Budget weekly shop

[Nikkz]

How much do you spend each week on your groceries? Specifically those as a family of four-six if possible please.

We have two adults, both working but take lunches out to work or eat at home beforehand. Also a 14-year-old boy, a 12-year-old and 7-year-old girl who take packed lunches to school.

Also two cats.

DDog is thriving on Royal Canin at less than €1 a day. His breeder advised never to change brand and to leave it available at all times. It may be boring but he eats only when he’s hungry.
He’s a mini Schnauzer and they have liver, pancreas and obesity problems.

These threads are always interesting - we're 3 adults at home, and I'd struggle to get it much under £60 per week total, but equally it's rarely over £80 ish. We don't really buy alcohol but don't otherwise scrimp. We eat reasonably healthy, meat and/or fish a few times a week (we don't really have roasts though as I don't actually enjoy them).

Actually, beans aren't the worst food. I'm not suggesting beans on toast every night, obviously.

I agree.

Totally agree with PP that meal planning and batch cooking is the way forward - and I do shop at lidl for 95% of stuff so minimal branded / processed items. I also bulk out dishes with pulses and veg - for example yesterday I used 500g pork mince at £2.49 to make a 4 portion lasagne (10" square Pyrex dish) and 4 portion chilli by adding red lentils to the tomato /onion/ garlic / mince base then splitting that into two pans, adding mixed taco beans and peppers into one and pesto and sundried tomatoes into the other. I can't afford to feed 2 teens without this kind of approach.

Yes you are right. I stupidly didn't think about laundry liquid and dishwasher tabs becausewe have those on subscription. I make my own all-purpose spray too, so I only buy few bottles of bleach for loo and some washing up liquid from the shops (for stuff that can't go in the dishwasher)

I get smol tablets and they are I think, £5.80 every 6 weeks or so. Laundry liquid is a 5 liter ecover canister and it lasts almost year.

2 adults and 3 kids. We spend £70 at the supermarket. I purchased meat from the butchers and freeze but it works out at another £30 a week, so £100 all in. Ours are at primary school yet, though I expect it will be more ad they get older.