Is £600-£700 per month doable?

[Lagoonablue]

Due to a change in circumstances our joint income is changing. My sums tell me that after all bills which I pay monthly come out, petrol is accounted for and £100 per month put away for contingencies, we will have £6-700 for food, clothes and entertainment.

We are a family of 4. We waste alot of food so don't know what the average spend is and what is comfortably do able.

Obs holidays etc will be curtailed for a while but it is the day to day stuff am concerned about. Does it seem a decent amount to live off? Albeit frugally?

I think it's quite a bit more than a lot of people have. You should manage fairly easily. But have you counted absolutely everything. It's so easy to overlook things. When I looked at our spends this month over £90 NT membership. Cancelling next year. It's all those extra things that mount up.

That's loads, you'll be fine.

I'd say £80 per week for food, toiletries etc. should be plenty.