Monthly shopping bill for a family of 3

[gastonthebabyshusher]

We have just had an offer accepted on a lovely family home and are doubling our mortgage. Which is really scary!!! So for probably the first time I'm going to have to stick to a budget rigidly. So just out of interest I wondered what you think I should be planning to spend on food and household goods each month. At the moment we are really silly and spend waaaay too much in the supermarkets.
It's just DH and I and DD who is 2.

i have lived on £50 a week for the past year and a half or so, that includes food for me and dp and 18month pld ds. nappies electric, the lot. its not ideal, but it really can be done! in a better situatin now, so spend a bit more, but always always under 10o including electric....and a bottle or two of red ;)

I spend £100 a week for dh, myself and 3 ds's (17, 15 and 6). Teenaged boys eat a huge amount. This includes toiletries, cleaning stuff and dog food (lab).
It doesn't include the children's lunches.

I go to the supermarkets in the evening once things have been reduced which saves a fortune.

We budget £100 per week (two adults and a toddler) for all food, toiletries, cleaning products, nappies... everything you can get in a supermarket, I guess!

Just started withdrawing that amount in cash to help budget. There will be some left over this week which will go straight into savings.

Obviously doing something wrong (ahem, waitrose addiction) so will read the thread for motivational tips now, as would like to get it to £75. (looks like £85-90 this week).

Around £35 a week for myself DH and DD9. I will shop everywhere and thankfully no one in the house is very fussy everything is cooked from scratch as much as possible and all snacks are home made. Its bloody hard work though and certainly not for everyone.

Far too much imo - I spend around £100 a week for me, DH, a fussy 5 yo and an 'eat me out of house and home' 18mo. That doesn't include nappies or baby milk (which we get on script and nappies we bulk buy when they are on offer).

I'm not sure how to get it down, I broke my foot last week so haven't been able to go and buy anything as I can't walk so I have noticed a difference but DH is where all the money goes, he works a pretty manual job and so likes a decent sized lunch box with a chocolate biscuit and a bar of chocolate, a yogurt as well as all the other stuff like crisps and sandwich. Then he likes dessert after his meal, even if it's just an individual trifle or a Rolo dessert.

I cook from scratch for the most part so I'm not sure why it's so high? I try and do online shopping and when I get to the basket stage I don't seem to have a lot for my money but it's never ever less than £85?! And then I need bread and milk top ups at least 2/3 times a week. We eat meats most days as I'm not sure of how to cook with pulses and make them tasty and filling.

I did use to shop in Aldi but mine isn't massive so I found I got bored quickly as there wasn't a lot of selection.

Tips anybody?!

Could somebody give me an idea of what I could do in the way of homemade snacks? I'm not the worlds best baker and am far better with savoury but I wouldn't mind giving things a go to see how they went down.

I only have a few cake tins and a loaf tin though so possibly a false economy to buy all the tools and then find out it's a non starter?!

DragonMamma I don't have much equipment myself I work around that Try something fail proof like Chocolate muffins or cookies. I posted this cookie recipe on another thread they are amazing lovely soft and chewy.

125g/4oz Butter
100g/3 1/2oz Caster sugar
100g/3 1/2oz Brown Sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
225g/8oz SR flour
100g/3 1/2oz Chocolate chips

Cream the butter and sugar then add the egg and vanilla extract mixing again.

Add the flour and chocolate chips, mix well and shape into a long log shape. Chill dough for 2 hours (I freeze at this point)

Preheat oven to 180c/350f/Gas mark 4

Slice dough into individual cookies. Bake cookies for 7-8 minutes from chilled or 10-12 minutes if frozen.

Remove from the oven and let them rest for 2-3 minutes they should be soft and will firm up when they're cooling.

Try not to eat them all at once.

I don't bother with brown and caster sugar just caster. You can also replace 50g of the flour with the same amount of cocoa to make even more chocolaty.

Master the basics i.e a good cookie/biscuit recipe, a simple cake, muffins and tray bake then move on if you feel you can. GoodFood website has an amazing selection of tray bakes including a cherry mallow one which is amazing!

£100pw for DP, DS who is 3, and I. That covers everything but house/car bills and expenses. Notice a real difference now DS potty trained, so trying to save a bit more.

About 400-450 (so 100? A week) for six of us
Including all groceries and animal feed (dog,chickens, rabbits) and night time nappies, non nuclear family birthday presents etc

Sorry wandered from the op

I spend about £200 per month for me and DS (12), DD (8) but DS starting to eat alot. That includes lunches. I shop online mainly so I can plan carefully what I buy and shop at Ocado online £120 per month budget (2 shops per month). For the rest I pop into Aldi if I need milk etc.

We spend about 50/60 a week and we buy all organic stuff mostly shop in sainsburys there is me and partner and my 2 year old DD :) x

I spend about 70 pw for me, dh, boy (5), girl (4 soon) and baby girl. That includes toiletries, household type stuff and formula and nappies (still waiting for my real nappies to arrive). We don't buy alcohol but that's more that we don't drink v often rather than can't afford. We shop in Asda and buy a mix of basic and shop own and brand products. Once every month I don't shop at all except milk, bread, and packed lunch stuff and obv baby bits and we eat what's left in the cupboards/freezer. We don't do that between Nov and Feb though in case of snow as we are rural highlands and whentthe snow comes we are generally snowed in for a few weeks dreading it this year with a new baby

Oh yes and we also have dog so that figure includes dog food and treats. And a hamster. That too :o

We shop at aldi. 4 of us and we spend £70 per week.