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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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TrentCrimm · 07/01/2023 15:57

£200-250 for 2 adults, 2 adult kids (who aren't often here nowadays tbf) and a teen. Includes lunches for me and DH, and alcohol but not pet food.

It is what it is, we could cut back if we needed to but at the moment we don't. We're a family of foodies who all love to cook (and eat)

custardbear · 07/01/2023 15:57

Similar -£200-250 a week but includes a family of 4, quality meat, some booze, feeding pets (3 cats and a big dog), usually picking up something like socks, tights etc. Usually go to Morrisons, Asda, butcher, Aldi sometimes too and often mini coop or Sainsbury's which aren't far from my house/between home/work

MintyPrincess · 07/01/2023 15:58

Around 80 a week from tesco for 2 adults and one ds 8.
Kibble for our 2 Chihuahuas is £20 per month

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Caken · 07/01/2023 16:00

£170ish for 2 adults and 4 children (aged 7-15). Includes all toiletries and household bits, food for the cat and hay/food etc for Guinea pigs. Kids all have packed lunches and husband and I take lunch to work. This time last year it was £120is-£130ish.

stargirl1701 · 07/01/2023 16:01

Yes, including cleaning products, alcohol, household consumables, etc it is £180-200 a week for 2 adults, 2 children and a dog. It's double what it was 12 months ago.

We tend to buy all meat and veg in the local farm shop or Waitrose and branded goods (like ketchup, crisps, etc.) in ASDA.

It'll likely be more in the Spring and Summer as we tend to spend less in the Autumn/Winter just due to menu choices.

ManyNameChanges · 07/01/2023 16:02

About £150 a week…. 3 ~4 adults here depending on whether dc1 is at home or not.

Crikeyalmighty · 07/01/2023 16:04

We eat very well- around £90 a week main shopping for 2 plus about £60 a week on coffees and food out - so around £150 in total

MeghanThyStallion · 07/01/2023 16:05

About £85 at Sainsbury's and £50 on a Gousto box every so often.

MeghanThyStallion · 07/01/2023 16:06

That's for two adults and two tweens. No pets.

slamwich · 07/01/2023 16:07

About £120 a week for 2 adults ( includes visiting kids for meals). No alcohol though as we don't drink

Fenella123 · 07/01/2023 16:07

70-100 pw for 2 adults and a v large dog.
We don't eat meat /fish/dairy (dog does!) and get fruit+ veg from market.

Spanielsarepainless · 07/01/2023 16:10

£70 a week in Sainsbury's or a lot less in Lidl (but further to drive). That's for DH and me.
Dog food (kibble ) has roughly doubled in price, which is the biggest increase of anything.

AftersomeAdvice234 · 07/01/2023 16:10

2 adults, toddler and cat

£145 from Sainsburys, including breakfast, lunches and dinners and household items.

another £50ish in M&S for steaks, sausages and treats

so almost £200 this week

AftersomeAdvice234 · 07/01/2023 16:10

We could cut back but food is really the only thing we ‘splurge’ on anymore

Iamblossom · 07/01/2023 16:11

2 adults, 2 voraciously hungry late teen boys.

£180 a week, which includes toiletries and cleaning products but not booze or dog food.

It was about £220 a week but I have switched from Tesco to Lidl or Aldi.

Hoppinggreen · 07/01/2023 16:11

We have an Ocado delivery once a week for around £180-200 and sometimes go to Sains for a few extras.
2 adults, 2 teens and 2 cats ( buy dog food separately)
We don’t have much processed food and DD is veggie so not big meat eaters plus DS eats lunch at school. We dont buy cleaning stuff and aren’t big drinkers
Not sure why it’s so high really but we are not bothered

gogohmm · 07/01/2023 16:12

£200 for 3-6 adults (varies a lot!) but that includes us (2) eating out once a week, no idea what the kids spend on eating out and junk. Spent £40 so far today and will shop again Tuesday eating out tomorrow

BiddyPop · 07/01/2023 16:12

I allow €1200/month for our house, 2 adults and late teen (very intensive sports so eats a LOT of protein and veg). Includes cleaning, toiletries, alcohol, etc. And our coffee habits (all 3 of us drink a lot of coffee)

I want to cook from scratch, but working FT and chaotic lives mean that I need good conveniences too. We can afford this, but I would like to cut it a bit more - but this seems to be the current level with inflation and all that DD eats.

Susanthehappytrottingelf · 07/01/2023 16:12

About £100/week for us - two adults and two children under 7 - but we buy booze separately, have no pets, eat largely vegetarian food. Also the kids have school lunches and eat at after school club 3 days a week

JANFEBMAR23 · 07/01/2023 16:14

Ours comes in at about 80 a week from aldi.

2 adults and two older primary school children.

We meal plan, don't buy alcohol and no pets.

This includes packed lunches most days for us all.

gwenneh · 07/01/2023 16:14

£300 per week. That includes everything - cleaning products, pet food, takeaways and meals out.

That's for 2 adults, 3 DC, and 3 cats.

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TwoMagnificentLabradors · 07/01/2023 16:17

That’s really interesting. I was concerned we were profligate outliers, but actually I don’t think we are now.

Like PP food is important to us and we don’t really splurge on other stuff. We went for a meal on New Years Day and realised it was our first meal out as a family since September. We’ve been out and about but tended to find London street food markets etc. We would never really go into a cafe or chain restaurant to pick up a meal nowadays, as it’s so costly. So I don’t feel too bad eating well at home.

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Beezknees · 07/01/2023 16:18

1 adult and 1 teen boy. I spend around £70 a week including toiletries and alcohol, but then some extra if DS wants to buy something from the school canteen for lunch.

GiltEdges · 07/01/2023 16:19

Our grocery budget is £900/month for two adults, 1 (pre school age) DC and two dogs, which I think works out at roughly £200-210 per week.

We’re not scrimping on anything based on that figure, and regularly include alcohol and treat foods in our weekly shop, as well as a Mindful Chef subscription for 4 meals a week.

However, it doesn’t stretch to takeaways or eating out, which we typically do (one or the other) once or twice a week.

snowsilver · 07/01/2023 16:20

I don't think that's too bad OP if you have two teens in the house.
About £100 a week for two adults. That includes wine and toiletries. I cook from scratch mostly and that includes lunches. We rarely eat out or takeaway.
If adult DC visit it could easily double.