£800 pm on groceries for a family

Ours is there or thereabouts, maybe 180, but kids are younger.

That's what we spend too on 2 adults and 3 kids and I don't think we buy anything fancy! We were just saying today how we spend almost as much on our food as our mortgage!

We spend £1000/month for 2 adults, 2 young DC. I but whatever I want and to attempt to economise. I reckon I could get it down but it would require more time and effort which would has other impacts so it is what it is m.

Crazy isn't it...A couple of weeks ago, I was paying £2.85 for a dozen large free range eggs and today in Sainsburys they were £3.25.

I do wonder at the accuracy of the inflation statistics.
Mum used to buy in potatoes by the sackload from a farmer and just let us make our own baked potato recipes during the summer hols. With 5 kids at home, her kitchen never closed

I was thinking the same . It would not be possible unless you grew your own veg and hunted animals for meat ! Maybe the person will share their menu's for the week !

Gosh yes it’s a huge cost. Two adults and two teenage DC here, we eat a good diet with home cooked meals and limited UPC and I’m about same for a weekly shop that includes most toiletries (except my skincare and shampoo) and cleaning products etc. don’t think any of us are overeating we’re all healthy weights (maybe myself and DH could lose a few pounds but nothing excessive!) I’ve been trying to get it down by batching meals and also clearing out the freezer and cupboards so no overshopping. Hoping running down the freezer will also help so I can buy more frozen veggies and berries which are a lot cheaper

I saw an influencer showing off her weekly M&S shop for a family of 5 the other day and what a load of nonsense, there is no way my DC would survive on so little food and hardly any fruit or veggies and do all the sports they do!

My DD at the other end of the age scale is very smug about her shopping coming in at the £50 a week mark, whereas mine was more like £200. Oddly enough, now that she's moved out, my shopping is around £50 a week cheaper. I'm still horrified at spending £150 on feeding 3 adults. At least two of us could do with eating a lot less, for a start, and if DH became less fussy there'd be more savings in that direction. I know it's possible to eat for less, and there are obvious cutbacks I could make. So demoralising to penny pinch about food, though. I do the bulk of it in Aldi as it is.

Two adults, one toddler, two dogs. We spend the same and probably a bit more including dog food!

Plus things like dishwasher tablets we buy elsewhere in bulk.. we do eat very healthily though which is a priority in our household so we’re prepared to spend on food but still, I don’t think I could spend much less tbh! It’s none of her business really Xo

We don't spend that much and we are 5 adults and a teenager.

We are 2 adults. We have no takeouts at all and my DD28 is ND and food is a huge issue for her. I try to eat healthily. Inc all for 2 cats, and household cleaning etc we spend £445 a month.

I cut back as much as possible but usually spend around £150-160 per week for 3 adults, two cats and a dog. Sometimes I need to spend another tenner. On z good week I can spend less than £150 but if everything is running low or I want new recipe ingredients I can spend £180 even more.

I think really it depends. If you can afford to spend what you spend and are happy with your budget/diet then, while I wouldn't be rude, I am not sure why you are worried by your mother's opinion?

I know that sounds a bit entitled but I have been broke....so broke that when I burned an omelette, we had to eat it because it was that or nothing. If you have to budget then you do. If you want to save for something and that means budgetting, then you do. But otherwise I advise a smile and a change of subject.

My first thought was that it seemed a lot - we spend about £450 for 2 adults and 2 kids a month but I guess hungry teenagers eat way more plus DH will have a meal out a week after his hobby and a couple of lunches at work so that isn't included in the spend

Easily done without massive splashing out. I hardly go shopping anymore and each time I do, I’m astounded at the price jumps since the last time.

is your mum spending less than £200 for herself for all groceries pm? Also when cooking for yourself alone you can decide exactly how much to buy which you then eat. The more people involved, the more variables there are 🙂

Same here, between 800 to 1000 per month on grocery/household shops.

We only eat meat twice a week, the fish pushes the cost up a fair bit but I won't compromise on quality there.

I probably could get it down a bit actually going shopping instead of ordering online, but with the diesel needed to reach the shop and the time used up wandering around ever changing aisles never able to find the thing I'm actually after, then I consider it about equal in cost!

Edited to add that is for two adults and two very hungry preteen and teen dc.

We spend £130 ish for 2 adults and a 14yo,per week. Not including frozen which DP buys seperately. We aren't extravagant, because DS has very limited diet.

Sounds about right to me. Saw something on the news the other day that food prices are 40% higher than 5 years ago which is pretty shocking.

We easily spend this for a similar size family, and more. No hunk, all unprocessed foods, high protein, minimal alcohol if any. YANBU

There's no way I could get my current teen to not eat 3 (or more) meals a day. Last year, yes fine, my food shop was also about £70-80 per week back then! Some years kids will just eat more than others, no need to restrict their food and give them hang ups about not being able to eat meat and get protein by forcing them to cut it out or eat things they don't like. I'd rather spend and cut in other areas - no coffee pods in our house, for example!

Teeny tinies arriving I see.

We’re similar OP. We spend £200 - £250 per week for the 4 of us, 3 adults, 1 teen.

2 adults 6 and 4 year old and a dog spend about £140 a week plus top ops.

Yes - just because they want to eat, doesn't always mean they need to eat. If they want something in addition, there's always fruit, wholegrain crackers or natural yogurt available. If they don't want that, they're clearly not that hungry. A lot of eating unnecessarily is actually just boredom.

Posted too soon- mine DO eat two meals a day, rarely bothering with breakfast … but also snack all day!