User Reviews

Great presenters and great info they give us. Makes me keep my TV Licence.

We all go out to the supermarket wanting a pint of milk but then come back with much more than that. This programme takes that idea and actually tries to help the families involved reduce their spending.

What I like about this show is that the hosts are not patronising to the families, they are not trying to shame them into changing their ways. Instead it's all about educating them (and hopefully the audience at home) into...well, eating for less.

Good for the BBC making a programme like this, especially at a time when obesity and over spending is high in this country. I hope this show is brought back for further series in the future.

This program is so repetitive. Basically on every episode you have arrogant, baldy Gregg Wallace preaching the same old nonsense to the public. Choose store brands to make your shopping cheaper, apparently it's healthier and tastes the same. Now this might fool the ill-informed working class family with no taste or common sense but I beg to differ.

You are not getting a bargain by choosing the store brand. The reason why it's cheaper is because 1 it's slightly smaller, 2 it's been diluted with water and 3 you end up using more of it. Gregg Wallace claims that they put less sugar in store brands. This is not correct. The store brand contains less sugar because it's been diluted with water. For example with ketchup, juice, jams. You are simply buying less, you are not getting a deal. Think of it has diluting half a tropicana juice with the other half water then selling it 50 pence cheaper. You are not getting a bargain you are being conned into believe you have a good deal. This is so patronising and anyone who knows their maths can see the scam.

Everyone says the BBC is left. This has not been true since 2010. The BBC is just the tory government disguised as left wing hippies. Why do you think the BBC seem so aggressively pc it's almost like they're being fake? That's because they are. If the torys hated the BBC so much they would have gotten rid of it ages ago. The government owns the media and this program is basically the tory government trying to justify their cuts by teaching people to live like peasants. And it is disgusting that people are too blind to see it.

Only in the UK, could a slab of steak between two slices of white bread with chips on the side be considered a "healthy choice" on the "after" side of a family's diet makeover. Yes, the "before" was truly appalling, but how can the producers imagine that the shred of rocket garnishing the above sandwich contribute to the five serves of fruit and veg they're espousing. Does heart health offer a negative star rating?

And then the one genuine attempt at a veggie dhal curry was ill conceived as it was never going to hit the mark with a family of carnivores who didn't recognise an avocado. If only they'd thrown in a chicken fillet or two.

And maybe instead of comparing marmalade brands to find the cheapest breakfast option, they could have trialled a Bircher muesli with healthy granola, yogurt and berries; or even eggs and mushrooms on grain bread instead?

We're from Australia and we love Jamie Oliver and what he's done to improve healthy options there but this series is really woeful.

I watched it first, hoping to share ideas with my adult kids but decided they already know more that the show's brash and patronising compares, one of whom looks like he needs to follow his own advice, or better still consult a real dietician.

PS I've ticked no spoiler alerts before posting because there's nothing to spoil here.

It's bacically saying your thick and can't add up but if you by supermaket home made brands you will save money. The also recomend cheep veg oil thats made from rapeseed. But what they don't say is it is not as clean as expesive oil as it's made by heating after the first cold pressing of oil.