and I have no sympathy for you...stick to the week on asda etc...please stop this...it's disrespective to those who live on the breadline every day

[@rubens5689]

yeah mike, you're cheating quite a bit there mate. I thought fine ya know herbs and spices fairs. The Butter and marmite, nah.

[@kombi7826]

Ruben Saliasi I agree

[@MissAmazingZoe]

I get that it goes against the rules but if Mike sets the rules it can't be classed as cheating in my opinion!

[@lolfunacount]

xpecially that stuff tend to spoil in a not so short time frame. So he cannot really have it laying around, while being short on money

[@cr103]

Whay about the electricity used to prepare the meals. I demand a campfire

[@JunKurosu]

@@cr103 that's cheating too

[@user-bo3mp8un6c]

I want to see atomic shrimp do a whole weak. He is very resourceful and could really stretch the budget far

[@VegasMilgauss]

I’ll just correct you.. Week. Weak is the opposite of strong.

[@user-bo3mp8un6c]

@@VegasMilgauss I am aware of this, thankyou.

[@carwold231]

Atomic shrimp does a lot of foraging for mushrooms which can really pack out a meal

[@LiquidSnakeSSJ4]

then edit your comment.

[@charlottehook7387]

lmao ppl r getting so pissed that yuo got one letter wrong

[@Sarahcaldwell16]

You should do a pound a day at other supermarkets, aldi, lidl, asda, Morrisons etc and see which one is the best.

[@rhysdil5966]

Wouldn't really be fair unless he bought the exact same items, and so you could save a lot of time and effort by just calculating how much all these items would cost at other supermarkets.

[@DehumanisedOnYT]

A comparable basket at Aldi would be about £2.00-£2.50 cheaper so there's scope to far expand what he bought (and possible actually be allowed the butter included within the budget!)

[@bettyboosh8384]

As someone who spends £5 a week on food I can say for certain its tesco. There are some things I buy from Aldi but the Tesco value (rebranded now as hearty food co) is cheapest and honestly nice 😊

[@lillexus5589]

@@bettyboosh8384 do you spend 5quid a week on food by choice bor necessity, genuinely interested if you dont mind

[@bettyboosh8384]

@@lillexus5589 I don't have a choice, once I pay my bills thats all I have left over, sometimes not even that, depends if I get enough hours at work.

[@RachelDex]

I dont know why people think it's okay not to use what's in your cupboards and fridge. I don't use everything in one week, so when i spend my budget the following week, i keep in mind what i have left and buy things that can be used together. I don't see a problem. 🤷‍♀️

[@BeccaKatyCat]

Would have been better to do what i think most of us were expecting and go to the shop with £1 every day and see what you could get for the day...

[@RasputinReview]

buying for a week is cheaper thanfor the day

[@carolynsmith7152]

You cant buy individual portions of the mince or spaghetti etc. If he did what you suggest he would be living on a bag of crisps a day.

[@BeccaKatyCat]

Alright bloody hell i was just saying that what i waa expecting.😂 I know it is less to buy in bulk of course. Just saying i was expecting like £1 a day nd him going for reduced items n that

[@TheRetroTaco]

Facts!!!!

[@TheRetroTaco]

@@BeccaKatyCat I was expecting him to do that too I think it would have been much better!

[@NFH1994]

You know what’s harder than living for £1 a day? Finding a positive comment on any of those kind of videos

[@semajafara4170]

LOL

[@semajafara4170]

challange - 5 quid a week

[@VelvetTeacake]

That butter and marmite is definitely cheating; you have to have bought butter and marmite to have it lurking.

[@ScramblethinkJD]

Aye, butter is 1.50 for 250g or thereabouts. I'd call that cheating. Plus you could easily just toast the bread and cheese a bit for lubrication. Source: am poor.

[@InfinityNexusReviews]

Yes but you can get giant tubs of cheap spread for about £2 that would last a month

[@tendersheep667]

I ALWAYS have butter but NEVER have marmite!

[@tendersheep667]

Butter in America is super cheap and I'm meaning butter not margarine which is even cheaper.

[@mojavecourier6987]

Cheating? Says who? You? Did you make the rules? No? Then shut the fuck up.

[@stevenhawkins2099]

Sorry but porridge is one of the cheapest, healthiest and filling foods there is! Cereal expensive my arse!

[@Thunderfist_McBeefcake]

This guy has no perspective.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Shame it tastes like absolute arse.

[@cornjobb]

too many carbs, esp if you add butter, brown sugar cream and/or fruit

[@Thunderfist_McBeefcake]

@@cornjobb so? fruit and veg are carbs...

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Humans run on carbs. Unless you eat a stupid amount of it, you'll be fine. Again though, the issue with porridge is the taste.

[@TykitFleine]

A part of me died inside as you chose a Tesco instead of a Lidl where most of this is about half price!

