How much do you spend on weekly shop?

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2 adults and 2 dc and dog. I'm spending £230 a week. I'm buying brands. I'm wondering if this is unusual or should I cut back. It seems a lot. How much are you spending?

About £60. 2 adults and 1 toddler.
All fresh meat too.

But is it affordable to you? It doesn’t matter if someone else thinks it’s high or low. It’s what you can afford that matters. FWIW I think your spend is low. It’s lower than ours and we are 2 adults and 3 dogs now. We make all the dog food from scratch using fresh meat, salmon, rice, vegetables, etc. I even make their treats myself. We only buy high quality food. It’s more expensive but we can comfortably afford it and we enjoy it.

We spend around 120 a week on 4 adults. 3 of the adults have really healthy appetites. I eat a standard to smaller portion. 120 p/w includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Also includes a couple of bottles of wine a week and treats such as biscuits and crisps. Generally bake own cakes, protein bars etc. Dogs food and cleaning products / toiletries separate.

Two adults (heavy drinkers by many standards), 2 teens, 2 cats.

We spend £160 per week (up from ave £135 I would say a few months ago) plus we buy cats pouch food from Amazon (but dry and litter in food shop). We try not to op up shop but often do so some weeks can go and spend another £60. We usually have 2 take away as month at around £30 each time.

Around £100 for 2 adults and one 8yr old

This is it really. It wouldn’t cross my mind to buy salmon cos I know we can’t afford it, so I don’t look.
Horses for courses isn’t it. As long as you cloth is cut to your bed get then what’s it matter

Around £100, 2 adults 2 children.

I tend to get meat separately from the main shop, same with bits for the dog.

If you can afford it and enjoy it then I don’t think it matters. I spend about £50 a week in supermarket for 2 adults. Then eat out / takeaway 1-2 nights

Normally about £60. 2 adults, 2 DC under 2.

We spent £38 in Tesco last week, I'm quite impressed (doesn't include alcohol or meat). I get my chicken from the butchers.

Around £200 per week, 2 adults 1 baby and 1 dog. This includes baby essentials like formula, nappies, baby food etc and all toiletries/ cleaning products. It’s a lot but haven’t managed to spend much less than that.

Average £70 a week for 2 adults and 2 cats

We spend £75 a month on the big shop for food, then buy 2 loaves of bread and a litre of milk every 3 days - ish.
Toiletries and cleaning products are about £15 a month, less if possible. My son pays for cat food and litter as we rehomed his cats when my granddaughter arrived and they had 2 under a year old.
2 adults, teens of 18 and 16, 2 cats.
DD is away at uni most of the time, but we don't spend more when she's home.

Personal finances can vary wildly from person to person. Ultimately we all buy what we can afford. Averagely we spend £300 on a weekly online shop but then there are top ups throughout the week. I’d guess we spend around £400 a week. Family of 5.

£75 a month minus bread and milk?

Damn you know how to shop!

Around £180 a week; 2 adults, 3DC and 1 baby who is weaning & breastfed.
Doesn’t include toiletries or alcohol. We eat out twice a week and 2 of the children have school dinners.

I shop when I need to do it can be 7-10 days and spend between £45-70 (just me) usually shop at Aldi or online at Sainsburys
I'm not admitting how much the cat costs, he's 3kg and eats like he's a lion

About £200pw on 'shops' including household stuff and alcohol.

Not including the odd takeaway though.

I do not get how any family spends £40 or £50. Not unless very low income and eating super noodles and beans on toast type things every day.

A vast majority of what we but is supermarket brands too.

Family of 5

£75 a month???!!!

@PomBearWithoutHerOFRS
Please share a rough weekly shop.

@Carbon12 I know how to be hungry a lot. We eat shite. Well, technically it's not very bad nutritionally, but it's boring, repetitive, and frankly a bit soul destroying.
same shit different day just about sums it up. The weird thing is that I am still fat! Now THAT is the truly depressing part!

I don’t get why people are excluding top up or outside items like meat from a butcher etc and pet food etc? Surely you add it all together because it’s your total weekly shop, not just the big one from the supermarket?

If I exclude wine and pet food from my weekly total it’s going to be about £15-20 less than what I truly spend on the weekly shop.

I only excluded it as
It's not food for me
I find it hard to work it out as I buy in bulk as and when I need it because sometimes he eats more or less
Pay £36 for 48 cat food pouches and that usually does 3 weeks greedy skinny cat

@Vintagecreamandcottagepie .

Roughly - Farm Foods, with a coupon for (I think £5 off over £60 spend)
3kg pasta.
12 tins soup - chicken and or tomato
Just remembered I get a flat of 24 tins of tomatoes every 2 months or so.
2 tins corned beef
5kg sack of potatoes
5 bags frozen veg - assorted between 750g - 1kg
3 "meat" frozen packs - 3 for £10 - chicken or mince with onion or meatballs
60 (nasty) sausages 2 for £5 30 packs
500g hard cheese
500g "butter" stuff
pulses to replace what I used last month - barley, lentils, split peas, broth mix etc.
every so often we need cooking oil
I do have a big stock of seasonings, spices, packets and jars of random weird (.mostly out of date) stuff I buy in bargain buckets and "whoopses"
That's about it I think.
Our local FB page posts when fruit and veg past it's best is being given away and we sometimes get some of it if we're quick.

About £100.

Two adults, a dog and three cats.

We spend about £90 a week, 2 adults one DC. DC still in nappies but I buy 2 jumbo packs for £20 when on offer. I try and split branded things weekly, one week large Fairy non bio, next week kitchen spray, bleach, bin bags, next week kitchen and toilet roll etc etc. We do roughly meal plan and watch spends, not to every penny but if I wasn't checking could easily spend £60 a week more. We usually have a takeaway on a Friday for £12ish