Comments by "" (@lil-al) on "The Financial Diet" channel.

Buying in bulk is often NOT a good money saving idea! Often things have expired by the time it comes to using the product, then you have to store massive quantities of food, so you need a huge kitchen... Buy little and often as much as you need, no wastage and no food hoarding. I've never saved as much money as when I bought what I needed when I needed it, and I throw nothing away. Yes the spices thing was really off!! I cook for 8 and haven't noticed spices blowing the budget. And if you bake a LOT maybe it's worth buying individual ingredients but seriously, baking mixes are CHEAP and easy for a lot of people with no wastage (taste like sh*t I know, and I don't use them but not because they are more expensive). And if you were going to mimic those precut salad mixes, how are you going to do that without buying six different types of lettuce heads which will be off in a couple of days and wasted. Precut salad rules. I have never noticed a problem with supermarket housewares - anyone else? If you need to replace worn out spatulas or wooden spoons you will find they are A LOT more expensive in homewares stores. Why make a special trip to a speciality store when you can grab a spoon in the homewares aisle?? And seriously, you are trying to come off as frugal and you BUY DISPOSABLE DIAPERS??? And worry about PLASTIC DRINKING BOTTLES in the environment?? I have no words. You didn't mention premade/frozen meals/pizza/ which are a massive waste of money. I would have put that first.
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