[@alicetippet6007]

I was just thinking that! Why not go to ALDI and LIDL :) Or bake his own bread... and make his own pasta perhaps, thats v v cheap too! Also love the sona ^^

[@benicus18]

Tykit Fleine that’s because they are middle class white people, they probably don’t know what Lidl/Aldi is! Probably shop in Waitrose and thought Tesco was the downgrade

[@charlieminaj2]

Tykit Fleine and foreign😂😂

[@TykitFleine]

@@alicetippet6007 Eeee thank you!! Check my channel there are animations of him 💙

[@bnbmike4731]

It depends what you wanan buy someone did a video on it where he brought the same stuff from different places and Tesco came 3rd best for the price and then 2nd for other items while lidl came came 2nd and 3rd aldi 1st and 1st.

[@KakarotOwns]

He's defo having snacks at night after the camera turns off lol.

[@AgentTasmania]

Kakarot How dare you impugn Mike’s integrity. Question his intelligence all you want, but never his integrity.

[@closethedoornow7538]

Before the camera even goes on

[@FluffysMum]

So what happened with the bag of shopping on the back seat, the one with the leek sticking out of it. The one where you were off to the shops to buy your weeks food? Something not right there

[@spa-town1937]

Fluffys Mum I like to think they were taking their pet leek for an outing.

[@FluffysMum]

@@spa-town1937 ha ha we should call him Larry the Leek 😂

[@FluffysMum]

And he didnt have a seatbelt on, poor Larry 😢

[@glenispinto1852]

P

[@xiaohuli27]

As a student this isn't really a challenge, more of a lifestyle. Lmao

[@joannehaywood4708]

I'm with you on that one, not so much a student but a few years back on JSA sanctioned with three toddlers, we are a lot of porridge, noodles, beans, fish finger sandwiches, even the extra extra sugars and milk from McDonald's lol our budget was £15wk. Our fave hack was cheap digestive biscuits with cheap chocolate spread

[@rioeiokha9653]

The government is doing a great job on cutting benefits, why should I wake up at 5am and go to work when my neighbours sit on their fat ugly asses getting benefits?

[@lambosnicko]

Stop drinking and wasting your money on useless shit and im sure youll have plenty of dollar 😂

[@Snarfindorf]

@Jamie Lynne CEOs raking in hundreds of billions, but god forbid George down the road can afford to buy beans on the dole

[@GiraffeFeatures]

@Jamie Lynne Lol pauper. Can afford internet and to spend their days on KZbin but can't afford to eat properly? Maybe sort out your priorities.

[@1980rlquinn]

I agree that the butter and marmite are "cheating."

[@olivermansfield8341]

Butter is well expensive

[@beckykent435]

They were under budget so you could say that added up to the pence they didn't spend

[@beckykent435]

@@olivermansfield8341 it's a quid

[@joannegray5138]

As someone whose weekly (and already meagre) budget is about to get even tighter soon. I'll be watching this week with interest. It isn't easy to eat well and within restrictions - I would have got a cheaper loaf, and maybe more than one, and some white label (or whatever Tesco's budget label is) tins of tomatoes. Tinned tomatoes on toast (with plenty of pepper on top) is a filling evening time snack. And bargain label tins of beans or spaghetti can be stretched over a few days if you have a toastie machine (cheese as well, you don't need much in a toastie). Basil needs to learn a few tricks though. When you let him inspect your cheese sandwich, my first thought was that my kitty boy Loki would have clawed your arm to bits to get at that, lol. Looking forwards to tomorrow.

[@wiredmind]

Alternate title: "The Mike Jeavons Guide to a No-Deal Brexit"

[@dancingdroid]

How this stupid comment got any likes is beyond me.

[@nscsc]

I've already started stocking the tins for the end of days.

[@wiredmind]

Audam It’s called a “joke”, look it up. Of course the world’s not gonna bloody end. We’re British, we have a knack for dealing with this kind of thing anyway 🇬🇧❤️

[@LouiseT2405]

I heard people have been stock-piling tins of spam and beans in preparation for brexit for months!

[@nscsc]

@@wiredmind that maybe worked in the 40's but modern day Britain is different. Americanised and driven by material needs. I'm not british, I'm a Geordie who has enough food to last him the week!

[@BlueMoonKSB]

You could definitely get cheaper rice, porridge oats are also cheap and you could have bulked out the spag bol with lentils.Also thought the butter and marmite was cheating.

[@sairbearprincess]

Cosmo Kate yes I buy Tesco cheap rice (and it’s perfectly okay) for 40p 😊

[@mojavecourier6987]

cool no one cares

[@swanningabout]

@@mojavecourier6987 you do

[@soniasilva1978]

Not really because marmite last for decades

[@MsShadoeRunner]

Hello, I just found this challenge and would love to see you update it to 2021 prices. I have to say that I am not sure how you choose your food items, but I would say that taking a different approach of foods you would not have been starved day one. Like starting with flour, rice, pasta, oats & beans. Then add in things to fill those things in like eggs, bread (or make your own), crushed tomato, a meat, frozen veggies, individual garlic or onion or other veggies to fill in the 79p. So for breakfast instead of a lone banana you could have had plain porridge with cut up banana, banana fritters, simple pancakes, eggy bread, french toast, egg and bean burrito (made the tortillas from scratch). Dinner was the only meal you actually really cooked on day one. But even those materials you did choose you could have pulled off good filling meals. Also it seems you bypassed the clearance items, on a dollar a day that is where most people would have started.

