£100 for salad and dog food

[Realscottishhaggis]

I got some salad bits, fruit, dog food which was only £10, cheap veg, pack of mince, milk and yogurt well that’s £100 rounded up gone, on what was essentially a top up shop. Yes it’s my fault for buying £5 blueberries, I know there’s frozen but it’s not as nice and nothing should be so expensive anyway. if it’s this expensive to be healthy I’m not surprised hardly anyone does it.
I am only venting as I’m aware I have bought expensive food just saying I don’t think it should be expensive

How's that come to £60?! I totted it up in my head, based on my regular shops in Lidl and can't get above £35, even if the butter is Lurpak and chia pudding (no idea) is £10!

DH did refuse to go to Tesco with me becuase id walk round going how much?!

I went to Lidl just for bread this morning and had to go back for the bread 🤣

It doesn’t include steak or alcohol it includes literally what I’ve said I can’t be bothered going through the list but it is genuinely just milk yogurt salad bits fruit and a pack of mince albeit a lot of it

Where I am branded butter £7 milk £4 the herbal tea nice stuff £4.50-£6.50, yogurt could easily be £4 a tub if branded, mango couple of quid, no this isn’t my list it’s the other persons I can well believe it, I don’t know about the other stuff though

These are ridiculous prices. You need to find a cheaper shop… I’m in central London and those prices are double what we pay here.

But why "should" people be able to eat berries?

There is quite an entitlement there, in expecting to be able to eat fresh berries, for what? cheaper than it costs to have people grow them, pick them and then transported to UK?

£4 for milk is it coming from a famous cow 🐄

I'd be surprised if butter costs £7 in a wanky farm shop made from organic milk by the light of a full moon so where are you where its supposedly £7 from a supermarket?

But how much fruit did you get? Blueberries and two bananas or that plus plus plus?? Same with “salad” bag of lettuce or tomato and cucumber and avocado and red onion and scallions etc?

I'm sure it's possible, but it's not possible where I shop (Lidl)

Berries are always expensive out of season
Apples, pears,oranges, bananas and grapes are all much cheaper

Your choice, its not rocket science if you buy lots of expensive fruit and salad it will cost you more

Ridiculous.

A box of dog food and a bag of salad doesn’t cost £100 anywhere so obviously you’re bought £100 worth of dog food and salad ‘bits.’

I still can't make the shopping list add up, even if she'd gone to Harrods Food Hall.

I admit I’m clueless about what is out of season or not

At this time of year, in the UK, nearly everything is out of season. Fruit and salad veg don't grow in winter, unless in glasshouses or polytunnels with artificial heat and light. Look up 'winter vegetables' if you want to know what home grown veg you should be able to get.

Things like apples and root veg are harvested at, well harvest time, and stored for the winter though.

Yep just popped into Sainsbury's for a few bits and spent £72 🤯

In Sainsbury's, 500g of BB are £4.55.
We buy them weekly.

I don't think dog food is healthy. Maybe think of changing your diet and buying chicken instead (1kg of chicken legs for £2 in Aldi, with nectar £1.80 in Sainsburys).

I forgot to list:
dozen eggs
sliced tiger bread
crocodile stick (French stick)
and a jar of stem ginger in syrup- my treat of the week £2.65

Is this why people are saying that fresh food is unaffordable?

So you spent £40 on fruit??

I think you need to upload the receipt. Yes stuff is expensive but to reach £100 on some salad and fruit is mad unless you’re having a salad/fruit party for 50 people

Blueberries are a minefield. Each one has a 50% chance of being tasteless and soggy regardless of it's packet-mates or appearance or price.
I actually get angry with them. And a fiver?! From Tesco's! I thought you might've been to fancy farm shop or something. I guess I barely buy fruit which isn't great in itself.

huh? I did my weekly shop yesterday and it came in at £35!

Don’t forget the dog food! Lol

What do you call a weekly shop? Like how many people do you buy for and which shop?

@Realscottishhaggis well I wouldn't bother with the blueberries as they are expensive and taste of nothing. I do like the Sainsburys orange taste the difference.