How much did your last weekly shop cost?

[JoeyBartonHanson]

Mine cost £95 which I don't think was that bad for about 100 items

Should have said, that's for five of us, 2 adults, and 3 teens. Oh, and a cat

@howlongcanausernamebebeforeits
I’m around AU$150 a week, mostly Aldi but anything I can’t buy there I get at Coles (just me, DP and 19 mo). I find these threads interesting because food seems so much cheaper in the UK... 39p for an avocado? So that’s about what 80c? Or just say $1 for arguments sakes. Well avocados are $2.50 here. Crazy! At least you seem to get more bang for your buck in the UK.

ahoy I keep seeing ads for avo’s in NZ for between 7-11

We pay about US2 here. Our shopping, mostly fresh veg and meat is about US$300 a week . It’s so expensive here. That doesn’t include diapers and not often cleaning products. I go to Costco bimonthly to stock up on TP, kitchen rolls and snack stuff and spend another 2-300.

Family of 5 with 1 toddler, 1 cat. That doesn’t include cat food or litter either

@AhoyDelBoy I agree. Having lived in Scotland and Aus I have to say there's way more choice in the UK too. I get so fed up with Coles and Woolworths. Particularly because both shops are over run with their own brands. We pick up some pieces from Aldi but I struggle to do a full shop there, plus I waste money on the WTF aisle

We're two adults and one teen, we eat quite a lot of protein and veg.

@HerRoyalNotness so you are in the States? I thought the States was cheap for some reason as well. I’m not really sure, just what I’ve heard I guess. My only experience is NZ (crazy expensive e.g. 2L homebrand milk = $3.40) and Australia (e.g. 2L homebrand milk $2.20, just gone up by 10c per/L due to drought). I would love to move home to NZ but the cost of living puts me off so much.

howlongcanausernamebebeforeits
Yes I feel the same about Coles and Woolworths tbh. I’ve lived in Australia for 8 years and I’m still not used to the supermarkets. Believe it or not NZ has a much better variety but the only drawback is the cost unfortunately. Also there’s no Aldi which would spell doom for me because I love the WTF aisles (not heard them called that before but I’m stealing it ). If I was rich I would shop at the ridiculously overpriced IGAs because of the selection available. The UK definitely has way, way more supermarket options available which is a plus.

@ahoydelboy. Yes I’m the states. Everyone keeps saying it’s cheap but it really isn’t. We don’t even have state tax here but find it incredibly expensive to live. It’s all the taxes they don’t tell you about, food costs, insurances. I keep laughing when people say UK food is pricey. It’s not. When we go back for holidays we’re boggled at the deals you can get

The 39p for an avocado was special offer, probably a loss leader. They are normally closer to £1.

I agree some things like dairy are so cheap here, 2l of milk costs around £1.10 and I was shocked to hear how much more expensive it was in other places.

Yeh I don’t think I have a very realistic view of America tbh. Just instagrammers who live in massive houses and are always shopping for children’s things, clothes and makeup!

Oh ok Ginger that did seem really cheap for an avocado! I’ve just converted this..
2L Milk
UK: £1.10
AU: $2.20 = £1.18
NZ: $3.40 = £1.73
And that’s big standard homebrand milk, nothing organic or the fancier type brands.

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AhoyDelBoy For cheap avoes in Au try the Odd Bunch section of Woolies - 8 avoes for $6.00.

About £50-75 2 adults, 3 DCs 12,10 and 1,

Probably add a bit more on for alcohol. Nappies I tend to buy in bulk so not a weekly expense. We've got a cat but she's old and tiny and doesn't eat much. The older DCs don't always eat breakfast

Cont. and I don't usually have lunch (sometimes share whatever the baby's having).

Oh thanks @CharityConundrum! I think Aldi has one on too so planning to go stock up. DD who is 4 will only eat the Schlar bread which costs a fortune and lasts no time at all! It so expensive!

Around £98 this week for 5 of us (2 adults, 1 teen and 2 tweens).

It's normally around £100 a week for every thing, excl alcohol as DH only buys that if he fancy some as I don't drink and he rarely does.

£90 for two adults and two pre-schoolers. We'll do £20-£30 top-up, at least two meals out (another £60), and buy adults lunches out every day as well (so another £60).

Thanks @echt, have heard of the odd bunch but never looked.

€220
But that was a big o line shop restocking a good few main stores items, taking advantage of an offer on wine, and needing a lot of convenience food as a hectic couple of weeks are expected (including exam season).

I'm always surprised how little some people manage to spend. I use ocado now because I find it easier to avoid buying things I don't need but I have shopped in Lidl regularly and have never managed to get down below £80 for a family of 4. I find prices have got more expensive in the last couple of years. I meal plan, we eat very little meat or ready meals, I don't buy much alcohol, buy cheapest own-brand versions of things, cheap cat food, washing powder etc and still my shopping costs at least £90 per week for a family of 4. The only extravagance is that if we're having chicken I buy free range, but we only have chicken a couple of times a month. If I bought all the things I really wanted it would cost much more!

£16 - I live alone! From Lidl mostly
----a 1kg bag of frozen chicken breast from Iceland is £5, a couple bags of frozen vegetables is £2 total, quinoa £1.50, Linda McCartney sausages £1.50, Quorn sausages £1.50, couple tins of coconut milk £1.50 total, couple tins of chopped tomatoes and kidney beans £1 total, some bananas 60p, rice £1, maybe some eggs £1.50.
I just always have lots already in the cupboards, for example I won't ever finish all of this shop during the week, so means next week I'll buy toilet paper, etc instead of more chicken

I don't eat breakfast and I use skimmed milk powder for coffees which is £1.65ish and lasts weeks and weeks

I used to spend about £40 a week on just food, with a monthly spend of £40-50 in home bargains for cupboard bits and cleaning products.

I started slimming world 2 weeks ago and started adding extra fruit, veg and salad bits, plus a few things like ryvitas, seafood sticks (guilty pleasure) and various cooked meats. Our bill has jumped by about 40 a week and I'm horrified! I feel so unimaginably guilty, although DCs are loving all the extra fruit (melons and pineapples etc) whereas before we were usually only buying apples, oranges, bananas etc. I'm going to the market on Thurs to see if I can get it all a bit cheaper

Sorry above should say £40 a week for me, DH and DCs 12 & 10

78 items for £115. Actually paid £88 because I used the ocado 35% off deal.
That was to last 2 weeks, and I've just done another 'top up' for £66 (but paid £44 with ocado voucher).

We spend £200 for 2 adults and a toddler a month which includes everything household.

How do you get 100 items for £95???? Where do you shop?