[@ilovethelingo5677]

Emm …. 2023 now

[@emily-vn2id]

Thanks for doing this, im 30 in a few months and disabled, and i have only £20 for two weeks food/toiletries, so not the highlight of my life. Anyway i appreciate these videos so much because it gives me ideas, and makes me feel less alone in eating with such a small budget. So just wanted to say i don't find these offensive, such little money for food is ridiculous but in no way you doing this for a challenge is a bad thing, it actually helps. That tv show where someone famous has to live on benefit money for a week, has a similar feeling and it just gave the person a better insight into what people go through. So goodjob, thanks for the vid!

[@DannyDaFlite]

why didnt you go to lidl mike you would of got way more for your money there

[@rioeiokha9653]

Because he doesn't want to deal with "SORRY BOSS, ME NO SPEAK DA EENGLIS"

[@VegasMilgauss]

Agree, Lidl is not for a native Englishman

[@extremerandomvlogs]

"We couldn't find onions or garlic to fit the budget, so we decided to use things we had in the cupboard." Yes, because people who live on £1 a day have garlic and onion powders, and various herbs. Not your best start to a week on, I must say. Also... butter and marmite????? You're cheating now pal.

[@MrAranton]

In real life dried herbs, onion powder and the many spices would last you for way more than a week. And with many of them, the amounts you use per portion, costs less than a penny; so they should be affordable even at 1 pound per day: The challenge there is: you just can't build a spice rack from zero to hero quickly while you're on a one pound per day budget, you have to do it slowly over a period of months, one herb/spice at a time whenever the budget allows. Another way to have herbs for cheap is to grow them from seeds on your window sill. If you use plastic pots you bought food in, gather the soil from the wild and use coffee grounds for fertilizer (if you don't drink coffee maybe some friends do and are willing to part with their grounds), the only thing you pay for are seeds and tap water, both are cheap af.

[@extremerandomvlogs]

@@Farquad76.547 sure okay pal x

[@TheFunklin]

I'm poor as all get-out and I have all the spices. Bug off unless you're speaking from experience

[@extremerandomvlogs]

@@TheFunklin Fair play to you. But I definitely couldn't afford herbs and spices until I got used to where my money was going!

[@extremerandomvlogs]

@@Mark85S Hey!

[@drewpamon]

Is this him saying he needs more patreon supporters?

[@young321bookie]

@Drew - Lol, epic comment.

[@veganblunders7056]

Yeah definitely cheating with the butter and marmite there haha, spices totally yeah even if its just salt and pepper. Don't believe everyone would have marmite and butter even if it's a staple for you. Really looking forward to the rest of the week though, love all your week on's!

[@BLY99]

A marmite pot will last you months.

[@ethanfabulous6498]

@@BLY99 it's over £2 for the pot he had I believe. Unless he had the even bigger one which is £4. Such a luxury isn't ever included when you're on a budget let alone the fact he thinks people would have it just sitting around

[@BLY99]

@@ethanfabulous6498 Since when is Marmite a luxury product? It's literally a waste product. That £2 divided by 6 months is 0,33 a month.

[@ethanfabulous6498]

@@BLY99well you've clearly never lived on a proper budget if marmite is just laying around

[@HughvanZyl]

0:16

[@EilidhR515]

i have a family of three and my food allowance is £15 a week, all including toiletries, cleaning products, dairy produce. condiments and spices and nappies for my son. The only way we are able to do this is through Aldi and Lidl and the occational supermarket value brands, I always find it funny when youtubers struggle with the £1 a day because many families like mine have no other choice, always feel proud that I am able to provide 2 adults and a child three meals a day plus fresh fruit and veg.

[@rachelmckay5006]

Yeah I think the marmite and butter is cheating mainly cus you’d buy that on a weekly shop (the butter at least)

[@andrwjummmi1394]

Rachel Mckay sorry but who buys butter once a week.....??????

[@mattwood1562]

Rachel Mckay My butter lasts me at least a month

[@edbadyt]

One jar of marmite lasts me 6-9 months. I'd die of sodium poisoning otherwise!

[@kh103]

I knew it was going to be somewhat shady when he went to Tesco. You could have got more for your money at Lidl/Aldi.

[@chrisvanhooren6017]

lol ur living in the netherlands for sure

[@chrisvanhooren6017]

or germany

[@beckykent435]

@@chrisvanhooren6017 England have them they are world wide Lidl or Aldi in every town

[@atomicboomstick2543]

Those sausages contain MORE pork than Walls and Richmond sausages do. Imo Lidl/Aldi have the best sausages. They clock in at around 87% pork if my memory serves me right.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Lidl/Aldi bratwurst are brilliant. Can make a really quick delicious meal of currywurst and chips.

[@atomicboomstick2543]

@@drunkenhobo8020 they put the likes of Asda and Tesco to shame with a fair bit of the stuff they sell. The frozen vegetables from the 'big' stores just doesn't compare at all to Lidl/Aldi. The ready meals are better too although Lidl did up the price from £1.49 to £1 89. Still worth it though and it beats Tesco's £3.50 hands down every time.

