Cheap eating out in England: budget breakfast, sandwich for £1

Where can you get a quick bite to eat? Breakfast bargains include the Wetherspoons pub breakfast, but, be warned, be aware, coffee is extra. But it's a large cup. So both coffee and cooked breakfast will cost you four pounds, with two pennies change. If you've got coffee at home or in a hotel nearby, then it's only three pounds with a penny change. Served until noon. Then what?

What about lunch, elevenses or an early tea, not sugared cake but something which sounds more sensible, a sandwich? If you are in a London suburb such as Harrow, you can look for a pound shop which has a chicken sandwich for £1.

I was walking around Watford's mall, Intu, and had quite despaired of finding a £1 sandwich, when I spied one on the shelves at Boots Chemist. They have cheese and mayo in brown bread. No veg, but hey, it's only £1. 

 You have to keep looking for the £1 offer section. I went past the whole sandwich section and missed it. Then I checked again and found it. The sandwich selection also includes tuna.
If you are after fruits and vegetables they have that too, but it'll cost another two or three pounds.

Want a drink in a garden? The weather forecast for London is a warm week ahead, maybe a cool drink and a little vitamin D from the sunshine in the garden at the back far from the traffic. Or at least a pavement area with some hanging baskets and pots of flowers at the front? The classic Pimms from £2.35 a glass.

What about dinner? Hungry before you get home? Between 6 pm and 8 pm Tescos, including the Tesco Express stores you see everywhere, open until 11 pm, have marked down sandwiches and other items such as yogurts.  

If you expect to use these places a lot, you can get a Boots advantage card, with extra deals for over 60s and Parenting club for members who are pregnant or have a child under three years.

Or a Tesco card.