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Originally Posted by ukturtle

In my mind £10 isn't a lot for food, so in an environment like a prison with such a tense atmosphere I think I'd also spend my money on booze and fags. At least it would give me some pleasures for the week, the money wouldn't buy much nutritious food and BB provide the basic foods for the housemates.

I think though the shopping list prices are at wholesale pricing for foodstuffs, I recall when Harry was mucking about with the shopping list,food colourings were priced at 20p each.
I don't know anywhere that you can get colourings for only 20p a bottle so if that is the case then £10 on food would go a lot further indeed.

They've also never had a hard week in there yet, they have had from £350 to £500 every week and then had extra drink, treats, takeways etc brought in in addition to that.
I've seen other BB series where for 2 and 3 weeks in a row they have had only basic shopping budgets and very little in the way of extra drink too.