Weekly food shop for a family of four… what are you spending?

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I’m embarking on some family budgeting which I’ve never really done before. I’ve put £150 a week for food for 2 adults and 2 small kids and DP thinks we spend more than that. What’s everyone else spending?

I think £120-150 is the average now for us ( family of 4). That includes stuff for lunches and household goods but not alcohol.

2 adults
6 pets

£90 a week Tesco.
That includes the pets, toiletries, £22 for tobacco and a few (as many as I can afford) bottles of wine. We only eat out/get takeaway for birthdays.

We eat well but it's all from scratch. Apart from crosta and mollica pizza when it's on offer!

Im surprised most of you spend so much!
I grow herbs and tomatoes but everything else comes from Tesco.

It's about £40 a week for food for 2.

I shamelessy love these threads btw and I want you all to write what you're spending on so I can add them to my 'winthe lottery and have an ocado shop list'

Today I've had caponata, hummus and leftover pizza for lunch. Garlic prawns, broccoli and crusty rolls for tea.

For big dinners this week I have southern fried chicken with corn cobs, wedges and coleslaw
Moussaka
Hot dogs and macaroni cheese (bit of an odd one but I really fancied it)
Each of those will make 2 days of dinner.

Then I've got 12 eggs, milk, cheese and butter and a sneaky pack of bacon as well as the left over bits of veg (cabbage carrots broccoli onion potatoes aubergine corn)for lunches.
I also have 7 apples, 5 bananas, 3 pears, a punnet of blueberries and lettuce tomatoes and cucumber for snacks.

I don't eat breakfast but my 22 year old usually has cinnamon porridge.

I regularly freeze stuff, so the chicken thighs in buttermilk brine are from a few weeks ago, I'll replace them with moussaka this week (I'll make 6 portions of that)

We have switched to a £200-210 fortnightly Ocado with in-between shops of 50-70. Works out cheaper than weekly 180-190. Meal planning helps. That’s for 2 adults 2 big children.

About £150 that also includes household things like loo roll, washing pods etc

Too much. 2 kids under 5 and the monthly bill easily reaches £1,000, sometimes more. This includes main shops, top up shops, DH getting lunch in the work canteen, corner shop trips, coffees with friends, a couple of takeaways...
We try to eat somewhat healthily (organic milk and eggs, lots of berries and exotic fruits, herbs, better cuts of meat, seafood) and I'm in a bad habit of buying snacky foods like fruit roll ups and packet seaweed for the kids and chocolate nuts for me...

DS has a milk allergy so we need to buy him separate (and inevitably more expensive) cheese, milk, yoghurts etc.

I need to cut down as food is our biggest expense and my salary has just taken a big hit :(

About £150 a week, sometimes more, sometimes less if we don’t need stuff like laundry pods etc that week, two DC 6 and 2.5. That does include lunches except for DD1 during school term as she gets hers at school (free in Scotland till p5). We eat a lot of chicken and I like to buy the decent quality stuff or get some meat from the local butcher so it does cost a fair bit.

I’m quite big on non-UPF stuff so it does add more to the bill unfortunately.

At least £50 on a main shop, then a couple of top up shops which could be up to £30 each. 2 adults, a tween, a teen and a dog. We don't buy much meat or alcohol but we don't consciously scrimp.

We are a 3 adult household. Our weekly supermarket delivery cost at least £150, in addition I spend £80 each week on top up shops.

Around £120 a week.
4 adults in household.
No pets.
Don’t buy alcohol.
Shoo at Aldi and occasional top up at other supermarkets.

About £110-140 on the main shop and perhaps a £20 top-up, plus milkman, and a veg box.

I remember fondly the days of it being £70

We do eat well, I’m not trying to save money but neither am I splurging, it’s mostly good quality own brand items and raw ingredients.

We’re 2 adults and two primary kids. I shop at Aldi for 80% of our stuff, Asda for 15% and the there’s 5% that comes from Sainsburys. Mainly sweet chilli beetroot, spinach because theirs lasts the best and warburtons thin crumpets because they’re the only place that stocks them.

