We need food and treats for Christmas! Come with us to Aldi and Eleclerc and we will show you what we bought.
Frugal Queen in France
We are a British couple living in the south of France on a budget.
Frugal recipes, days out, home renovations and day to day making do in France.
We’ll give you hints, tips, advice and an insight into our life in France.
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21 Comments
Given up buying most meat in the UK. The rib eye, rump etc. are stupidly expensive and too tough to chew. Leg of lamb, pre covid, was about £12, now over £20. Having said that, France seems even more expensive but, having eaten salad vegetables fresh from the market near Montpelier on holiday in the past, the flavours are far superior.
At 5pm Christmas Eve my sister-in-law's local greengrocer gives everything away for free,
Hi have you thought of adding dry red lentils to your mince. Happy Christmas.
Good shopping!
Some of those prices are a bit high, but many of the prices are very reasonable for me. I live in the southwest of the US. I'm sure most places have some prices that are high and others that are low. But places like Alaska, all of their prices are very, very high. 🥰🎄❄☃💗✝ erry Christmas 🥰🎄❄☃💗✝
I live in the South East of the USA (state of Georgia) and I think your prices are on a par with ours. Beef is outrageously expensive. I buy what is on sale (on offer) and try to stock up. A year and a half ago I was doing large stock ups for my prepper pantry, now just buying regular for our meals costs the same as those large purchases for prepping. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Mike, and your fur babies!
Merry Christmas from Australia Jane & Mike, Dolly & Molly, we love having After Eights at Christmas too. In Australia having traditional northern hemisphere Christmas roast with trimmings is expensive not just because of the cost of meats but veggies like Brussels Cabbage & Cauliflower are out of season (summer here) So those veggies are out Christmas splurge
Lovely to see you have budgeted for treats – we splurge at Christmas but it is planned and saved for and we love every moment and morsel
Medium size bag of Lay's potato chips in the USA is between 6 and 7 dollars
Here in the US the vegetables are more expensive. The meat here is just as expensive. A bag of Lays chips here is $6-$7 a bag. It’s really expensive everywhere I guess, depending on your area and income.
I live in Boston, MA, USA. Your dairy and vegetables are much cheaper than ours, and they look wonderful. Leeks that are not nearly as nice would cost about 4USD. And cabbage is about 1.5USD/pound. A big cabbage like that might cost 5USD. Food prices have soared here, but I cook at home and challenge myself to never waste a drop.
Brilliant Christmas haul. Xxx
Although not on a tight budget, I am frugal by upbringing. Here in Houston I shop at a variety of stores including Whole Foods, HEB, Costco and ALDI. I use digital coupons and sales. Meal planning, advance meal prep and avoiding waste are key. There is no sales tax on food here. I buy luxuries but on sale. For example I am buying fresh cherries for $4.99/lb as a Christmas treat,using a coupon.
Thank you for a very interesting video and informative video.
My Christmas 🎄 this year is a bit different as I am in Singapore 🇸🇬. The lights and decorations are very attractive. Lovely city with madcap taxi 🚕 drivers.
Pats to doggies 🐾⛄️🇦🇺
I live in the UK and use Lidl often and I think the price that you are paying for meat is really high.
Happy Holidays!
I also use digital coupons here in California and usually s e between 46-62% on my budget. Peanut butter is not expensive here but fresh produce is very expensive. Beef can go as high as $25 a pound?
It seems like the prices in the US are higher. We don’t eat meat or dairy so we save a lot of money but I do buy almost all organic products which are somewhat more expensive. I try not to eat processed food so mostly cook from scratch. That helps save on the monthly grocery bill too.
Merry Christmas x
Interesting to see how the prices differ from the UK. Supermarkets here are now selling carrots, potatoes, swede, parsnips, cabbage for 5p (Aldi and Lidl, others are 8 or 15 pence) . I've been stocking up and filling up the freezer while I can. I took advantage of the meat offer in Tesco a couple weeks ago, £73 pounds worth and I paid £32. Frozen fruit tends to be a bit cheaper here i think, i usually buy the frozen blueberries as not keen on the red fruits
I find your prices MUCH cheaper than in the US..might have to move to France 😅