Guess how much

[Diorinthecountry]

Just been to Asda for my weekly shop. Anyone want to guess how much it was?

I usually use Tesco online but today thought fuck it, spice up your life and try something new.

I think that says more about your spending / eating habits than the price of Asda and that being generous to Asda as I know how expensive everything is!

that seems an awful lot

me and dh 100 a week tesco with alcohol

What meals did you make OP?

I don't think you can complain about prices when you're splurging like you are... the sheer volume of food you're buying is nuts!

Exactly, it's a meaningless figure without seeing the receipt

It's not like a weekly shop is a defined shopping ilist and everyone buys the same things

The only way to know if asda is expensive for what you bought is to price the same trolley at the other supermarkets. Surprisingly asking other people what they spend on buying trollies full of different things from different shops won't work

Thought Asda was supposed to be the cheapest!

This.

Your 'weekly shop' could be whatever fruit and veg is in the specials section, basic salad like iceberg lettuce, carrots, red onions and cucumber, frozen white fish, some chicken drumsticks and own brand white rice, pulses, spices from the world foods aisle etc. Whatever cleaning products and toiletries are on offer or own brand.

Or you could get all organic, out of season imported fruit and veg at 5+ times the price, fresh seabass, organic chicken breast, packets of Tilda microwave grains and Schwartz spice jars, branded toiletries and cleaning products at full price. Your meals are going to be very similar but substantially more expensive because you've bought the expensive version of everything.

But I guarantee that if the OP posted her receipt, a similar shop could be done for half what she spent with no significant changes I types of meals etc.

That is a ridiculous spend OP. We spent £155 this week with Ocado, far higher than usual as there were three bottles of wine, a bottle of tequila, a beef joint and lots of toiletries this week. We are also a family of three, two adults and DS15.

Wow that’s extortionate- our weekly shop, 2 kids 2 adults is c.£90-£110 from aldi with a top up of about £30

Sure it wasn't Harrods?

I spent £80 this week for an adult, 11yo and 10yo, including stuff for the 10yos birthday cake/dinner. That's fresh meat/fish every day, plus fruit and veg. They take packed lunches.

Are you able to upload your receipt? Unless we see that, everything is conjecture

I did an online Sainsbury shop ( 4 adults here ) which was under £90.

I do usually spend more in-store as I wander about thinking "Oh that's new /oh that's nice"
Last week I bought 3 large Easter Eggs (so about £15) and two boxes of catfood (£26) so £40 before I even started on food .

I tend to stick to Sainsbury , have done for 20+ years .

Without a receipt it’s meaningless. I can’t imagine ever spending that much money - we literally couldn’t eat that much food in a week (2 adults, 2 teens, and we eat quite a lot)
Best way to cut food prices is to go vegetarian. I have no time for people who moan their bill is expensive and eat meat and fish (not saying that’s you OP, but generally)

What do you normally spend in Tesco?

2 adults and 1 primary aged child here. Spend £140-£170 a week on Tesco delivery, that includes toiletries and cleaning products too.

We do Sainsbury - £150-180 per week

2 adults (plus I am pregnant so v hungry!), 1 toddler, medium sized dog - includes nappies

We both wfh so it's pretty much all breakfast, lunches (toddler has pack
Lunch at child minder) and dinner

Plus get 1 takeaway a week

I’ve just been to Asda and did our big shop for the week. 2 adults and a toddler, all breakfasts, lunches and dinners plus snacks, nappies, roast dinner and nice desserts for tomorrow. It came to £120 and I didn’t skimp on anything. You must be buying the most expensive of everything to spend that amount at Asda.

I spent £90 in Aldi, but it included four Easter eggs, so you could take £25 off that. One packet of digestive biscuits, no cake, no bread, no cereal, no eggs.

£120

Do people not add up in their head as they're going round? I don't understand how you can get to the checkout and be shocked by the amount. You don't even need a scanner, you can easily guesstimate a ballpark figure if you keep track of it when you're adding stuff to the trolley...

Some people aren't great at maths and adding things up. I'm one of these people hence why they may get a shock at till. I let my husband do the food shop for this reason.

I'm more surprised that people don't seem to look at prices and pick something cheaper if they don't like the price of what they normally buy.

So many cheaper things are absolutely fine, no need at all to buy the expensive thing you're complaining about a lot of the time.

In other news: I don't understand why people are homeless. Why don't they just buy a home?

We're living in a stagflationary economy and most of us haven't had a payrise in 15 years. There are no cheap things.

I am bemused.

I shop in Asda, weekly shop online.
I don't usually include alcohol, but there is always something cleaning /toiletries etc. It also includes cat food and dog treats/poo bags.

I have 2 older teen dds. plus 2 adults. So one more than you.

We cook from scratch, use mostly own brands, eat a lot of meat and I do buy ready made cookies and brownies etc from the bakery.
Dh and I work form home, so that is lunches for us too.

An weekly shop is between £90 and £120.

What the fuck did you buy to get to £230? I just don't get it.