Do you go food shopping as a family?

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Have realised that we never do. Either I go with Dd, 6 or Dh will nip to the shops for the odd bits needed or I will do the big shop on some Saturdays whilst Dd stays with Dh.
Is that weird, seems a bit sad

No. And I hate these people that do.

Sometimes. This is one of those random things mumsnet is really intense about though

Yes, but thats because we go straight after swimming class for our weekly shop. We are pretty busy and thats when we can fit it in. Tbf we try to get around quickly.

I work for a supermarket. There is no need for both parents, 4 DC and a grandparent to do a food shop together.

Firstly you get pestered ‘mum can I have this…’. Or get ‘I’m bored’, ‘do we have to have that for tea?’

Also there is no need for a couple shop together unless they walk/bus to the shops and require both of them carrying bags. My DM shops alone as DF gets distracted by nice looking steaks and other things

During the Covid pandemic, there was strong emphasis on people should be shopping alone. As during the limited numbers (my store was limited to 55 in first lockdown and 120 after) customers had to wait longer to enter. We accepted single parents with kids, disabled people. Some people made excuses “we don’t know what to have for evening meal” “I push the trolley and husband pays for the shopping”.

Why t f would you want to? Shopping is so boring, especially with others!

Except in cases of disability or single parenthood, I'd like to see a "one adult per household" rule. Both parents and several kids just clogs the aisles and is a pain in the arse. And don't get me started on letting little Johnny push the trolly (slowly zigzagging around the place and occasionally wheeling the thing into an unsuspecting fellow shopper).

Zip round on my own,start at 9.30 done by 10 am..taxi home..in by 10.20.

My kids love a trip to Asda! Me and the kids will do a big shop every week, if I'm having a bad day we will wait for DH to come home then we will all go together but normally just me and 2 DC.

We sing, see who can remember the most things that we need to buy, try do some maths with the eldest one, I don't think I've done a big shop on my own for years!

Your mum’s friend sounds like a late relative. Her husband died and she was like a glove puppet. Her husband was the hand. Remove the hand, puppet is floppy. She didn’t know any financial stuff or which energy company she was with as husband “did all the finances”.

This caused so many problems for her DC.

Yeah, we always go together ether, it’s convenient. Honestly don’t see the problem - people on their own can also take time to decide on things and create a queue? Or be annoying on their phone asking what mince to get.

Those of you who want to restrict it to one person - where does it end? If we need milk and are on our way back from school - should I leave my husband and daughter outside Tesco? What if we are school uniform shopping and need to go to the food section in M&S? Do they need to wait in clothing area?

We get two days a week all day as a family and like to spend it together, so if we end up in Waitrose together so be it.

MN is so weird about supermarkets. Don't take too many people, don't bloody browse (just grab your item and run!), and whatever you do, don't even think about letting your kid get something off the shelf. You might delay a Hurrying Person for two seconds. 😱🤣

Nothing more annoying than a whole family in the supermarket. Do most online anyway.

Nope, our standard weekly routine is one of us does the shopping while the other stays home and cleans. Most time efficient way to do chores imo.

The only thing more annoying than a family spreading out across the aisle is the man who has no idea and is blocking access to what you want while he phones home every 2 minutes to ask what flavour yogurt/crisps/biscuits or what brand of whatever they usually get.

Kids all adults now
I used to on my own with preschool child
Then as a one car family i do the shop with 2 kids - fun as they'd pick stuff , and we'd time it so dh picked us up after work.
Me and dh used to go Fridays after work- post kids.
But for the last 2 years I've had mr Tesco - Covid took the fun out of supermarket shopping
Years ago I worked on the checkout s and it was usually the wife did the big shop , occasionally the dh.
Rarely the whole family.

Not sure why anyone would willingly do that to themselves 😂

Absolutely not.

Weekly shop is my job and looks something like...

1. Sit in starbucks with a coffee and read a book in peace. Take about 45-60 minutes for this
2. Drive to supermarket next door and get click and collect order
3. Go home and complain a bit about how busy it was

😉

Clearly we are weird!
Sometimes we all go DP, me and DD (2.5). But more often DP will be at work or asleep after nights so DD and I go.
I always take DD- she really enjoys it, likes helping find things, scanning them, putting them in the trolley etc. She has learnt to stay with me or she goes in the trolley and she mostly listens well.

Not now but I used to since my family consists of me (single parent) and DS (only child) so I obviously had to bring him when he was younger.

I would rather concoct a random dinner from the remains of what’s left in the fridge than go food shopping with my kids…

No!! Mr Tesco delivers. Can’t think of anything worse!

Online food shopping here. We put the food away together which is fun

Jesse no. I've not been in a supermarket for donkeys years. Online all the way.

I don’t even like taking myself food shopping. I am pretty sure I have ADHD. And it means I get mad at myself for inevitably taking 1 hour for what should’ve been a 20 minute job 💀

God no. I go alone if at all possible. I often go once the kids are in bed and DH stays home. When it's not the school holidays, I go on Mondays, which is my day off. I'm doing it with the kids today as the cupboards are pretty bare.I give DD the list on my phone as she enjoys crossing things off. They will both pester me to buy loads of crap.