How much is your weekly food shop?

[NewYearNewName24]

I’ve just done the food shop online (we usually do it in person) in an attempt to get costs down and not just buy things we see but it was still so expensive…

I managed to find a £25 off your first shop voucher so it should have been £116.06 but it went down to £92.56 with the £1.50 delivery fee.

This will do 7 teas (with half of one frozen as leftovers for next week), lunches and breakfasts (there will probably still be breakfast for next week as I ordered a big box of Weetabix and long life milk) for 2 adults and a 2 year old. The only ‘extras’ are orange juice, dilute juice, bananas and yogurts 🤷‍♀️

I would say around 250 ish (sometimes more) for 3 adults, a 15year old boy who is essentially an adult and a 13 year old boy who is heading that way! And a cat. And a dog but his food is separate…..

We do buy alcohol weekly, unless we take advantage of 25% off 6 or more.

But we need to reduce this. I do have a fairly full pantry so just need to start meal planning and not just buying the same things on repeat.

Its toiletries and fruit that kill me. We go through a lot of loo roll and shampoo etc.

3 adults including ds who is 20 who has ASD and is quite fussy plus dd who is 13 who also has ASD and is a nightmare to cater for and a husky who eats fresh chicken daily.

None of us drink alcohol but spend a small fortune of cans of Diet Coke for me and dd and cans of Pepsi Max for dp and ds. Tend to buy toiletries and cleaning products as we need them and my mil has always bought us toilet rolls/kitchen rolls and other staples from Costco once a month so we’ve never had to worry about those.

i reckon we spend at least £200 a week. It’s probably more, I am determined this year to meal plan and eat better. I have an obsession about having a fully stocked pantry and fridge/freezer.

2 adults. Around £50 - £60 per week either online delivery or Lidls shop. Rough meal plan is fish or white meat 3 times a week, red meat twice a week, vegetarian meals twice a week. Lunches combination of omelettes, baked potatoes/sandwiches or salads, soup, beans/cheese on toast and breakfast usually weetabix and toast for DH and porridge/berries for me. Lots of fresh fruit and veg, some snacks for DH and ingredients for cereal bars or rice cakes/oatcakes for when I am out walking and a few treats for GC at the weekend. No alcohol.

We are two adults and a 2 year old!
at most on a food shop I spend £80. It’s usually 60-70.
this week I’ve managed to get some right bargains from our local co op on mince and chicken, so I’ve only had to spend £45 this week! I think we also have enough to last 2 weeks!
Morrisons and Lidl I find are the cheapest for us and what we need x

@NewYearNewName24 I think you’ve done well. I’m usually spending £150 a week online for 3 adults and that’s not going mad and buying tons of extras and treats. I was regularly spending £200 plus before my DD moved out with her boyfriend. Occasionally, I will have a week when I use up things from the freezer so I order less and spend around £100-£120 but it never seems to be any less. It’s a lot of money and I don’t know what the answer is. Aldi maybe?? At the moment it’s Ocado.

Ours averages out about £85 a week, two adults, one tween, one child. That’s all the food for the week except fresh bread at the weekends. It has gone up hugely though as it used to be around £60.

I shop online nearly always do.

spend £100-£150 a week, but includes branded soft drinks in cans and Robinson squash! 🙈
pretty much everything else I buy is own brand.

BUT I don’t shop for the week. I buy meat in bigger packets and split it to freeze it. (The new packaging for Sainsbury’s mince means you literally just run a knife through the whole packet and drop half/quarters in a bag or wrap in cling film)

I buy chicken breast/thighs in big quantities and bag them up and freezer them. Some I keep whole, some I chunk for say curry and some I slice more thinly for fajitas say & then freeze them, so they’re ready to go when we want them.

this week I’ve had a good rummage in the freezer and actually only spent £52. Which included £15 on frozen fruit because it was 3 for 2.
I can probably do something similar next week too, unless I find more offers!

I watch the cycle of the offers, buy things as cheap as I can and keep an eye on my usage and not throwing things away if I can! …. Still seem to be defeated by cucumbers though! Can’t get them right. We either run out of collect manky ones!

I spent £36 yesterday, bought breakfasts and lunches for 2 of us (dsd buys her own cereal but uses the milk, bread and butter etc and eats lunch at work as in food service) plus that was 3 dinners, I already had a 4th dinner in the fridge and I have a hello fresh box coming for £35

I be seem very cheap! If I didn't have a discount code I wouldn't be buying hello fresh for 3 I should add

For two adults and two kids ares is easily £100-£150 a week, we’ve started going to Costco for toilet rolls and meat that I portion out and freeze and tinned Tomatoes so I can make my own tomato sauces as I found the prices of jar sauce was becoming crazy.

We spend £40 a week on food but throughout the year we buy our cleaning supplies, meat and toiletries in bulk. This saves us a lot of money overall. If you have the space in your freezer why not try an online butchers.

Ours is always between £500-£600 a month. 2 adults, dd17, ds5, toddler ds and 2 cats.
That includes all toiletries, nappies and cleaning products etc but no alcohol as neither of us drink.

£80-£90 per week (for everything)for 3 adults and a dog. Aldi. Eat loads of fruit and veg and cook from scratch. Don’t buy brands. We make our own lunches too.

