Cost of living correspondent
Getty ImagesThe school summer holidays means many parents face the task of cooking up lunches and snacks for children eating most of their meals at home for six weeks.
It can prove costly especially as food prices are rising faster now than at any point in the last year. School dinners are often subsidised so doing it yourself can get pricey.
Some parents have shared how meticulous planning and creative cooking has been helping them keep their shopping bill down.
Fill your freezer with yellow-sticker food
For mum-of-two Eveleen buying reduced items is key. “I’m not afraid of a yellow sticker, especially for my meat, that’s what your freezer is for,” she says.
At home in Gorton, in East Manchester, she’s been preparing for the summer holidays for months, buying reduced items to pop in the freezer and use when there are more mouths in the house to…
