To ask how much you are spending on food during lockdown

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Not really an aibu but posting here for traffic.

How much are you spending on food during lockdown? Family of four here! Have an online shop coming tomorrow and I’ve spent £120. Could probably spend more if it wasn’t for the 80 item limit. Before lockdown was probably spending £80-90.

I spent around £80 on a large shop just over a week ago but found it wasn’t nearly enough food to last until this shop so had to top up!

I could try and get it down but we got to eat. The kids are eating everything, my partner needs to take food to work as well as meals, snacks, toiletries etc.

Please tell me I’m not the only one?

Also has anyone noticed Tesco prices going up recently? I’m a regular Tesco shopper. Only have a large Tesco or Morrison’s in the area and nearly always use Tesco!

Thinking of changing to shopping at Asda when this is all over!

Averaging about £85 a week for two adults (including booze and cleaning/toiletries), so more than pre-lockdown. But we're obviously not eating out and are adding a few bits to the store cupboard which we didn't really do before.

Two adults and one cat, £100-120 a week for everything including bin bags, cleaning products etc.

And booze.

Tesco is worst at the moment, they removed most of food offers.Due to really reduced shopping trip I chose to shop at asda, cheapest for what I needed. Look up online who has whot for how much, sadly availability is different everywhere

£70 For food for 2 adults. Both of myself and dd are coeliac. Plus £15 a week on 3 cats all fussy fireballs also it would probably more but have staff discount card so save 10%

About £220-£250 fortnight online. Was around £180-220 before lockdown - had fortnightly delivers for 3-4 years so normal for us, but extra for food for lunch.

Milk delivered and 2-3 loaves from the bakers - the only shop I've been to in the last two months. More tea and coffee so more milk than before

Furballs not fireballs lol

Over £1k a month here. Ocado mainly. The deals are far fewer so getting a lot less for money, plus always in so you gotta eat! Spending on average £100 a month on takeaway too.

Like a lot of people I’m spending more on groceries, I’m doing a weekly shop instead of a big shop every two or three weeks topped up with fresh stuff every few days.

But I’m not spending a small fortune on buying lunch and snacks at work, and making do with what I have rather than just grabbing something I fancy just because I’m going past the shop

I have had a takeaway about once a month as a treat though, which I wouldn’t normally do

About £200 a week here for 4 adults. At least we‘re not spending much on anything else.

About £150 a week. Bit down overall I’d say.

Bigger weekly shop but no work lunches for DH and no impulse buys.

A lot less now. Previously I'd nip into the supermarket most days for 'bits' and spend £30+ each time. Around £150pw.

Do one weekly trip now and spend around £80.

Definitely more about 25% more. Was £300 per month budget but upped to £400 month currently.
So £100 per week for 2 Adults and 1 child. No offers, multibuys or reduced items is really impacting. Plus being pregnant means cravings for certain foods doesn't help.

About £300 a week for one.

@SpiritEssence Fussy fireballs 😂 I love it!

4 adults a teen, 6 cats and 2 dogs. We are spending more on food during lockdown. We used to spend about £150 a week and milk bread and fruit top ups of £14. Now we are spending £230. Thank goodness Morrison's is not limiting how much food you can buy like Tesco is. Dh is working from home, 2 ds are furloughed, teen home from school and all they seem to do is eat. I am constantly making meals. Dh and 2ds usually buy lunch at work. I usually do a fullnEnglish breakfast at weekends now they want it almost everyday. I feel lucky if I can fob them off with scrambled egg on toast. Dh and I used to eat out two or three times a week, now we cant. Dh, teen and 2 adc are also having takeaway once a week. We are saving on meals out and on sports activities for teen. Dh is wfh so saving as no train fairs. I am not going anywhere to use fuel, and no impulse buys. This is annoying as fuel is so cheap at the moment. We are not paying window cleaner or cleaner as she is self employed and can claim government money. We did not go on holiday at Easter either. We are probably saving more than we are spending on food.

3 adults, 1 DC, usually about £160-£200 a week. This is loads more than before but usually there is only 2 adults (DM is in lockdown with us) and I’m saving money on bought lunches for me and DH and I used to do lots of little ‘top up shops’ which I never really added up but must have cost me £60ish a week

This makes me feel better. Last month we spent £310 including takeaways and non grocery. 2 adults.

About £200 per week, 2 adults, I just totted up everything we've spent on food etc over last 4 weeks and divided by 4 - this covers everything inc all food, toiletries, cleaning stuff, takeaways (most Fri and also either Sat or Sun) plus some stuff bought for other people which they have reimbursed. Some of the takeaway food was more expensive than we'd normally have but we want to support our local businesses who are doing this, some of the provisions were from local pubs/restaurants that have switched to selling basic provisions so again a bit pricier than the normal - but we think safer than going to supermarkets. This also includes a fair bit of extra alcohol.

It is really interesting reading this thread. I think the size of your house makes a difference. I have a small new build and I couldn’t fit in a £200 shop as I’ve nowhere to put it, so we kind of have to do a rolling shop and eat to for more stuff in (we are both out during day for work so can get to shops).

Our food bill has probably gone up about £150 per month since lockdown, including the dog (although no increase on what we spend on him).
DH eats everything in sight as soon as you get home (he's the type that doesn't gain weight) so I'm shopping more. I'm also not going to Lidl or Aldi as much because people in there aren't following social distancing rules and I'm sick of my shopping being thrown at me on the check-out. Other supermarkets have better measures in place.

But, we aren't buying lunches at work, coffees, saving on petrol.

About £180 a week. Seems loads but I wonder if it is actually given we have no meals eaten away from home or bought away from the supermarket any more.

£200 a week in one supermarket shop (2 adults, 2 DC). Pre lockdown I usually spent about £120 in our weekly big shop, and another £30-50 in top ups during the week. The extra cost is mainly due to DH and DC now having lunch at home, plus fewer offers in store. I've also been splashing out on nice steak once a week as a bit of a treat.

Our supermarket spending has gone up from approx £60 a week to approx £80. That's for 2 adults, and includes non-food items like toiletries and cleaning/laundry stuff.

WFH means we're buying stuff for lunches instead of grabbing something at work, and DP gets through an astonishing amount of chocolate. But a lot of the increase is down to the usual multibuy offers not being available and the fact that a lot of the things we routinely buy have gone up.

We also used to eat out or get a take-away 3 or 4 times a month, which isn't happening now (I have so been craving fish & chips from the chippy, I'll be first in the queue when they reopen).