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To ask what your weekly shop consists of?

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WANTMYHATBACK · 28/09/2022 23:06

And how much it costs?

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WANTMYHATBACK · 28/09/2022 23:08

I will do mine in the morning. Cheeky starting this thread without it I do realise.

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Patapouf · 28/09/2022 23:17

Like a list of what I buy?
Enough for 7 dinners, breakfasts and lunches for 4 of us (2 pre school age).
Too many snacks
Too much wine 🍷
Never enough milk, bread or bananas to get through the week though.

Main food shop has been coming in around £100 a week recently, and that's ALDI. Top ups from Tesco usually another £40 though which is ridiculous.

blockpavingismynightmare · 28/09/2022 23:21

No two weeks are the same. I buy what we need for a couple of days and then shop again. Some weeks are worse than others but I blame that flaming middle aisle in ALDI for the plastic cheese plant amongst other such niceties for spending more than I should.
I think if I were to add it all up I would be very upset so I don't do that to myself

NCFT0922 · 28/09/2022 23:22

Enough breakfasts for 7 days for 5 people
x5 meals for 5 people (we have a takeaway on Fridays and eat out on Saturdays)
x3 packed lunches for 5 days
lunches for 1 for 5 days
lunches for the weekend for 5
Nappies
snacks for the house; fresh fruit, yoghurts, biscuits etc

Usually between £140-£150 a week.

I buy cleaning products & toiletries separately and DH buys lunch out during the week

Merryoldgoat · 28/09/2022 23:25

Food, cleaning products, a bit of wine, toiletries and nappies.

About £200 a week

Everydaywheniwakeup · 28/09/2022 23:29

Usually just me here. I like to try new recipes when I'm feeling motivated to cook so what I buy varies a bit, but as I eat vegetarian with fish once every few weeks, it's basically a combination of salad/ veg/pasta/pulses etc that I use differently. If it's a quiet week on the cleaning/toiletries front, I usually spend about £30-40.

Pleasegodgotosleep · 28/09/2022 23:30

My weekly shop for 2 adults and 2 kids is c £80 a week. Used to be £55- 60. It includes all food for breakfast, lunch (adults only as kids eat at school) dinner and snacks. Also includes toiletries and cleaning products but no booze. I batch cook so try to buy stuff on offer to make multiple portions and keep a chest freezer stocked.
I try to plan my purchases so every week buy fresh fruit, veg, salad and bread/milk. Then week 1 also buy any meat on offer to fill freezer. Week 2 stock up store cupboard and freezer (tins of beans, oven chips, any veg on offer to be prepped and frozen, dried lentils etc) week 3 toiletries & cleaning products, week 4 any odds and ends running low. Means average cost across weeks is fairly similar.
We have on average 2 meat free meals a week often more. One of those meals will be super cheap savoury rice, beans on toast, something with eggs etc.
I bake a lot with kids so make our own snacks. Buy from a meal plan/list every week so have no food waste. We're lucky that we're happy to keep extra portion for next days lunch etc.

DoubleFunMum · 28/09/2022 23:34

Cat Food. Nappies. Cleaning products. Snacks. Bread. Milk. Eggs. Butter. Cheese. Fruit. Vegetables. Meat. Cereals. Tinned food. Frozen food. Treats. Toiletries. Wine. Spirits. Mixers. Soft drinks.

Just the order I do it. Not necessarily the order of importance. Lol.

Cheeselog · 28/09/2022 23:41

Depends on the season but broccoli, bananas, peppers, milk, some sort of bread product but not always a loaf, cereal bars, mushrooms tend to feature all year round.

2 adult household and it varies from around £30 up to around £60 depending on whether I’m going to Lidl or getting a Sainsbury's delivery and stocking up on things. Because it’s only the two of us we don’t need to buy things like cereal, pasta, onions etc every week as a pack lasts longer. We don’t buy booze and seem to use negligible amounts of cleaning products and toiletries compared to others (still can’t get over a post I read weeks ago where the poster was buying shower gel every week!). Only one person eats meat and not every day.

caringcarer · 28/09/2022 23:50

Me, DH, adult DS and teen foster son. I spent about £120 at Aldi and £30 mid week at Morrisons. I buy all the usuals, bread, a lot of milk, eggs, cheese, bacon, sausages, hash browns, croissants, flour, crumpets, pate, large chicken, pork steaks, oven chips, Quiche Lorraine X 2, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, melon, grapes, mince X2, mixed peppers, mushrooms, Quorn products X 2, jacket potatoes, potatoes, pasta, salad leaves x 3, chicken breasts x 5, dulcelata, ham, stilton, bananas X 6, satsumas, raspberries, ice cream, tin tomatoes X 6, soup x 2, washing tablets clothes, fabric conditioner, tin foil, dog food, cat food, cat treats, dog treats, lemsip, wine X 2, coffee, bunch of flowers. This most weeks but sometimes other stuff to substitute so dishwasher tablets but no fabric softener. Adult son takes lunch to work to heat in microwave but not sandwich so leftover Bolognese or chicken pasta bake. Sometimes only 1 wine and a couple bottles of beer. Foster son has lunch at college every day so that cost £15 per week. I could cut back a bit but son often invites a couple of friends over and I want there to be things for them to have eg ham and cheese tomatoes with fruit.

