To think that if you cannot afford to buy all your food in Lidl/Aldi then you.....

[poopscoop]

are pretty stuffed

[RedCharityBonney]

Nonsense - plenty of skips to forage in.

[bigchris]

grow your own

[differentID]

steal it?

[Goober]

What's the point?

[Overmydeadbody]

Aldi and Lidl aren't always the cheapest options.

There is still urban foraging to consider, and reduced bin scrummages just before closing time at the supermarkets

[poopscoop]

goober - the point was thatthis was joking because today there were so many threads about affording free range chicken, affording M&S food etc. but suppose you had to be there....

[gagamama]

If you can't afford to buy food, you should cut down and only eat once a week. It's pretty simple, I'm sure somebody can post some good recipes for meals using cardboard, rainwater and grass.

[loulabellecelino]

lmfao.

[mrsruffallo]

You can have a healthy balanced diet just from foraging in the park
If you can't afford organic food then you shouldn't have kids imho

[Goober]

I do get it, I was on the egg thread.

I am just automaticaly defensive now as what's it gotta do with 'em?

[SolidGoldBrass]

There's always shoplifting.

[Trikken]

Oh yes, foraging, berries and the suchlike. Apples off the trees. Grass has to be fresh tho gagamama no pesticides.

[maltesers]

Does this remark and its responses make any sense everyone. Surely the statement we are responding to is serious?? I shop in Aldi and Lidl all the time, and i am a single mum on Housing Benefit with little income.. And if REDCHARITYBONNY responded to me like that i would be pretty upset. Why all the smart sarcasm ??
As for you MRSRUFFALLO... are you serious ??? And what kind of large income is your DH on??? loads i guess !!

[mrsruffallo]

I can't discuss that maltesers, you will realise how important and organic I am

[BitOfFun]

maltesers, it is only a joke

[JessJess3908]

I inadvertantly stole 30 fish fingers from sainsburys today. I didn't mean to, I promise. Tho when I realised I was pretty chuffed. There, I had to get it out.

[meltedmarsbars]

I nick apples from the hedgerow. They lasted me all winter.

There, that's better. Any other confessions to make?

[GodzillasBumcheek]

but...but...i've been in nearly every supermarket aroound here and Lidl definately are not the cheapest by a long shot! The cheapest is a combo of Tesco and Asda (what isn't on special offer at Asda usually is in Tesco) and shop for some luxuries at Lidl/Aldi etc like Options hot choc. Or am i just strange?

[GodzillasBumcheek]

what joke?

[nametaken]

oh Dear God there are a lot of people having sense of humour failures on mumsnet tonight.

[JessJess3908]

Yes. Last week it was a sprig of rosemary from the window box of our local italian

[GodzillasBumcheek]

If you had read ANY of my posts you would be able to tell that i HAVE NOT had a sense of humour failure AT ALL

[meltedmarsbars]

thats a threadkiller

[snice]

YABU
There is always (whisper its name quietly) Farm Foods

[nametaken]

and Scumerfields