I would suggest reading the ingredients of the sausages as they might have sugar and carbs that you do not think they have. Same for the chicken tenders and the potatoes. I understand Kathleen is younger however diabetes and high blood pressure can start at her age also. Not trying to be mean just looking out for health. I do know that Europe does not allow as many bad ingredients in their food than North America so maybe it’s not as bad as it would be there.
@@tracyburton3458Especially Richmond sausages. I stopped using them years ago because of the amount of fat that oozes out of them while cooking. I wouldn't put them in a casserole, that's for sure! That's really a lot of processed rubbish, considering. Just because the stuff is "a good deal" doesn't mean you have to buy it.
@@susanleitch8649. Richmond sausages are in the ultra high processed group of foods. They are so obviously ‘machine’ produced. Every one is just perfect!!! No, butchers sausages for me and the taste is ‘real’!!!! 😊
Watched a TV programme a couple of nights ago comparing fresh and frozen products. The evidence fro frozen vegetables and fruit showed a much greater retention of vitamins compared with the fresh produce languishing on the supermarket shelf. I have personal experience of this having lived in the Lincolnshire fens a few years ago. The pea viners would crop 24 hours a day and it was 6 hours or less between harvest and deep frozen. The programme was slightly biased against frozen meat as my experience is it is mostly as good as fresh, with some exceptions. I regularly buy meat and freeze it myself with no problems.
When I was studying for my second bachelor's degree in my 50s. Doing my best to be a 4.0. As well as working and being a full-time mother of a disabled almost adult child. I had the pleasure to write a paper for health science. 100 to 100 + years ago most people died of starvation and or the link to diseases linked to malnutrition in less than that 110 years the world that is not a third world country dies now from complications to obesity. People used to work to grow their food. People used to work to process their food to keep it. People used to work to cook their food to eat it. People used to clean up after cooking their food. And that routine was the routine for eating. Things have changed extremely in 110 years. The modern world has went from dying of starvation and complications to starvation lack of food or ability to have keep and maintain food. To over-consumption to too much food to easily gotten. Two little work to get it and process it. And the body is so confused on how to store and get rid of all of this processed sugar. Small short people like me under five foot three eating three and four and five thousand calories a day. Just I learned so much and I was already then and had been for decades normal weight to underweight. I now have weight on based on steroids and life changes. Looking forward to reversing that when I leave the hot south of florida. History is so cool. A short person needs less than 1500 calories of food a day and a large tall big person really only needs about 2000 to 2,500 the biggest way to save money is stop drinking sugar carbonated drinks and not eat more calories what I think you call Energy then the body actually needs. The storing it and becoming obese and then morbidly obese. It's a mixed bag of tricks. When you can get really good stuff quickly. All you have to do is earn the cash to buy it. None of this is meant to be negative. I'm just chatting.
Farmfoods specialises in Frozen food but you can get freshly frozen ,those that mention processed foods yes it is unhealthy if you eat it every day and yes you can make it from scratch. Still, as single person cooking for yourself this way can become tedious you know what is in your fridge or freezer and how well you have cooked it. So sometimes eating something that someone else has prepared in a change. I cannot carry a lot from my store but I do check the fresh fridge at the back of my store which has current fruit at a good price .it is so variable
I get your point Hazel but that’s where batch cooking comes into its own. Bolognese, chilli, curry or whatever can be prepared and frozen into portion. It’s easy and it’s not relying on processed food to make life a bit easier. 😊
@@poppysmum9715 which I do but sometimes they offer something different which it is not cost effective to make as you need to buy a special spice and a small freezer
I've missed a lot. I went into hospice withmy brother for the last 10 days of his life and stayed offline. I should be back listening to most. Nice haul!
Sending love and prayers and positivity. So sorry about your brother in hospice. My youngest brother passed away at 47 9 months after my dad. I'm sending you so much hugs. Hope you are not offended. May peace be with you and your brother and all that know you both.
My goodness, Karen. Where did all these hateful people come from today? If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything! I eat a lot of processed food. After my stroke, some days I just don't have the strength to cook. That's better than not eating at all! God bless you, Karen. I love your videos.
@cherylfoster6370. “Hateful people”? If you’re on social media I think you might expect people to have differing opinions at times. Hence the comments section. If we have a differing opinion,and state why, that’s not being hateful!! Sometimes comments are amongst each other and not about Karen.
