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If you aren’t particularly frugal, what is your weekly grocery spend up to now?

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TwoMagnificentLabradors · 07/01/2023 15:24

We enjoy good, home cooked meals and are fortunate not to need to be especially careful, but I think a hardly lobster and steak every night. We mostly cook from scratch, never order takeaway, and rarely eat out. We’d cut back on other areas before food.

Our weekly spend is now £180-220 for 2 adults and 2 teens. That’s for a weekly Waitrose delivery (including kibble, sardines, eggs and sweet potatoes for the dogs), meat from the farm shop and a Co-Op top-up shop. Yikes!

Anyone else’s food shop coming in around this?

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Lcb123 · 07/01/2023 15:25

about £70 for 2 adults, and I buy good quality meat. Am very strict about planning, use freezer; generally ignore use by dates, and minimal snacks

namechange3394 · 07/01/2023 15:28

£100-£120ish a week for 4 (5 for the 1/3-1/4 of the time DSC is here) of us so about half your spend. Neither of us drink though - is yours including alcohol spend?

SellFridges · 07/01/2023 15:33

£150-180 plus £33 Gousto.

That includes all toiletries, cleaning stuff and some booze. I try to stay under £200 unless I’m hosting or buying gifts within that.

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whirlyhead · 07/01/2023 15:35

Around £150-£200 a week for 2 adults plus several pets. Hardly any meat bought as I don’t eat meat. That does include wine, but about £40 is pet food. I’m thinking of sending those animals out to work.

Arushofbloodtothehead · 07/01/2023 15:35

150 for 2 adults, 2 children (aged 9 and 4).
No pets.

TwoMagnificentLabradors · 07/01/2023 15:36

Ours’ includes a couple of bottles of wine each week and toiletries. All lunches too. But still, yikes!

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Tayegete · 07/01/2023 15:38

We spend similar - £775 a month so approx £180 a week. We have takeaway 3-4 times a year and we do eat out a couple of times a month. Family of 4 with two hungry teenagers. We need to cut back but food is our main luxury.

TheTurn0fTheScrew · 07/01/2023 15:40

Sainsbury's delivery today was £117. There's a mid week top up to come, which will be another £15-30 in Aldi, so £135-150 per week. Two adults, two teens, two cats. Toiletries and packed lunches included.

I used to just chuck anything in within reason, but am now keeping half an eye on cost - since inflation took off I've cooked a little less fish and joints of meat. For example 2 packs of lamb chops used to be £6.50, now £9.50 which feels like a big jump.

LucyWhipple · 07/01/2023 15:40

Ours is about £150-180, with Ocado. We have the money and I don’t have the time or energy to stress over it. I appreciate that makes us very fortunate.

Tayegete · 07/01/2023 15:41

Ours includes toiletries and cleaning stuff as well and DD and I are at home every day so it includes all lunches as well.

CHILLbill · 07/01/2023 15:41

£150 - £200 for a family of 4. Up from £100-150. Mind it that DC are growing and consuming more as well.

Amboseli · 07/01/2023 15:42

We spend around £90 PW 2 adults 2 teens. But we do eat out sometimes or order a takeaway so actually probably spend £110 PW.

Lalalandddd · 07/01/2023 15:43

We just spent £100 in Aldi which includes everything besides meat and alcohol 😩

This is for 2 adults and a 2 year old. Didn't even get nappies as we didn't need them this week!

That has more than doubled compared to 5 years ago when we first got married.

TwoMagnificentLabradors · 07/01/2023 15:44

LucyWhipple I’m the same as you. We are both working full time, kids still need lots a of time and support, dogs need time too. I just don’t have the time to think too much about it.

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partoflife · 07/01/2023 15:46

Around £150.00 for four. Though this is always topping up a generally almost full store cupboard and two freezers, one fridge freezer, one small chest freezer. If we ran low it would cost a lot more to restock.

We shop at Sainsbury’s, and I sometimes pop into Marks and Spencer for a few things. We do have takeaway once a month and eat out the same. I do go for coffee, or takeaway coffee, several times a month. I won't add that up as I'd prefer to remain in ignorance there. Home Bargains for some cleaning products.

WetBandits · 07/01/2023 15:46

I think we spend more on pet food than human food 😂 they all eat a raw diet.

Two adults, no kids yet: food shop in Aldi today cost me £45 and that’ll do us for three meals a day plus snacks for this week, I also bought some cupboard staples that we won’t eat all in one week, e.g. oil and stock cubes. We don’t eat a great deal of meat or processed foods and I batch cook and freeze meals.

I bought fruit and veg, eggs, chicken (frozen breast fillets as I find it easier to plan meals that don’t revolve around meat potentially going off), frozen fish, milk, turkey mince, wraps, tinned pulses, rice cakes, yoghurt, fruit, nuts, fabric conditioner (and a candle Grin)

LoveAHolidayOrTwo · 07/01/2023 15:48

Over £300 for a family of 4 adults, two retired, one hybrid, one WFH, one takeaway per week and various lunches out for one or two adults.

autumn1610 · 07/01/2023 15:49

Today was just shy of £50 - 7 meals plus lunches (2 adults) not trying to budget or anything

partoflife · 07/01/2023 15:49

We don't drink alcohol at home so that's not something we buy or included in the grocery shop.

PollyEsther · 07/01/2023 15:51

My sainsbury's order for 6 (2 adults, 2 teens, 2 primary aged children) this week is around £112.

Doesn't include toiletries, dog food, coffee (tassimo pods on subscription) etc. It is breakfast, lunch and dinner for all of us though, the DC have a school dinner once a week each. Often our packed lunches are leftovers, otherwise I meal plan for both lunch and dinner and shop carefully to ensure we don't waste anything.

I'm quite happy with our costs to be honest, it's less than £20 per person, per week, which I think is more than reasonable. We cook from scratch too, bar the off convenience meal on busy evenings, such as tortellini and pre-made sauce. Takeaway only once a month, otherwise it gets boring!

Bobbybobbins · 07/01/2023 15:51

I would say £150 for 2 adults, 2 DCs including booze, lunches, cleaning stuff. Definitely gone up about £50+ so far in the past few months.

Marigold41 · 07/01/2023 15:52

Usually about £150 per week for two adults and two DC (4 and 6). That's a delivery of about £115-120, then a top-up of about £20-25 and a few things from corner shop.

However doesn't include takeaway which is probably 1-2 times a month (of about £30 a time).

Blankspace35 · 07/01/2023 15:54

We normally spend between 100-150 a week, thats for 5 adults and 2 children

Inextremis · 07/01/2023 15:54

Last year it was €100-120 for 3 adults and two dogs. This year it's gone up to €120-50 for the same. Plus monthly fish deliveries at €120. Last year 1kg of basmati rice in Tesco was 99c - now it's €1.19!

DominoRules · 07/01/2023 15:55

We’re at about £200 for 2 adults, 2 teens - that includes booze and cleaning stuff. Toiletries and pet food on top