[@hnsccharlie4908]

Atomic Boomstick tesco do a good cheese and tomato pasta ready meal for 65p, absolute life saver when you’re starving

[@invoke4485]

@@atomicboomstick2543 asda butcher selection are 72% pork £1.30 for 8 and the ASDA Extra Special ones are 93% pork but are more expensive

[@SteveInScotland]

Tesco Jar Pasta Sauce 500g (for 4) 65p, Tesco Cornflakes 500g 50p, 1kg porridge oats 75p, cream fields 10 cheddar cheese slices 90p, Tesco Buttery Spread 95p.

[@hannayoung9657]

This is how one of my children had to live,. a pound a day, which means food, pads, toilet papers and washing powder had to be on that... Yeah food banks are a blessing.

[@itzreekitz5819]

Hanna Young who gives a fuck hoenstly completey pointless information that no one needs to know

[@KAMIKAZEKITTIES]

@@itzreekitz5819 Well arent you a peach...

[@autheli]

@@itzreekitz5819 nobody gives a shit about your shitty opinion, yet here you are spewing out shit on the internet that nobody cares about

[@sarahnat21]

It's relevant to the video you uneducated tosser!

[@itzreekitz5819]

Oxidict well looks like we are all stuck in the vicious cycle of commenting when nobody gives a flying fuck:)

[@finickityreader5274]

I think these food budget videos are a great idea because they let people learn each others tips and tricks. There's always something you can learn and if you don't have much room for error that can be a godsend.

[@gingergreek]

Great Week On choice and yeah I've been there where it's either food or petrol and I've also been in THIS kind of situation where £10 shopping had to last me sometimes more than a week. I have done this in real life for some time and it was tough but you get through it

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

here in Canada, a tenner a day is considered cheap. In the UK, £6/day (roughly a Canadian tenner) is basically eating off the Queen's/King's table.

[@JonathanRodd]

Stop telling him he's cheating by using butter / ketchup / marmite. Most people have condiments leftover from previous groceries, whether they're on tight budgets or not. Not everything gets consumed in one week. Its fair to assume that someone would have things leftover.

[@shareen966]

What about the smart price/value/white packet stuff?

[@robtaylor3335]

Hearty food company and Woodside farms basically is, they rebranded their traditional white packet stuff to look nicer to buyers.

[@rutter1ify]

@@robtaylor3335 💯👍

[@fionaedge5332]

I don't know why I did this but I just used a local online supermarket in New Zealand and compared prices. I had to guess what size the mixed veg, potatoes, cheese, and mince were. What you bought would have cost £23.57. If you got the equivalent in NZ. Tomatoes were the only thing cheaper and bread the same. I feel.like I can now continue with my day.

[@Yasmines17]

To all the people saying it's impossible to only spend £1 a day on food, you're wrong. Obviously it's not going to healthy or the most enjoyable but I have to do this a lot at uni and it is doable. Cheap staples: 30p - 800g loaf of wholemeal bread tesco 13p - Asda Smart Price (SP) Spaghetti Hoops 15p - Asda SP Mushy peas 20p dry spaghetti packet - Asda/Tesco 28p - Asda curry sauce 34p - Asda SP sardines 29p - Pasta 500g asda 24p - Asda SP tomato soup 13p - Tesco banana And that's not including items from reduced sections that can be frozen and last me weeks. It does make sense to buy certain things in bulk but that's not alwats an option. Makes sense in this video. Would be cool to see a £1 no bulk buy version too.

[@cheekymunki6]

You could have made that £14 go so much further and had a much more filling, healthier week if you had not got meat & cheese. And gone to Aldi instead of Tesco. I appreciate this is a learning curve, but given you planned this one out I would have thought you'd have made the money go further x

[@mrattapuss]

Living on £1 a day without meat as a protein source isn't practical

[@fraxinus_ash]

No, cheap sausages aren't terrible for you assuming you don't eat them by the packet on a daily basis. Same would go for premium sausages. No need to be a snob about cheap protein. You could have not bought any meat at all and made your money go further.

[@thedeadstig123]

53% pork isn't bad you know as they've got to be over 48% i believe to be able to call them a sausage, thats why alot of richmond sausages have different names as they are under the minimum percent

[@JOBdOut]

Imagine a full grocery bag for £14 in 2023

[@diedertspijkerboer]

I have once had to strictly budget my expenses for a couple of months, but nothing close to a pound a day, closer to 2.5 in fact, but that included travel costs, as well replacing sugar, salt, spices, condiments, etc. Even though, I found it hard to stick to that budget and bought almost all my food at ALDI.

[@KatKaleen]

I don't consider using butter and Marmite cheating. I don't know what the average price for both is in England, but when you break it down to how much one portion costs, I'm pretty sure it's adding a few pence at the most. That's also part of living on a budget, buying foods that don't spoil easily and have a decent price per portion. Rice is a good example. May not sound intresting, but cook it and throw it into a pan with some formerly frozen veggies, and you have a pleasant meal.

[@sharonb6501]

You did this 3 years ago be good to see If you could still do this

[@sharonb6501]

Because if cost of living going up

[@charlottehook7387]

Have you seen atomic shrimps recent video? He did £1 for 1 day to see if its still possible

[@manchestertart5614]

Porridge oats, egg and banana. Mash together with a bit of milk. It shouldn't be too dry. Use a little bit of oil/butter to fry a pancake or several smaller ones. This makes oats so much better. Put sugar on them if they aren't sweet enough.

