Do you go food shopping as a family?

[Allyourdreamsaremadeofstrawberrylemonade]

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

We only end up as a four if we are out somewhere but even then only one of us goes in usually.

I will take both kids if necessary, one child to help but I prefer to go on my own or send my husband for small things.

It just seems torture going all together for absolutely no gain. Kids learn how to do normal things when they get dragged along from time to time, it doesn't need to be a weekly episode.

It’s a proven fact that a weekly shop is exactly £183736.99 cheaper when you don’t take the kids / other half with you.

My DP can end up making it more expensive sometimes but not normally as I always ask him what he wants when I write the list anyway.
The kids bit I don't get but maybe I will when DD is older, she is 2.5 now and will occasionally ask for something but I just say it's not on the list and she is fine. She has been coming shopping with me since she was born and knows we get what's on the list.

No! I used to take the DC when they were at preschool, because they both loved it and were very well behaved (DD used to get things from low shelves when I was pregnant with DS!), but that was one DC at a time. Even now I can deal with taking one of them, but for some reason taking both is a nightmare. Still easier on my own, though.

And I avoid shopping with DH at all costs. We used to go together before the DC and he drove me nuts then, now I think I might abandon both him and the trolley.

@Allyourdreamsaremadeofstrawberrylemonade why would anyone want to put themselves through that ordeal?? I dont even go shopping with my hubby! he takes forever! i run in, grab the weekly shop then run out as fast as I can!!

We used to often go together as a family, mainly because it meant more hands to carry it back home, it was useful when the children were still in pushchairs with a shopping basket underneath to load up with the heavier bags.
Now we mostly get online deliveries, and the children are older now, although will sometimes join us for a top up shop especially if they know they have the option of choosing some treats like popcorn or ice creams for the weekend.

I thought of mumsnet when I went to Asda yesterday and behold, it was heaving in there, but there were so many families! Three or four kids plus two parents. Insane.

If dh comes with us he drives me nuts. It takes twice as long 🤦‍♀️

God no! I used to take DD when she was little. Shopping takes twice as long and costs twice as much if DH comes and we end up with loads of junk food and treats but no food you could make a meal from!

Never! Shopping is a chore not a day out. The only time one of the DC would come is if they want to get something / choose something. We tend to split up during jobs time - "right I'll go shopping and you'll get that washing done / drive DC to activity / tidy up" Divide and conquer!

Absolutely not.
I wish other folk wouldn't either, though realise there might be reason why some folk have to.

Never, it's not a family activity. I go myself or DH does, when the kids were smaller one of us would go in the evening to avoid having to take the kids. Supermarket trips are not interesting. I always think when I see mum, dad and a couple of kids shuffling round tesco on a saturday afternoon whether they don't have anything better to do and why they can't organise themselves better.

Yes I used to - not the easiest of them Mrs but I enjoyed showing them different fruits and veg and food in general. My daughter used to love 'helping'. It's actually educational.

Sometimes we used to, as I don't drive. Now just me and dp tend to go and we leave the dc at home. Sometimes I order for delivery, but I prefer to shop at lidl.

Gawd no. If we are out and need something then one hangs back outside/car with the kids and the other goes in. Last time I took both of them in by myself to grab a sandwich DS3 came back out over my shoulder screaming and headbutting me because he wouldn't keep to the boundary set.

No it makes sense.

Imagine if everybody went in groups of 3/4/5 at the weekend for a large shop!

Personally I have a midweek Asda pass (£3.50 a month) and order online but if I do a top up I don't take ds with me and haven't since he's been old enough to stay home alone.

I'm not judgemental however supermarkets are for actual shopping and looking at stuff you might actually buy, they're not for just wandering around looking at the stuff as 'entertainment'.

Up to a point it's fine e.g. one child 'helping', but a family of 5 all just milling around isn't quite the same.

God, no. Tesco is quite bad enough without dragging DS round.

I usually go 7am on Saturday morning. I can get a full week's shop done in about 20 mins. The shelves are all fully stocked and the carpark is empty.

I write a shopping list with ds' input on Friday night.

All those family groups blocking up aisles do my head in. They get in the way and take so long. Why do you need three or four people to discuss whether to get meatballs or mince?

Really? You'd see me and my son and HATE us?

It's possible to hate how busy it is and equate some of that to the people who are needlessly there, without hating specific folk. That said, if it's just you and your son, and you have no other option than to take him, then you're not in the same category as the family of 5 milling around for no reason. 😬

Definitely not, never have.

Was in Aldi the other day and saw loads of families with young kids running all over the place nearly getting rammed by trollies. Can't see the pleasure in it for them when one could've just stayed home with the kids.

It's always someone else's fault when they run in to something/someone too, according to the otherwise occupied parents at least.

But we were buying stuff and my kids were looking at stuff they could save for or ask for their birthday, our local shops were never that busy so maybe that’s the difference. But my partner liked going off to look at what he wanted to buy for his lunches and pick himself up underwear etc. sometimes as a poor family it was the only time we got out the house when the weather was really bad

He's 15, he absolutely does not have to come, but (as I said in an early response), it's something we do together. It's a shared task.