To be perfectly honest, if you’ve already had a stroke, I’d be laying off processed food as much as possible! On the days you have the strength, I’d try to make some more healthy food that could easily be reheated/added to pasta/rice etc. Processed food is full of salt/fats etc, it’s cheap, it might even be relatively tasty, but the cost to your health is a higher price than I wish to pay!
Love your hall. I’m retired and have more time to garden and cook. We also eat a lot of venison. We process our own venison and grow many of our veg. I live in central Texas so we have 2 growing season spring and fall. How ever I buy one or 2 processed food a month and enjoy every processed bite. Along with the time off in the kitchen
Our shopping style is much the same, a whole lot once a month and then topping it up with the fresh stuff. The contents are different, due to my allergies, I don't buy anything processed any more. If only I could enjoy a cuppa tea and a biscuit again. The only thing that I would get for myself there, would be the toilet roll, dish detergent and vegetable oil, ha ha. I'd buy the tuna for the cats and the butter for my husband.
Am quite the same: due to allergies there's not much left I can get from the ready-made branded bargain section. I already avoid wheat, nuts and sugar as much as possible. Apparently, as I read last night, with birch pollen allergy, cross allergies with soy beans (that have not been fermented) are a thing. And soy beans or parts thereof are added in so many processed dishes. So, one more type for me to avoid... I guess frozen vegetables should be okay. And meat I'd freeze. Not too many bargains to be had there, though. But grass-fed organic on a sale would be the biggest save in freezer real-estate in my case. I repackage the meat before freezing so way smaller than usual single servings are possible, then work down that stash. Stacking 10% reduction bargain coupon on a one-day shop done early on a Saturday, getting last-day organic grass-fed beef reduced by 25 to 50% before holidays or long weekends, adding in oil, coffee, toilet paper and veggies in glass jars to reach a minimum amount for another 10% payback is the most sensible I can do in my situation for prepping. But it's never a haul as cheap is this.
@@bmedve3427 No MSG, dairy, nuts, turmeric, food colourings and preservatives, mostly. And I have to keep the salt down, so no canned vegetables. So we have a garden, fruit trees and bushes, which saves us a lot of money. More work of course. We also have hens for the eggs, and have a local source for pork (expensive, though, but delicious), and plenty of salmon, fishing license is $5 for a senior. And with the money we save, we buy wonderful organic beef and roasting chickens raised 100 miles away, more expensive than the stores, but not much and well worth it. I make all our baked goods, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, etc., and naturally the canning and freezing of what we raise & buy. I love making pork and beans from scratch. When you think about it, our "problem" is actually a blessing in disguise...look at what we have learned.
@@preppernut No Turmeric ? I would like to know why and with good reason ! Because for a few days running we put Turmeric in the rice when making our own Paella, but it had a negative affect upon reflection and reading what you have just posted, makes me wary now of putting Turmeric in our cooking ?
@@Anita-gp1gv I had a mild reaction to it, so I won't take chances on getting a worse one. No sourdough either, forget the chamomile tea, no alcohol.....
You enjoyed your shopping trip that's the main thing. When you say that a certain item was only x pounds do you ever think that inflation is dreadful. We get a tiny amount now for one pound. Pounds add up quickly.
Karen , I'm finding Farmfoods really expensive these days. It makes me sad because it a shop a family could feed their kids cheaply. Even the vouchers are less than they used to be. My mum being a single parent we mainly ate from this shop. I'm fortunate enough to be able to buy fresh food but occasionally I go to Farmfoods and I went the other week. It's not what it used to be but I suppose where is? I prefer Big food warehouse it's cheaper.
Hi I’m always interested in your stuff, I would like to go and have a look round and see what else they have, any veggies or stuff that we routinely use, thanks for the idea
Yorkshire Tea has never been cheap Karen. You done well, and so makes it feel better when you have money off voucher. Got a duvet set this morning, down from €40 to €14.35 had a club card money back voucher, ended up paying €9.35, as they say "every little helps" !
@@poppysmum9715 This is the lovely Eileen, who, only a few days ago on here, commented on someone’s post, calling her ‘you lot!, killing our children!’ Not the nice, little Yorkshire granny she likes to portray!
@@Jess-k6qit's disgusting and seeing as my grandchildren are mixed race I would like to hear her say this to my face! Racists clearly allowed on this channel.
