For £50- £60 £200-240 per month
we eat bananas, plums, grapes, strawberrys, gala apples, nectarines, satsumas
Uht milk, kellogs and nestle cereal always bought only on offer, porridge, lasagna, lots of cheese, quorn products, pasta, bread from lidls or tesco 4 large baquettes for £1, ribena and vimto only as dont buy anything with no added sugar, potatoes, 50p loaf sliced wholemeal bread, margarine, baked beans, tinned tomatoe, tinned sweetcorn, tomatoe puree, passata, onions, mushrooms, carrots, spring onions, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce then frozen peas, frozen broccoli, frozen spinach, frozen leeks etc
We eat well if a bit boring but i shop differently to most
Every week is fresh bread fruit and veg from aldi and lidls between 10 and 15
I then buy whats on offer and stock up so almond milk i only buy when a pound or go without, uht for kids so £12 per month buys 24 cartons, cereal, heinz baked beans and ketchup when on offer, i use mysupermarket.com and go to the place that has what i need, i like brands also but buy when half price or even better then stock up
For instance iceland had kellogs this week half price and large boxes so i bought 8
Last month waitrose had almond milk 3 for £3 so i bought £21 worth, i probably wont need any till end of august
This is how i keep my spend around 50 - 60 average per week with fruit veg and snacks, main meals
It averages 50- 60 as one week its 70, the next 35, the next 45 as my basics stay the same but offers move, my mum had no supermarket loyalty and neither do i, the price is whats important
Examples of meals this week and next are tuna and cheese salad made with lettuce, sweetcorn, cucumber, tuna and cheese, large portions as its quite fillings if large and can be had for dinner or lunch, quorn and veg meatballs, wraps with veg, lasagna made with quorn mince, sausages and broccoli, pizza with carrot sticks, chicken soup, bolognaise, jacket potatoe with cheese and beans, tagliatelle creamy mushroom sauce, tuna pasta, most meals are pasta with veg on the side or something like the meatballs would be served with crusty bread or spaghetti, my kids often choose bread.
I add veg toppings to plain pizza, i dont cook from scratch everyday but batch cook once or twice a week, they also eat eggs, sandwiches etc
The fruit makes smoothies about once a week and i bake a cake a couple of times a month but stock up on biscuits crisps, ice lollys and treats when really cheap or from farmfoods and b and m, i also sometimes go supermarkets at marking down time and get pastries cookies and doughnuts and freeze them.
Kids eat chicken so spend about £3 on chicken per week, once a month dh will spend £8 on lamb, local ethnic shop on delivery day and this does 2 meals for him but i dont cook meat ever.
Im vegetarian no eggs or cows milk, kids eat eggs and a little chicken, husband eats everything, this is 3 adults and 1 child, 4 of us.
No school dinners and this includes lunch as i homeschool.
Sometimes toilet paper is included and showergel if on offer, otherwise its a separate shop from savers and wilko.
But just wanted to give some info on a £50 food shop as people really dont think its possible.
Id be interested to know peoples actual food shop or do they really buy all toiletries and cleaning products in one place. The nos quoted seem to include everything not just food. It seems wierd to me when savers and wilkos are so much cheaper or get stuff from amazon. Buying in bulk really does save money.
It is by shopping around and only buying either cheap reduced or on offer.
Cheap does not have to mean low quality and most things are branded in my cupboard but not things like pasta rice tinned tomotoes etc.