To ask why surviving costs so much?

[splendidisolation]

What is your monthly supermarket spend? Per person if possible?

I just did a shop for the month and it cost me £200. I looked at the receipt and thought fucking hell. I've barely got anything really. Canned goods, pasta, rice, a few vegetables some meat, cat food, stuff like shampoo, loo roll, bin bags. The only non essential item I got was a bottle of wine and a bottle of pop.

WTF!!!!

I'm only shocked because before I used to do small shops every day, seeing it laid out like that makes me think we really get fuck all for our money!

Oh and btw it's not Waitrose-sourced artisanal handrolled tortellini, elderflower cordial from Penelopes Grove Ltd and farmers' market camembert I'm buying here if you get me.

Well I can no longer afford to shop in the normal supermarkets, only ALDI or LIDL.

And we are a family of four with a joint income of £65k, small mortgage, no childcare costs, no commuting costs.

I do wonder WTF is going on!

I tend to do a big shop at Tesco once a month- about £150
Lots of top ups. Farm foods, aldi etc for crap and drink for my teens.
We also eat out/ have one take away a week.
I spend more than I would like but just see it as inevitable as I have three boys who trough through grub.

Food prices are definitely going up but then they have been so cheap in the UK for years.

I spent time in Sweden this year and could not get over the price of food. We went to a few supermarkets as we were self catering and I kept saying to my DH "How much!!". To eat out was ridiculously expensive even something like soup or a sandwich for lunch.

When I was in Copenhagen recently, to get coffee and croissants at a starbucks-type place for 2 people easily came to about £20. Compared to about half the price here. BUT they have proper public services things like fully paid mat leave and subsidised nurseries. Whereas we have rising price of everything, but a decline in public services to boot.

Im also noticing how much my food shop is increasing - I spent £100 on an ASDA delivery Friday and my fridge is almost empty.

We spend £140 on average a week for 2 adults and 2 DC

We spend about £50pw for 3 adults (DS is 19), but we're lucky as DS and DH get their lunches paid for, so it doesn't need to cover all meals. DH eats breakfast at work too (for free, 5 days a week). We also get random food dropped by, by my mum who has an allotment, and also loves cooking big stews and bringing it over without asking! We shop at Lidl, Sainsbury's and Co-op, and we don't buy alcohol, and toiletries/cleaning stuff is sometimes bought elsewhere (usually Poundland).

Family of 4 here and we spend around £400 a month but that includes DHs many beer crates and a couple of pricey weekend meals. I can do it for £300 if I cut back on non essentials

I'm in Ireland and for a family of 4 plus a cat I reckon we easily spend €120 a week, sometimes up to €150. I know we're fortunate that we can afford it and we do eat well, we don't eat meat but eat fresh fish, plenty of fresh veg and fruit so if we had to we could cut back. That sum would include cleaning products and most toiletries, also we don't get school dinners here so that's lunches too.

I'm always shocked by the prices in supermarkets when I visit the U.K because by comparison things seems so cheap there. Likewise when my UK relatives visit here they are stunned by how expensive a supermarket shop is and comment that they just couldn't afford to live here. I definitely think food in the UK is cheap though obviously that's shag all use to anyone who's still struggling to afford it!

We spend approximately £350 a month for two adults and one 9 year old. That includes alcohol/toiletries/cleaning stuff etc. We don't watch what we spend as such but I meal plan every week. We enjoy cooking so often spend money on obscure ingredients.

As opposed to the majority of people who recommend weekly meal planning, I shop every day or every other day at least...I shop in Lidl mainly.

I find it works out cheaper that way and results in far less food waste. We always have a stock of basics like cereals/pasta/rice and such, but everything else is bought on a revolving basis, every day.

As I'm there every day, I don't miss any offers so will pick up deals as they come up. It also means we don't pay corner shop prices ever for milk/bread top ups.

It does help mind that Lidl is a 2 minute drive so often I go on the way home from the school run/the way home from work. 10 minutes max each shop. I much prefer it as it's far less of a chore that way.

We've been doing it this way for ages now, I wouldn't know where to start if I had to do a whole weeks/fortnight shop in one go anymore!

Probably realistically around £800 not including meals out or my lunches during the work week.

2 adults 2 toddlers we spend an average of about £50pw. Shop in aldi twice a month and Tesco online twice a month. Admittedly we don't eat as well as some on here, we buy cheap meat for example I don't bother with chicken breast when thigh is cheaper and tastier to me. I buy lots of fresh fruit but we aren't big salad eaters and lots of our veg is frozen or tinned. We get takeaway once a week but all other meals at home, dp brings lunch into work. This doesn't include alcohol- I buy that separately and dp doesn't drink.
We drink loads of fizzy drinks and eat far too much chocolate so could get that figure down if necessary but we would definitely feel it.

2 adults three teens and a large dog.
Around £75 a week in Aldi
Local butcher £100 month
Home bargains £30 month loo roll, toiletries, dog treats
Iceland £50 month frozen veg, ice cream, fish and beige food for kids
Maybe £15 week top up bread, milk etc
Kids have school dinners.
I meal plan and cook from scratch most nights. Occasional takeout maybe once a month.
Roughly £100 month each.

£15 - £20 per person per week, but that is very basic meals nothing processed. Casseroles for dinners, eggs + beans on toast for breakfast - that sort of thing. None of your fancy yogurt. And if we needed chicken breasts we buy the whole chicken & cut them off, which gives us 2 free legs.

£50 a week online Tesco shop for 2 adults and 1 child, and I always think I'm being quite thrifty! Lots of vegetables etc and cooking from scratch. Things like nappies bump it up. I occasion go to Aldi too but never Sainsbury's/Morrisons etc. Maybe I'm being dense about how it works but I thought Tesco reimburse you if your shopping would have been cheaper at the other major shops (not Aldi)