How much is your weekly shop?

[Hernamesnoelle]

We are a family of 3, 2 adults 1 child (age 4).

In recent months we have had 1 'main' shopping delivery that's normally between £150-£175 and then easily spend another £20 topping up during the week.

It seems eye watering to me, as I'm sure it was about half this last year!

Interested to see if we are around average?

We average £130 per week, and I'm relieved to read that others are spending similar. 2 adults, 2 teens and 1 younger child, plus all the cats.

2 of us...about £500 a month. That includes alcohol, toiletries, cleaning stuff.
We eat out once a week.

Around £200 for two adults and a child.

With all top ups and big shops about £120 a week. 4 adults 1 teen and 2 dogs.

The 2 young adults are massive sporty lads who eat stupid amounts.
so cook lots of pulses, eggs, pasta and veg.

With all top ups and big shops about £120 a week. 4 adults 1 teen and 2 dogs.

The 2 young adults are massive sporty lads who eat stupid amounts.
so cook lots of pulses, eggs, pasta and veg.

Just me and tween DD half the time or a little bit more, plus one small dog.

I spend about 80% of my money on the supermarket and that includes all cleaning and toiletry products. I buy wine but wait for the 25% off deals to stock up. I buy yellow stickered meat, batch cook and am quite savvy re where I can get things cheaper and £ per KG. I buy chicken in large packs and freeze what I don’t use, and I make DD lunches plus my own. Mine are usually leftovers.

A good week can be £35ish, that’s dependent on having meat in and no alcohol. A 25% off 6 bottles or more can be over £100.

Our average weekly shop for 2 adults and 1 child (who is 15 so eats like an adult) and 2 cats is £152.77.

This includes every thing you’d buy from a supermarket like Lidl or Tesco. So more than just food. Random stuff like a scientific calculator and filing cards for revision. Kitchen roll, toilet paper, thank you gifts for other people.

I’m not doing a line by line check.

Two adults, one 4 yo and one 8 mo. £150ish a week, that’s a guess mind you. One ‘big shop’ delivered by Asda (I’d rather use others but we’re v rural and choices are limited!) and at least one top up a week from Lidl or Aldi. Includes all cleaning gear and most toiletries. I always think it seems wildly out of control now cost wise but this thread makes me see it’s quite normal.

We average between 130 and 150 per week for 2 adults, 1 teen and 1 tween. Plus 1 cat.

Also I try not to but usually do a top up shop for fruit , bread etc for another 10 to 15

That's for all meals including pack lunches, toiletries, pet food , no alcohol. Shop in Tesco

3 vegetarian adults about £100 per week including cleaning stuff .We make our own yoghurt and bread, no booze.I stock up when things are on offer especially tins.

2 adults 2 teens that eat like adults and we spend £170- £200 a week depending on if we shop at Aldi or Tesco. Dont do too up shops anymore and just make do with what we have.

My food shopping used to be twice as much. One adult two kids and a dog.
Aldi was a game changer I spend around £60 a week with a £10 top up usually for snacks and milk

Batch cooking really helps as you then have more meals from the same meal you cook, saving you from having to make additional meals everyday. I do a big macaroni and cheese and a lambs Sheperds pie. Then a few lentil/panner curry’s and again bulk them out.

I don’t buy alcohol which probably also helps.

Family of three (2 adults and a seven year old) about £250.

A week?! That’s an awful lot for 3

£250pw for 3 adults, 2 dcs. Tesco delivery. No alcohol, pets or nappies. DCs and DH have lunch provided at school/work.

Just me, around £80 a week. But that does include a bottle or two of wine, cat food for 2 cats, cat litter (which is bloody expensive now!) all household cleaning stuff etc.

It's painful but I'm trying to just get myself used to it! Prices aren't going to come down again so this is reality. I'm lucky I can afford it so I'm not going to skimp to save money. I've had to do that plenty in the past and I'm not doing it again while I can afford not to.

2 adults 2 kids about £180 ish a week, but that's everything breakfast, lunches and dinners all week. I don't top up except occasionally milk.
I might do a once a month ish home bargins/b and m trip but I try and get everything on my weekly shop

Depends but normally 80-100 for 2 adults, excluding cat food. I dont top up, but husband buys lunch everyday.

Family of 4, kids 16 and 11. Roughly £150 a week.

about £300 when all top ups done. Give or check £20.

2 adults, 1 teen, 2 tweens.

kids take packed lunches but i tend to buy kitchen roll etc at supermarket so it’s toiletries and cleaning stuff as well.

Between 40 and 45 a week, single omnivorous adult at Waitrose. I batch cook and follow the MIND diet so must avoid UPF and have poultry twice a week (chicken thighs are cheap), oily fish at least once a week, whole grains at every meal (Jason’s wholemeal sourdough, oats, quinoa), nuts every day, two to four tbsps of EVOO daily, plus either 150ml red wine or a huge helping of mixed berries.

I budget for £150, family of 3 with a toddler and baby on the way. That includes all meals and wipes, toiletries etc

About £300 a week for two adults and two DC. But it's mostly all farmshop (or fishmonger) produce, and much is seasonal/ local as well as organic. We eat a lot of fruit and a lot of fish, both of which are expensive.In summer it climbs to about £400 because of the amount of fruit we eat. Between us we can eat 1kg of cherries in a week easily and get through nectarine/peaches each at £1 a pop.

Food is more than fuel for us. It's the last thing we'd cut if we had to.

I’ve just done my weekly shop with Tesco, 2 adults and 2 kids (8 and 13) couldn’t get it below £180 as everything was needed. No alcohol, minimum cleaning products. I left out some treat things as well (Pepsi and some Monster drinks) as I couldn’t bring myself to spend even more. It’s just extortionate every week

I think that’s quite a lot for only 3 of you, one being a very small child!

We are a family of 4, Dh and I and dc ages 7 & 12 who eat A LOT of snacks. Like their weight in fruit and cheese straws.

Our actual food shop is usually £100-130, including all toiletries, cleaning products, toilet roll, occasional alcohol (I don’t drink but Dh does). We might spend another £20-50 throughout the week. We do weekly shop at Tesco, do top ups at Co op, Morrisons or Waitrose.

That’s for all meals and snacks (Dh and I both have all meals at home), except dc’s lunches as they have school dinners. I generally cook everything from scratch, no ready meals, but I don’t necessarily buy the cheapest ingredients. It could definitely be less if I needed to reduce spending (but I don’t and I like nice food).

We do grow a lot of our own food though (big vegetable garden that even through the winter keeps us going a bit with squashes and greens) and we have chickens (eggs) and raise pigs (for meat). So some of those costs are front loaded a bit; for example, I paid all the money for feed last year and this year, we have a freezer full of meat that isn’t costing us anything week to week in our shopping.