Mydogatemypurse · 29/09/2022 00:01

£40 mince. Chicken thighs. Ham. Cheese. Tomotoe. Cucumber. Celery. Onion. Carrot. Potatoes. Eggs. Bacon. Cereal. Oats. Stock. Rice. Pasta. Frozen veg. Cat food
Toiletries. Biscuits. Oranges. Apples. Bananas

takealettermsjones · 29/09/2022 00:02

Probably about £100 a week, for two adults and a child. But the shops are not the same each week, because eg I don't buy meat, booze, toiletries, cleaning products etc every week.

Most weeks include:

Potatoes
Broccoli
Carrots
Onions
Peas
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Peppers
Avocados
Bananas
Apples
Strawberries
Yoghurts
Cheese
Prawns
Basa
Beans
Milk
Eggs
Ham
Tofu
Liquid soap
Cat food
Wine
Bread
Crumpets
Wraps

TheMindfulMum · 29/09/2022 00:08

Pleasegodgotosleep · 28/09/2022 23:30

My weekly shop for 2 adults and 2 kids is c £80 a week. Used to be £55- 60. It includes all food for breakfast, lunch (adults only as kids eat at school) dinner and snacks. Also includes toiletries and cleaning products but no booze. I batch cook so try to buy stuff on offer to make multiple portions and keep a chest freezer stocked.
I try to plan my purchases so every week buy fresh fruit, veg, salad and bread/milk. Then week 1 also buy any meat on offer to fill freezer. Week 2 stock up store cupboard and freezer (tins of beans, oven chips, any veg on offer to be prepped and frozen, dried lentils etc) week 3 toiletries & cleaning products, week 4 any odds and ends running low. Means average cost across weeks is fairly similar.
We have on average 2 meat free meals a week often more. One of those meals will be super cheap savoury rice, beans on toast, something with eggs etc.
I bake a lot with kids so make our own snacks. Buy from a meal plan/list every week so have no food waste. We're lucky that we're happy to keep extra portion for next days lunch etc.

We are very similar to you @Pleasegodgotosleep 🙂

I'd say our average shop is £60-£70 per week including whatever household items we might need that week. One week it might be loo roll, the next washing tablets but ball park is £60-£70.

I meal plan and shop on a Sunday or Monday. I don't plan for Friday or Saturday teas as they are something I like to see how I feel at the end of the week. I enjoy cooking and quite like the quick 20 minute dinners or similar on a weekend. On the rare occasion in the past when we've gotten takeaway it tastes so processed and I'm annoyed by the cost when I know how far that money would have stretched had I been in the supermarket. So we tend to fakeaway it and get better food for less money!

I've slow cooked most days this week and cooked double to stock the freezer up. Now it's getting colder I'll start doing a roast on a Sunday more regularly and I always cook loads of pots and veg and the young DC are happy with that for their tea on a Monday and Tuesday usually. Either with leftover meat from the roast or I'll cook up some sausages and make some fresh gravy.

I'm quite savvy when it comes to my food shopping. Predominately get everything in Aldi but recently realising that they aren't always the cheapest for basic things like pasta so might start doing an Asda shop for cupboard essentials when I need to.

MooseBreath · 29/09/2022 00:09

For 2 adults and a toddler... usually around £85, which is absolutely ridiculous but I can't seem to get it any lower.

Fruit: bananas, apples, grapes, whatever is on sale and looks ripe
Vegetables: carrots, broccoli, cucumber, lettuce, tomato, whatever is needed for the week's planned dinners
Meat: whatever is needed for the meal plan (usually a couple chicken breasts, and two packs of mince)
Dairy: milk, cheese, yogurt
Breads: 2 loaves of bread, tortillas, scotch pancakes, pasta and rice if we've run out
Tins: tuna, baked beans, whatever is needed for the meal plan
Condiments: whatever we've run out of (usually ketchup and mayonnaise)
Snacks: crisps (usually Hula Hoops), veggie straws, Ella's Kitchen fruit pouches
Drinks: Diet Coke, squash, J&T, apple juice, tea and coffee if we've run out
Toiletries: pull-ups, baby wipes, whatever we've run out of

The only name brand stuff we use has been named in my list. Everything else is bog standard Sainsbury's.

WANTMYHATBACK · 29/09/2022 00:22

We spend so much money, it’s depressing. A few hundred euro a week. I want to cut it down dramatically. Do lots of your children get school dinners? Mine don’t and I feel like so much money is spent on fruit and lunch box fillers.

