Now this is a bit more of a general post for regular festival goers, not necessarily ones with kids. Still in the financial crisis many of us are thinking how we can do things for as cheaply as possible.
Here are my tips:
1. Visit "cheap shops"- QD, Poundstretcher and Poundland have some fantastic deals on food products that would be suitable to take festivalling.
I got a pack of the MaxPax style just add water teas- 8 cups in a pack with the milk already added £1, thats about 12p for a cuppa, a HUGE saving when you think that many stalls sell cups of tea for about a £1 a pop. Ok so the quality of the tea won't be as good as what you can get at home and by all means bring a box of teabags and a pint of milk but this is just as easy.
My husband got some of those 3 in 1 Nescafe sachets, great if you like your coffee white with one.
In QD I saw they had hot chocolate, cappacinos and cuppa soups, 8 in a pack for 99p. I got some of the cuppa soups, for a quick snack they are brilliant and save a few pounds on buying something.
In QD and Poundstretcher they had sachets of dahl and rice, 69p a packet. These feed two and they don't need refrigerating so thats always a bonus. Just boil the rice for 3 minutes and heat the dahl through and you have a really filling lunch or dinner for less than a pound a head.
2. Collect sachets of sauces/sugar etc.
When we have been out having lunch or a coffee we have kept on the lookout for free sachets. So when getting the sugars for the coffee grab a few extra, if they do those little pottles of UHT milk (yeah I know a bit grim but beggars can't be choosers) get a few of them.
Today we were out for the day and picked up a few extra sauce sachets. You don't need to get many, just grab a few at a time and they soon build up. We now have a tea tin full of sauce sachets and sugar, that we have been collecting for the past 6 months. It won't take up much room and it's waterproof!
3. Pick up bits on offer- This mainly applies to "childrens" food. Every few months Sainsburys have a third off all baby products. This is now the time to buy those Organix and Plum baby meals that are generally quite expensive. I will be getting some of those Ella's Kitchens Smoothies so that the girl will get a few portions of fruit in her each day, maybe even a few of those Hipp 12 months plus meals which I find are always handy to have in anyway for days when you don't have time! As I am aware Camp Bestival do sell some baby food but I expect that they have put premiums on them.
4. Take advantage of deals- I saw an advert for Asda yesterday, and they are doing 2 boxes of beer for £16, now beer keeps so it's a no brainer in my eyes to stock up in advance. That is if they are in cans- you can't take glass in, but you don't need me to tell you that!
Wine boxes are another great buy, especially red wine which you don't have to worry about drinking warm. My husband and I wandered round Glastonbury with a box of red wine and two plastic wine glasses. Unfortunately since having my daughter I cannot drink red wine so will have to take some Rose.
If you know someone who is popping over to France ask them to pick you up some wine or if you have a memember of family or a mate who works in a supermarket ask if they can pick you something up and use their discount card, cheeky but if you don't ask you don't get.
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