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Is £80-£90 a week grocery shopping tomuch?

141 replies

Newmumlake · 09/11/2021 20:05

My partner has recently had a go at me that our weekly shop is far to expensive.

I usually shop at Asda using the click and collect service.

I will spend £80-£90 on groceries for 7 days. This includes 7 lunches, 7 dinners, snacks, cleaning products, baby produces, and dog food.

Is this too much?

OP posts:
EmpressSuiko · 09/11/2021 22:40

I spend between 60-100 each week, depending on what we need for two adults, two kids and four animals! He is clearly out of touch with how much everything costs

MLMshouldbeillegal · 09/11/2021 22:40

Can you afford it? If so, it's not "too much". Spend what you like, it's entirely up to you.

beachtosunset · 09/11/2021 22:43

to be honest everything has gone up hasn't OP. We are all finding this surely, no?

ImpossibleGirl · 09/11/2021 22:53

Lots of general products have gone up recently - food / toiletries/ cleaning.

Get him to do a meal plan and shopping list.

To the shopping list add in a low amount of top up cleaning products, necessary baby bits/nappies/etc, a tube of toothpaste and some shower gel, then send him shopping for all of it. Give him a limited amount of time (because you're expected to do the complete round trip in under an hour), and let him work it out.

See if he can come back within the time limit, having wrangled baby throughout the shop, with all necessary items, under budget and a smile on his face...

StarfishDish · 10/11/2021 05:37

@Newmumlake Our bill is the same. We have myself, my husband, our baby and dog also. £11.50 of that is baby milk!!

EmmaGrundyForPM · 10/11/2021 05:43

it sounds very reasonable to me.

There are 3 adults, 2 cats and 1 dog I our household and our weekly bill is usually around £120 at the supermarket. However, we buy meat from a butcher and alcohol from Majestic so probably nearer to £150 a week in reality.

mogsrus · 10/11/2021 06:09

Seem about right,give or take every week, it will soon be double before long

Flakjacketon · 10/11/2021 06:31

Ask him to do the weekly shop and see if he still thinks that it is too much. 🙄

Cakeandcardio · 10/11/2021 06:42

To me it is a lot but it's also what we spend for two adults and food for baby. We used to spend about £50-£60 pre-covid but the price of everything is so much more now and deals are nowhere to be seen!

Pixxie7 · 10/11/2021 06:42

Let him do the shopping one week and see how he gets on.

cultkid · 10/11/2021 06:49

No we spend 3 Times that much

MagicalFish · 10/11/2021 06:52

2 adults, 2 kids. About £150/week. Pre-Covid it was more like £120. Prices have rocketed.

hollyivysaurus · 10/11/2021 06:56

£130 per week from Asda here (plus a £10 milk / bread / more fruit) top up shop midweek for two adults, two children and a cat. Do let your husband show you how it’s done and report back hey!! Grin

GoodnightGrandma · 10/11/2021 06:58

I think it’s fine.
If he’s that bothered he needs to do the shopping himself.

mafted · 10/11/2021 07:01

We allow for £600 a month but end up spending about £30 more. For two to four adults depending on whether DC1 is home from university and where DH is working as he's often away during the week and two children.
That includes breakfast and evening meal for whoever is home, some lunches, snacks, cleaning products, bird food, rabbit food and bedding, delivery pass, the odd random item like a candle or seasonal decoration, occasionally alcohol.
On top of that we do a £100-£200 Costco shop every three months.
I spend about £60 a month on school lunches.
DC1 gets £50 a week for university food shop.
DS1 gets £30 a week for college lunch.
We probably spend £60-£100 a week average eating out, take away and coffees etc.

Nonicknamesforcatapillars · 10/11/2021 07:28

Food has gone up so much. I spend around £90 per week for 2 adults, 2 adult sized teenagers and 3 dogs. That is in Aldi though. Occasionally I’ll shop in Asda or Tesco and it’ll cost more like £120-130.

londonrach · 10/11/2021 07:29

Sounds right. Used to be less but about what I pay now for two adults one child

PieMistee · 10/11/2021 07:32

We spend £80 at Aldi, but then about £25 top ups. 2 adults 3 teens and that is trying to budget. Get him to do any better.

FlipFlops4Me · 10/11/2021 07:33

We are two adults and two dogs. I spend £90 if I'm having a seriously economical week but it's usually more like £150. We don't drink or smoke and seldom go out, and I don't think this is too much for 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinners, cleaning products and two meals a day each for the dogs. (Small dogs get two small meals a day to be at their happiest).

Don't forget the snacks! DH likes sweets and I'm a chocoholic.

SleighBells21 · 10/11/2021 07:33

We spend this amount.
Two adults one toddler

FissionMailed · 10/11/2021 07:33

I couldn't afford that.
I spend, on average, £80 a fortnight on my Tesco delivery.

FlipFlops4Me · 10/11/2021 07:34

I shop at Ocado because they have such a good range. DH is seriously disabled and I am his full time carer. I can't get to the shops very often so food has to be delivered.

notanothertakeaway · 10/11/2021 07:43

£90 per week for 3 people is £4.20 per person per day. That doesn't sound excessive

But it's unclear whether you (a) can afford it and he thinks it's too much to spend or (b) need to trim your spending further as funds are tight

Owlmeow · 10/11/2021 07:45

Sounds like you do really well getting a week's worth for that! I haven't noticed price rises on individual items much, but added up over a big shop definitely do. I'd say it's risen, for the sake items, around a tenner at least.

inappropriateraspberry · 10/11/2021 07:51

Seems high to me, but if you can afford it, it's not really a problem. For ref we spend around £60 - £70 on 2 adults, 2 children and 2 cats, including all cLeaning products etc.