I dont think this is any cheaper than Lidils, although I no longer buy foods like this, since a diagnosis of pre diabetes. There are reasonably healthy foods in both Farm Foods and Iceland but they are in the minority. Nothing wrong in an occasional treat - maybe this haul is going to last Karen and her family a long time. However, I hope that Karen turns these packs over, and looks at the ingredients lists. We cant all cook from fresh all the time. Loads of veg next time! 😂
I know its about saving money but i cant scrimp on food or you end up with heavily processed crap. Each to their own of course. I find the richmond sausages bright pink & gross
@@susanleitch8649…and salt! So bad for your blood pressure! I wouldn’t pat myself on the back re saving money, I’d be far concerned with the cost to my health.
How much of that is unhealthy processed crap though? It's one thing saving money but this country is surviving on heavily processed obesity creating cheap crap.
@@debbiesavage7107Maybe you need to do the same! This is the comments section, we comment on it. You’re not the ‘RUclips police.’ Maybe you’re not familiar with how SM works?
This is an unusual shop for Karen she doesn't usually spend this much or buy so much process stuff but it's her money so she can buy and eat what she wants. Much of what she bought is for Kathleen
Y’all got great deals on the convenience foods. I know from time to time everybody needs a quick easy meal and those look like great choices. I hope you and Kathleen have a great day and enjoy your goodies.
@midwestern925 That isn’t a high quality butter. I buy Lurpak an it’s £3.75 (?) for 500g. You don’t need a lot as it’s the tastiest of all and the best seller in UK. delicious!!!
I bought a bag of broken biscuits from FF last week 59p for 500g, not opened them yet so don't know if they are any good or not, but it seemed like a good alternative to my digestives which are 59p for 400g in Lidl
Farmfoods doesnt just sell rubbish, frozen fruit and veg is fine as well as some of their chicken options. While it might not be as amazing as fresh stuff for some people, particularly those who live alone (like me), freezing anything can be extremely cost effective and reduces waste big time.
What a load of processed crap. Seen the day i would eat some of that, but once you read the ingredient and where some of it comes from its very off putting.
Hi Karen, Really Really enjoy your videos. 💐 I have been watching for about a year or so. Please clear up something for me.... Who is Patrick? Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Trudy from South Africa 🇿🇦
Did you say £4.78 for a kilo of sweet potato fries? It’s only about 90-odd pence to buy a pound of sweet potatoes…Ten quid for chips? And Tesco are doing those teabags for £5 a bag at the moment. I don’t know that Farm Foods are really any cheaper than most supermarkets, especially as you have to buy a minimum amount in order to get anything off so you end up buying stuff you might not otherwise have done, in order to make it up to the relevant amount of money spent. You could save a huge amount by using your free afternoons to prep a few potatoes (chip them, par-boil them, air fry when you want to eat them) BUT - your money your choice, so I know I shouldn’t really say that!
@@Jess-k6q Agreed, enough to make anyone pile on the pounds, feel utterly lethargic, skin break outs, fatty build up around the heart and liver... I'm going to have to stop watching, this is torturous watching people cram themselves to death with this unhealthy stuff. It's not as if people don't know any better, they do.
@@caroldaviddaviejohnson2225 Yes, I agree. Huge pizzas, enormous bags of chips, pasties, pies, huge bottles of fizzy juice, crisps etc. Where’s all the batch cooking? This is such an unhealthy way to live, and, being perfectly frank, it shows. It’s looking down the barrel of heart disease, fatty liver, diabetes, high cholesterol, painful joints…it’s called junk food for a reason…so awful to see people, particularly young people, gorging on all this rubbish. Why pay £10 for 3 massive bags of chips, when you could have a much healthier baked potato with a tasty, healthy filling at very little cost? This is all under the guise of ‘prepping’ however, each to their own. It may be cheap food, but there will be a much bigger price to pay!
This isn't prepping, as a prepper myself I wouldn't dream of slowly doing such an act of harm to myself with this diet. My children are aged between 40 and 33 yrs old, so I'm older than Karen. There's not a chance I would be complicit in my kids harming themselves with this type of toxic diet. Any prepper knows that health and fitness is paramount in being able to manage successfully through any emergency situation. This isn't prepping, it's filling the freezer with rubbish so it looks full. The sheer amount of salt, additives and fats in these foods is horrific. I agree with you, frankly the results of this type of diet does show. Surely the aim is to at least make it to getting a state pension, not dropping with a heart attack beforehand? It's mind-boggling that anyone with intelligence would do this to themselves. To not know the difference between healthy and unhealthy food is shocking at such an age.
