Weekly shop cost come down?

[Bookworm3459]

Not seen one of these threads in a while. Aibu in thinking weekly has come down a bit since peak food prices last year?

We're on about £70-80 for 2 adults 1 baby. im sure it was more last year or maybe weve just changed our habits without realising

I remember it being £40-50 a week five years ago. Pretty impossible now

I haven't noticed it getting cheaper. I think if you tightened your belt you have probably just gotten used to it.

Food is definitely more expensive. I think your weekly shop total sounds pretty good to be honest-especially if you have a baby as baby products are not cheap. Think it depends if you need to cut your bill down and live without some treats etc.... If you're buying want you want/need to buy and can afford it, I wouldn't worry too much.

I think maybe we've subtly changed habits and not realised like less meat, lower volumes

I haven't noticed it. I think I am spending about as much if not more than the same time last year. Our food bill is about £600 a month for three adults and a teen, not counting work lunches for the boys.

A friend of mine took the price rises very seriously and meal planned a lot and claims she spends about £40 for two adults each week. I've tried to plan a bit more and never get this low, no idea how she does it

Ive really noticed an increase this week. DH been away and instead of us normally doing a big shop between Aldi and Tesco I have gone to Sainsbury's twice. Feel like ive got not a lot and Spent £140 quid between the 2 visits for only myself and DD. Ill be back to my usual shops next week!

Is your friend vegan/vegetarian by any chance? If you cut out meat, the bill goes down drastically. Or they may eat very small portions. When it's only me, I can manage on about £25 a week. I cook large pots of stew with loads of beans and vegetables which can easily last me 5 dinners and costs maybe £10 at the most. I have a small breakfast and a tin of soup for lunch.
But the men in our house can easily eat an entire chicken in one sitting between two of them.
We shop at Lidl. Any other supermarket is at least 20-30% more expensive for the same food we usually buy.

I’ve noticed a few individual items coming down and Tesco is making a big thing of it but other things are going up in price so overall it’s more expensive for us.

I think we just had our most expensive food shop ever, £260!!!! 2 adults 2 kids. That said we did get some things that will last more than 1 week. Morrisons, which we don't normally get much in.

I've noticed some individual items being cheaper, but the overall total is about the same, on the whole.

No it’s still getting worse!

Quantity smaller and costing double on many items. We are being robbed

I think it is going down. Noticed last couple of weeks.

I used to average £80-£85 for 3 adults. Now it’s a good week if I can get below £120.
No ready meals or booze, and that’s Aldi

Things will be going up in price very soon. Minimum wage has got another hefty rise coming, and the supermarkets have to pay for it somehow. Despite (some of) them making huge profits, their profit margins are actually low, so they have no option but to put prices up, otherwise they would very quickly make a loss.

A few items have definitely come down in price, but overall the weekly cost is still too high.

I’d agree with this, we have a family of 4 but DD will be 18 this year (y12 so not leaving home for a while) and I have a 13 yo son who eats more than any of us, combined some days it feels! I actually pay out a little more as we have pets but just on food for us it’s about £150 a week/£600 a month. It’s no cheaper I’m afraid, here at least!

We spend about £400-£500 a week, that is including raw dog food for 2 small dogs. This includes meat from the butchers.

We are 4 adults and 2 daughters under 18, my shopping used to be around £300 a week.

I have seen certain products come down lately but other products go up in price.

I thought things seemed cheaper more recently but I think it’s more a case that we’ve fallen into different habits since things went up so much. I buy a lot less brands now & a lot more supermarket essentials, don’t really buy meat & generally just stick to what we need. I meal plan 8 am a lot more strict on avoiding waste. My weekly shop now for 2 adults & 2 children (who both take packed lunches) ranges between £70 - £90 a week. Every now and then I will have a “big shop” which is nearer £150 to stock up on bulk essentials, but that’s probably once every 2-3 months. The guidelines suggest average spend on food for my household nowadays is £750 a month 😱 I definitely don’t spend that.

I've noticed it being a bit cheaper recently than in was a couple of months ago.

I usually buy a pack of four cartons of orange juice in sainsburys. Was £3.10 ish a year ago, has been £3.50 for a while but in the space of a week jumped to £5.75! Never gonna pay that and i don't think anyone else is either as there is always loads of it and no apple juice as that has not increased in price.

Wow, that’s crazy! Have you looked at raw food suppliers for the dogs? I raw feed my labradoodle who eats 500g a day & get all his food, including treats for £60pm delivered

2 adults, 1 toddler, out food shop is around £120 a week. No meat? Minimal dairy.

I think the odd item has come down, or I've swapped to a different thing for a nectar/club card offer but it's definitely expensive. Our usual loaf of bread has gone up by 5p recently, I went to buy olive oil yesterday - nearly £8, that's pretty much doubled. Our usual toilet roll has gone up by a few quid.

We spend about £70 a week including top up shops. Two adults, one primary age child, mostly vegetarian.

If it's cheaper it's cheaper, how can that be something we can vote on? The evidence is there on your receipt

Some things have definitely come down in price while others are going up, does anyone buy the exact same shop each week to notice every change?

I always wonder when I read threads about shopping prices whether I'm unusual in that mine costs different every week depending on what I'm buying, the range could be £30 ;to £40, everyone else seems to be spend the same to within a tenner a week