I did my full weekly food shop at B&M for £59.63 and it was a real eye opener

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Everyone is looking at ways to reduce their bills right now, and that includes with the weekly grocery shop. For many of us that means shopping around to find the best bargains at different stores.

And while I've always been partial to a B&M shop to get some store cupboard discount deals, I've never really thought about using it for my entire weekly food shop. Until now that is.

Having spotted my local store has a fridge inside these days, with fresh milk and fresh meat and fruit, I thought it was high time I tried doing my full weekly food shop for my family of four there. The plan was to see if I could really get a full week of breakfast, lunch and dinner options all from the budget retailer.

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Naturally, with only two fridges in the whole giant store, I was a tad limited on the fresh food side of things, but I still managed to get a decent haul of food goodies. But would they make decent family meals that would keep everyone in the household happy?

Well, there was only one way to find out... Here's how I got on.

Full shop, total spent: £59.63

I aimed to get enough food for the family for breakfasts, lunches and dinner options with the odd snack over the course of a week. But getting full meal ideas together was a little trickier than I thought for our meat-eating household, due to the very limited option on fresh meats and fresh veg in B&M.

However I did manage to pull together enough meal options for the week for two adults and one child (I've not included one of my kids as he's a fussy eater). Plus some of the items were in larger pack sizes so would actually stretch for further meals in the future.

I was pleasantly surprised by how cheap