I personally couldn’t enjoy this sort of food as I prefer fresh butcher meat (I’ll freeze it at home) and fresh veg or frozen as it’s just as good. To me this is just false economy.
Karen is an example of poor health. This food is absolute rubbish. Cancer and alzheimers on a plate. It is simply laziness. And I say this because people need a wake up call.
Sorry Karen but I would not eat any of that rubbish stuff ; what is wrong with a fresh piece of chicken or fish with veg or a nice salad with meat or fish? If you do not want to cook sardines on seeded toast is a very healthy meal and some fresh fruit afterwards.
Oh my goodness what an excellent shop. So what if there's some sugary things. So what if there's some fast food things. You have been doing so well these last few years. Saving money. Making extra mortgage payments when you can. Helping your beautiful young daughter. Being there for Patrick, he's went through so much loss too. It is fine that you buy whatever you want with the money that you and your daughter earned. I think you did excellent. I dare say my son would want the majority of the things your daughter got. Cash in a heartbeat for my son. I also want my son to be healthy and have good life and Longevity and joy. It's a mixed bag of tricks and we do our best as single moms. With children in their late twenties. I think your shop is excellent. For everybody who has anything negative to say. Well I hope it adds a penny or two to your account. I tried to put money on. I've had to redo a few things. I don't know why it keeps spinning. It's happening on my tablet and one of my cell phones. I have requested from RUclips why. Maybe I'm doing something wrong I don't know I've been hacked almost every month in the last year when I donate to a few countries I won't say but not the UK.
Excellent stock up, it is disappointing to see so many critical comments about processed foods. The sad fact is working class families struggle to buy what they can afford. Is it ideal, Probably not but in the end calories are calories and if balanced with exercise and vitamin supplementation can provide almost as healthy a diet as fresh.
No one has to shop like that. They do sell proper mince etc in the freezers at excellent prices. I buy it for my dog but the quality seems fine and I’ve used it when I’ve bad no fresh available. Plenty of cheaper healthier options but that meals a little more time and thought.
@Friardavidosss , I could show anyone how to cook healthy food on a budget. The food that Karen consumes is absolute rubbish. And she pays for is with constant poor health. The woman does not look healthy and count how many times she is ill... Do you actually know what is in this rubbish? People lack honesty in their desire to be liked and to please others..This is the alzheimers and cancer diet.... If Karen was my sister I would say this to her face and beg her to bin this rubbish,,, and to get into the kitchen and start cooking healthy food. There is one area in which we are all equal. We all have the same 24 hrs in a day. No excuses.. But it's easier throwing this processed junk in the oven.
Vitamin supplements cannot do what vegetables and a less processed diet do. You can eat more healthily on a low income. I was a single mum on benefits for many years ago I have experience of this. I cooked proper food for my kids every night and they took a good healthy packet lunch to school too.
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I loved it when you started buying less processed food. You were doing so well with your fresh veggies etc
I would suggest reading the ingredients of the sausages as they might have sugar and carbs that you do not think they have. Same for the chicken tenders and the potatoes. I understand Kathleen is younger however diabetes and high blood pressure can start at her age also. Not trying to be mean just looking out for health. I do know that Europe does not allow as many bad ingredients in their food than North America so maybe it’s not as bad as it would be there.
I'd be very worried about what's in sausages that are only £2 for 20. Not a lot of good things, I suspect. :(
PS I don't think food standards are as high in the UK as in the EU - this coming from a Brit who's been living in Portugal for six years.
@@tracyburton3458Especially Richmond sausages. I stopped using them years ago because of the amount of fat that oozes out of them while cooking. I wouldn't put them in a casserole, that's for sure! That's really a lot of processed rubbish, considering. Just because the stuff is "a good deal" doesn't mean you have to buy it.
@@susanleitch8649. Richmond sausages are in the ultra high processed group of foods. They are so obviously ‘machine’ produced. Every one is just perfect!!! No, butchers sausages for me and the taste is ‘real’!!!! 😊
@@poppysmum9715 I know exactly what you mean!
Watched a TV programme a couple of nights ago comparing fresh and frozen products. The evidence fro frozen vegetables and fruit showed a much greater retention of vitamins compared with the fresh produce languishing on the supermarket shelf. I have personal experience of this having lived in the Lincolnshire fens a few years ago. The pea viners would crop 24 hours a day and it was 6 hours or less between harvest and deep frozen.