This is a typical week:
6 avocados (ds loves them. He’s autistic and I take any healthy foods as a win… loves fruit generally)
2 cucumbers
2 punnets strawberries
Punnet of grapes
2 melons
Satsumas
Apples
Bananas
3x boxes of innocent smoothies
Garlic
Ginger
Frozen peas
Broccoli
Red pepper
Iceberg lettuce
2x Tinned tomatoes
Tin of sweetcorn
2x tomato purée
Fajita kit
2x fresh fusilli
Egg noodles
Soy sauce
2kg potatoes
2 packs of ham
Bacon
6 eggs
Cheddar
Mozzarella
Parmesan
3x tins of soup
Nutella
Butter
Croissants
Pancakes
3x loaves of bread
2x 2L milk
Tea and coffee
Multipack of crisps
2x boxes of nature valley bars
Popcorn
Breadsticks
Crackers
3x diet cola
3x diet ginger ale
Bottle of whiskey
Fairy liquid
Vanilla ice cream
Frozen chips
Chicken nuggets
Mince
Chicken breasts (large pack)
Pork chops
Whole chicken
Bisto
Pizza
Toilet roll
Kitchen towel
Method cleaning spray
Bleach
A few treats, maybe some haribo and a bar of chocolate for the weekend
Jammy dodgers
Fig rolls

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WANTMYHATBACK · 29/09/2022 00:22

Oh I forgot ketchup and juice

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mrsfollowill · 29/09/2022 00:31

I have a weekly Ocado delivery. It is generally all the basics- 3 adults in the house 2 take a packed lunch to work 4 days a week and fend for themselves on Friday. So, dairy (milk/butter/cheese yoghurt), bread, fruit and veg, bit of meat - normally bacon and cooked meat- I go to the butcher every week as well. Cleaning stuff/kitchen roll/tissues/toilet roll. A couple of 'easy meals' to bang in the oven when working late- maybe a lasagne/chicken thing/stir fry kit. Frozen stuff so ice cream/chips/fish/sweetcorn/green beans. Toiletries - deodorant/soap/shower gel. Cupboard stuff- herbs/spices/pasta/beans/tomatoes in tins. Gin/Vodka/wine and mixers. I used to get a lot from Home Bargains/Savers when I worked in town but buy stuff when on offer and it works out the same- eg I have six months supply of shower gel/deodorant/soap/shampoo etc all bought at half price.

takealettermsjones · 29/09/2022 00:33

OP are you looking for ways to cut down your shop?

Is the list you've given what you buy every single week?

DoodlePug · 29/09/2022 00:37

I've been roughly logging my spending recency.

Weekly averages
Food £120
Household products £15
Alcohol £40

2 adults, 1 teen
Only DS has breakfast (musli), 6xdinners and approx 4xlunch (usually salad or homemade soup)

We eat quite healthily, mainly veg, fresh meat and fish, cheese, eggs, etc.
We don't eat much processed or ready food. But that means we need to shop several times a week because it fills the fridge!
Don't eat bread, pasta, rice etc
Only snacks are crisps, I bake if we need cakes or biscuits but try not to because I'll just eat it all.
Do buy individual soft drinks for DS, that's his thing and he has 1 a day.

MintJulia · 29/09/2022 00:37

Enough for 7 suppers, usually 2 x fish, 4 x meat of some kind, 1 x veggie.

Two large loaves of unsliced wholemeal bread, 4 pts milk,

One third of my spend is fruit & veg

Lunches are usually omelettes, cheese salad, baked beans on toast or leftovers..

The most processed food I buy is frozen breaded haddock fillets and the 'backup' frozen pizza.

About £50 a week feeds two of us.

WANTMYHATBACK · 29/09/2022 00:38

takealettermsjones · 29/09/2022 00:33

OP are you looking for ways to cut down your shop?

Is the list you've given what you buy every single week?

Yes I am!

Most of that is bought weekly yes, includes all breakfasts, lunches and dinners for 2 kids and 2 adults. It’s a lot. I will batch cook a couple of meals, so some of it will run over to the next week. And I don’t need fairy, Nutella, ketchup, soy sauce etc every week.

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Cheeselog · 29/09/2022 00:42

How many of you are there? You get through a bottle of whiskey a week? And 3 packs of cheese?

Can you cut back on brands? Things like innocent smoothies are really pricey.

DoodlePug · 29/09/2022 00:45

My only tip is to look at amazon for loo roll, kitchen roll, dishwasher tabs, tissues. I've found the unbranded bulk buys are excellent quality. And professional size laundry and cleaning stuff.

WANTMYHATBACK · 29/09/2022 00:45

Cheeselog · 29/09/2022 00:42

How many of you are there? You get through a bottle of whiskey a week? And 3 packs of cheese?

Can you cut back on brands? Things like innocent smoothies are really pricey.

3 packs of cheese? No. Sorry the cheddar maybe but the mozzarella and Parmesan would run over too. DH and I would finish a bottle of whiskey over the weekend and a couple of drinks mid week.

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WANTMYHATBACK · 29/09/2022 00:47

WANTMYHATBACK · 29/09/2022 00:45

3 packs of cheese? No. Sorry the cheddar maybe but the mozzarella and Parmesan would run over too. DH and I would finish a bottle of whiskey over the weekend and a couple of drinks mid week.

The smoothies are a stupid expense, but my ds is autistic quite picky and it’s something he enjoys. I’ve tried Aldi and Lidl alternatives!

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