This isn’t a recipe post. It’s a money post — about why eggs deserve a permanent spot in your weekly shop, and how leaning on them a bit more is one of the smallest, easiest wins you can make for your finances.
The numbers that matter
A medium egg contains around 6–7g of protein. A 6-pack from a standard supermarket costs roughly £1.50–2.00. That works out at about 25–33p per egg, or roughly 4–5p per gram of protein.
Compare that to chicken breast at around 8–10p per gram of protein, or protein bars at 15–25p per gram, and the egg starts to look like the obvious choice for anyone watching their spending without wanting to sacrifice nutrition.
They replace expensive convenience foods
The real cost of not cooking isn’t just the takeaway price — it’s the habit. A £1.80 meal deal at lunch, a £3.50 coffee and pastry in the morning, a £12 delivery on a tired Tuesday night. These aren’t moral failures, they’re just gaps where a quicker, cheaper option didn’t feel available.
Eggs close a lot of those gaps. Scrambled eggs take four minutes. A frittata made on Sunday lasts three days in the fridge. A boiled egg in a lunchbox costs pennies and takes no thought at all.
The M&G System take
Within The M&G System, food is one of the highest-impact areas to optimise early — not by eating less, but by spending smarter on what you’re already buying. Eggs fit squarely into that. They’re not a sacrifice. They’re not a sign you’re struggling. They’re just a better use of the same money.
If you’re spending £40–60 a week on food and still feel like there’s nowhere to cut, start here. A box of eggs, a bag of rice, some frozen veg — that’s a week of lunches for under a fiver.
Quick win for this week
Replace two bought lunches with egg-based meals this week. Track what you save. Most people find it’s £8–15 without really trying.
Small swap. Real money.
Mustafa Alsoodany is the founder of Money & Growth 101. By day he’s worked in financial crime and compliance at banks and fintechs — JPMorgan, Monzo, Starling and Barclaycard among them — and holds the ICA Advanced Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering at Distinction. He started Money & Growth 101 to do the opposite of the day job: make money plain, jargon-free and genuinely doable for people in their 20s and 30s who were never taught it.
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