The programme was slightly biased against frozen meat as my experience is it is mostly as good as fresh, with some exceptions. I regularly buy meat and freeze it myself with no problems.
When I was studying for my second bachelor's degree in my 50s. Doing my best to be a 4.0. As well as working and being a full-time mother of a disabled almost adult child. I had the pleasure to write a paper for health science. 100 to 100 + years ago most people died of starvation and or the link to diseases linked to malnutrition in less than that 110 years the world that is not a third world country dies now from complications to obesity. People used to work to grow their food. People used to work to process their food to keep it. People used to work to cook their food to eat it. People used to clean up after cooking their food. And that routine was the routine for eating. Things have changed extremely in 110 years. The modern world has went from dying of starvation and complications to starvation lack of food or ability to have keep and maintain food. To over-consumption to too much food to easily gotten. Two little work to get it and process it. And the body is so confused on how to store and get rid of all of this processed sugar. Small short people like me under five foot three eating three and four and five thousand calories a day. Just I learned so much and I was already then and had been for decades normal weight to underweight. I now have weight on based on steroids and life changes. Looking forward to reversing that when I leave the hot south of florida. History is so cool. A short person needs less than 1500 calories of food a day and a large tall big person really only needs about 2000 to 2,500 the biggest way to save money is stop drinking sugar carbonated drinks and not eat more calories what I think you call Energy then the body actually needs. The storing it and becoming obese and then morbidly obese. It's a mixed bag of tricks. When you can get really good stuff quickly. All you have to do is earn the cash to buy it. None of this is meant to be negative. I'm just chatting.
Farmfoods specialises in Frozen food but you can get freshly frozen ,those that mention processed foods yes it is unhealthy if you eat it every day and yes you can make it from scratch. Still, as single person cooking for yourself this way can become tedious you know what is in your fridge or freezer and how well you have cooked it. So sometimes eating something that someone else has prepared in a change. I cannot carry a lot from my store but I do check the fresh fridge at the back of my store which has current fruit at a good price .it is so variable
I get your point Hazel but that’s where batch cooking comes into its own. Bolognese, chilli, curry or whatever can be prepared and frozen into portion. It’s easy and it’s not relying on processed food to make life a bit easier. 😊
@@poppysmum9715 which I do but sometimes they offer something different which it is not cost effective to make as you need to buy a special spice and a small freezer
@@hazelmeldrum5860 Yes, that’s true Hazel. As long as it’s a treat once in a while!! Enjoy your Sunday dinner whatever it is 😊😊!!
I've missed a lot. I went into hospice withmy brother for the last 10 days of his life and stayed offline. I should be back listening to most. Nice haul!
Sending love and prayers and positivity. So sorry about your brother in hospice. My youngest brother passed away at 47 9 months after my dad. I'm sending you so much hugs. Hope you are not offended. May peace be with you and your brother and all that know you both.
Praying for your family
Sending Blessings 🙏🙏🙏
My goodness, Karen. Where did all these hateful people come from today? If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything! I eat a lot of processed food. After my stroke, some days I just don't have the strength to cook. That's better than not eating at all! God bless you, Karen. I love your videos.
@cherylfoster6370. “Hateful people”? If you’re on social media I think you might expect people to have differing opinions at times. Hence the comments section. If we have a differing opinion,and state why, that’s not being hateful!! Sometimes comments are amongst each other and not about Karen.
To be perfectly honest, if you’ve already had a stroke, I’d be laying off processed food as much as possible! On the days you have the strength, I’d try to make some more healthy food that could easily be reheated/added to pasta/rice etc. Processed food is full of salt/fats etc, it’s cheap, it might even be relatively tasty, but the cost to your health is a higher price than I wish to pay!
Love your hall. I’m retired and have more time to garden and cook. We also eat a lot of venison. We process our own venison and grow many of our veg. I live in central Texas so we have 2 growing season spring and fall. How ever I buy one or 2 processed food a month and enjoy every processed bite. Along with the time off in the kitchen
Hi Karen, i had to Google gypsie cream biscuits as I've never heard of them. Apparently they're now referred to as Travelling community creams 😅❤
The broken biscuits are the best. Max assortment!!
Our shopping style is much the same, a whole lot once a month and then topping it up with the fresh stuff. The contents are different, due to my allergies, I don't buy anything processed any more. If only I could enjoy a cuppa tea and a biscuit again. The only thing that I would get for myself there, would be the toilet roll, dish detergent and vegetable oil, ha ha. I'd buy the tuna for the cats and the butter for my husband.
