What are your weekly /monthly shopping staples?

[WheelyCoteClaus]

In the middle of doing my first budget shop list. I've been overspending on grocery shopping. This month I plan to get a handle on it.

Starting with the staple shopping bits and pieces....my mind is blank though haha

In no particular order....the shopping staples I have so far are:

Cooking oil
Wash powder
Clothing softener
Toothpaste
Pack of Toothbrushes
Body spray
Toilet Roll
Shampoo
Hair conditioner
Showergel
Tea
Coffee
Dog food
Butter / Margarine

What staple things are missing?

I think of staples as stuff bought every shop and mostly cupboard stuff

Pasta
Baked beans
Chicken fillets
Yogurts
Sausages
Milk
Wraps
Tinned tuna
Tinned tomatoes
Passata
5% beef mince
Marrowfat peas

Fresh fruit and veg is probably bought twice a week

Eggs. We eat at least a dozen a week each, probably more.

Porridge
Cheerios
Bread
Butter
Ham
Beans
Tuna
Frozen veg
Tinned toms
Tinned soup
Milk
Jam
Pasta
Pesto
Chicken
Yogurt

Eggs

When I was on maternity leave I did an internet order that I kept the same and repeated every couple of weeks. I did a small fresh shop every week for bread. Fruit. Salad. But only spent about £20 a time. I also picked up washing powder/cleaning/toiletries/coffee in this little shop as they ran out.
The online fortnightly internet order was similar to this:www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/trolley
There were 2 adults. 2 kids. (I havnt included nappies and wipes which I would have ordered too)

The internet order was about 80 quid without nappies

Thank you!

Can I suggest trying things the other way round and working out what you want to eat for about four days. Then what you’ll do with the leftovers (so you buy a bag of carrots...well you’ll be having carrots more than once this week then).

I’m surprised you need shampoo etc each month...but each to their own and you might all share one bottle.

I’d add:
Breakfast - OJ, milk (12 pints a week for four of us), bread for toast, porridge, brioche for fuss pot DS2

Meal food - fresh pasta, rice, risotto rice, potatoes, onions, garlic, cream, passata, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, frozen peas, mince, roast something, stock cubes/pots, cheese, ham, bagels, cream cheese, eggs, tea, coffee, squash

Snacks and treats - yoghurts, fruit, crisps, biscuits

My staples include fresh chillies, olive oil and wine

For the sake of my liver, tho, the cooking wine is Morries low alcohol cooking wine My cooking is mostly Italian, hence the above.