How much is your weekly food shop?

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Just curious really. For 2 adults and small child, ours is on average £60 per week - some weeks £70, some £50. We batch cook a lot as it’s hard to make fresh meals every night with small person.

Would be interested to hear anyone else’s?

They'll have to hope there's an Aldi or Lidl near their accommodation won't they? Halloumi and nuts especially are half the price of Waitrose, Sainsburys etc.

I hope you're making them all cook at least once or twice a week each too. It shouldn't all fall on you.

They do their own breakfast and lunches whilst we are all stuck at home. I do dinner daily as I love cooking. But I'm a bit of a soft touch too and will make them anything they want if they ask nicely and do the dishwasher or help in some way.

This insomnia is a bugger. Been awake since 2am. Might try again for an hour or 2 of sleep.

Depends on the time of year and what I need to buy.
Could be as little as €10 or as much as €200 (single person household).

Totally staggered by the money spent per week on food. We're three adults (me, OH and young adult daughter) and spend max £70 per week. The only thing not included is wine - which we get through a supplier, but only one bottle a week currently. We cook everything from scratch mostly.

This thread is a dream for the judgemental . Twas ever thus.

It’s interesting to see the comparisons, and I’m trying to remember back to when I lived in the UK 10 years ago.

I live in NZ, me and primary school DD, and a cat. I’d average around £60 a shop. DD is with me 4 nights a week. She takes packed lunches to school and I take my lunch to work most days. I eat out 1-2 nights a week (sorry those who are missing that at the moment).

I eat a low carb diet to manage my T1 so don’t eat pasta or rice, and I buy a lot of fruit and veg and cook from scratch. I normally buy sourdough for toast from a baker. I get coffee beans delivered from a local roaster and also get spray free avocados delivered.

If I bought out of season fruit and veg, lots fish and seafood, more expensive cuts of meat then I could definitely spend double what I do.

Around £120 a week, some weeks a bit more and some a bit less but never under £100. 2 adults, 8 year old and 5 year old.

£450 min a month often £500. Me and dd. That includes any cleaning products abd toiletries. We get a monthly Fishbox and weekly organic veg box as part of that. It's very important to me to eat well because of previous bad health and I very rarely drink alcohol. No idea how people do it for less but food makes me happy 😀

Two adults and a baby, same as you!

I thought we were spending a bit too much but obviously not seeing some of these answers. Now I feel stingy

I would also generally rather eat something at home than eat out, I wonder if higher spenders on groceries eat more at home . We get a pizza takeaway once in a blue moon and will grab sandwiches when shopping but that's it really. I'd rather cook at home . Fortunately....

Have now officially broken all my previous records by giving Mr Tesco £223 for my weekly shop yesterday 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@Iamblossom

Have now officially broken all my previous records by giving Mr Tesco £223 for my weekly shop yesterday 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I don't mean to be rude .... but how?? And how many people is that for? I'm always intrigued by what people buy/eat (ok.... just nosey!). Would love to see the till receipt for a shop like that (but fully understand people not wanting to share)

My trolley contents:

5 packets of big tomatoes (for soup)
2 packs of 2 avocadoes
Comte cheese
4 aubergines
Low fat coleslaw
3 pkts of blueberries
2 pks of romaine lettuce
Bag of satsumas
Bag of oranges
8 braeburn apples
About 20 bananas
2 pkts of mange tout
2 pkts of baby sweetcorn
2 pkts of sausages
Tesco finest rump steak
Packet of fresh salmon steaks
Frozen peas, frozen green beans
2 punnets of mushrooms
5 pkts of flavoured microwave rice
3 bags of multipack flavoured crisps
2 bags of tescos Finest Ridged crisps
2 pkts of Salted roasted nuts
2 pkts of wagon wheels, 2 of pick me up choc biscuits
4 tins tuna
Bottle of olive oil
3 boxes of cereal
8 fage greek yogs
2 x 6 pack muller light yoghurt
2 sliced loaves, 1 French stick, 2 pkts bagels
2 iced buns
1 fajita kit
2 boxes apple juice
1 multipack of caffiene free diet coke
2 x 4 packs of ginger beer
4 corona beers
2 tescos Finest pizzas
2 packs of bhajis/pakoras
Pork pies
Sausage rolls
2 packs of cooked chicken slices
Pack of ham
1 large box of non bio washing powder
6 pack loo roll
2 pack of kitchen towel
2 bottles of bleach
Face wash
Tresemme conditioner

£223
2 adults, 2 teenage sons.

Judge away! It all goes. All of it.

What's the meal plan with that?
But.. steak, salmon, lots of fruit, washing powder.. stuff like that adds up quickly.

Salmon is for salmon en croute I am making this week. Damn forgot pastry.

Aubergines and comte cheese is for the moussaka DH is making for tea tomorrow.

Fajitas for sons tonight, steak for us.

The rest is fairly standard stuff we eat every week!!

£400-£450 a month including cleaning supplies/toiletries and dog food. 3 adults, 2 teenagers. I shop in Lidl and Aldi with a small top up from tesco.

I cook mostly from scratch. We make our own bread, yogurt, snacks, cleaning supplies. My parents have a huge vegetable garden that we help with. A lot of my veg is frozen from the summer. The teenagers are addicted to smoothies. I make smoothie packs for the freezer that they just throw in the blender. Saves a fortune. Dh and I take all lunches to work. I batch cook Dahls and pasta bakes or we take leftovers. We eat plant based a few nights a week. Pizza tonight is homemade dough, leftover chicken from last night and pizza sauce I made in the summer. I am extremely lucky that I have the time to be able to do this and the fact that I enjoy doing it helps.

@lamblossom no judging, thank you for satisfying my curiosity!

£100-120 per week, includes cleaning and household items plus nappies. Two adults and a 9 month old baby all on 3 meals a day plus snacks as we are all at home.

Two adults and teenager. About £160 per week- that’s not including wine. OH does shopping and isn’t prepared to stint.

Two adults and a toddler - about 130 per week.

This is cooking from scratch for every meal and includes a decent bottle of wine but no cleaning stuff or loo roll.

I always do a massive shop on payday which includes things like toiletries, cleaning products and toilet roll for the month. That comes to £250ish. Then weekly after, probably about £100. There are 5 of us - 2 adults and 3 children under 11.

(oh also bought courgettes, eggs, bisto and biscuit spread... As you were)