How much do you spend on groceries per month?

[CurryandSnuggle]

My family size: 2 adults, 2 children
Food/Toiletries/Cleaning products: £600-650 per month

Interested to know how much you are all spending. We are hardly buying any luxuries and this just seems eye watering. I mean we are spending over £2100 just on mortgage, groceries, childcare and council tax. Let alone all the other bills…

25 after I did the currency calculations. But yeah. Two meals a day and often not hot food. It's not easy.

Yes.

Cleaning stuff is basic own brands and old fashioned homemade - bicarb/soda crystal / white vinegar.
I was taught to cook by my grandmother who lived through the war and could make a meal out of very little. I keep a well stocked larder and freezer, main meals this week have included
lime and chill chicken with rice and salad
chilli with rice
Mac n cheese with added peas and bacon
Prawn stir fry
Sausage and root veg mash with broccoli
Chicken dinner
Chicken ramen (using the leftover chicken)

I could spend more, but it would rather have a nice holiday.

I am so grateful to my gran for teaching me to cook on a budget. Home made pizza with salad and coleslaw tonight.

@DyddDewiSant do you not count in the cost of stocking the pantry though? Even if it's once every six months it counts

Probably £450-500 which is shocking to see written down. It didn’t feel too long ago we’d do a weekly shop for £50.

Family of 4, 2 adults, a ten year old and a toddler. The above included nappies and cleaning products and most toiletries.

2 adults,1DD (4 year old) and 2 cats. We spend on average £80 a week including cleaning bits and night time nappy pants. We don't drink or smoke and cook a lot from scratch. So about £320ish a month.

Dog food is separate as I order that online but still probably only £40 a month for them.

1 adult plus 1x17yo and 2x 11yo 50% of the month-£400.

1 adult 2 children and cat. £300-400 now. A year ago £250 - 300.

Family size: 2 adults and a 5 year old. We spent £750-1000 on groceries, cleaning things and toiletries.

Too much...

Around £320-400.
Some months a bit more or less.
2 adults (1 no gluten&dairy diet)/1 preeteen/2 cats.
We eat 75% vegetarian.
Packed lunches for lunch.
Takeaway once a week.

We average £490pm on just food shopping. 2 adults, 2 teens. I analyse and allocate every receipt (accounts nerd). This is accurate to date. Household/ toiletries/ alcohol/ pet food is separated from this and it also doesn't include takeaways or meals out or school dinner money.

A few years ago it was £350pm. We have stopped spending on red meat based on just the price alone. We generally have chicken, pork and fish.
The kids would live off pot noodles if they could.

It must be very hard to have to live on such a small budget. I hope things get easier for you.

So does mine. I guess you spend what you have really.

Thank you, I appreciate that.

3 adults and 1 teenager and we spend roughly £600 per month but also get 1 takeaway a week on top of that.

About £800 a month, 3 adults, one is a 19yr DS who probably eats for 3. It has gone u over the last 4 mnths because I’ve been working more days. When I work one day a week I can shop around and cook much more from scratch.

Between 750 and 900 a month

Three adults and a adult sized teen and three big dogs.

My budget is meant to be £750-£800 but we do sometimes go over depending

We've been trying to do one shop a week with no popping anywhere in between for stuff as that was edging us upto over £1000 a month which is just ridiculous.

I've had to get harsh with the kids as they can be very wasteful of left to it so I have to point out often the dates on stuff they asked for to make them remember to eat it.

I keep it stocked from my weekly shopping, and have built it up over time. I replace items as they are used. If something I use regularly is on offer I stock up, I buy meat when it is on offer ( just bought two legs of lamb in Asda) and freeze.
We eat a lot of seasonal veg and pulses, some meat-free meals very few desserts. I make cakes and yogurt.

I don’t know exactly, but I’m hazarding a guess at around £800/£1000 a month, that’s for food, toiletries, cleaning products and cat food (me, 2 huge hungry sons and 2 fussy cats). It’s gone up a massive amount in the recent years. I’m shocked every single time I go shopping at the hike in prices. Seems worse every week 😕

Two adults, two fussy DC and two cats - we spend around £800-£1000 a month on our grocery shopping (including cleaning products, cat food, toiletries etc) .

Two adults here so approx £80 a week on an Aldi shop. No meat but includes alcohol. Eat brunch out twice a month so about £75 a month for that. Dinner out approx once a month and spend about £100 on that.

2 adults, 3 DC (all under 10) , 2 cats. Easily £900 a month and that's not buying any ready meals or alcohol or cat litter (we don't buy ready meals and alcohol and cat litter are bought separately).
Pre-pandemic it was about £400-500 a month

£800-£1000. 3 adults (one here about 4 nights), 2 weekends there will be 6 adults. Usually have a family roast on Sundays. Includes toiletries, cleaning stuff and a few beers. Cats are separate.

Dinners this week:

Today, spinach, haddock, poached eggs, topped with cheese
Tom: pork chops and cauli cheese with saute potatoes
Mon: spag bol and salad
Tues: chicken, mushrooms, rice and veg (in a sauce)
Weds: stuffed peppers and a side salad
Thurs: omelette, brown bread and salad
Friday: salmon steaks, New potatoes, asparagus

I also buy little Haagen Daz ice cream tubs for dh and bonne maman mousses things or Creme caramels because ds likes a pud.

Yoghurt, fruit and bran at breakfast with seeds and nuts.

I make my lunches: salad, tuna, eggs, cottage cheese, smoked mackerel etc, and fruit.

We rarely eat out and never have a take away.

Oh yeah if I include school dinners it’s more like £650-700 per month.

We rarely have takeaways now as they have gone up too much. Used to be able to get an Indian for £25 it’s now £40. We have one takeaway once a month or once every other month.

4 adults = £700 a month for food for 3 meals a day plus cleaning products. Pet food is extra. I don't buy alcohol but don't scrimp on quality and cook from all evening meals scratch. We rarely have takeaway's and only eat out on birthdays etc. I'll make the curry/ lasagne on a weekend and freeze it for during the week to save time.
Breakfast is porridge and frozen fruit, lunch is a soup or sandwiches.

This week we'll have:
Roast and trimmings,
Lasagne and salad,
Beef massaman curry and rice
Blackened miso salmon with greens and noodles,
Chicken gyros, flatbreads and salads
Seabass Laska with broccoli and rice
A sausage, apple and swede traybake with kale.

4 people, children, teen boy and adult. I spend about £450 a month but we don't eat any meat. Excluding meals out which we have once or twice a month