To ask what you spend at the supermarket on average each week

[Joysmum]

I'm just wondering what everyone else's costs roughly are, for how many people and whether this includes lunches?

between 40 and 60 main shop, sometimes another few quid at the weekend for bread etc. 2people.

Thats all meals during the week, but we eat out a lot at the weekends!

I buy cleaning stuff and some toiletries too. DH likes to cook stuff from scratch so that saves us money!

75-85ish, for three adults and two cats in Waitrose, lunches not included. I cook from scratch and have a well-stocked kitchen, so I can do stuff comparatively cheaply - before I moved in, the two guys were spending the same amount on microwave meals and so forth. When two of us were unemployed, I could get it down to about £30-40 a week, but we ate a lot of rice and beans.

Shopping online means I can plan our meals effectively and don't impulse-purchase random stuff (just ignore that yard of jaffa cakes...)

The thing is (and I've been poor for years) is that , if you are going to keep a food budget really low, you are going to eat worse quality and sometimes less ethical foods. That's just a fact.
So, I could buy a pappy processed loaf for 60p, or I could buy a nice sourdough proper loaf for £1.50.
to me, the difference in taste, pleasure of eating, and nourishment is worth it. When I am on the week before payday, I buy the crap bread, but as a rule quality wins out.
Same with chicken- I could buy a battery chicken for 2.89, but I won't. If im going to buy chicken, its going to be free range thighs or something, and I will get less of it, but know its better. Ditto with eggs ( although verylucky to have a local egg supplier who is cheap).
Also, veg is expensive if it makes up the bulk of meals ( which it should) even if they are in season. And sometimes you want some pak Choy, or Swiss chard, or cavalo Nero, and not just the plastic peppers in a bag, and boring carrots.
if I had more money, our food shop would be a lot more!
food matters to me. It affects my mental health if I can't have good bread, and meat, and fruit etc.

£150 minimum, usually nearer £200. That's for 2 adults, 2 children and 2 cats.
That includes all toiletries, cleaning stuff, cat food, cat litter, alcohol etc. We always have a lovely roast on Sunday, and I would say we eat well, but not like kings - veg, particularly organic, is SO expensive.
I wish I could do it for less.

We spend between £65- £80 on an ocado shop and then buy vegetables and top ups from lidl throughout the week so probably another £30.

I think we budget a £110 a week for everything.

Oh and we're a family of 5, 2 adults and 3 children of 5y, 3y and 16mo.

londonrach you ask why pay extra?

I have only a Sainsbury's within walking distance, anything else is a trip in the car and needing to pay for parking for some things. Tesco in one direction, Lidl in another, Wilkinsons in town which is £££ for parking.

So I do one online order, get everything I need from one place and then forget about it for a week. For me, it is worth paying a bit more for the convenience, because by the time I had spent fuel and parking driving around various places and doing my shopping bit by bit it wouldn't actually save me very much money.

I appreciate we are lucky to be able to afford to do that, but that's why I 'pay extra'.

£150 a week for 2 adults 2 locusts children and a baby who is still on formula/nappies. Oh, and a dog.

My two DS have now left home, but youngest is still at uni and both come back on a regular basis. I spend £80 for two of us - but keep a very well stocked cupboard and freezer. When the boys are home I spend £90 and use up some of the surplus stock. I find shopping a bit more expensive than most people as DH is gluten intolerant, I'm a veggie and the boys like to cook exotic things.

150.00 7 people, 2 adults, 5 DC, includes lunch stuff

£100 for regular groceries
Then probably another £50 on nice special stuff for the weekend
I guess that's too much, there's only 3 of us

I would love to know how people managed to spend £50 on a family of 5! I'm a bit jealous of your money-saving abilities!

We spend £70 a week for two adults and an almost 3yr old. That includes weekly things like bedtime nappies, wipes, loo roll, kitchen roll. It's sometimes £75-£80 on weeks where we need washing powder, washing-up liquid etc. I shop with Sainsbury's online and mostly buy own-brand. Househole items I buy from the Basics range. Only thing we buy branded is teabags, coffee, chopped tomatoes and butter. I cook from scratch 6 out of 7 days and we eat meat everyday, which bumps our shopping up. DP is not a fan of non-meat meals. Made a lovely cheap veg curry once and he said it'd taste better with chicken in it

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110-120 for 2 adults, child and cat with expensive tastes. That includes all the household & booze (and organic meat) but not milk which is delivered. We could definitely spend less but we have made food a priority (as we don't get out much...) and I am just thankful we can (usually) afford it.

About £125 per week, for me, DH, 2 DCs, all meals except DC school dinners which are extra. This includes wine, food for 1 cat, toiletries, medicines etc and is pretty much all at Aldi/Lidl/Morrisons. This would also include having people over for dinner once every six weeks approx and that tends to cost an awful lot.

I spend £110 for two adults and one toddler. That is all in, no takeaways or buying sandwiches when out.

I really struggle to get it under this! I am completely out of food by the end of the week.

DD has allergies so i buy a lot of free from stuff which is expensive and all meat is the highest welfare possible so free range and organic. All dairy organic. Apart from that I try to buy as cheaply as possible.

Oh yes I forgot I have two cats. They account for a £10 of my budget a week!

between 200-250 a week,there are 7 of us,2 babies,2 adults,3 under 6s,2 cats aswell.dont need nappies or formula.

Dh buys his lunch from nearby cafe or goes out for lunch,i have 3 childrens packed lunches to make every day so thats 15 a week.

We go out for lunch on saturdays and have a takeaway once a week usually,thats not included in the shopping either but i just class that as money to do stuff with,not food money.

I imagine if we had to i could get it down more but i dont want to comprimise on variety ot quality,we can afford it,so unless we suddenly cant i cant see it going down.

about £80 inc alcohol, few toiletries etc.2 adults 2 teens
we eat out about once a month and do coffee and cake once a week. buy nice food, only buy free range eggs/chicken and have fish twice week, meat 3x week.
other than alcohol, only drink milk, coffee, tea and water.
[fizzy drinks for over Christmas tho]
our downfalls are nice biscuits and chocolate /emo/te/1.gif

btw-£10 dog food and dc school lunch x 2/3

£100-120 per week me dh ds (15) and dd (11) and kitty.

Includes lunches for all but dh, plus wine toiletries and cleaning stuff. I would struggle to do it for less round here, especially with dd's lactose intolerance and me being an awkward lone veggie.

Reading through,the fact that our alcohol is a pack of survives each week,we don't have pets or nappies or formula to buy helps. Also I pulled myself together and do 1 shop each week on a Sunday and menu plan. I have cut food spending by 200 a month.

We are a household of 6 adults (4 of the adults are male) + 2Cats, depending on how much meat or wine we buy I spend between £150 to £200 per week, this includes lunches for at least 3 of them.
We "entertain" a lot and generally have 8-10 for Sunday Lunch, I think I am a fairly economic shopper, getting the majority of the shop from ASDA.

about 40 per week, 2 adults and a 15m old. We use cloth nappies and I breastfed, so that kept costs down a lot. Most of our shopping is Aldi or Lidl and we huht around for cheap loo roll and cleaning stuff. We meal plan and cook without relying on convenience foods (no sauces in packets or jars, no pre cut veg, whole chicken instead of fillets, no ready made stuff and no take aways. We have had one in the past year) that makes the biggest difference.

We won't scrimp on fruit or veg though and always buy one unusual thing a week. last week it was okra. This week an aubergine.