how much you spend on food and drink

[whatsthestory123]

hi curious really but how much would you spend on food and drink from approx 24th-2nd december-january so just over a week really

i guess i probably spend about £300 adult kids and partners in and out,go skating so back here for food and of course 8-9 people for christmas dinner,always go over the top with chocolates/treats etc and pretty much apart from fresh food can live of the £300 for a few weeks once its just me and the teen

i do have a pot which always put in a few pounds a week and loose change which i thoroughly enjoy feeding into the self service tills and really surprising how much it adds up Natwest do a free change machine also if anybody wants to use one but you do need an account with them

4 adults here and probably the same as you, about £300.
This would include alcohol and cat food.

On a regular week it’s £100 but if you can’t overindulge at Christmas, when can you?

I've got three separate deliveries planned and at the moment, there is about £700 between them - this will reduce significantly as I menu plan and decide what to serve. I will probably spend about £250 but we are hosting Christmas Day for the family. I always over buy and I'm trying to stop that this year.

Not much more than normal. We don’t go mad Christmas Day, it’s a roast consisting of what ever we find Christmas week. But, we have talked about possibly pre-ordering a ham for Christmas Day instead so that will bump up the cost if we do. The biggest expense will be papa johns on Christmas Eve.

We don’t drink a huge amount, we may have a few drinks when the DCs are in bed but no more than a normal week.

This year we have no plans for between Christmas and New Year so we may go out for a meal at a local pub and grab lunch out. Actual NY Eve will be a fight to stay awake.

glad my amount is pretty common though i have just found a tin of twiglets un opened so now say £298 lol

my mindset is if you overspend it makes January easier cost wise which is handy

A normal week is £90 for the 4 of us, inc nappies dog food etc. I would say probably £200 for that week as we have 3 extra for Christmas Day and 2 are staying for a few days. However I spread the cost, so turkey is already ordered and paid for, I am buying a few bits like this week I bought some drinks.

sounds like C£2-300 is pretty standard

we don’t, we use money accrued over the year on loyalty cards such as co-op members card, nectar. We order our vouchers from credit card rewards for M&S and the most we’ve spent is around £10 over. We don’t drink so no need to spend on alcohol.

Its mostly the 2 of us but my 20yr old DD will stay a couple of days over that week. Two nights. I can’t imagine we will spend that much more than usual on groceries but we might have a takeaway at some point.

Maybe £150 with the takeaway for 3 of us but food prices are going up and up so it could be more. We don’t drink or eat meat so that helps a bit money wise.

I've been saving up our Asda cashpot since the scheme started. Should have about £60 by Christmas so that will be my budget for "extras" over what we usually spend in a week. Our normal grocery shop is around £70 for the week so I will make it around £130, probably. (2 adults, 2 young children)

Far too much. Mainly on cheese and beer

I have been picking up odds and ends of non perishables as part of the weekly shop for a number of weeks. By the time we actually get to Christmas week I will probably spend less than normal as any extras have already been bought even if we are hosting. We normally spend around £60 a week for 2 of us. Last year I had to add a litre of alcohol to the click and collect the day before Christmas Eve as I was nowhere near the minimum £40 spend.

I dread to think, we're hosting and it will probably be £££.

Probably about £2-300 extra depending how much we host.

Not much more than normal.

A nice dinner for us Christmas eve. Some pastries and bacon for breakfast on Christmas eve.

Christmas Mum cooks Christmas dinner and my sister is hosting a buffet tea at some point between then and New Year - it's not our turn this year.

I do buy the extra trimmings to make a roast in that week into a full Christmas dinner, so we can have one just to our taste. And otherwise I make sure the freezer is full of stuff the teens can cook themselves if and when they don't fancy leftovers the day after we've cooked. And I will buy a few extras like pates and nice cheese. I'll bake to take stuff to my sisters to help her out too.

DH doesn't drink, but he does always buy me a bottle of Baileys and a bottle of pernod so that's me sorted! We have a full drinks cupboard but don't have people round to drink. No wine as noone likes it, although I usually get a few bottles given to me as end of term gifts.

So maybe an extra £100 over the week before and after Christmas day?

umm maybe £100 not a lot really will have christmas dinner then boxing day will be sane takeaway christmas eve will only buy some biscuits chocolate and meats for the roasts might push the boat out and get some different cheeses for crackers other that i’d say alcohol will be my biggest expense

If it includes and entertaining then quite a lot usually. Some us dreadful over previous months- pudding, cake, chutneys etc.
We usually host village supper on 24th for around 16- 20 people, have family for Christmas lunch and a few spares/randomers then drinks on Boxing day for about 80-100.

New years eve and day we go to others, so no costs. Twixtmass we go away yo our cottage and eat much more simply.
Never really added it up but more than £200-300.

Not much more than normal. My dad is with me for Christmas so will buy meat which I don't usually and pudding for him. Other than that, it's just normal food throughout that week. So prob £80ish maybe.

that is some entertaining x
you must be exhausted

Maybe £250 - £300

we usually get some really nice spirits and mixers which Costs a fair whack. We also get nice branded pop in cans at Christmas (lol fancy 🤣)

then a tonne of cheese, smoked salmon, nuts, pork pie

And then fill the freezer with oven buffet foods (because no amount of money will ever make me and my husband classy)

massive ham for Christmas Eve and always a nice bird (goose, capon, or nice turkey) for Christmas Day.

I like to make sure that from the 24th dec - New Year’s Day, we are well provisioned with all the snacks, and the fridge won’t run dry so to speak.

because I grew up poor I get a cold sweat on when I take the Xmas food shop through the checkout because it’s so simultaneously outrageous to spend that money, but also deeply satisfying to be able to go wild (I am incredibly parsimonious usually)