[@LouiseT2405]

Really good idea for a week on. Especially around christmas time when everyones over consuming, its important to remember some people have to do without on christmas. Would’ve been a good idea to buy a bag of oats from tesco, they’re 75p for a kilo. We have that most mornings as porridge, you pour some boiling water from the kettle in with some oats and stick it in the microwave. Actually very nice!

[@carolynsmith7152]

That sounds repulsive

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

Cook it in a pan.

[@grahamlive]

Only if your idea of nice is eating something that tastes like your own vomit. 🤮🤮🤮

[@LouiseT2405]

Sun Wukong yeah you totally could. Just most mornings i have to be out by 8 so don’t have time.

[@LouiseT2405]

Carolyn Smith bit dramatic. Obviously you put other stuff in it like sugar/jam/berries etc.

[@paulstables187]

Great idea for a week on, as someone who has also experienced having to choose between bills/petrol or food I can relate to this. Also the marmite and butter is not cheating at all. I would buy these things when they were on offer with the knowledge they would last me a long time. Lastly what you have bought for the week is fine, I would have bought similar items when I struggled with money.

[@alfiewest8890]

A week on Morrisons savers

[@jenanization]

This is not £1 a day. I've only just started watching and he's already had butter and marmite

[@Jack-rr5tv]

I thought you were going to spend £1 a day, not all in one. Also spending £14 because you have two of you is a massive cheat because it’s not the same as spending £7 each

[@dzamarelli]

@@mojavecourier6987 wow someone has anger issues

[@grahamlive]

@@dzamarelli Maybe because Mr and Mrs Lord named their son "Shit". I'd be pretty angry too if i were saddled with that moniker. 😜😜

[@Jadey]

£14 between 2 isn't the same as £7 each? Are u ok? Did you fail maths?

[@Jack-rr5tv]

Jadey no actually I didn’t, now be quiet with your pathetic insults

[@invoke4485]

@@Jadey No its not if he had only £7 then he wouldnt have been able to buy the stuff the mince would have been half his budget thats why they did it with 2 of them as then they get £2 per day which is much much easier to eat on

[@bettygraham818]

It would be interesting to see how much those exact items would be today, 10th January 2023,

[@prudies.1433]

Oh I’m looking forward to this!

[@Adrastia]

I live in the actual legal definition of poverty. In fact, I'm below the poverty line right now and hoping I can get my situation back in order. I spend about $12-$15 per week. I'm not offended at all. There's always someone of means who feels the need to chime in about how us poors are sooooo triggered by stuff like this. It's really irritating. I don't need hipster trust fund kids feeling sorry for me while they sip organic fair trade vegan lattes. Anyway, I find that a huge box of pancake mix is a great investment. I guess you could make it from scratch but the ready mix is faster and easier to keep because it's all one box. I don't do well with oatmeal and I don't really like it. It makes me feel a bit ill. Fried noodles from ramen packets is easy to make. Yeah yeah, I know. The salt. Only use half the flavor packet. Well I have to anyway because of the soy sauce. You an add frozen vegetables and spices to that. Fried rice is also easy to make. I use cooking spray by the way. I don't think anything I'm doing with rice and noodles is over the top fattening. At least not for me. Seems I can eat whatever I want these days. Weird. Potatoes are cheap. As for butter, it's fine if you can afford it. Walmart has some cheaper butter I can get. And they have some butter substitute with a dash of butter milk in it that's like $1. It's really nice. Just be frugal. My sister uses insane amounts of butter and I get mad. She's like Paula Deen. Yet she's naturally like 97 lbs. I buy a couple of condiments. Italian seasoning because it's got oregano and basil. Don't need to get both. Sure you can't unmix them. But it saves $1 at Rite Aid. Garlic powder and red pepper flakes. As for salt and pepper. I get them free at convenience stores. Just take some packets every time you go. i get straws, creamer, sugar and honey there too. Just a bit at a time and you have stockpiled free condiments. I use the honey for the pancakes. I can get napkins too to save on paper towels. Some might say that's stealing. But I don't take tons every time. They are free and I never take a ridiculous amount. I just save them up to save money. If there's only a few of something left I won't take any. It's not super hard to live on a small amount of money if you know what you are doing and have the stores available to get things cheap. I'm lucky I live close to a Walmart and can just walk there. But if you live in an area with say, an Acme or some other overpriced supermarket it's a lot harder. I'm sure the UK has similar issues. Like the week on with that expensive supermarket that has cheaper prices marked down anyway. Jerks. I've been poor off and on all my life. I'm used to it an know what to do to get every last dime out. Also walking. Dear God walking. Bus fare is $2.50. So if I can walk somewhere I will. Even if it's a bit far it's better than spending that $2.50. And I'd say it's a bit harder for women because of pads and tampons. Even though you can get them cheap at the dollar store or something if you have to. That's still $1 taken away from food. Making your own cloth pads isn't always plausible and requires access to washing facilities or at least running water. Some people just don't have that. Plus the convenience and cleanliness of disposables is just easier.

