For £15 you can buy enough food to make 21 lunches by shopping at Aldi.
Some parents have been outraged at the contents of the £15 free school meals packages arriving during lockdown, saying you can do far better yourself.
In fact, BirminghamLive reports for that money you could easily buy enough food to make 21 lunches, including a dessert and a drink.
That's enough to cover three weeks of midday meals - weekends included.
They pulled it off heading to Aldi and picking up a shopping list of 30 items - even finding the money to buy biscuits, bars fruit and other snacks.
Schools have since been told they have the option to choose between local services or return to the £15 supermarket vouchers used in previous lockdowns.
So if you want any inspiration for lunches - here's exactly what £15 at Aldi can buy you as well as what you can make from it.
The shopping list
- Medium sliced white bread 36p
- Mature cheddar £1.79
- Mini apples 6-pack 59p
- Cherry tomatoes punnet 67p
- Mini bananas 7 pack 75p
- Cucumber 43p
- Houmous tub 69p
- 1kg bag of carrots 41p
- Fusilli pasta pack 39p
- Tin of tuna 59p
- Tin of sweetcorn 37p
- Mayonnaise 59p
- Two tins of baked beans 58p (29p each)
- Tin of sardines in tomato sauce 31p
- Pasta sauce with tomato and herbs 39p
- Medium baking potatoes 4 pack 39p
- Light Greek Style strawberry yogurts 4 pack 85p
- Fruit and grain cereal bars 6 pack 79p
- Oaties biscuit pack 36p
- Beautifully Buttery tub 69p
- 8 bread wraps 65p
- Medium free range eggs 6 pack 69p
- Tin of peach slices 31p
- Tin of tomato soup 31p
- Tin of meatballs in tomato sauce 54p
- Chicken instant noodles 22p
- Chocolate Wacko bars 8 pack 79p
- Pint of milk 55p
Total: £15.12
The 21 meals
From this list, we could make:
- 2 jacket potatoes with baked beans
- 2 jacket potatoes with tuna and sweetcorn
- 2 tuna sweetcorn salad wrap
- 1 houmous and dips
- 1 salad with cheese and mayo
- 3 eggs on toast
- 2 sardines on toast
- 2 meatballs with pasta
- 1 soup and toast
- 2 beans on toast
- 1 chicken instant noodles
- 2 pasta with sauce and grated cheese
Snacks
- Fruit (apple, banana, tinned peaches)
- Chocolate bar
- Digestive biscuit
- Glass of milk
