Can I ask what you are all spending on food shopping?

[hornchurchmum]

We are a family of 4, two adults and two teenagers. I shop in Tesco, Iceland and Lidl. I'm finding that my monthly shop is nearer to £700 than the £500-£550 that it used to be but there's nothing I can really cut out. We all eat at home most of the time so it's breakfast, lunches and dinners for us all everyday, the kids take packed lunch every day, and that's not including any alcohol that I'll occasionally buy separately. I don't splurge, just normal foods, nothing fancy, basic dinners, packed lunch stuff etc. I tend to do a big shop for Sunday which is now about £120 and then top ups of bread, milk, fresh fruit and salad or anything that's missing for a meal etc during the week. Just wanted to see how it compared really. Us two adult are trying to eat healthier/lose weight and I'm noticing that that's more expensive too! I also try and run the freezer down sometimes but it doesn't make that much difference...

Two adults plus one uni dc for several weeks and odd weekends of the year, two pets. On average £100 a week. We aren't big meat eaters- only one or two meals a week.

Two adults, about £100 a week

Stop shopping at Tescos. We go to Asda all of the time now cos Tesco became ridiculous. Iceland is also creeping up now and lot of their stuff that used to be cheaper than Asda isn't anymore.

There's 2 adults and 2 DC in our house. We probably spend about £100 a week max. Depending on what we need I'll get a lot from Iceland and top up from Asda. Or just go to Asda.

About £80 pw.
Family of 4. X3 adults x1 child.
No alcohol at all.
meal plan.
Eat fridge/cupboards ingredients at least twice a week.
I often go without lunch to make it all go a bit further.

RAldi shop only.

Aldi that should have said.

£50 a week family of six

OP, same family profile and yes, about the same as you. I'll leave Tesco with enough for 2 economical evening meals and some lunchy bits and bobs and it regularly comes to £30. Was well under that even a few months ago. I hate it.

@Mano2020 how? Can I ask what you buy roughly and where from?

Family of 3, no pets and don't drink alcohol. Weekly shop usually £85 then top ups during week of around £20 and maybe a takeaway at £25.

It averages £200 per week but includes formula, nappies, toiletries etc

2ad + 3ch

Shop at Tesco because it's most convenient

2 adults and an 11 month old, we spend €100-€150 a week including baby formula. Could definitely cut grocery spending down by quite a lot if we were more careful though.

Around £45pw for two adults for just food at Aldi.

we do a Costco shop once per month and her toilet roll, kitchen roll, big bags of rice and tinned tomatoes.

2 adults, three very tall teenagers, £150 a week main shop, and around £20/30 topping up during the week. I want to cry every time I go to the till.

I find asda a lot more expensive than tesco! Tesco do a lot of price match with aldi and clubcard deals. I suppose its the way you shop -I just write "ham" on the list for example and then buy whatever ham is on offer in tesco that week, rather than saying "honey roasted ham" and buying that even if its £3 a pack and crumbed ham is £2.

I've always been surprised when people think of Iceland as a cheap shop -because they tend to round up prices to the nearest 50p or whatever there have always been things that are really cheap in aldi or homebargains they round up to the nearest quid. Plus they only sell brands. So lidls cheapest stuffing would be like 20p a box, Iceland would be £1. Lidls own potao mix would be say 49p, iceland only sold smash for £3. You could buy lidls own orange squash for about 79p a litre whereas Iceland only sold robinsons for £2.50 etc.

About £250 a month, 2 adults 1 child. Eat meat roughly twice a week. Child is in nursery with meals included.

Mostly shop in Aldi.

Though we do spend and extra £8 a week in milk from the milk man to have it in glass bottles 😳bit of a luxury.

5 of us here. This weeks shop cost me £60. Amazed I managed it. That was just food though, didn't need any washing stuff, for clothes or people.

I shop at Tescos.

There's 3 of us, I shop at sainsburys and do a 'big shop' every fortnight for about £80/90 then top up for fresh stuff in between- probably like £15 a week? Things like washing tablets and dishwasher tablets I tend to buy in bulk (worth being mindful though of the price per 100g as its not always cheaper) on amazon or somewhere like that as and when needed- usually once every few months.

I tend to buy some things every time but shop for offers and deals on most stuff to try and keep the cost down, as well as meal planning and shopping online so I don't get tempted by other stuff.

£150 a week here for two adults, two young children and a cat! That includes toiletries etc. I could probably get it to about £120 if I absolutely had to. My kids love berries which aren’t cheap, and I love Prosecco, chocolate and fancy breadsticks!!

Last month spent £370...2 adults, at Aldi/ Sainsbury's. Includes cleaning stuff and about 3 bottles of wine a week. We eat out 3/4 times a month.
August we spent £470 so thats an improvement!

Usually about £120 a week for four of us, but have been using money off coupons for Waitrose which are usually £26 off bringing it down to under £100 a week..

Thanks for all your insights :) I was trying to see where I was going wrong, but a lot of us are spending roughly the same depending on family size etc, so it's obviously just that things are more expensive now, which of course I know anyway :( but I was expecting people to say I was spending way over and above lol

I'd say about £100 a week for 2 adults and 2 teens plus I spend £100 every 4 months buying loo roll, washing tablets, dishwasher tablets etc at Costco and probably £50 every 3 months at Iceland buying bits that are much cheaper there (Greggs bakes, Dr Oetker pizzas etc) for the chest freezer. None of us drink alcohol and I try to meal plan and be frugal. We don't buy a huge amount of meat and use cheaper cuts - chicken thighs or wings or beef shin for example.

I also spend £10 a month on Simply Cook - it's not just herbs and spices like someone said upthread but also pastes etc which I wouldn't begin to know how to recreate but they make some amazing curries and pasta dishes so worth it for me.

What do you mean by going wrong? There's no right answer about how much your food shop should cost?

These threads are so strange, does anyone really set their food budget based what others spend? Do people eat more if they spend less than someone else, do they buy cheaper food they don't like if they spend more?

Grown women don't need to ask strangers how to food shop do they?

Everything has definitely gone up. I spend around £60 just for me