Am quite the same: due to allergies there's not much left I can get from the ready-made branded bargain section. I already avoid wheat, nuts and sugar as much as possible. Apparently, as I read last night, with birch pollen allergy, cross allergies with soy beans (that have not been fermented) are a thing. And soy beans or parts thereof are added in so many processed dishes. So, one more type for me to avoid... I guess frozen vegetables should be okay. And meat I'd freeze. Not too many bargains to be had there, though. But grass-fed organic on a sale would be the biggest save in freezer real-estate in my case. I repackage the meat before freezing so way smaller than usual single servings are possible, then work down that stash. Stacking 10% reduction bargain coupon on a one-day shop done early on a Saturday, getting last-day organic grass-fed beef reduced by 25 to 50% before holidays or long weekends, adding in oil, coffee, toilet paper and veggies in glass jars to reach a minimum amount for another 10% payback is the most sensible I can do in my situation for prepping. But it's never a haul as cheap is this.
@@bmedve3427 No MSG, dairy, nuts, turmeric, food colourings and preservatives, mostly. And I have to keep the salt down, so no canned vegetables. So we have a garden, fruit trees and bushes, which saves us a lot of money. More work of course. We also have hens for the eggs, and have a local source for pork (expensive, though, but delicious), and plenty of salmon, fishing license is $5 for a senior. And with the money we save, we buy wonderful organic beef and roasting chickens raised 100 miles away, more expensive than the stores, but not much and well worth it. I make all our baked goods, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, etc., and naturally the canning and freezing of what we raise & buy. I love making pork and beans from scratch. When you think about it, our "problem" is actually a blessing in disguise...look at what we have learned.
@@preppernut No Turmeric ? I would like to know why and with good reason ! Because for a few days running we put Turmeric in the rice when making our own Paella, but it had a negative affect upon reflection and reading what you have just posted, makes me wary now of putting Turmeric in our cooking ?
@@Anita-gp1gv I had a mild reaction to it, so I won't take chances on getting a worse one. No sourdough either, forget the chamomile tea, no alcohol.....
You enjoyed your shopping trip that's the main thing. When you say that a certain item was only x pounds do you ever think that inflation is dreadful. We get a tiny amount now for one pound. Pounds add up quickly.
Karen , I'm finding Farmfoods really expensive these days. It makes me sad because it a shop a family could feed their kids cheaply. Even the vouchers are less than they used to be. My mum being a single parent we mainly ate from this shop. I'm fortunate enough to be able to buy fresh food but occasionally I go to Farmfoods and I went the other week. It's not what it used to be but I suppose where is? I prefer Big food warehouse it's cheaper.
Hi I’m always interested in your stuff, I would like to go and have a look round and see what else they have, any veggies or stuff that we routinely use, thanks for the idea
Yes Farm Foods sells Produce at competitive prices , we buy a sack of onions at a time, because we mainly use fresh food.
Excellent shop Karen
Yorkshire Tea has never been cheap Karen. You done well, and so makes it feel better when you have money off voucher. Got a duvet set this morning, down from €40 to €14.35 had a club card money back voucher, ended up paying €9.35, as they say "every little helps" !
yorkshire tea supported BLM so i stopped buying it tescos own is just as good and lot cheaper
@@eileenspamer-kw3kz no surprise there…
@@eileenspamer-kw3kz That wouldn’t have bothered me. I’m not racist. Each to their own.
@@poppysmum9715 This is the lovely Eileen, who, only a few days ago on here, commented on someone’s post, calling her ‘you lot!, killing our children!’ Not the nice, little Yorkshire granny she likes to portray!
@@Jess-k6qit's disgusting and seeing as my grandchildren are mixed race I would like to hear her say this to my face! Racists clearly allowed on this channel.
I dont think this is any cheaper than Lidils, although I no longer buy foods like this, since a diagnosis of pre diabetes. There are reasonably healthy foods in both Farm Foods and Iceland but they are in the minority. Nothing wrong in an occasional treat - maybe this haul is going to last Karen and her family a long time. However, I hope that Karen turns these packs over, and looks at the ingredients lists. We cant all cook from fresh all the time. Loads of veg next time! 😂
Nice haul. And with the items you have you won't have waste which also figures into costs.
I know its about saving money but i cant scrimp on food or you end up with heavily processed crap. Each to their own of course. I find the richmond sausages bright pink & gross
Full of fat too!
