How much would you budget for groceries for 2 adults?

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Would 60 per week be too less?

It depends on lifestyle, whether you take food to work etc, but I’d say £80 might be more realistic (if you can afford it)

I think it’s a bit low, we usually spend about £80+ but I recognise that this includes treat items and could be shaved down. DP eats like a horse !

For all food both in and out of the house I spend about £50 per adult per week and we eat really well on that. Could definitely spend less if required.

Agree with other posters, it all depends on what's included. Could you do £60 a week but once a month increase it by £20 for toiletries and cleaning products

Personally that wouldn't scratch the sides, however I'm sure people eat well on less - they'll just tailor their diets and shopping habits to their budgets. You can definitely shop for that!

I budget 30-35 as a single person plus 20 a month for cleaning/household. In reality a few extras creep in.

Depends. Do you work from home or not? Do you take your own lunch or buy?
Do you drink and/or snack? Do you rely on ready-made food or make everything yourself?

What is with non-food item? When I say groceries, I mean a full shop, not just food and drink.

Where od you shop? Asda is most likely cheaper than Waitrose.

£80 would be about right for us, although we could definitely spend less. That includes cleaning stuff and basic toiletries.

Edit to add: we could definitely spend more too, we don't buy much meat.

I spend £60 pw 1 adult x2 cats and that’s tight

I think like others have said, it's all very dependent what it has to cover, lunches for work etc.

We spend £120 a week for 2 adults and a teenage boy (eats loads ). DH takes lunch to work once or twice a week. DS rarely takes a pack up.

We do like food though, and don't scrimp on treating ourselves. Neither of us smoke, and neither huge drinkers, so instead we enjoy spending money on good food

We spend about £120 a week for 2 adults but that includes lunches, beer and wine!

Depends if you eat meat, have special dietary requirements etc
If no to the above I would say £50 for two women, £80 for two men and £65 for a man and a woman.

Add in meat and you could be talking another £20 a week on top.

We spend 100 to 120 per week for us two plus 2 dogs and two cats. I don't think that's too bad really.

£100 a week for 2 adults which includes toiletries and cleaning products

I could. But it would mean needing lots of time to shop about and go to multiple shops the market. It would mean a lot of pulses and beans and a little meat, no fancy veg or fruit and also being creative. Plus what do you have in already? I have a pantry full of multiple spices and dry basic ingredients.

When it comes to cleaning I use stuff sparingly. I use a chopping board for all food so just use a cloth with a tiny bit of washing up liquid on. Plus on the food counter there are no bags chucked or anything at all that just food so no need for tons of fancy anti bac sprays.

Depends on so many factors - what you can afford, what shops you are using, any dietary requirements, whether you are cooking from scratch or buying ready meals etc, does anyone get food provided at work, amount of food eaten, are you including all groceries including toiletries, cleaning products and sundries and probably other things.

But if that's what you can afford, it will feed you both for the week and allow you to buy adequate cleaning products and toiletries.

You could probably manage on slightly less if you were extremely careful or you could spend many times more if you went to Waitrose, M&S or used Ocado and just bought whatever you fancied.

It's for my parents. They spend 60 a week but I sometimes top up 10-20 quid a week for things like dishwasher tablets, snacks or groceries they've forgotten

2 adults, 1 cat we spend £150 per week, both work from home so lunches here. No alcohol.

Both foodies and love to cook, very very rarely eat out as we eat so well at home.

Currently we can afford it.

When it's just dh and I we spend about 75 a week.

It entirely depends on their diet.

2 adults

We eat mostly unprocessed foods - except some sourdough bread x 2, box of granola, large tub of yoghurt, block of cheese and some weekly treats such as a tub of ice cream, a multipack of popcorn and a large bar of dark chocolate.

We have wild Salmon twice a week (so 4 fillets) as I won’t eat farmed Salmon 🤮

Then I buy meat, eggs, pulses, nuts, seeds, oats, fruit and veg, plus condiments/olive oil/herbs/spices. I don’t buy any ready meals or frozen foods (except the ice cream)

We eat out for lunch and dinner one day a week so I buy food for six days a week from Tesco.

We spend £80 a week including a £3 click and collect fee. Plus a one off £50 a month for cleaning products and toiletries.

£80 on food per week sounds more doable with £40 a month on laundry/cleaning/basic toiletries.