Weekly shop

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Wondering what a family of four (two teenagers) is spending on the weekly shop? I'm trying a new budget - so far not working, wondering if I'm being realistic

Feeding a family of 5 here, including baby still on formula, plus several pets and our very very basic weekly shop is £150. When we need things such as toiletries refreshed, aside from the odd bottle of shampoo here and there, it can be as much as £200. I also tend to spend about £20 on a top up shop mid week, bread, milk etc.

Our family is half of yours, one adult, one teen and it's now up to £60

Family if four here with two teenagers - spend an average of £180 per week inc toiletries/cleaning products. We eat a lot of chicken, sausages and, basically, have cheap dinners to try to economise but it’s still a lot of money.

4 adults here, I’m spending £180 to £200 each week. My 2 adult sons take lunches and DH and I are retired so almost all meals are from home. I also get meat from butcher every 2 weeks that’s £50. My sons eat a lot and often. DH will pop to bakers and local co op and spend anything up to £30 each week on top of what I’ve spent. We have hardly any waste.

You'll get all sorts of answers from about £50 to £250 pw, but that doesn't help you very much as everyone has different budgets, priorities and resources, so different families can afford different amounts, also some people would rather spend money on more expensive food than other treats and some people have time to shop around or access to cheaper supermarkets, others have to just get it all delivered in one go each week even if costs a lot more.

But when Eat Well for Less was on, they said that the national average for a family of 4 was around £100 pw, but that was before the price rises so it's probably more like £130-150 now, so that's a good starting point. But it can be done for less if you don't have that amount available, you just have to reduce the more expensive or unnecessary items, like meat/fish (more vegetarian or less popular cuts, or meals with just a bit of meat, and more pulses etc) or cut down on things like snacks and drinks. Also buy own brand or on offer as much as possible or get multipacks to reduce the cost per item.

We are four - £150 pw to include everything eg laundry liquid, dishwasher tablets, wine. Plus we have gluten free bread and soya milk which is not the cheapest. Also includes everything for the kids' packed lunches. Kids are 14 and 12.

We shop at Tesco and that budget is manageable. I could reduce it but that would need time to spend carefully planning which I don't tend to do!

Family of 5 (2 adults 3 children 10 and under) £150 per week at Tesco , includes toiletries and cleaning bits.

4 of us including one adult dd and one 11 year old who eats like an adult! We spend about £180 a week and that’s without really trying to cut back. I think if we stripped back a lot of snacks and removed some meat we could get it down to £120 ish but it would be a real struggle. Things are so expensive now. 😞

We are 5 and it's about £140 at the moment. Cleaning stuff but no booze. Food shopping is expensive compared to where it used to be a few years ago. I shop in Aldi/ Tesco/ Co-op (extorionate but sometimes good yellow stickers or special offers).

A lot of the traditional cheap food has gone up a lot. I used to spend about £80- £100 a week to get the same food in two years ago. Kids go back to school on Monday, they seem to eat so much in the holidays, not helped by a run of chicken pox so lots of ice cream/ medicinal ice lollies.

£169- 175 in Lidl oer week and then £15-20 top up elsewhere.

2 adults, 17 and 16 Yr old + 1 dog.

Includes everything- cleaning products, toiletries and dig food and too much 🥂

£40-£50 a week plus £10-£15 to top. 1 adult, 2 teens.

£50 every 8 days me, adult dc, two teens.
One gluten free, 2 afrid so certain foods can't change. I'm on a tight budget hence low costs. This time last year I spent £40 so prices have gone up. I bulk buy rice, pasta, tea and coffee when tesco have them on offer, meal plan all meals. Lots of batch cooking. Once a week tea is cheap tea eg beans or egg on toast to stretch to the 8 days. Shop online to help budget.

Our budget is £250 per month for food, toiletries, household items like wash powder/toilet roll etc. 2 adults (although dh does eat mostly free at work so just lunch at home), 2 dds 14 & 10. I'm gluten and dairy free and dd2 is vegetarian so all meals are veggie (often vegan). We eat alot of beans, lentils, rice and potato based meals. As an example, this week's meal plan
Monday - slow cooker bombay curry.
Tuesday - vegetable soup (slow cooker)
Wednesday - sausages, mash and beans
Thursday - chilli and rice
Friday - jacket potatoes and beans
Saturday - pasta bake
Sunday - creamy lentil dahl.

Lunches are leftovers, sandwiches or couscous.

Breakfast is toast, cereal or bagels.

I make flapjacks and cakes for sweet treats. Or cheap biscuits.

We use frozen vegetables or yellow labels/olio. Fruit there's always oranges, bananas, apples. Then dried fruit/nuts.

I buy toilet roll and wash powder in bulk. I do a monthly savers/poundland trip to get toiletries I cant get in aldi.

Family of 3 here and I have been struggling with our £70 a week budget but have noticed in the last week that things MAY be coming down in price

I say "may" - because it all depends on what you buy!

Fingers crossed anyway.

We spend about £150 a week for 3 adults & 2 younger dc of which £110 is food/drinks. I’m not at all careful what we buy really but oh is veggie and we therefore have a lot of veggie meals. It’s definitely loads cheaper than meat. We are also helped by fact kids like spaghetti as their carb best and that is really cheap

I spend 100-130 depending what toiletries/household goods we need. That is one adult, two teens and a preteen.

About £100 - £120 for two of us and one fussy cat who will only eat whiskas! I have really cut back on wine, it used to be most nights, but not buying it seems to have made little difference! I cook most meals from scratch.

For me, DH, 2 x adult DSs & one teenager (plus two cats), we spend around £150 per week. Sometimes slightly more. It's almost doubled in the last 12 months or so.

2 adults, 2 primary dc, never less than £100 anymore unfortunately, usually £110-£120 per week with a £15-£20 mid week top up, meat approx 4 times a week, 2 v cheap meals a week, pasta and sauce or jacket pots....and wine. I always meal plan, tend to be pretty frugal and bulk buy expensive things when on offer like coffee. Prices have shot up

Two adults £50pw including toiletries, cleaning products. Alcohol excluded as not essential (well it is really but not for nutrition!|). If there were four of us, pretty sure I'd be able to do it for £80-90pw.