To be annoyed that DH was shocked at the cost of a weekly shop?

[BluesandShoesies]

DH came with me to the supermarket to help with the “big shop” today, because I couldn’t get a click and collect at a convenient time.

he was utterly flabbergasted at the cost of it and won’t stop going on about it. He said he couldn’t believe what we get through. We are a family of 4, with a dog, a cat & two Guinea pigs. One child currently in nappies. It was also the week that we needed stuff like dishwasher tablets and laundry detergent which obviously bring the price up… he thought these things would cost like £2!?

it’s actually really annoyed me tbh 😂 mainly because it goes to show how much he leaves to me to sort out. If he ever helped with the shopping, checked the bank account or even made a shopping list surely he wouldn’t be so surprised. I’ve literally being saying it’s amazing how much the shopping has gone up in the last year or so with cost of living so I don’t know what he really expects.

it was a slightly bigger shop than usual because we are going on holiday and got our toiletries and some travel bits too but not much more expensive than usual.

Shopping has gone up a lot, if he doesn't normally do that job then I don't think it's suprising for him to be surprised at some of the costs.

My husband always does our supermarket shop and I have times where I'm like "the shopping cost how much this week??! 😲".

We are all veggie too, I’m sure that has a big impact. I do generally but the cheaper stuff and own brand things like beans etc… with a few exceptions of course

we will also do a mid week top up of milk & fruit mainly.. that is usually about £27

DH does the big shop 90% of the time so wouldn't be surprised but he is always surprised at the cost of non- food items e.g. clothes or shoes for the DC. I never even go anywhere fancier than M&S (and get a lot of stuff from Asda) but if it were up to him all kids clothes would cost about £4.

My DH is clueless except he is the lead finance guy for supermarkets so always telling me about wholesale increases etc and daily and weekly figures for the shops etc but he is way out with our own food costs.

he refused to buy Coca Cola last week because it was ‘extortionate’ and asked me to throw in a couple of steaks on the online shop. Erm, that doesn’t really happen any more.

for his job he knows it to the penny but for some reason he thinks we can do a weekly family shop for £40

To be honest, I do my own shopping and I am like this every time now... and I shop at Lidl, and half of my shopping is salads at 60% off!

very good

I've been telling DH for months how much the food shop bill has increased but clearly it's fallen on deaf ears. We were in Sainsburys together the other day (not where I usually shop but needed a couple of things I couldn't get in Lidl) and I sent DH to get a pack of chicken thigh fillets for tea. He returned to the trolley exclaiming "do you know how much these cost - I thought chicken thighs were cheap!" I said I was well aware of what they cost in Lidl, was not the slightest bit surprised they cost more in Sainsburys and that compared to chicken breasts they are cheap!

My DH used to be like this until I sent him to do the shopping.

If you find them for that price at Aldi can you post a photo ? Because they definitely are not.. plus Sainsbury's own Gel clothes wash is cheaper than Aldi

We rarely do a big shop as the DC have left home. However went to Lidl last week, and bought a trolley full of cupboard stuff. It was so much more expensive than the previous time. I have some sympathy for your DH.

I also think you did really well to get all that for £150!

Poundland or Home Bargains are quite good for buying a load of staples and household stuff you can bulk buy and sling into a cupboard. Their pet food is a little cheaper. But the sheer amount of running round different shops to save a bit is a grind at the moment, and I don't blame people if they can't be bothered.

yes, it's the top up shops that shock me, did one at Asda this week, just some cleaning stuff, bleach, bin bags, washing up liquid and a bit of veg and some bits for lunch sandwiches and milk and it was £17.00! nothing to actually make meals with apart from a pack of bacon that I will use in breakfast cobs and maybe use a couple of rashers in a pasta dish. Food and household stuff seems to go up every single week.

Im shocked every time I go to the shop still. I shop at Aldi and hunt for reduced bargains and even then I flinch at the price. I always get a receipt assuming there must be an error but no.

£150 for a family of four is phenomenal, well done you.

There’s just the two of us. The main shop can range from £60-£100, and there are inevitably top-up bits as well. Plus it’s not unusual to have one or more lunches out in a week.

It’s way more than we were spending a year ago for a similar quantity of stuff, we are a lot more mindful of prices than we ever used to be.

My husband does the food shop normally so I've not really seen 1st hand how much stuff has shot up, obviously I'm aware it has but he never mentions the total, so I got a bit of a shock when I went with him last week. We are a family of 5, 3 kids aged 2-7 who don't eat much but we spent £200, granted we had washing tabs, a lot more alcohol than normal and a few other holiday items but I was still 😱. Some items the prices have gone wild, he still buys some items that personally I'd have said "right, we can live without that"!

My DH does the big shop usually (I'd have been done for attempted murder long ago if he didn't) but when I do go it's a surprise how much some things go up over the space of a few weeks.

It's also irritating how the crafty buggers change the size of products too so unless you keep a close eye on things you're getting less bang for your buck even when prices don't change.

I think it's completely normal - if you don't do it, how would you know? I pay for food shopping, and all utilities, so my husband has no idea what they cost. But there are things he pays for that I couldn't guess the price of, so it evens out. We all live in our own little bubbles, let's face it.

Noooooo op!!!!! I was raised with ‘you never scrimp on bin bags or batteries.’

fgs just realised how old this thread is. So, op, did the bin bags rip?

Shopping has gone up so much - we pay a good £40 more per week now than a year or so ago. I have been doing the shop for ages and got tired of doing it so DH has taken it on. We do it online, so one of us places the order and then the other one asks for things to be added or goes in and does it themself. My DH is learning what I found frustrating for the last year - I would get the shop just inside maybe a £10 to £20 over spend then he'd add a good £20 to £30 pounds of stuff. Now that he's doing it the roles have reversed.

We are visiting the UK and it certainly seems expensive. At home a food shop costs $180-200 every 2 weeks for 4 people.

This reminds me of my XH. He took the kids on holiday and when he came back he said "Do you have any idea how much they eat?" Well, yeah, I do, actually!

Why not get it delivered, to avoid that scenario altogether

Aldi bin bags - not as bad as I thought but definitely can’t put too much in them.

Lidl bin bags - slightly more expensive but absolute game changer.

now wheres my job at which best buys 😂