How much is your weekly food shop?

[Lelophants]

Ours is around £150 which I know is a lot for 2 adults and a toddler We are home for all meals and eat a lot it seems! We are also letting ourselves buy all sorts of food and enjoy that with covid and not spending on much else. If we needed to budget I would get it down though!

I wonder how much most people spend?

Just under £70 a week for 2 adults

£80 - £90 per week for two adults, bit WFH so all meals at home and both endurance athletes so we get through a lot of food (yesterday I ate something like 4500 calories and needed every one of them!). Includes household stuff, toiletries, vitamins and a bit of alcohol.

£120ish for 7 of us including formula and nappies/ household/cleaning/toiletries etc
Problem is I only budget £100 😂

£100 per week for 2 adults and 1 teen.

This does not include toiletries or cat food which we buy in bulk twice a year. This never includes alcohol either which is bought only very occasionally. I also go to a Chinese food store every 12 weeks and spend about £300.

So overall it’s £125 plus whatever the toiletries and cat food are so approx £135.

To all those spending £200-£300 weekly on groceries, what are you buying? Are you buying pre cooked chilled and ready made meals? I find that's what often pushes the price up plus alcohol. We cook from scratch so buy ingredients to cook with but we do buy frozen ready made for busy days.

2 adults, 2 teenagers and dog. £120-£140 pw inc. cleaning items and toiletries.

@Hyperion100 oh totally non mumsnet approved items I'm sure! I shop at m & s and I buy lots of ready chopped fresh fruit, berries, steak, salmon. Boxed pre prepared salads. Etc

We can afford it though so I appreciate we are lucky in that respect but I don't feel guilty or like I could make savings - I know I could but I prioritise nice food more than ever now after the crap year that was Covid

About £200 for 2 adults and 2 teens. That's everything though.

@Milkywaystars

No, I cook from scratch. I buy organic meat from a local butcher (which I know sounds very mumsnetty and middle class but you did ask). Probably spend £40 on a couple of bottles of half decent wine. It includes all cleaning/washing stuff and packed lunches for three of us too. I also bake a lot and that's not a cheap hobby, despite what people think.

We budget £500pcm for food, but that includes the fortnightly shops, take aways / eating out, toiletries, specialist dog food etc. We spend £250 on food today but that will last us most of the month, with a top up shop on 2 weeks for fruit and veg which will probably be about £50 max.

2 adults, 1 toddler and a dog

About £150, usually, including toiletries, for two adults and two teenagers.

We don’t have takeaways, and I tend to buy organic versions of everything I can, which adds up quickly for meat, fruit and veg. Usually use Tesco and Sainsbury’s as that’s what’s closest.

When things were tight a couple of years ago, it was about £70 (Aldi, so not organic).

Around £80 a week and that's with my meat from my local butcher. 2 adults and toddler DS.

We also get a takeaway once a week so that's another £20ish.

£40 for an adult and a teen boy

2 adults, 2 teens and a 9 year old boy with an adult sized appetite.
£250 a week give or take £20. Nothing precooked or ready meals, it’s about £170 on the online food shop and the remainder at the butcher.
Loads of treats, definitely lots of luxuries. I could cut it by half easily and we wouldn’t be hungry but we don’t want to.

2 adults and 2 teens and an 11 year old.
We spend around £120 ish depending on who’s doing the shopping. DH can spend a lot more - he will buy expensive cuts of meat like legs of lamb that will bump the cost up. This isn’t including alcohol though.

Budget £70 for main shop, usually £10 on extra fruit and bread and a takeaway a fortnight.

2 adults and 2 young DC, I don't feel like I'm scrimping and saving when shopping. I think I'd struggle to spend over £100. How much food waste do you have?!

My weekly food shop (2 adults, 1 toddler) is around £80-£100
We also often get a Gousto box which is around £25-£30
Plus a takeaway or eating out once a week anywhere from £20-£80 depending on what we get, including drinks, etc

About £40 to £60 per week for just me. I eat all my meals home cooked and don’t skimp on anything, it is includes all toiletrys and household items as well. I have found that doing a big shop for things I actually enjoy has saved me loads as I never do little top up shops or get take away’s now. Still a little bit horrified every week though!

If you spend £40-£80/week on food, what does that guy you?
By the time I’ve bought fruit/veg/bread/milk/cheese/eggs - it’s already £40.

Blueberries £2
Raspberries £2
Apples £1.60
Tangerines £2
Grapes £2
Mango £2
Strawberries £2
Pears £2
Potatoes £1
Sweet corn £1.50
Brocolli £1
Peppers £1.50
Carrots £1.0
Tomatoes £1.50
Bread (gluten free and normal £5.00)
Milk £4
Coconut milk £1.50
Eggs £4.0
Cheese £3.50
2 packs ham £4.00

I’m genuinely interested in what people are buying for meals for the week that cost so little.

£200 two adults, 3 primary age DC. Includes two bottles of wine, cook from scratch, eat a load of nice fruit which racks it up

£100 on average. Two adults, two teenage boys. That is absolutely everything without any extra pops to the shops.

Inc four cans of beer and a bottle of wine every now and then - we aren't big drinkers.

Oh and a cat and a dog!