Dh is spending a fortune on the weekly shop !!!!

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It's always been DHs job to do the big shop as he says I'm shit at it and he knows what we need as he does all the cooking
But since lockdown he is going crazy . He's spending between £200-300 every week
There's only us and a small baby
I'm about to go onto statutory maternity pay soon!
Anyone else spending a lot more since lockdown ?

Yes,my dh is doing the shopping as I don’t drive,he’s spending about £200 a week on 2 adults an 2 kids!

We're spending a lot on food shops in lockdown. £150-200 a week. Plus a bit more on DH's expensive kombucha habit 😆, but that seems fairly harmless.

I'm doing all the shopping online though, so I can't blame anyone but myself. I could be much more economical if I needed to be. We are spending much less on all sort of other things because we can't go anywhere or do anything, so that makes a difference.

My family-dh, me and 3 Uni age children are still eating the single chicken I roasted at the beginning of lockdown

Why are you 'so shit at it'? Whats hard about picking stuff off the shelf and paying for it?

That's an absolutely crazy amount for two adults plus small baby. We spend less and have roughly three times as many people to feed.

He must be spending more than half on booze. Are you drinking champagne with every meal?!

There's been lots of threads about this. Most people are spending more because everyone is home so no buying lunch at work, picking up a sandwich etc. Plus some items are limited and some are more expensive.
To get a real comparison you'd need to look at your total spend pre-lockdown including all food you'd normally eat out of the house.
If he's buying a lot of alcohol, it's obvious to see where the big spend is coming from.

We are two adults 2 kids and including alcohol are probably spending around £200 a week. Thats about 30% more than normal I think.

That's an insane amount - unless you earn megabucks that's just being silly. Two adults and a baby don't need £300 worth of food a week!

Two adults, two cats and a dog here and I spend about £85 a week on average - we shop at Morrisons and that includes toiletries and cleaning products as well as all the dog and cat food. I could spend less but I have no need to as we're comfortable financially.

We're spending a bit more. Usually spend about £120 a week but it's probably closer to £150 a week right now. That's for 2 adults and 2 kids. Although in reality as DH is no longer buying lunches / snacks out from the local cafes / shops as he is working from home which I don't normally consider in the grocery budget, in reality it's probably about the same. We could probably cut it down a bit if necessary but at the moment we can afford it so not a big deal. However £200-300 a week for 2 adults and a baby is nuts.

Shocked and personally think there’s more to this....as pp said gambling or suchlike.

We are a family of 5, dp drinks 3/4 days out of 7 and I smoke roll ups and we’re still only spending around £165 a week and that’s at Tesco so I can’t understand how your dp is spending anywhere near that amount at Aldi!! Somethings not right!! Unless your eating lobster and salmon etc with champagne every day

The Middle of Lidl can be very tempting at times

I was going to say I'm spending more (maybe £60-70 a week for 1 person including alcohol & household stuff) but that's because i'm doing one online shop and not going to Aldi for basics such as tinned tomatoes etc which is adding to quite a big difference for me. If you're throwing away fresh food and can't shut the freezer drawers then you need to do some meal planning to use up what you've got in stock and write a shopping list before any future trips!

If you’re having to bin food then that’s just completely ridiculous and he needs to get himself together a bit and stop being excessive. He’s wasting resources twice - money and food, and there’s just no need.

We’re spending more than we usually do but only by a reasonable margin. We’re not going to suddenly start literally throwing money away just because there’s a lockdown on! And in fact if you’re going to have less funds soon he should be looking to get a little smarter with his spending, not go absolutely mad with it.

You do need to say something, and he needs to be able to have a grown up discussion with you about it, not just throw his toys out of the pram and say, ‘well you do it then!’

Draw up a detailed budget. DH resisted this for ages but once I managed to get all our income and outgoings onto an excel sheet and could show him exactly what I meant and why it was insane to be spending money we couldn't afford on shit we weren't even keeping track of he came round.

For two adults and three children aged between 15 and 5, our weekly budget for all shopping is £150 and we have stuck to that just fine.

Does he work?

We don't spend that much, but our 'direct' food bill has increased by about £50 - £75 per week. That's because we're at home and not having lunch / coffees / biscuits (dh not me) at work. But that spending will be offset by us not paying for lunches etc. Also I think prices have gone up, quite a bit. And because we're not going out to restaurants we are sometimes buying a £15 bottle of wine to go with a meal at home, rather than a £7 bottle. Again that should be offset by us not spending on restaurants. We are also buying things in the supermarket that we might buy elsewhere - gardening things, toys for the grandchildren, cheese from the local delicatessen...

Overall out supermarket spending has increased but spending in other areas has decreased. Balance is that we are spending less overall.

Yep I think everyone's had gone up
I usually spend €55-65 per week
Now I'm spending €80ish

That's for a family of 4 - me dh and two dc age 7 and 4

My food bill has increased slightly because of lunches. I'd say an extra tenner a week. My wine bill has increased to £9,385,265.76 per week.

OP that is so wasteful please get him to do a stock take and then draw up a meal plan!! Throwing food in the bin...it's such a shame!! You might as well just throw away the money!!

That is a lot of money to be spending, things are costing more as there are no special offers or deals on but that amount for 3 is ridiculous. we are spending about £150 -£200 a week for 2 adults, 3 teenage boys and one teenage dd and 2 dogs.

That's a hell of a lot he's spending. How much booze is in the weekly shop?

We're spending between £150 and £200 for DH, myself and two older teens which I think is ridiculous but then when you think it's every meal, 3 times a day for 4 people, and snacks, plus we're all drinking a lot more as we can't go out to pubs/restaurants like we normally do. Doesn't seem quite so bad then. We're actually saving a lot on train fares, petrol, eating out etc.

We’re spending £200-250 weekly for four adults, which is more than usual.

In our house is dh, 2 teenagers and myself. We usually spend approx £60 a week on food shopping however I’m up to about £90 a week we are all at home eating breakfasts , lunches and dinners. So it’s is costing us more.

But £200 is excessive.

Our weekly shop hadn't come in at less than £160 since lockdown started, that's for two adults and one teen - and doesn't include alcohol.

It's easily done.

I'm buying lots of extra treats and bits and pieces that we'd all usually buy while we're out at work or school - ultimately we're saving a lot of money, it's just seeing it all go out in one go on one weekly shop makes it look expensive.

Make a meal plan and a shopping list and stick to it. You can be as extravagant as you like but you won't end up wasting anywhere near as much. You could even add in a £5 allowance to buy something spontaneous in the shop that's not on the list. Mmn, planned spontaneity...

Also work out a sensible amount of alcohol per week and don't buy more than that.

It's basic skills you learn at 18 or so, how has he got to be this old without learning?!

We spend about £100 a week, two adults, one preschooler, one baby. That includes the odd thing like toys, cleaning stuff, kitchen stuff.