How much do you spend on shopping weekly/monthly?

[Shopaholic111]

ok, so I'm trying to prove a point to DH and give him some what of a reality check on how much a food shop a week is or find out if i am over spending.

We are a family of 6. Myself, DH (eats a fucking lot), 2yo DS, 4yo DD, 4 month old baby, 8yo stepson (EW)
I spend roughly £150 a week on food, washing, shampoos, nappies, wipes, everything household based etc and that's without top ups of what we run out of.

I think this is about average? I do want to cut down but I'm not sure how because DH and kids eat like horses. Baby is going to be starting baby food in the next 2 months so its going to go even higher. I also cook DH lunches for work so he doesn't have to buy lunch everyday.

What do you all spend roughly a week/month? And is £150 a week to much, average or not alot for 6 mouths to feed?

It’s just me and DH and we seem to be spending £100 a week. He does buy a lot of shite but it’s still really high. I noticed last week before we’d even left the fruit and veg (first aisle we do) we’d already spent £25. We used to be able to do it for £45 a week. Food is now so expensive. Maybe send DH to get the shopping and see if he can do it cheaper.

Definately not a lot, we are a family of 9 2 adults, 2 teens, 3 primary, 2 toddlers and a cat and I spend around £300 every 2 weeks plus top ups of around 75 per week. (I've recently cut back a bit too

I think you're doing really well on that spend OP

Have you read the evidence for baby led weaning? Baby food shouldn't really be more expensive even if traditional weaning as you can puree your meals and just omit salt.

We are a family of 4 (one teen, one toddler) and spend £100 a week or so including cat food, cleaning products etc. We use cloth nappies and wipes so don't buy those. We are in Northern Ireland and food is more expensive here (though housing is cheap as chips).

I don't think what you're spending is wild but you could probably take it down a bit perhaps

You’ll get the competitive mumsnetters who feed a family of 19 on 33 pence a week though.

Family of 5, spend between £110-140 a week.
1 baby in nappies.

No idea as cat and I, £40 max

@BashfulClam agreed! I had a someone a few months ago telling me they fed a family of 7 on £75 per week!!

There's only me and my DH and we spend about £120-£160 each week! Its terrible! We dont waste food, eat very healthy, no alcohol or pets. I even meal plan! If I can get it under £100 a week I will be happy. I'm actually going to start going to Aldi as of this week to try and bring the price down.

3 here, 2 adults, 1 toddler (and dog)
I spend anywhere from £80 to £140 a week depending what I'm buying, dog food is fortnightly and he's a costly old man due to dietary requirements and age.

So I think for 6 £150 is actually pretty damned good.

It's just DP and I and we budget 100 for supermarket shops every week (so includes anything we'd get in the supermarket like toilet paper or cleaning supplies), and at least one of our dinners will be a takeaway which comes out of a separate budget. We try to get as much as possible in Aldi, then after that we go to Tesco. We also buy some things in bulk from the Asian market.

So that covers 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 5-7 dinners, and snacks. I'm sure we could prob do it cheaper but we don't have to and our meals would be much less exciting.

I think you could cut down say £20 a week by buying cheaper brands.

£120ish. That's 1 adult&2kids all week, plus another adult at the weekends (3 dinners) plus extra food for the other adult to take with him (breakfast cereals, microwave meals, milk, or frozen portions of chilli etc)

I don't know what nappies cost these days, but for us, 1 adult female, one 13yo boy, we spend £45 a week. I generally don't buy brands or alcohol.

We equate to you and your dss. Assume your DH eats twice what you do (£40) plus two little ones 2 x £20 comes to £125, without nappies. So I don't think you are far off.

If your DH thinks he can do better, let him try

@Newbie8365 tread carefully with Aldi, there are a lot of advocates for it on here, but I tried not long ago and it was a disaster.

2 adults 2 cats, £150 a week in the supermarket / butchers then meals out or takeaways on top haha lord help me when there's more of us!!

If he thinks he can do better he can do the shopping, surely.

We probably spend £300pm all in for two of us.

@rabbitheadlights in what way was it a disaster? Not as cheap as you thought or the food quality was poor?

Family of 3 adults and an ‘almost adult’. We spend £120ish a week on a food shop, so you’re doing great!

2 adults, 2 pets- £150 a week (including one takeaway)

DP pays bills, mortgage and for holidays and food is my only regular spend that I pick up- so I do quite a decadent shop.

This includes wine, meat and usually some speciality expensive ingredients for any recipes we want to try out that week.

All household bits are bought in Wilkos.

[quote Rabbitheadlights]@Newbie8365 tread carefully with Aldi, there are a lot of advocates for it on here, but I tried not long ago and it was a disaster.[/quote]
I hate Aldi food. I detest Lidl food too. Yes, the price is low, but so is the quality IMO.

Morrison’s, Tesco or Sainsbury’s are the best in my opinion.

We are 3 adults ( DS1 is 18) a teen, a 10 yo and one cat. We spend around £800 per month on food. And this is with DH buying a lot of our meat when it is yellow stickered. We also have staff discount at Tesco.

Maybe your DH needs to do the shopping to see how much things cost. Or perhaps stop buying any treats for him to cut down costs.

If your DH thinks you’re spending too much, he could always cut down on what he’s eating!

I spend about £50 per week and it’s just me. Could feed another adult for not much more as it’s difficult round here to get single portion sizes of fruit / veg and not everything stores and freezes so I do unfortunately waste stuff.

I spent £144 in Tesco yesterday, and it will last about 10 days to 2 weeks. That's me, OH, 7 year old and a cat. But will still need top ups, milk, bread, veg and fruit.

Don't know average etc but.
The council gave me a voucher for school meals for the summer holidays. One for £50 and one for £20
There's just me and daughter who is 8.
I have £13.12 left on the £20 voucher with a week and a bit to go.

I try to keep it low and usually shop at Lidl. I like slow cooker meals and try to meal plan a bit too. I also take into account that daughter eats a cooked meal at school (during term) so alter evening meals to be a bit lower in calories and such.
I allow £80 for a month for us both and cleaning and treats come out of that.

Around £150 a week for a family of 5 (2 adults, 2 primary aged children and a toddler). Might go up a bit as I’ve stopped bothering with the hideous, poor quality school meals and they’ll be having packed lunches from now on.