A self-confessed ‘cheapskate’ has shared how she keeps costs down while doing her weekly shop for her family of four. People shared their own money-saving tips.
We’re all looking for ways to cut costs on our everyday necessities. A woman has wowed her social media followers by demonstrating how she managed to buy a week’s worth of food for her family of four at an astonishingly low price.
Known as frugal866 on TikTok, where she boasts more than 31,000 followers, the woman frequently shares tips on saving money. She recently posted a video of herself doing her usual weekly shop at a branch of Asda, showing how she keeps her costs low.
She kept her bill down by opting for the least expensive items and scouring the reduced section. All the products she chose were from Asda’s budget Just Essentials range, including several items that could be used to prepare multiple meals.
Here’s what she purchased:
- Stick of garlic bread
- Cheese and tomato snack pizza
- 15 cheesy slices
- Six scotch pancakes from the reduced section
- Pasta shapes
- Mild curry sauce
- Tomato ketchup
- Tomato soup 55p
- Tuna chunks in brine
- Four packets of chicken flavour instant noodles
- A bag of bananas
- New potatoes
- Carton of skimmed long life milk
- Two meat and potato pies
- 20 frozen sausages
- Self-raising flour
- Peach slices
While selecting her groceries, she shared some advice. When picking up a carton of milk, she said: “Never buy fresh milk, always long life because it lasts, and lasts for ages.”
And while grabbing a bag of flour, she remarked: “So, I never buy cakes, I always buy flour to make my cakes myself. So much cheaper that way.”
She concluded by showcasing her entire shopping haul, which included some items she hadn’t shown herself selecting, such as a loaf of bread with a reduced sticker on it, and a tin of baked beans. When asked about the total cost, she revealed it had come to just £33, reports the Mirror.
People shared their own cost-cutting advice in the comments. One person commented: “A lot of things that are packaged as yellow label are probably the same as the other stuff they sell at higher prices. Supermarkets have been doing this for years. A friend worked at a chicken factory and the same chickens went to cheaper shops and some to the expensive shops.”
In response, another user agreed: “Absolutely right! I worked at a cheese factory years ago and it was all the same cheese just different prices for different shops!!!”
Another person suggested: “Places like Aldi do the super 5. I would plan what you want to eat throughout the week… then work backwards… I was in Aldi this week and actually some of their own products are more expensive than brand. Go to Waitrose and M&S, their yellow sticker stuff is really good and the products have less preservatives in them – I don’t begrudge people buying these products like pasta etc… but the pre-made sauces are nasty.”
A different commenter offered: “Tomato soup, garlic and a dash of cream cheese makes a good cheap skate pasta sauce.”
And another added: “It’s not being a cheapskate, it’s called survival in 2026.”
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