Aibu to be annoyed the food shop disappears so quickly

Yes the cost of the fuel is something to calculate in

Where do you live? I was talking about UK supermarkets really. I see that most supermarkets have price matched Lidl and Aldi as I was checking it the other day because we only shop in Lidl and Aldi and I wondered if the flour in other supermarkets was much more.

We spend about that for 2 adults (a little bit less and covers most lunches to be fair). Dog is probably £20 a week on top of that. I think you’re doing pretty well!

How is me spending roughly the same as you for the same amount of adults 'insane'? 😳

Some posters have actually suggested OP isn't given them decent main meals, as well as not giving them 500kg fruit a second! 😂

Stop buying snacks.

No, fruit shouldnt be more than 2 portions a day, there is no need whatsoever to have any fruit as your 5 a day, its not a requirement for the 5 a day

Fruit isnt not particularly nutrient dense in the way other veg and salad choices may be, doesnt compare to a sweet potato or legumes or beetroot for example.

Nice to have obviously, good for you obviously. Necessary? No.

Unfortunately it's not where we live (not everyone has access to all the cheap supermarkets).
Plus the cost of electricity for baking.

That sounds completely made up.

Most cakes, muffins and scones freeze well. It is important to make sure they are wrapped well too stop freezer burn. Also don't ice or cream them. I freeze banana and chocolate cake, and date or sultana loaves freeze well too.

I think that’s a low bar, no one said they were starving.

Most plain and self raising flour is 70p for 1.5kg. Literally pennies.

Because its mumsnet.

Have you considered your opinion might be wrong when the food is clearly not lasting

I don’t think anyone is obsessed, but for a healthy diet we should all aim for 2 portions of fruit a day, 80 grams is a portion. So 160 g a day,

the op buys 1000 g of grapes and 500 of strawberries a week, and provides an average of 40g a day per person. A quarter of the healthy diet recommendation,

Op, i can grauntee you your children arent starving - theyre just eating because its there. Youre doing a wonderful job, if you can afford a few staples like flour, eggs, sugar etc you can make some really nice snacks for basically pennies its just paying out for the ingredients to begin with. X

Its a really good question, its like some people are green grocers or smething the amount of punnets of this and that they have hanging round the house

Whats going on, I dont remember this from when I was younger. No wonder people think OP isnt spending a lot, becuase they're spending huge amounts of this stuff, its not necessary at all

Different people like different things I suppose. DD and I are lucky if we finish a bunch of bananas and packet of apples per week - we certainly make up for it in terms of veg intake. I imagine for some people it would be the opposite

Food is insanely expensive. I tend to spend around £200 for 4 of us (one has severe allergies and free from food is v costly).

Try not to feel judged, everyone’s just doing their best. Stuff on toast is a good snack- even if it’s jam or peanut butter it’ll be healthier than biscuits and more filling. A fair bit cheaper too than lots of snacks.

Own brand rice cakes or crackers with hummus go down well with my kids too. Or a bowl of cereal- own brand special k or granola is a nice snack. Greek yogurt, banana and honey comes in not too expensive too.

Good luck- it’s not easy.

Why are people so obsessed with fruit?

Exactly what my mum used to say!

I'm not irate. HTH

I just don’t think that you’re buying enough OP. It’s just DD and I (plus dog) at home - we spend the same as you, if not a bit more on groceries per week! Neither of us are major snackers so this is really just the essentials.

I have three DS, the eldest of which has zero self control with snacks. I ended up providing snack boxes (lockable!!) for each of them. I buy three weeks worth of snacks (crisps/biscuits/bread sticks/rice cakes etc etc) and divy them up between them. When they are gone, they are gone and i dont buy more until at least 2.5 weeks later. It is much better! However, we still go through cereal and yogurts at an unbelievable rate.

I think you and the other poster who is getting irate about this is maybe misunderstanding; people are posting what they themselves need to spend for smaller or similar sized families, this is for context as the op said she thought it was “loads”.

And she stated originally she spent 400- 520 a month, for 5 people Inc a dog. Then she immediately bumped it up to 600 a month, and she said she thinks it’s loads, people are correctly pointing out, that it is far from loads, it’s a very frugal budget, showing their spend in comparison so she sees that, and then explaining to her how to shop smarter if she’s no money.

buying some mini Maryland cookies, 8 milky ways, a few rice cakes, and a couple of punnets of grapes and strawberries doesn’t go far for a family of five as she is seeing, but she can get a lot more for the same price, going to cheap supermarkets, buying unbranded, and buying Lower cost items where she can get more, apples bananas etc.

My mother used to buy (family of four) 4 apples, 4 oranges, 4 pears and 4 bananas and that was all we got for the week. So it's an expectation thing too. Get them to snack on carrots and celery sticks?