Eat Well For Less visits students who spend £185 a WEEK on food

Undergraduates who spend £185 a WEEK on food (including £12 on pesto) are mocked by viewers for buying big name brands – and joke ‘proper’ students live off Pot Noodles

  • Eat Well For Less? visited students in their second year at Bristol University
  • Four male flatmates found themselves spending £185 a week on food 
  • Show found how they were paying more for branded products unnecessarily 

Four ‘middle class’ university students were mocked by viewers for spending £185 a week on supermarket shopping.

Second year Bristol students Dylan, 19, Ben, 20, Roo, 19, and Louis, 20, were visited by Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin on last night’s episode of Eat Well For Less?

Viewers watched in shock as the students all did their weekly shop separately – and stuck to big name brands – leading to wasteful doubling up on items including pesto, wine and coffee. 

Second year Bristol students Dylan, 19, Ben, 20, Roo, 19, and Louis, 20, were visited by Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin on last night’s episode of Eat Well For Less?, pictured

Many viewers claimed the undergraduates weren't 'proper' students because their shopping list included branded products - and lacked cheap classics like Pot Noodles

 Many viewers claimed the undergraduates weren’t ‘proper’ students because their shopping list included branded products – and lacked cheap classics like Pot Noodles

Gregg and Chris tallied up their receipts and found the undergraduates spent more than £185 on their weekly shop, including £12 on pesto and £7.80 on butter.

The presenters revealed the friends spent a further £115 a week on takeaways and eating out, leading to a total weekly food bill of £300.  

This meant the hard-working students, who supported themselves with part-time jobs, spent a combined £15,500 a year on food.  

Viewers watched in shock as the students all did their weekly shop separately - and stuck to big name brands - leading to wasteful doubling up on items including pesto, wine and coffee

Viewers watched in shock as the students all did their weekly shop separately – and stuck to big name brands – leading to wasteful doubling up on items including pesto, wine and coffee

Gregg and Chris tallied up their receipts and found the undergraduates spent more than £185 on their weekly shop, including £12 on pesto (pictured) and £7.80 on butter

Gregg and Chris tallied up their receipts and found the undergraduates spent more than £185 on their weekly shop, including £12 on pesto (pictured) and £7.80 on butter

The figure surprised fans of the show, who claimed ‘proper’ students survive on affordable classics like Pot Noodles, crisp sandwiches and cheap booze. 

One tweeted: ‘As a student I mostly survived on beans and Smash… #eatwellforless #thingsHAVEchanged.’

Another posted: ‘Millennial students spending £300 a week on food, what happened to all day breakfasts from a tin and as much cheap lager as you can afford. #eatwellforless.’

The weekly shop figure surprised fans of the show, who claimed 'proper' students survive on affordable classics like Pot Noodles, crisp sandwiches and cheap booze

The weekly shop figure surprised fans of the show, who claimed ‘proper’ students survive on affordable classics like Pot Noodles, crisp sandwiches and cheap booze

A third added: ‘#eatwellforless Pesto? Granola? Sangria? Who are these people! It was potato puffs, diamond white and 10 lamberts back in the day….’  

However others spoke up in support of the students, noting that they were working hard to make money and wanted to make a change. 

One tweeted: ‘What great boys, ready to embrace change and working together. Good luck with your degrees guys. #eatwellforless.

Another wrote: ‘what a nice bunch of lads #eatwellforless.’

However others spoke up in support of the students, pictured, noting that they were working hard to make money and wanted to make a change

However others spoke up in support of the students, pictured, noting that they were working hard to make money and wanted to make a change

The students were challenged to swap their branded products for unlabeled replacements and armed with quick and easy recipes they could whip up at home, rather than rely on takeaways, ready meals and boring pasta.

Gregg and Chris later returned to reveal which brands had been swapped during the experiment. 

The students ultimately decided to make 70 per cent of the changes suggested by Gregg and Chris and were impressed to learn it equated to a saving of £140 a week, or £7,200 a year.   

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