To ask what your weekly or monthly groceries cost?

[judemom]

I'm wondering if I'm spending more than necessary during the lockdown.

Anyone care to share what your grocery bills are weekly during the lockdown?

If anyone can't get flour, try the little shops (probably better in small towns than big cities). I think they might have different supply chains to the big supermarkets. I've been able to get it for weeks, along with eggs, when Morrisons had none.

I’m spending around £180 a week now for six of us, we have a baby due soon though so have also been adding a pack of nappies/wipes and a tin of milk some weeks in preparation.

I don’t buy cleaning stuff, laundry stuff, loo rolls or pet food weekly though I buy them in bulk. I get cat food online monthly which is £30 and then the rest I get with subscribe and save on amazon every 3 months ish. That’s stayed the same price as we’re using about the same amount.

Probably £60 a week at the mo, but that's with a lot of stuff already in freezer and cupboard.

I'm also shopping for my parents at the moment - making me realise I'm quite glad we don't drink and don't have pets!

@riotlady Can I ask where you got the flour box from please? I love baking but have also struggled to get flour anywhere, even the little and local shops around me are bare in the home baking sections. My sons birthday is coming, it’s his 16th and all he’s asked for is my homemade chocolate cake :(

Usually about £70

2 adults
1toddler

Now about £150
My DP is now doing the shopping forgets the list every time and buy generally crap and big brands that I don't normally buy.

I have a £500 a month budget which covers 2 adults, 4 children 1 dog and 1 cat. It was the same pre-pandemic so hasn't changed at all.

Usually about £60 a week for 2 adults, more like £80-90 currently. Definitely buying more treats and tastier things for lunch which explains the extra cost!

Can i ask those whose food waste is now lower. Is it because you are mindful of using every little bit because you want to go to shop fewer times or because you are more aware of the not on offer price?

Usually around £50 and then top up shops , school dinners etc prob took me to to around £80. Spending around £80-100 a week now so not much more .

@12stepCAKE maybe look at your local shops again our Aldi and Tesco have just extended opening till 10pm if that's any good .

Was £70-80 a week, now more like £100-110. Kids not having school dinners saves me £11 a week though and we usually ate out cheaply a couple of times a month at maybe £30 a go, and a couple of cafe trips at maybe £10-15, so I think it evens out. Plus definitely more treats and a more ready supply of alcohol - what else is there??

Way too much 😬 4 of us here and in the last month we've spent £1000 in Sainsburys. That does include the weekly shop yesterday and all cleaning stuff, toiletries, nappies and wipes plus we drink a lot a fair bit so that includes wine, beer, gin and fever tree tonic. We eat a massive amount of fresh fruit and veg too so that adds up.

That said I have been keeping my fridge, cupboards and 2 freezers full in case we need to isolate for 14 days or longer so plenty of that money is still visible in the kitchen if that makes sense.

We've also not spent anything on takeaways or meals out in the last month so I've been buying more things like steak, lamb and king prawns and additional store cupboard ingredients as I enjoy cooking different and new things but don't usually have the time.

There are 4 of us, we usually spend about £90 but last 2 weeks has been over £150 with an additional £20-30 of stuff bought by family that we couldn't get or a top up shop. That's everything except the odd amazon purchase. Ridiculous but a lot less than we usually spend on the odd meal out/extra bits and bobs, drinks ice creams while we're out and about.

We are spending about 25% more at the supermarket. But most weekdays dh and I would buy something to eat for lunch in town (like a meal deal from Tesco) while at work. Both dc would have school lunch. Plus maybe a family takeaway or lunch at a cafe once a week. Once the cost of all that is factored in, we are probably spending less overall.

£150 per week for two adults, 2 dc and dcat. That includes all toiletries and cleaning stuff. Less than our usual grocery bill and we are not eating out or buying school dinners/ work lunches. We are saving a fortune by not doing regular top up shops.

I'm honestly spending 100s a week ! I am having s nest delivery from my local butchers, a fruit and veg delivery from the local greengrocer, having milk and eggs delivered by a milk man. And the odd top up shop of household goods plus wine

We’re definitely spending more, but feeding two teenagers and keeping their snack supply up isn’t helping. Plus dh is at home all day, and I’ve been entertaining dd by baking so yep, grocery costs have skyrocketed, as have our waistlines! We’d usually spend about £175 per week (2 adults, 2 teens, a 9 year old and a dog) but it’s probably nearer £250 at the moment.

The pp saying how can you manage on low amounts when others spend £1000pm, you have to manage on what you can afford,
A lot of people are on minimum wage and earn what some of you are wasting on food.
No small family( 2 adults, 1/2 kids)needs £150+ pw on food, if you cook/ meal plan you can easily eat on £10 per day not £20/30.
I earn a good income but am not wasteful and we don’t go without.

Meh about £200 in M&S a week ina big shop then another £100-£150 on butcher food and baby food Snack products.

Then Additionals would be kitchen roll water soap powder etc. Which we try to get on Amazon if available.

Pre Lockdown £60

Currently £120/£130

2 adults, 1 teenager, 1 age 5, 1 dog weekly

Dp has lost job, and want to hold onto house, so attempting 40£/wk 2 adults, 2 children. Had stockpiled before to be fair and have been gradually reducing every week so family don't notice! All home made foods, homemade soup. Eating really healthily

we spend 40-50 pound per day on food,milk, cans of pop

we get that much fresh food.,milk,fruit we go daily,we have been spending this much for years

we home educate and adults are carers so we were all home anyway so it haven't turned our life upside down like it have most households all its done is stop us going out to our groups/activities

both kids disabilities mean they eat constantly and dont know when they are full so always hungry

its 10+adult sized home coked meals day and night,every meal has meat potato,veg,eggs rice in it

we also go through 24+pints of blue whole milk per day as well as i have severe GERD and need milk to neutralize acid and the 9 y old drinks pints of milk by himself

we dont drink as we are a teetotal house hold its all food and groceries

cleaning stuff is as and when needed

ive tried aldis and lidls but the kids wont eat it so its tescos or asdas

£300.00 per month.

2 adults and a 4 yr old. I buy nearly all our fresh fruit and veg from a greengrocers, meat from the Butchers and milk from the milkman. Aside from a weekly loaf of bread I try and avoid going to a supermarket more than once a month.

I try to meal plan at least five days a week, because it saves money and time (and an argument over what's for tea!)

We also go to CostCo a couple of times a year and stock up on cleaning stuff, toilet rolls etc.

£100pw week for 2 adults, a 9 year old, and a dog. It's all organic.

We’re spending about 40% more