I’m going to go for Tim Horton’s Breakfast.

Just got myself a veggie breakfast wrap, a hash brown and a cup of coffee for £2.99

It’s not prizewinning coffee by any stretch of the imagination but all things considered it’s a lot for the money.


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  1. Home bargains, i mean its in the name!

    Good prices but only downside is there isn’t a self checkout.

  2. Wetherspoon.

    Decent priced pints, wine and spirits.

    Decent pub (at least our local ones are).

    Decent food for the price, if it’s a bit of “pub grub” you’re after.

    Gets a bad reputation on here sometimes, but I do enjoy a Wetherspoon.

  3. I love a Tim Horton’s breakfast – good veggie options, which is nice! Unfortunately, they’re few and far between down south, so have to seek them out when travelling up north.

  4. Buying clothes from Vinted

    Those cheap energy drinks in corner shops.

    That’s all I’ve got

  5. There’s a local chicken place – Dixy Chicken – that has a meal deal for £4.50. Two pieces of chicken, a bunch of fries, and a can of pop. It’s good chicken, too. I get it about once a week as a treat.

  7. Books.

    If you look at hours of entertainment per pound, a good book is vastly cheaper than something like going to the cinema, or possibly even a subscription to Netflix etc. While the price of books has been going up like everything else, it’s still a relatively cheap way to get in a lot of entertainment.

  8. I think the best deal on the market at the moment is the co-op 2 pizzas and 4 buds for a fiver. The normal retail price of those items is around £15

  9. Is it really still being referred to as “cost of living crisis”?

    Prices aren’t going to go down. This is the new normal. All of the inflated energy prices have dropped back down again, so anything still high will remain high.

  10. The Timmy Ho’s coffee is alright but the hot food sucks ass. It’s all way too greasy and lacks flavour.

  11. Tim Hortons breakfast is such a good deal! Last time I went I also got a free box of timbits for filling out a survey from the receipt.

  13. Buying clothing from Vinted.

    My wife has recently discovered the joy of it and has saved an absolute fortune buying stuff for our toddler. A lot of it is basically brand new and never worn, much like the things she sells on there herself as our toddler outgrew it before we had a chance to use it.

  15. Batch cooking at home. I don’t get the chance to do it as much as I would like with my son around. But When I cook. I cook a lot usually. Spag bol or chili for dinner. That will give me lunches for the rest of the week. I make my own breako wraps etc. Lets do some very vague maths. Dozen eggs ~£3.00. Eight wraps £1.00. Pack of sausages £3.00. Some veggies £2.00. Divided by 8 = £1.13/ wrap. I would probably not even use that many eggs or all the sauasages. Batch make that. And re-heat the wrap morning off. Happy days. Much healthier and nutrious than Tim’s option.

  16. Asda do a “free delivery” pass on groceries for the year that costs £35 and you get unlimited free deliveries Tuesday to Thursday (if you spend over£40). You can pick any time slot. You can pay more for a full week pass. I couldn’t drive to my nearest Asda and back for the fuel money this saves each week.

  18. Tesco Apple Family bag

    1.5KG for 2.50£

    Really good tasty and healthy Snack for not much money.

  19. When I lived in the big city for an extra pound you could get 6 timbits or a donut as well.

  20. That does sound good.

    McDonalds wrap of the day. £2.

    JD Wetherspoons small breakfast + black pudding. Regular breakfast, you’re paying for toast. Plus you can have a pint of orange juice for a good price.

    Older games in Steam Sales. It’s like £1.50 for Assetto Corsa. And honestly, graphics just don’t improve that much now. I wouldn’t spend £50 on a new game that is barely better.

    A lot of travel. If you’re flexible, the price to fly to Milan is insane. The cost of coach travel – as little as £15 for me to go to London, and £2 buses. But even before the government scheme, you could travel around the west country by bus for £7 for a day.

    Classical concerts. You can go and hear world class performers doing concerts for as little as £20 a ticket. £10 if you’re under 30. Even the Royal Opera is just not that expensive in the cheap seats at £50.

  21. Greggs breakfast, used to be £2.50 for bacon & sausage barm w/hot drink. Not sure what the price is now but think its still a bargain.

  22. Small kitchen appliances! Things like my kettle, toaster, slow cooker etc. I’d have bought them for maybe £30 each 7 years ago and they’re still going strong. The cost per use must be ridiculously low

  24. Lidl sometimes has trays of veggies and fruit near the checkout that are near sell by date and sell the lot for £1.50. Last year I bought a tray of strawberries and raspberries and it must have had £20-30 worth of fruit in there at least – all of it perfectly ripe.

  26. Morrisons cafe, particularly if you have a kid. Free kids meal when you spend a fiver or so.

  27. pet peeve of mine calling it a cost of living crisis.

    This is the new normal. We’re poorer now. It’s not going away.

    Libraries. They have books music DVDs. Free PC access for those that cant afford one. Cheap scanning/printing for those that dont want that kind of kit at home. We were dirt poor growing up and i practically lived at my local library. I could do homework there in a quiet safe place. It was brilliant.

    My local one runs a bunch of activities for kids too, mostly free.

  28. Mobile data, in recent years, you can get unlimited data for as little as £18/mth, thats a lot or streaming and surfing for 50p a day.

    You could even get rid of your broadband connection

  29. Coop £5 frozen food deal. Nuggets, chips, peas, waffles and ice cream for a fiver is a steal

  30. The £2 bus fare cap, more so in rural areas or when travelling further distances than shorter inner city journeys. Penrith to Keswick used to be £11! Another example is Basildon to Stansted airport. Used to be £20-ish, now only £2.

  32. Don’t let a Canadian hear you say it’s not prize winning Coffee!!
    Tim Horton’s is their gift to the world!!

  35. I have a subscription foe the cinema. It’s 16 pound a month. I go at least 4 times a month, sometimes upto 8 or 10 times.

    It’s nearly an hours walk away, so I get some exercise in too. And, on Tuesdays I can take a friend for free. So, my friends get to see things they are interested in too.

    They have a bar and sell coffee cheaper than the coffee shop, and will happily give you iced water to take in the cinema with you.

    Been great.

  36. Things that you can do that get the money completely out of the equation. Best value is a zero spend!
    Free things – foraging, even near cities there’s going to be fruit trees and other useful stuff. Join local groups where people give away things they no longer need. Olio app you can get free food and other items.
    If you’re on O2 you get a free hot drink and a breakfast roll or sausage roll every week.
    The Lidl fruit and veg boxes are good value I think under £2, and sometimes the too good to go app has great deals, like a decent haul of Aldi groceries for under £4.
    Most of the time we don’t really NEED new clothes either, it’s usually a want rather than a need. Independent charity shops are good value if you do need clothes.
    Travel, national express is good value or getting a Railcard for discounts.

  39. Don’t overlook Poundland now that not everything is a pound. I was looking for a bunch of matching small photo-sized picture frames. Found really nice, quite classy (!) gold ones in Poundland for… a pound!

    Also FB marketplace for furniture and household bits. I have got LOADS and some of it is cheap or free. I upcycle furniture that looks a bit tired, have some amazing finds from there.

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