What's your average family grocery spend in Ireland?

[AgesAndAges]

I'm always interested in these threads but I find it's hard to equate UK spends to Irish as the prices vary.

We are a family of 2 adults and 3 small kids. I normally shop in Tesco though I've found they have gotten very expensive recently. Our shop was always €90-€120 before, but these days I'm finding it difficult to keep below €140. That covers all meals, school lunches, dh's lunch most days, toiletries and earning products. Oh and nappies wipes for the youngest.

Am I realistic to think I could do it for less? I cook from scratch most days and have a small repertoire of very cheap meals that I mix in with dearer ones. I'd like to be more frugal without scrimping.

I used to shop in Lidl but found it wasn't
too much cheaper than Tesco and I couldn't order online or do click and collect so switched to tesco for convenience. I sometimes shop in SV and find them the most expensive, but their produce is aways fantastic and they are the only company who deliver to our address so it's a toss up.

How much do other Irish families spend?

[shivawn]

I'm not sure if I'd posted on this thread since, but my first post in 2019 I said I'd increased from €700 to €750 to €800 in the previous year. I increased to €1,000 by early COVID lockdown and €1,200 by the start of last year.

@BiddyPop Pre-covid we were spending €60 a week for 2 adults, now we're 2 adults and a one year old and our groceries cost at least €120 a week. I find it crazy to imagine getting a weeks shop for €60 now even though it was only a few years ago.

[ItsaMetalBand]

Prices have gone up for sure.

I'm finding better value at going to get my veg and fruit loose in the local veg market. I only buy what I need, there's no packaging to recycle, and it's very fresh. I get cheeses, meats, petfood, smoothies etc from Lidl. Then Tesco for the rest.

I saw elsewhere on mumsnet getting the big 5l containers of shampoo and conditioner & body wash from a hospitality supplier was working out at just over a tenner apiece so that's on my list for when we run out of what we are using already.

I used to use cheap dishwasher tablets but had to pretty much wash everything beforehand anyway, so while I don't save money by using the ones for 15quid a packet, I'm happy to splurge if it means we aren't stuck to the sink the whole time.