6 Minute English / Healthy meals on a budget

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Pippa.

And I'm Georgie. In this programme, we're talking about saving money on food. Pippa, are you good at saving money on your food shop?

I think I'm quite good. I plan what I like to cook so I don't waste money in the supermarket. How about you, Georgie?

I'm not very good. I usually go to the supermarket when I'm hungry, so I end up buying lots of snacks.

Oh, that's a terrible idea. Well, in this programme we'll be learning about one way to save money on the food we eat. But first, I've got a question for you, Georgie. The most expensive restaurant in the world is thought to be a restaurant called Sublimotion in Ibiza, which only has 12 customers each night. But how much in euros is a meal per person at the restaurant?

a) 650b) 1,650c) 2,650

The most expensive I'll go with c) 2,650.PippaWell, we'll find out the answer at the end of the programme. Now, food in the UK is getting more expensive, as it has been in many parts of the world, and some people are struggling to afford their food shopping.

But BBC World Service programme, People Fixing the World, has been finding out about a project called Bags of Taste which helps people save money on their food shopping and improve their diet at the same time. Bags of something is an informal way to say a lot of something.

The founder of Bags of Taste, Alicia Weston, became concerned that people in the UK with less money found it difficult to afford a healthy diet