Weekly budgeting questions. (Ireland)

[Shinygoldbauble]

I'm taking a look at our spending at the moment. It feels like things like groceries are costing us more. I have no real idea of what's average or normal.
For instance, in the past 2 weeks I've spent just under €400. This was for all groceries including packed lunches for 1 adult and two young teens, household things, pet food. It doesn't include any utility bills or rent/mortgage but did include €15 of petrol, a cinema trip for 1 adult and 3 kids and around €20 fuel for the stove. Dd1 also needed money for school things amount to around €15.
I am always amazed at similar threads on here. Grocery shopping seems a lot cheaper in the UK.
I'd like to know what others would spend over a 2 week period.
Thanks

I spend average of €115 per week for 2 adults, 2 children, 1 dog & 1 cat in Dunnes using the €20 off €100 spend.
I'm trying to stretch it out to every 10 days now this year & have just done 3 big shops this month.

This is only food, toiletries & cleaning supplies, doesn't include food or petrol or fuel or cinema trips.

You really notice the difference with Aldi or Lidl.
I work near an aldi so go in mon and fri, less food waste that way and more of a clue what I fancy.
€120 in total for 2 adults 3 under 12 plus cat.
Where I fall down is going ip to the shop for bread milk and ham say, and leaving €30 behindme on shite.

Thanks for the replies. I do the bulk of my shopping in Lidl but also buy a little in Dunnes.
The €30 worth of shite sounds about right. It's top up shops that are pushing things up.

It's definitely the case for us.
When I'm making an effort I'll fill the car on Sunday evening and get cash back for my pocket. Leave the card at home all week then. When you know you have €10 say, no more, it cuts out a lot of impulse buys.

It varies a lot because we tend to stock up on nonperishables by buying in bulk (usually online) - everything from toilet roll and laundry detergent to dried pasta and wine pet food.

In an average week when not buying the above, we spend about €70 on groceries for 2 adult and 2 young kids. Plus another 20-30 on lunches at work for DH and I when we're not organised enough to bring something from home Plus occasional splurging on takeaways.

It helps costs that we don't eat a lot of meat, but then we do buy a lot of organic fruit and veg. We also spend very little on toiletries since switching to solid shampoo and conditioner bars (and mineral powder makeup for me) a while ago - they last aaaaaages.

Oh - and I used to live in the UK so can directly compare. Overall, we spend about the same. Milk and dairy is cheaper here, fruit/veg is a mix but net similar, and things like pasta and breakfast cereals are dearer here. The meat we occasionally buy (usually organic free-range) is about the same price.

I shop in aldi and some meat from the butcher (stew meat) and toiletries etc from dealz. I think we spend 100 for two adults and two dc. We rarely eat out and that's all lunches. I tend to batch cook when I see offers.

My big weakness is going to dealz for something small and end up with a 20 to 30 spend - not food related. Last night it was laundry cleanser and carpet shampoo and stuff like that.
I could bring the shop down to 80 or 90 if I wanted. We have pasta and pesto some nights. Other nights steak so it balances out.