1. Plan meals for only 6 days, chances are you'll have something kicking about that needs using up for the 7th day.
2. Only buy things you need THIS WEEK! Work out what you need for your weeks meal plans and only buy things if you need them THIS WEEK. If you're about out of ketchup, but are not eating anything that will need it this week buy it next week.
3. Have a 'freezer feast' every couple of weeks to use up that last few fish fingers, that spare couple of sausages, those dregs of oven chips that you never got round to using. There's no shame in everyone having one fish finger, and a sausage and a few bites of scampi, all in one meal.
4. Cut down on the amount of meat you eat. If you have even one or two days meat free during the week you save money.
5. Buy toilet rolls with smaller holes. Some rolls are more hole than roll and run out quickly. Use a better quality and less quantity.
6. Only bulk buy things that you know you like on special offer, unless you want to be eating cut price noodles that no one likes or a brand of washing powder that makes the whole family itch.
7. Amend your meal plans to use up whatever is in your fridge. One of our favorite meals is Tuna pasta salad, which nicely uses up all the spare bits of lettuce and cucumber and a tin of tuna and costs hardly anything.
8. Use up leftovers. If you're buying a chicken for a roast dinner, wait until it cools after cooking and pick all the chicken off it and throw in freezer bags in the freezer. This is great for making chicken pie (make some chicken gravy, add defrosted cooked chicken, a few vegetables like peas, sweetcorn etc, top with pastry and bake. Voila chicken pie, for no extra cost)
9. Buy a bag of coffee if you like 'proper coffee'. Make yourself a proper coffee in a cafetiere. Saves queuing up at the coffee shop and gives you lots of coffees for the price of about two coffee shop coffees.
10. Do a magazine swap at work. Instead of everyone buying magazines, buy one each and then swap.
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