[@rogerbabin8175]

Not a very effective week on with all the cheating going on. I don't mind that their cheating because he made all the terms very clear from the get go...but as an experiment week it doesn't test out much beyond how filling your daily meals are for the week. Allowing yourself to add things like spices really gives the false impression that this food makes for better tasting meals than it would in reality.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

That's the entire point of spices and seasoning - to disguise low-quality ingredients. It's why peasant food is generally the best.

[@mojavecourier6987]

Did you make the rules? No? Then shut the fuck up. There's no "cheating"

[@ethanfabulous6498]

@@mojavecourier6987Mike's rules were he could use stuff that you'd have sitting around in your cupboard like herbs and then he went and used butter and marmite which would clearly be part of a weekly shop. So yes, definitely cheating.

[@ethanfabulous6498]

Absolutely agree. I've been on a budget for years and I rarely have anything beyond salt and pepper. His herb and spice selection looked like a gold mine! If his food isn't bland then he's doing it wrong tbh

[@invoke4485]

@@ethanfabulous6498 you buy butter weekly 0_0 are u eating by the spoon full

[@Agumon5]

$18 for a week's worth (converted to USD) of food for 2 people, easy as hell for me growing up in poverty in Southern CA. (1) Beans, (2) Rice, (3) Lentils, (4) loaf of bread, (5) tortillas, (6) bananas, and eggs would make up the bulk of my meals. Beans and rice are usually cheaper than potatoes FYI (at least here). Corn tortillas are pretty cheap, can get like 50 tortillas for $4 around here. It all really depends on where you are.

[@rystanley4624]

16:14 Is that terry's choc oranges hidden on the chair under the table ?!

[@sarahnielsen8057]

I don’t think you need to be worried about people thinking you’re disrespectful, Mike 🙂 You are a great guy 💪🏻

[@jebus89]

I live next to Aldi so living on £1 a day isn't too dissimilar to my actual weekly shop tbf #UniLife

[@maxscardanelli6185]

Whereas the nearest supermarket to me when I was a student was bloody Waitrose!... Which led to the on-going joke about what came first, the Waitrose or the student halls.

[@AnalysisAK]

ALDI has great 40p cream cheese🧀👌

[@invoke4485]

maybe your budgeting wrong then I have about £20 a week on food (not including the fast food i have while at uni during the day) which is about £3 a day for food

[@TobyLerone-yn3rr]

I see a theme with all these week ons. Start something strict rules apply, break the rules immediately in what I can only imagine is lack of self control, then justify it with some loophole.

[@katrinafarmer207]

Caged eggs come from hens that suffer terribly,I was in a battery building and I'll never forget the stench and the birds could barely turn round.a row of feed in front of them and a row of eggs behind. they poo where they stand and never see outside.i'ed rather eat nothing then eat the eggs of a caged bird if I couldn't buy free range priced from 89p a pack.

[@spa-town1937]

katrina farmer conditions for caged birds *are* bad, but the single bird cages you describe have been illegal in the EU since 2012. Look forward to their return in a post-brexit Britain.

[@Spudalator]

To be fair this is a pretty good representation of how kids from families who can’t afford much food eat. From what I’ve learnt at university and other experiences, they seem to completely skip breakfast, usually a chocolate spread sandwich and crisp in their school lunch, then spag Bol with garlic bread for tea. A day that has almost no nutritional value or the vitamins required to be healthy or function properly. And people wonder why the is an obesity/health epidemic in this country

[@CherylLovesSobek]

Give Basil a kiss from me and i love these kind of videos lol

[@stepitup89]

@@GothicKittyMadness where abouts in England are you? I'm from east Sussex

[@CherylLovesSobek]

@@GothicKittyMadness 😰

[@user-kv6yf3kc9o]

Monday: buy loaf of bread tesco 59p and tinned beans 25p = 84p change = 16 Toast for breakfast and beans on toast for lunch and dinner Tuesday: ten cheese slices 59p and tomato soup 45p = 104p Change= 14p Breakfast: toast Lunch: cheese sandwich Dinner: half tin tomato Soup Wednesday: packet frozen Brocolli and cauliflower 1.00 Change 14p. Breakfast: toast lunch: skip it Dinner: cheese sandwhich and leftover soup Thursday: birdeye 2 bbq chicken breasts 1.00 Breakfast: cheese on toast Lunch skip it Dinner: Chicken breast with cauliflower cheese and broccoli Change: 14p Friday: pack of 26 sausages 1.00 Breakfast: Sausauge and cheese toastie Lunch: chicken breast and brocolli and cauliflower Dinner: Sausauge and veg Change 14p Saturday: chips 1.00 Breakfast: toast Lunch: chips Dinner: veg and sausauge and chips 14p Sunday: eat all leftover and throw that fuckin 14 p away!!!!!! Its possible to do this challenge

[@martinhowser4094]

You probably blew your budget driving to the store

[@SugarPlumCheese]

This is when food prepping comes to mind. You can save money cooking in bulk and storing meals in the fridge/freezer.