I meal plan, and tbh the pantry and freezer are groaning at the seams.

Our total doesn’t include alcohol (we rarely drink at home) or clothes washing stuff. The kids have school dinners, but it is every other meal. I work very hard to make sure the kids get their 5-a-day despite their best efforts and I actually do 5 veg/3 fruit a day.

I have a spreadsheet and track the total amount every week, and we spend £115.

Yours is low my average for cat and I, roughly £10 a week in butchers,£66 overall I eat a lot of fruit/ veg.Typically today, blueberries, banana, 1 kiwi fruit, 2 easy peelers, 3 mini cucumbers and 2 plums

2 adults and a few visitors (family coming home) most weekends so we spend £200 a week easily. Freezer and larder are always very well stocked and I can pretty much rustle up any impromptu meals without needing to shop.

Easily £200 a week for a family of four (primary age children), often more like 250-300.

We cook from scratch predominantly but we do eat a lot of fish, seafood, fruit and the kids somehow get through a ridiculous quantity of things like cereal

£200-£220 per week. Family of 5. This includes dog food, Guinea pig veg, all cleaning products, all toiletaries, alcohol. We rarely eat out (have a takeaway twice a month) and one adult works from home so no shop bought lunches (most of the time)

Between £100-120 1 adult, 1 child, 1 pet includes 1 takeaway a week. Used to be less than half of that a few years ago. Bulk buy my meat and fish in Costco too.

We enjoy making our own food, both Western and Asian. I make things like pizza from scratch, Chinese food with my own dumpling pastry, and even our own versions of McDonald's burgers and KFC chicken. For dessert today? Little moon mochi ice cream with homemade everything – the mochi and the ice cream. Making it all ourselves means we don't spend much on food. I also grow my own fruit and vegetables, and I use Olio and Too Good To Go.

2 adults and 3 kids, one is vegetarian with ARFID we spend around £150 a week. That includes Friday night when we have ready meals or pizza so could be cheaper. I shop at Aldi and food warehouse. That includes extras like cleaning stuff, washing tabs and dishwasher tabs. It doesn't include car food as I get that from Amazon.

Hello if you don’t mind me asking what do they eat if they have afrid

More. My pets alone cost £20/week. I have a bottle of wine that’s £7-8. Milk - another £3. So were already over £30! Ten eggs - £3.50-4. Lets be really greedy and get a carton of juice for £4. Bread? £1.50. Almost £40 now. Apples and bunch banana £3.50. I like a few avocados- really pushing the envelope here - £2.50. Might need some sanitary towels/soap/shampoo/toothpaste/deodorant/body lotion/dishwasher tablets/laundry pods/toilet paper etc, not every week so average it out at £12 between the lot. So now we are at £55. Veg: we eat a lot so another £10, maybe £15. Meat? £15. Miscellaneous (spices, pasta , butter, sauces, cooking oil, yogurt maybe some dessert) another £10 at least. Round it to £100. And I know I spend more as I like smoked salmon, the odd pack of biscuits and tin of tuna, maple syrup, baked beans, bacon…
There are only two of us.

I honestly don’t know how people manage to spend so little. I’ve reviewed our online transactions over the past 24 months, covering purchases from supermarkets, small shops, and pet stores. We have two children (ages 6 and 9) and two cats, so the spending includes groceries, pet supplies (litter and food), a bit of alcohol (not much and not every week), basic cosmetics from supermarkets, and cleaning products.
We also buy ice creams, sweets, snacks, and plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, and fish, but nothing extravagant. Our average monthly spending is around £1,000. We're based in London and cook at home every day. We eat our lunches at home, with one child taking a packed lunch and the other having school meals.
Our main weekly shop is from Lidl, and occasionally we visit Tesco, Waitrose, or M&S for better quality meat or treats.

About £200 a week for 4 adults no takeaways . That includes toiletries and household cleaning stuff.
No pets , we used to have lots of cats and a dog but they have gradually died and l couldn't look after one now they are so expensive.