@@susanleitch8649…and salt! So bad for your blood pressure! I wouldn’t pat myself on the back re saving money, I’d be far concerned with the cost to my health.
How much of that is unhealthy processed crap though? It's one thing saving money but this country is surviving on heavily processed obesity creating cheap crap.
…and all the associated problems that come with it!
Maybe you need to go back to bed and get up on the other side. Why comment when it’s nothing but snarky? Save that for your friends and family.
@@debbiesavage7107Maybe you need to do the same! This is the comments section, we comment on it. You’re not the ‘RUclips police.’ Maybe you’re not familiar with how SM works?
This is an unusual shop for Karen she doesn't usually spend this much or buy so much process stuff but it's her money so she can buy and eat what she wants. Much of what she bought is for Kathleen
Yes and she did say that Patrick got a substantial amount, Patrick seems to be a good dad and grandad !
Exactly! I imagine Kathleen has a lot of more convenience type food due to her long shifts.
It’s really not that unusual.
Y’all got great deals on the convenience foods. I know from time to time everybody needs a quick easy meal and those look like great choices. I hope you and Kathleen have a great day and enjoy your goodies.
Nice haul!! Great price on the butter . . . At my local Walmart Eastern Iowa, it's $3.75-$4.78
@midwestern925 That isn’t a high quality butter. I buy Lurpak an it’s £3.75 (?) for 500g. You don’t need a lot as it’s the tastiest of all and the best seller in UK. delicious!!!
I bought a bag of broken biscuits from FF last week 59p for 500g, not opened them yet so don't know if they are any good or not, but it seemed like a good alternative to my digestives which are 59p for 400g in Lidl
Farmfoods doesnt just sell rubbish, frozen fruit and veg is fine as well as some of their chicken options. While it might not be as amazing as fresh stuff for some people, particularly those who live alone (like me), freezing anything can be extremely cost effective and reduces waste big time.
I looked at your hall and I thought man would my son be digging this. Yummy a lot of good stuff.
What a load of processed crap. Seen the day i would eat some of that, but once you read the ingredient and where some of it comes from its very off putting.
Hi Karen, Really Really enjoy your videos. 💐 I have been watching for about a year or so. Please clear up something for me.... Who is Patrick? Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Trudy from South Africa 🇿🇦
Patrick is Karen's boyfriend / friend
Hi Trudy, thanks so much for that. Patrick is my partner
Good shopping haul Karen, good prices x
I can only get small packets of broken biscuits. One lot had 12 chocolate covered orange bourbon cream in.
havent seen broken biscuts for 5o yrs
Did you say £4.78 for a kilo of sweet potato fries? It’s only about 90-odd pence to buy a pound of sweet potatoes…Ten quid for chips? And Tesco are doing those teabags for £5 a bag at the moment. I don’t know that Farm Foods are really any cheaper than most supermarkets, especially as you have to buy a minimum amount in order to get anything off so you end up buying stuff you might not otherwise have done, in order to make it up to the relevant amount of money spent. You could save a huge amount by using your free afternoons to prep a few potatoes (chip them, par-boil them, air fry when you want to eat them) BUT - your money your choice, so I know I shouldn’t really say that!
and sweet potatoes cook quicker than white spuds
Exactly! So much junk food. 🙈
@@Jess-k6q Agreed, enough to make anyone pile on the pounds, feel utterly lethargic, skin break outs, fatty build up around the heart and liver... I'm going to have to stop watching, this is torturous watching people cram themselves to death with this unhealthy stuff. It's not as if people don't know any better, they do.
@@caroldaviddaviejohnson2225 Yes, I agree. Huge pizzas, enormous bags of chips, pasties, pies, huge bottles of fizzy juice, crisps etc. Where’s all the batch cooking? This is such an unhealthy way to live, and, being perfectly frank, it shows. It’s looking down the barrel of heart disease, fatty liver, diabetes, high cholesterol, painful joints…it’s called junk food for a reason…so awful to see people, particularly young people, gorging on all this rubbish. Why pay £10 for 3 massive bags of chips, when you could have a much healthier baked potato with a tasty, healthy filling at very little cost? This is all under the guise of ‘prepping’ however, each to their own. It may be cheap food, but there will be a much bigger price to pay!