[@zeberto1986]

Could have got all that food and more from somewhere like Aldi or Lidl. Also as others say this may have been more interesting shopping with £1 a day.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

As an American. I really enjoyed this. It does go to show you that you can do it. It probably would have been better if you would have bought some fruit and vegetables to go along with that. To make it a more well-balanced and well-rounded diet for that week. But, all in all, not bad. By the way, just a question, do most of the products in the UK carry the Union Jack on the label? Here in the States, we don't have the American flag/Old Glory on every package.

[@jak1259]

Still think you should do a week on following recommended serving size

[@rosyclaire]

Why didn't you buy a second 1/2 size loaf with the change? One banana on two pieces of toast is a decent breakfast.

[@Razzy194]

First 20 seconds of this video I was thinking, WATCH THE ROAD....................Oh right.

[@ConanRider]

You could have saved nearly £2 by buying fresh mince, 50p on the rice and 70p on the bread. So you could have picked up a pack of frosted flakes (£1.20) and a 4 pints of milk (£1.09) with enough left to get 3 more tins of beans.

[@goldensloth7]

didn't know food was so cheap in England. all that stuff would have cost me like $40 canadian

[@carlalappin7170]

Flaming hell really !! Some stuff like our value ranges are obviously less healthy but very cheap .... 😘

[@beverley9491]

I was thinking the same the Beerwoman.

[@ybunnygurl]

Yes that would have been quite a bit more in the US too.

[@gabbieshortie5240]

CARLA LAPPIN actually funny enough, most cheaper foods have less sugar more fibre ect. Watch “Eat well for less” brands are worse for you most of the time. (Not all the time though)

[@Dreadjaws]

Yup. Where I live there's no way I would have been able to buy all that stuff without spending _at least_ twice what Mike spent. And garlic bread would be entirely out of the question if I was trying something like this. That shit is super expensive here.

[@improperrunner]

would be interested to see if you can do this in the current financial climate

[@thekameru6058]

God yes.

[@stevenixx3595]

3:20 the whole thing was pointless then

[@flobbertop4278]

I think you are right to buy in bulk for the week, but you def could have made some better purchases. Reduced items, particularly fruit and veg, porridge, potatoes. Batch cooked a load of soup ( obviously not cabbage!)

[@tonixo8798]

butter and marmite are definitely cheating :( and i would of love to of seen you go to the shops every day with £1 rather than do it this way but i’m still excited for this week on :)

[@Jadey]

Ok but fuel costs

[@natura1556]

20p a bread roll for breakfast,20p one plum for snack,20p two carrots for dinner,20p small chocolate bar for dessert,20p small value yougurt pot=£1a day😂😂

[@ilovethelingo5677]

You’ll be lucky to see a chocolate bar for 20p these days regardless of its size unless you go into a time machine and go back 40 years ago

[@PatheticApathetic]

“A week on air” is the next one

[@ceph042]

I hate how Tesco sells caged hens eggs. Why do those still exist

[@drewpamon]

Do a week on intermittent fasting. It's much less expensive.

[@rockoperajon]

So many people saying the butter is cheating, but it’s not like he’s using a ton of it. Just a little bit on his toast. At that rate, he wouldn’t go through a whole stick in a week, meaning he’d only have to buy it once a month or so, which considering he was under budget this week, isn’t too crazy. Butter can be pretty cheap, especially if you buy generic. Not sure about the marmite. I’m an American and don’t regularly see it in stores, so I don’t know what it normally costs. Assuming it’s cheap, the same rules as butter probably apply. Salt and sugar should also be fine. If you’re really desperate, you don’t even need to buy those, just swipe a handful of packets next time you’re somewhere that has them.

[@lewke1059]

seems like you've gone for variety, the much easier way is to bulk buy rice & beans and add fat to them (butter/ghee) could easily get down to 30p a day that way

[@catbee9289]

I don't mind the cupboard extras. I spend between £30 and £50 a week for 3 (or 4) adults and 2 cats including all cleaning. Toiletries and laundry needs. There are tons of things I don't buy every week or even every month either because I only use a little or because I've bought in bulk.

[@jonsmith1271]

Always buy extra strong cheese ,,, you'll need less

[@goblyn5915]

Tbh doing this challenge without any meat (bar cheap stuff like spam and fish paste) would be so much cheaper. That Mince and Sausages were so expensive, also that bread could've been so much cheaper.

[@TenshiKisu]

most people who do this actually use £1 a day not have £7 for the week...go out see what you can get for free what you can buy etc i feel this is cheating ....

[@TheRetroTaco]

Agree!

[@mojavecourier6987]

Why go tot he store each day? You're spending money on gas dip shit. 7, that's one for each day. No need to drive to the store when you can buy in bulk.

[@thefunsideoflife745]

Porridge oats £1 a box will last a week or 2 great breakfast sandwhiches for dinner £1 for a loaf of bread 3/4 days, £1 butter .. then a good tea/supper meal spag bowl is great can get the sauce for 49p aldi mince is mot expensive one person 4 meals thou. Home made soups are good. can do a small cottage pie in budget mince, veggis and a couple potatoes, Rice i think was 49p aldi, there sauces 69p both can do about 4 meals ... should be no reason you can't eat decent for £1 a day .. there is also two groups on face book one is surving on £1 a day there other on 50p a day.

