As the cost of living crisis continues, millions of households are tightening their purse strings. As the price of energy, fuel and food increases shoppers are more mindful than ever about what they're buying.
A mother of two has taken to TikTok to show how you can still shop cheaply at M&S - typically regarded as one of the more expensive supermarkets. Lucy Brown showed viewers that with careful selection you can still bag some bargains at the grocer.
She often posts videos with her husband Mark, aka Right Guys Reviews. She was given the challenge of buying ingredients for a meal to feed two people.
In a recent video, husband Mark could be heard saying: "Right guys, we're in Marks & Spencer's, I've only got three quid. Lucy, can you make me a meal please, for two." Initially, she was shocked by the challenge but still managed to turn it around.
She bought a packet of Oakham Gold Chicken Leg Portions for £1.20, which is 600g, a packet of White Potatoes for £1, a 400g bag of carrots for 40p and a brown onion for 25p. All that adds up to £2.85, which is a "bargain" as well as "healthy," said Mark.
Lucy admitted that when she got home she would add gravy granules, chicken seasoning and butter, the Mirror reports. Mark added: "Kitchen staples everyone has in the cupboard."
For the meal itself, you could make roast potatoes, mashed potato or any other way you like. Lucy decided to boil them with the skin on and then put them in the air fryer to "brown them off a bit". For the carrots, Lucy peeled them, head and tailed them, then put them in a pan of boiling water. Once they were soft she mashed them up with a bit of butter.
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She then put the chicken, with salt and seasoning on it, in the air fryer with the onion, which then also leaves a juice which can be used to make gravy. People in the comment section were impressed by the meal they had managed to put together.
One person said: "Marks and Spencer is actually cheaper than what people think." Another agreed: "M&S can be really reasonable, totally depends what you get."
"I do my monthly food shops in M&S works out a lot cheaper than Aldi these days and tastes way nicer," said a third.
