Survival Shopping in Oz with OL, on $35 budget for 2wks with coffee, bacon, icecream!

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Explanation: Hmmmm? ... 1 weeks worth of grocery shopping ...

How thrifty YouTuber made 21 meals from a $70 spend at Woolworths

$70 shopping list

• Chicken thighs $14.08
  
• Beef mince $9
  
• Four cans tuna $6
  
• Frozen fruit $4
  
• Oats $6
  
• Toilet paper $3.75
  
• One lime $0.54
  
• One onion $0.58
  
• Two tomatoes $2.40
  
• One capsicum $3.80
  
• Two pieces of broccoli $4.16
  
• One kilogram of pasta $3.90
  
• Pasta sauce $6
  
• One litre soy milk $2.45
  
• Oranges $2.95
  

Total cost: $69.61

Using the Woolworths website ... can you do better? [NOTE: this is about food ... NOT toiletries ... you may spend the $3.75 for toilet paper on FOOD ok!]

Here is my attempt to outdo that ...

5 x 1pk of 5 noodle packs. $1.oo each x 5 = $5.oo (25 packets of noodles) [NOTE: with this purchase alone I beat her 21 meals.]

1 x 200g Coffee = 40 x 1tsp of coffee = 40 cups of coffee. $3.7o essentials granulated coffee.
1 x 2kg of white sugar = 400 x 1tsp of sugar = I have 4 sugars per cup = 40 x 4 = 160 x 1tsps ... leaves over 1kg of white sugar for home made TOFFEE! $1.79
2 x 2Lt of milk = 40 x 50mls of milk per cup = 2 x $2.39 = $4.78 (I prefer real milk to UHT milk ok. UHT milk is cheaper at $1.oo per 1ltr box.)

Makes 40 cups of coffee and over 1kg of toffee! [NOTE: Her list fails to cover coffee but she bought toilet paper for about the same cost.]

1 x 24 thin beef sausages. $11.oo (12 meals of 2 sausages each)
1 x 1kg of brown onions. $1.5o 
1 x 2lt of tomato OR BBQ sauce = $4.oo

2 x loaf of white sliced (sandwich) bread. 2 x $1.5o each = $3.oo [20 slices per loaf = 20 sandwiches total]
1 x 1kg Table spread (margerine). $1.6o

1 x roast chicken. ( 2 legs [1 meal each] 2 wings [ 1 meal only] 2 breasts [cut each in 1/4s = 8 meals] 1 carcass for soup). $10.oo  
1 x Woolworths Traditional Mayonnaise 470g. $2.6o

1 x single lettuce (bagged). $2.5o

2 x 500g Pasta (essentials). $o.8o each = $1.6o
1 x 700g Pasta Sauce (essentials). $2.oo
1 x 500g Cheese block. $5.5o
1 x 1kg  bag of carrots. $2.oo

1 x Massel vegetable stock cubes [7 cubes pkt] = $1.oo [for Soup. makes a lot of soup.]

1 x 10pkt of Chocolate IceCreams = $3.oo

sub total : $66.57

Variable choice for last items.{PICK ONE ONLY!}

1 x 485g tin of Tuna. $3.oo

OR

1 x 235g bottle of stuffed olives [anchovies]. $3.oo* {my personal choice here ok!}

OR

1 x 500g tub of NoName Peanut Butter. $2.4o

Total = SUB < $70.oo

MEALS:

40 x 1cup of coffee

25 x noodle meals

12 x 2 sausages with onion sandwiches [uses over a loaf of bread!]

8 x chicken, lettuce and mayo sandwiches [uses remaining loaf of bread!]

3 x chicken only meals [2 legs and 2 wings]

6 x 1 cup [250g] of made pasta and sauce with cheese and grated carrots.

4 x 1 cup [250ml] of home made soup. [use 2 stock cubes to make a strong 1ltr vege broth with and add chicken carcass and boil]

10 x 1 icecream [for dessert]

4 x 60g of stuffed olives. [for snacks]

over 1 kg of toffee and 5 stock cubes left remaining.

Personal Disclosure: Which list do you prefer? Hers or Mine?

I suggest that my list provides more variety and more meals than her list.

Please detail WHY you prefer which list ok.

Thanks.