Budget food/living

When I was a student my mother gave me this sage bit of advice. "Don't buy the 3p cans of beans. Buy the 4p ones. You get more beans."

Once Lidl opened eating cheap was easier. I survived for a couple of years on 15p instant noodles, and sausage pasta made from 15p cans of hot dogs, 9p cans of tomatoes, 15p spaghetti and 25p tomato purée.
Some really cheap things in Lidl are every bit as good as the expensive things from elsewhere. Olive oil is excellent, the cheap dry pasta is Identical to expensive dry pasta, the canned tomatoes and purée are the real deal, and the cream of tomato soup tastes the same as Heinz.

Their bike repair stands are ok too :-)

I don't think there's a lidl near me. But it might well be worth my while to ride out to one to stock up on a few bits.