[@budsio]

My £1 a day budget - 7 Bags of cheese nibbles. Done.

[@SigmaLongshot]

"Just use these haunches of venison and capers just laying around, you'd have these in your cupboards anyway, right? And then OH, I'M GOING TO BE SO HUNGRY... add the potatoes..."

[@Thunderfist_McBeefcake]

What you're doing is completely different to '£1 A Day'.

[@jamesgodden3]

Sam it rounds to less than £1 a day. People don’t go shopping every day as you don’t get paid every day but go shopping every week as that’s when we get paid

[@bellemiku]

Sooooo £7 for a week doesn't equal overall to £1 a day?

[@95keat]

bellemiku no it doesn't even if it would be the same amount by the end of the week going in with a larger sum allows you to buy different things For example: I could go into my supermarket and buy a £5 thing of food that would last far longer than five individual £1 items of food if he did it actually one pound a day he would not have been able to buy the steak, eggs, cheese, or sausage that he did

[@mojavecourier6987]

His wife is joining him plus it's better and more efficient to buy it in bulk since you know gas costs money.

[@mojavecourier6987]

Stop acting like there's rules you fucking simpleton. He spent 7, that's one for each day, plus for his wife that's joining him.

[@ryanluke4831]

Miss Molly's (Tesco own brand) chocolate digestives are 45p for a pack. Have 2 or 3 a day as your snack!

[@rioeiokha9653]

They are disgusting , after one day they go stale

[@tpc2666]

Go to Poundland this week and get 1 item a day :D

[@twilliamspro]

That wouldnt be the most cost effective way to do it super markets as mike showed have stuff well below a pound

[@tpc2666]

@@twilliamspro I realise that, I was joking

[@harryemmott8597]

basically, I'd buy 3 jars of mayonnaise over the week, and live off of the calories from that.

[@nigel8499]

If you went into supermarket at a particular time, you can snag mark down items. is dented cans etc.

[@sabahm9865]

Even the herb and spices you can get salt and pepper from McDonald's and actually experience the hardships of living on a quid a day.. Normally I love Mikes week on's but I've seen way more dedicated living on £1 a day vids that show alternatives to everything even finding water and looking at community fridges etc. I'm sorry but this week on has triggered me.

[@Zipcodacary]

Ive been doing the whole poor student thing for quite a while and what I’ve learned is that good food is really important. you can have really good and pretty healthy food for 2-3 pounds a day per person, the secret is batch cooking. It’s much better to have the same dinner 3 nights in a row that you really really enjoy instead of a new bland lump every night, it does cut into the beer money a bit though.

[@callumb1049]

Hi Mike do a week on the food bank please

[@jadelouiseannettesmith5528]

callum James yeah but that’s taking away food for people that really need it?

[@jadelouiseannettesmith5528]

Windows 95 yeah that’s fine or he could google items that are frequently put in them but otherwise it’d be harsh

[@rioeiokha9653]

@@jadelouiseannettesmith5528 the useless scroungers can starve

[@kurasusoratobu]

I'm someone on a slim budget who likes to cook, so while rice and beans does help stretch the budget, I vastly prefer trying to make food that will be enjoyable to cook and eat, rather than just staples that will keep me alive. As such, I think this will be an interesting watch for ideas on how to make my food budget stretch while still enjoying cooking and eating meals. I do feel like you're underestimating how much butter and marmite costs, though; I feel like those should be included in the budget. I can excuse the spices (since they can be bought in bulk and go a long way) but the butter and the marmite are well outside that. Particularly with how much butter you were using on the sandwich alone. To me it would be like saying that you're not counting peanut butter, and having a peanut butter sandwich for lunch ("It's only bread, after all.").

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

This is failure, life of boris did a better job of telling people how to live cheap. He had a better shopping list too, i think it was oats, potatoes, bread, pasta, cheese, the cheapest meat you can find, carrots, onions, apples, cucumber, salt, pepper, butter and jam.

[@Josheroo]

Comments like this make zero sense. At no point does Mike say “Welcome to my guide on how to live on a pound a day”. He is simply showing how he would exist on £1. I can say for a fact, as far as my family goes, when my father was made redundant and his medical issues stopped him working, it took my parents a while to learn how to shop for food efficiently.

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

Josh Giles well he didn't because first of all he spent £13 on shopping, then he used other stuff he had already.

[@mattluxton]

Aldi or Lidl would've been a much better bet for a budget week.

[@fairplay300111]

It’s one pound a day not £14 week I expected you to buy things each day. Plus adding in other things like spices butter etc I think is cheating a bit

[@christineayres5339]

i live off £5 a day and trust me for a fiver each day you can live well, i mainly live off micro ready meals, for example today bought a chicken curry a 2litre bottle of water and a 1 litre bottle of coke and 4 doughnuts and also 8 bread rolls all for £4.50 so under budget and im gaining weight on that LOL curries will keep you alive by themselves thats why Indian and Pakistani people always eat them they taste good are cheap to make and can fill you up.

[@jaynadiah5498]

also... 13.21 for 1 pound a day doesnt work out.. you needed to spend less than 7 pounds.. i dont care if theirs 2 of you.. its not 1 pound a day.. iys 2 pound a day