Feeding your family on a tight budget

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our email newsletter or our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Some ideas for feeding your family on tight budget… Cheap Home Made Chile – Feeds A Family For Ten Bucks | The … Make our cheap home made chili to feed your family with leftovers for...

Centra own brands: 33% cheaper than leading brands!

If you have a Centra near to you and you also enjoy a cup of tea (it’s Ireland, who doesn’t?), keep your eyes open for Centra’s new own brand product range. They have launched a range of biscuits and treats that are easy on the pocket and tasty on the tongue. Centra Butter Biscuits Centra...

How much money do we spend on food?

The Sunday Business Post recently ran a very interesting article on how much food costs relative to the whole household budget. Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that spending on food currently accounts for about €1 in every €10 for a typical household. According to the latest price...

200 products under €2 from Centra

Own brand food is growing in leaps and bounds and it is not just the big stores that are releasing new own brand products. Centra has just launched a new promotion to bring attention to it’s own brand products. There are 200 products for under €2! There is something for everything in the family...

Cheap ideas for family meals from Irish supermarkets

Photo by Bruce Tuten The main supermarkets in Ireland are all quite enthusiastic about sharing their ideas for saving money with you. Four of the big supermarkets each provide very handy recipe websites where you can learn about cheap and nutritious ways to feed your...

Save money in your garden with a cold frame

Many people start to think about their garden once the weather gets a bit better. A great way to save money on expensive plants is to setup your own cold frame to help grow your own plants from seeds. A cold frame is a transparent-roofed enclosure, built low to the ground, used to protect plants from cold...