Expensive food?

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Has anyone seen the thread on recipies where the family of 4 adults is fed with £70 a week? And that includes eating out a couple of times, meals seem quite balanced. So obvs its in the UK and we are here, but I spend a fortune on food, for 3! At least $200 to $250 a week. Is anyone able to do this bargain price food shopping here?

No way would it include eating out, plus why are you spending in $s not £s if you’re in the UK? 😳

Where are they eating out, the 80's?

Complete baloney. I’m not saying you’re lying I’m saying that’s impossible unless by eating out they mean a six packet of crisps from Heron* eaten on the street.

*a bargain freezer food store which also sells dried goods at cut down prices because they’re about to go out of date

3 adults here I'm roughly 70 to 80 a week no toiletries in that plus we have a take away one night

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we spend around £250 a week. We feed 5/6 on a Saturday and maybe once during the week too. There’s usually 4 of us.
i meal plan and we do eat well but even a basic spaghetti bolognaise costs a tenner. Food is expensive and I won’t sacrifice quality to save a few pennies.
I think the claims of feeding people for £70 is rubbish. Unless everyone eats the portions of a toddler

It all comes down to what people are eating. Fresh food to cook from scratch is much more expensive than freezer tapas and ways round making good fresh food is often time consuming and out of reach for many.
I spend about between £70 - £90 including groceries but that is for me and an 11 year old. No takeaways, but includes a bought/packed dinner most weeks in term time due to after school.

I spend £50 a week for 2 adults but that doesn’t include and meals out , that’s typically £50 more

Sounds about right to me if you're meat eaters. Vegetarian would be cheaper if you don't eat upf fake meat. £50 for a meal out for 2 is reasonable if it includes a drink each. Drink is always the killer, a pint of fizzy bitter and a small coke cost £11 the other week.

This is in 'Aussie and NZ MNers'.

So OP writing "...and we are here" means she is in either Australia or New Zealand.

You can't realistically feed a family in the UK on £70 and your certainly can't eat out on that! We're pretty careful shoppers, nothing fancy, no alcohol, no cleaning products and spend around £550-£600 per month on food. 2 adults, a preteen and a teen. Doesn't include DC lunches as they get money for lunch at school.

Didn’t know there was any such thing, neither did others by the looks of things 🙂

Yes im dual citizen and live in Aus now and imagining exchanging £70 into A$ equivilant and thinking i couldn't feed my family on that here. I spend a fortune on food.

It costs £70 for a family of 4 to eat out!

Believe me, take it with a huge pinch of salt. Unless they’re living on toast, there’s no way you can feed four adults AND eat out on £70 a week in the UK. We spend £150 a week for two adults. A meal out is £80-100 on top (we don’t eat in fancy places) and neither of us drink alcohol.

I don’t even know where a bill for 4 adults would be £70? McDonalds maybe.

my family of four (two hungry teens) spends at least $300. Looking for ways to tighten our belts. We used to shop without thinking too much about it but not anymore. 😢

Yeah exactly @VenusThighTrap I go to Aldi often but there is no real cheap deals anywhere.

I try to stay away from Coles and Woolworths as their prices are exorbitant!
I mostly shop at Aldi, Costco, the local greengrocer and a local wholesale butcher.
I buy essentials from Aldi, bulk cleaning/toiletries/pet stuff from Costco, fruit/veggies from greengrocer and bulk meat from the wholesale butcher. It requires time and planning but I think I can keep it to $200/ week for a family of four.
definitely doesn’t include eating out!