2 adults, 1 teen, 2 almost teens - my kids like to eat & my husband likes plenty of “snacks”
in so our costs are £200-£250 including things like toilet roll, toothpaste etc. kids take packed lunches & like “dessert” after meals (usually just yoghurt or fruit) i spend quite a bit on fresh fruit - £3 for a tiny punnet of raspberries when it used to cost half that! I do buy frozen for yoghurt & tinned fruit too but we all like to eat fruit so thats the biggest expense for us alongside fresh veg and i eat a lot of salads and tomatos are 95p now - used to be 60 its going up each week!

i cook a lot from scratch not all - we usually have pizza at the weekend and whilst i can and do make the dough sometimes we just get the pizza deal in shops. Not as nice and costs more but sometimes it’s easier. I buy specific coffee (both like different ones) and a fizzy juice (for me not the kids) & i know some of where i could back but i’ve tried and had weeks last year where i’ve meal planned and only bought what we need, picked up less snacks (or made flapjacks etc myself) made the meals from scratch, no meat & used frozen veg etc over fresh & we still came in over £150 with meals not being as “nice” as we’d prefer (eg casseroles which none of us like much) as we are in a position to afford it & my husband earns a bit more now i’ve gone for £1000 a month & aim to stick to that (5 week months are tighter & i try to do a smaller top up shop to bulk it in between but still aim for £1200 those months) i know thats ridiculous to a lot of families but until it hits £1500 a month i don’t have to panic & when i cut back my husband said he prefers spending more to have more snack things or food he likes or more meat based meals. He earns it so although i could cut back a bit & know what to miss out i don’t 🤷‍♀️

At the moment it's around £150pw for 4 adults and a cat.

Mines £130 plus £10 every week and a half on oat milk. That’s only for 5 lunches kids snacks and 5 dinners! Have to do a top up shop for fruit bread and dinner at the weekend so easily another £30 on top. I have a 2 year old who eats just as much of not more than my 5 year old and then me and my partner I literally can’t get it any lower I’ve tried all the supermarkets and online!

Two adults and a toddler and we spend £70 a week. This includes breakfast, lunch and dinner for everyone, toiletries, cleaning products, nappies etc, toddler snacks. We don't buy branded products and only use basic toiletries which keeps the cost down but could definitely save money making our own snacks!

I often make bolognaise or chilli or lasagne now with a tin or two of green lentils in place of meat. Even DH the carnivore likes it and so cheap and healthy. Dried lentils are even cheaper but will take longer to cook.
I buy oats and use frozen blueberries that are much cheaper than fresh for breakfast or have eggs. Potatoes are so cheap. I’m always making soup. I made stock from the turkey carcass and made a soup with the stalks of broccoli ( sometimes slice these in a stirfry) leeks, celery, carrot and a few red lentils. It went on for days.
’Snacks’ can serious bump up your costs. Give fruit instead with a piece of cheese. Make some bran muffins and freeze them.

I shop online at Tesco for 2 Adults and 2 teens I have found Tesco cheaper after trying other supermarkets over the years and we prefer Tesco’s meat than other supermarkets our weekly shop can be anything from £70-£150 per week depends if I’m needing to stock up on things like cereals, Juice and toilet rolls we buy fresh meat and Veg weekly on our shop we don’t drink alcohol or buy any treats just the essentials.

I wish I could get our lower but I just can't seem to. I cook everything from scratch (does that make meals cheaper or more expensive?!). Whilst we're certainly not eating lobster and steak every night we do like quality ingredients, organic veg etc.
So we're a family of four. Kids are fairly fussy so usually eat different meals to us (although not expensive meals). We have a cat but I buy most of his food separately as he has a special diet.
Our weekly supermarket shop is around £130 then I probably spend another £50 on top-ups, things I'd forgetten etc. I'd say we spend £180 - 200 a week.

£150 per week - 2 adults, 1 teen plus her boyfriend fairly frequently, 1 dog, 1 cat and a not insignificant amount of booze.

Ours is about £120 every 14 days, with top up shops in between. Me, DH, 2 cats and 1 dog. Includes almost all food, household stuff and toiletriesbut excludes alcohol which DH buys separately.

We have a very good greengrocer and deli nearby so fruit and veg come from there, about £25 per week.

Top up shops are milk and bread, probably an additional £5 per week.

We're not on a tight budget at the moment, but DH is dropping to 3 days per week from April so we will have to rethink how we shop. We've got an Aldi nearby, I've never been in there but suspect I'll need to start using it from April.

Before everyone assumes I'm a huge snob, I've got nothing against Aldi I just hate supermarket shopping. I have a Tesco delivery every fortnight, our Tesco is next to Aldi and I've only ever been in there once. I work FT and don't want to spend precious weekend time traipsing round a supermarket.

Two adults only.

60 from Lidl (food only) or about 80 from Morrisons (also food only)

The price difference is noticeable!

£150 per week and I limit it to that by doing online delivery from Ocado/Sainsburys. We are 2A, DS12 & DD9. We eat meat or fish every day. DD gets free school meals this year as we are in London & DS spends approx £70 per month on school lunches. We do like some nice brands when buying food so do treat ourselves each week to something nice (steak, prawns, scallops, pasta evangelist etc) so I know we could get this down a bit if we wanted/needed to.

recently I’ve been spending between £700/800 per month on the food shop. 2 adults, 2kids and a newborn. This includes formula, nappies, wipes, cleaning products, pet stuff etc I get about 10days worth in at a time from Morrisons or Tesco and then do a top up shop if needed from Lidl.