In an idle moment today I decided to google "Food budget for one UK" and one of the first sites to come up was Edinburgh University giving advice to new students coming from overseas. I'm still reeling! They suggest that a student needs a food budget of £145 to £260 per month. It may be that life would be more costly for an overseas student with a diet which would be unusual in this country than for those of us for whom the supermarkets design their product ranges, but this seems very high to me.
They may have limited cooking facilities and even more limited cooking skills and almost certainly would have higher energy requirements than an older woman like me. They would probably not have access to a garden, allotment or even much of a window box. There are probably factors which I haven't even thought about.
So how much you reckon a single student would need to budget?
