In the bbc article the woman's diet for day one consisted of:
Breakfast:
- one piece of toast and margarine (6p - cost of tea)
- one cup of tea (6p - cost of toast - cost of margarine)
- one "unethical" egg (8.7p)
Lunch:
- one ham sandwhich, presumably just bread and ham (29p)
Snack:
- one "value" scone with jam (6p)
- one apple (free?)
Dinner: (37p combined, I imagine there are some more "free" ingredients in here)
- 1/4 zucchini
- 1/4 bell pepper
- 35g bacon
- 100g spaghetti
- 50g peas
- 10g "value" brie cheese
- 1 clove of garlic
Apart from some lemon juice and spices she added to her dinner, that's about it.
What I consider to be a scone costs about $1 alone where I live here in Canada. I would be a bit worried to eat one that cost over 10x less and the seller was still able to make a profit.
I remember paying ~$4 for an apple once when visiting France. Brian got his for free somehow. Perhaps he has a tree in his backyard.
Not to mention the massive overhead costs involved here with the fact that he could easily boil water to cook his spaghetti and a nice knife and cutting board which allowed him to make his sandwhiches. Plus a fridge to keep those remaining 29 unethical eggs in.
At the very least, it's a good read to get people thinking about efficiency.
Breakfast:
- one piece of toast and margarine (6p - cost of tea)
- one cup of tea (6p - cost of toast - cost of margarine)
- one "unethical" egg (8.7p)
Lunch:
- one ham sandwhich, presumably just bread and ham (29p)
Snack:
- one "value" scone with jam (6p)
- one apple (free?)
Dinner: (37p combined, I imagine there are some more "free" ingredients in here)
- 1/4 zucchini
- 1/4 bell pepper
- 35g bacon
- 100g spaghetti
- 50g peas
- 10g "value" brie cheese
- 1 clove of garlic
Apart from some lemon juice and spices she added to her dinner, that's about it.
What I consider to be a scone costs about $1 alone where I live here in Canada. I would be a bit worried to eat one that cost over 10x less and the seller was still able to make a profit.
I remember paying ~$4 for an apple once when visiting France. Brian got his for free somehow. Perhaps he has a tree in his backyard.
Not to mention the massive overhead costs involved here with the fact that he could easily boil water to cook his spaghetti and a nice knife and cutting board which allowed him to make his sandwhiches. Plus a fridge to keep those remaining 29 unethical eggs in.
At the very least, it's a good read to get people thinking about efficiency.