Realistically, how often do you go to the shops per week?

[ssd]

How often do you go to the shops, including if you pop in for milk one day etc

I mean if everyone in the family is healthy.

[MarshaBradyo]

Ocado and local fruit / vegetable and bakery delivery means I’ve not been to Sainsbury’s for a long time.

I did have a look last week as had to give the car a run and noticed the (distancing) queue around the car park.

If I need one item will just go to local shop, has happened a few times.

[Abreadsandwich]

We go once a week sometimes 8 days and get everything in 1 go. Havent noticed fruit and veg running out and we use frozen as well. We freeze bread and milk although now I'm not doing pack lunches kids choose to have pasta or jacket potatoes mainly at lunch time so sidnt need any bread last time.

[cheeseycracker]

I do the main shop in Tesco once a week and DH pops to Waitrose to get non essentials like wine and chocolate a top up a few days later

[nakedavengerreturns]

Dh is a small shop worker. He says there are around 10 customers who 'pop' in sometimes 3 times a day. All are over 70. A banana, a pint of milk, a browse in the dairy section. Sometimes they buy nothing. The shop limit is 8 customers. Sometimes three of these customers are queuing 10 minutes before the shop opens. Often they bring their wife or husband.

They've been spoken to but simply don't care.

[QuimJongUn]

Three to five times a week, ish. Twice to Aldi, once to top up meters at local shop, once to a different supermarket to pick up stuff we can't get at Aldi (ours is a smaller branch). We also pop into a local off licence once a fortnight to buy a few craft beers - they only allow one customer in at a time, contactless only and you have to hand sanitise before you go in. Nobody in the house drives and of course we can't use public transport, plus I have RA which is being quite temperamental at the moment so I can't carry much on each trip.

[MrsHusky]

once a week!

[DOINGOURBIT]

I have to go every day, much as i don't want to and it fills me with fear. I have no car, and a family out working. I've relied on deliveries weekly for years. It's a mile walk so cannot carry more than milk, bread a few bits and I'm not allowed on the bus now as its for key workers or meant to be for key workers. i'm forced to go out daily and hate it.

[QuimJongUn]

I think people like a little trip to the shop for variety, plus don't quite get their act together to reduce the needed visits

I think some people are judgy arses who can't see beyond the end of their nose.

[TheGreatWave]

If people cannot get enough bread or milk or fruit to last a week without going off, they might need to go a 2nd time. However, those things always last at least 4 days, so why would anyone need to go more than twice a week. And actually, often milk or veg will last a week.

On Thursday, I had an opened 4pt bottle of milk in the fridge, that evening I picked up an extra 2 X 4 pt bottles. Friday 4 X 4 pt bottles came in my home delivery. I have 1 bottle left. That is how quickly he uses milk.

Not sure why I am justifying myself though, especially as autism is involved.

[theemmadilemma]

Usually daily.

Since lockdown, once a week. Twice this week because I had to pick up a new prescription I got that morning.

[TeaAndBisquits]

One big shop every 7-10 days and a smaller top up shop in between.

[Truffleshuff]

@DOINGOURBIT not saying you shouldn't be going everyday, but as you say you don't like it and feel worried, have you considered using a backpack? It used to be about a mile for me and it's surprising how much you can fit in one and how much more comfortable they are than carrying loads.

[lynsey91]

I don't think shopping is safe and no way would me or DG be going any more than necessary.

Thankfully we always have a good store of food like pasta, rice, lentils, beans, nits, chickpeas etc and even after 5 weeks have loads of them. We plan our meals using the items we have and if we haven't got something we go without.

I realise that people who don't drive or have a freezer have to go quite a bit but not sure why others do.

[ShanghaiDiva]

One trip to Lidl, one trip to M&S food hall and usually one trip to collect prescriptions as collecting for my mum and elderly neighbours.
My dcs get very excited when it’s shopping day: new snacks!
I go at lunchtime and normally no queue or very short.

[IToldYouIWasFreaky]

13th March was the last time I went to the supermarket.

I've been sharing delivery/click & collect slots with my mum, who is over 70 and isolating. Either we go and pick it up from the supermarket and take hers to her, or it gets delivered to hers and we collect from the doorstep.

We're doing this once a week and making sure we have enough to last until the next one, or doing without some stuff. Little bit shocked at all these people doing multiple top ups as well as a weekly shop!

[DOINGOURBIT]

I have and do use a backpack. It's designed for books and lightweight stuff, and i feel like a pack horse carrying groceries. I'm concerned about the impact on my back. I'm nearly 60.

[cantkeepawayforever]

Once, to replace the once a week delivery we - 4 adults / older teens - have the rest of the time (slots are scarce and I'm vulnerable but not shielding, so DH goes to the supermarket for all 4 of us).

Apart from the swap to visiting the shop rather than delivery, nothing has changed in terms of shopping frequency - we have a car, and are used to the routine of weekly shop and weekly menu, freezing milk and bread, so it's our 'very normal normal'. Minor irritations of absences of flour etc are something we have coped with.

[dementedpixie]

Maybe get one of those wheeled shopping trolleys

[nowaitaminute]

I don't go any more or less than before the Coronavirus- I do my main shopping on a Sunday and then I might pop to the shop once to get more milk.

[TwoBlueFish]

Once or twice, one big supermarket shop every 8 days or so and maybe one small shop for bread if needed. We get milk from the milkman 3 times a week.

2 adults & 2 teens.

[Mintjulia]

During lockdown I go once every 10 days

[VitreousHumour]

I thought the idea was to go out as rarely as possible and to shop as infrequently as possible, so avoiding lots of little top-up trips? Am I wrong about this?

No, you're not wrong. 4 times a week , as one poster is doing, is not lockdown at all.

[LionKingOrTigerKing]

We've been going to the supermarket probably once every 10 days for a big shop, but we have been going to the little corner shop once or twice a week for bread and milk

[Madein1995]

Around 2-3 times per week. Once to do a big shop. Usually can't find all I need and knackered by shopping trip taking me 2hrs.tjat I'm not prepared to go In another shop at this point!
Usually pop into shop on way home from work one day in week to get bits I couldn't get in big shop.
Usually milk / veg runs out around ay thursday or friday (big shop Sunday) so go to little Tesco Express for that. And wine!
I go through around 3 bottles of wine a week, plus cartons of juice and milk. No way I could trek that back in one trip!!