This isn't prepping, as a prepper myself I wouldn't dream of slowly doing such an act of harm to myself with this diet. My children are aged between 40 and 33 yrs old, so I'm older than Karen. There's not a chance I would be complicit in my kids harming themselves with this type of toxic diet. Any prepper knows that health and fitness is paramount in being able to manage successfully through any emergency situation. This isn't prepping, it's filling the freezer with rubbish so it looks full. The sheer amount of salt, additives and fats in these foods is horrific. I agree with you, frankly the results of this type of diet does show. Surely the aim is to at least make it to getting a state pension, not dropping with a heart attack beforehand? It's mind-boggling that anyone with intelligence would do this to themselves. To not know the difference between healthy and unhealthy food is shocking at such an age.
I personally couldn’t enjoy this sort of food as I prefer fresh butcher meat (I’ll freeze it at home) and fresh veg or frozen as it’s just as good. To me this is just false economy.
To each her own.
@@lindajacquot5391 Of course! That’s why we have choices.
You've done well! Maybe need more chocolate 🍫?
Great food haul!
What happened to healthy food from scratch - this is all rubbish processed food.
That was last week….😂
Karen is an example of poor health. This food is absolute rubbish. Cancer and alzheimers on a plate. It is simply laziness. And I say this because people need a wake up call.
Sorry Karen but I would not eat any of that rubbish stuff ; what is wrong with a fresh piece of chicken or fish with veg or a nice salad with meat or fish? If you do not want to cook sardines on seeded toast is a very healthy meal and some fresh fruit afterwards.
I so agree
Whilst I don't eat much processed food I don't think shaming people who have made changes is helpful.
@@nikki27ish Not shaming anyone ; hopefully trying to help her as her diet is terrible.
@@nikki27ishWhat changes? On the last farmfoods haul, Karen admitted it wasn’t healthy food, but sometimes she wants something quick.
@@Jess-k6q you clearly missed the next video and all of her videos where she is making fresh food and changing her eating habits.
What make is the chicken tenders and skewers please?
Good long term storage items! 😊
um i just fancy a kit-kat
good
Oh my goodness what an excellent shop. So what if there's some sugary things. So what if there's some fast food things. You have been doing so well these last few years. Saving money. Making extra mortgage payments when you can. Helping your beautiful young daughter. Being there for Patrick, he's went through so much loss too. It is fine that you buy whatever you want with the money that you and your daughter earned. I think you did excellent. I dare say my son would want the majority of the things your daughter got. Cash in a heartbeat for my son. I also want my son to be healthy and have good life and Longevity and joy. It's a mixed bag of tricks and we do our best as single moms. With children in their late twenties. I think your shop is excellent. For everybody who has anything negative to say. Well I hope it adds a penny or two to your account. I tried to put money on. I've had to redo a few things. I don't know why it keeps spinning. It's happening on my tablet and one of my cell phones. I have requested from RUclips why. Maybe I'm doing something wrong I don't know I've been hacked almost every month in the last year when I donate to a few countries I won't say but not the UK.
Excellent stock up, it is disappointing to see so many critical comments about processed foods. The sad fact is working class families struggle to buy what they can afford. Is it ideal, Probably not but in the end calories are calories and if balanced with exercise and vitamin supplementation can provide almost as healthy a diet as fresh.
Karen has already said she has saved sooo much money prepping and batch cooking.
@@Jess-k6q exactly it’s not as though she is only subsisting on processed foods. They do however have a place in preparedness.
No one has to shop like that. They do sell proper mince etc in the freezers at excellent prices. I buy it for my dog but the quality seems fine and I’ve used it when I’ve bad no fresh available. Plenty of cheaper healthier options but that meals a little more time and thought.
@Friardavidosss , I could show anyone how to cook healthy food on a budget. The food that Karen consumes is absolute rubbish. And she pays for is with constant poor health. The woman does not look healthy and count how many times she is ill... Do you actually know what is in this rubbish? People lack honesty in their desire to be liked and to please others..This is the alzheimers and cancer diet.... If Karen was my sister I would say this to her face and beg her to bin this rubbish,,, and to get into the kitchen and start cooking healthy food. There is one area in which we are all equal. We all have the same 24 hrs in a day. No excuses.. But it's easier throwing this processed junk in the oven.
Vitamin supplements cannot do what vegetables and a less processed diet do. You can eat more healthily on a low income. I was a single mum on benefits for many years ago I have experience of this. I cooked proper food for my kids every night and they took a good healthy packet lunch to school too.
I think you’re just plain greedy just show. People who can’t afford this what there missing