How much money do you spend on food?

[mummymermaid]

I'm just wondering how much everyone spends on food shopping a week or a month? And for how many people?

$160 a month for 4 people

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/3414975-To-ask-how-much-you-spend-per-week-month-on-groceries

Two of us about £65 per 10 days

Way too much! Easily at least £150 per week, 2 adults, one teen ds who eats like a horse and dd who is 7.
Ds and I are on slimming world. Dd and I are vegetarian.
I also do packed lunches for 3 people for 5 days.

Our food bill is higher than our rent by at least £50 a week.

About £2.50 pm for 4 of us.

Thanks for the link Kalimotxo!
I'm asking because I need to cut down on spending but I'm worried it won't work. I spend £100 a week on 4 of us. That includes washing powders and toilet paper etc. Is it even possible to spend less?!

Hi mummymermaid!

You could post in Credit Crunch, but to get started here are some older threads with useful tips.

Main things are: meal plan, batch cook, buy frozen, reduce meat, buy from value range, switch to a different grocery, track all your spend.

to ask how to get my food and grocery budget down?
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/creditcrunch/1430237-to-ask-how-to-get-my-food-and-grocery-budget-downn_

Reducing Our Food Bill?
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/creditt_crunch/3005698-Reducing-Our-Food-Bill

Really need help with keeping food budget to under £100 a week forfamily of 5
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/foodandd_recipes/1003106-Really-need-help-with-keeping-food-budget-to-under-pound

Tips please on how to cut the monthly groceries bill
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/creditcrunch/2008884-Tips-please-on-how-to-cut-the-monthly-groceries-billl_

Help! Food bill is ridiculous!
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/foodd_and_recipes/2303653-Help-Food-bill-is-ridiculous

I budget for a few super cheap meals a week (daal, soup), then a few £1-1.50 a portion meals, and two meals at £3+ per head - not a conventional way of working it out but the one that makes the most sense to me.