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How much is your food shop?

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Bluesheep8 · 10/09/2017 12:22

Just that really, I'm interested to know. Also, where do you buy your food? We have two freezers which means that I'm able to shop monthly and I do the main food shop in Aldi then top up with milk/fruit/veg/incidentals at my local co op How about you?

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TheKelpie · 14/09/2017 03:23

Loyalty that's nearly £21k a year on good . Of course it's ridiculous. Scooby if your income is high enough to afford £400 a week, at least knock £100 a week off and send it to the food bank.

Stop being so silly. Its entirely up to the poster what she spends on running her kitchen and for all you know she could also be giving to the food bank.

MyDcAreMarvel · 14/09/2017 03:23

*food.

CKBluebell · 14/09/2017 03:24

2 adults, 2 kids and 3 cats.
I meal plan and there's 13 packed lunches between DP and the kids over the week. I take leftovers.

One big supermarket shop, fruit and veg from market, a few bottles of wine, the occasional lunch for myself/DP if we've forgotten to take any to work, the midweek bread, milk and forgotten items shop...

Between £200-250 max per week but that is everything.

I've also recently started adding things for Christmas into the weekly shop like the odd box of chocolates/nuts or some nice stationery/pens etc for the kids stockings.

MyDcAreMarvel · 14/09/2017 03:25

Running her kitchen , yes Scooby may already donate , it's still an obscene amount of money to spend.

CKBluebell · 14/09/2017 03:26

I should also add I don't live in the UK. Food prices are much higher where I live.

TheKelpie · 14/09/2017 03:33

Running her kitchen grin , yes Scooby may already donate , it's still an obscene amount of money to spend

Running her kitchen? I know. Its what we say where I live. That and buying the monthly rations.

But seriously, 400 pound isn't an obscene amount. Ive done it easily when in the Uk and to be honest with you I dont know what I spend on the rations every month because I just get what I want or we need so it varies. Nothing is wasted though. The poster also said her weekly amount covers a take away and a meal out. I think that in itself could come to 120-150 pounds depending on what a meal out means. Then there cold be wine in the posters shopping trolly that doesn't cost 4.99 a bottle.

Its easily done if you can afford to do it in the first place.

BlairAndChuck · 14/09/2017 03:43

£400 a week is mind blowning too me, it's more then some people's wages.
Would love to know what kind of meals/food that makes and buys so I can dream of shopping plans when I win the lottery

chaplin1409 · 14/09/2017 03:57

We spend about £115 a week for 2 adults 3 teens and a Pre teen. That includes toiletries and animal food but not take aways which we may get once or twice a month and the odd fast food lunch so probably spend another £60 a month on that.

TheKelpie · 14/09/2017 04:09

£400 a week is mind blowning too me, it's more then some people's wages

I know but its obviously doable for the poster and that should be all there is to it to be honest.

LoyaltyAndLobster · 14/09/2017 07:00

Loyalty that's nearly £21k a year on good . Of course it's ridiculous. Scooby if your income is high enough to afford £400 a week, at least knock £100 a week off and send it to the food bank.

Fewregrets · 14/09/2017 07:08

I have just worked mine out at £60 pw for myself and one child, including toiletries, cleaning products etc. not including the odd meal out.

Anatidae · 14/09/2017 07:40

We could easily spend a few hundred a week if we weren't careful.

Food is cheap in the uk - it's 2-5x the price here and in many other countries. We have nothing like the uk pound shops - very few butchers or grocers etc. Nothing is cheap here.

Orangeplastic · 14/09/2017 08:25

Loyalty that's nearly £21k a year on good . Of course it's ridiculous. Scooby if your income is high enough to afford £400 a week, at least knock £100 a week off and send it to the food bank.

If you posted what you spent on every thing through the week, maybe we could help you cut back on your luxuries and send some cash to the food bank.

glow1984 · 14/09/2017 08:31

2 adults, 1 14 month old.

50-60 per week, but that usually includes formula, nappies and the odd massive box of wet wipes, and we stick to a fairly strict budget. The only real luxury is a bottle of wine every other week!

HolgerDanske · 14/09/2017 08:39

FFS people with their self-righteousness.

Please. Do tell us what little luxuries you spend on here and there so we can urge you to put your money to better use!!

Money and spending is all relative. Unless you are on an extremely low income there is always something you spend on that you could do without and help someone less fortunate. So unless you give away every last penny over what you actually need, you really cant presume to lecture others.

Anatidae · 14/09/2017 08:42

If you posted what you spent on every thing through the week, maybe we could help you cut back on your luxuries and send some cash to the food bank.

I don't think she's asking for ways to cut back. She's saying what she spends a month.

KarateKitten · 14/09/2017 08:53

People have every right to spend their money as they wish. I'm sorry that so many people struggle, that's a given. And even money spent on caviar means that people are employed by caviar companies. Same as if it was spent on baked beans.

Orangeplastic · 14/09/2017 08:54

To clarify, my post saying
If you posted what you spent on every thing through the week, maybe we could help you cut back on your luxuries and send some cash to the food bank.

This was directed to MyDcAreMarvel who posted

Loyalty that's nearly £21k a year on good . Of course it's ridiculous. Scooby if your income is high enough to afford £400 a week, at least knock £100 a week off and send it to the food bank.

In my opinion what *scooby spends on food is her business and I think it's not that unreasonable if all food and drink were included. Obviously we can all cut back but that's only if it's something you want and need to do.

Anatidae · 14/09/2017 09:07

Ah yes, sorry :)

I'm agreeing with you then -

Peanutbuttercheese · 14/09/2017 09:13

Just over a £100 a week, that's for 3. That includes me having lunch out at a cafe twice a week and a take away for all of us once a week. DH gets the occasional free lunch at work.

I had one job where I got free lunch as a perk in the student refrectory . It was worth over a thousand a year and the food was really decent and lots of choices.

PoisonousSmurf · 14/09/2017 13:09

Our shop can vary between £70 and £120 a week and that's for two adults and two teenagers who never stop eating!
We don't go out much (once a month) and never have take aways as we are in the arse end of nowhere and we can't even get pizza deliveries (sob), but it makes it cheaper in the long run.
I also spend about £15 a month on making sandwich packs for our local charity who distribute them out to the homeless.

BlairAndChuck · 14/09/2017 15:27

I know but its obviously doable for the poster and that should be all there is to it to be honest
Did I say it wasn't doable or that she shouldnt do it? All I said was it was mind blowing to me

Banania · 15/09/2017 06:15

Have gotten it down to 100 euro a week recently for 2 adults 2 kids. Sometimes it's 110, sometimes 90 so it evens out. Includes 5 packed lunches and all my lunches, and toiletries and cleaning. Dp still spends too much on lunch and we do have lunch out approx every second weekend on top of that.

Food, toiletries and cleaning stuff is much more expensive here than in UK.

To get it down to 100 euro a week meant getting out of the stocking up mindset and only buying stuff that we will need for the week. And buying fish, meat and chicken on alternate weeks and batch cooking. I try to get good quality meat so means buying less and I use my freezer a lot.

Banania · 15/09/2017 06:18

Oh and stopping the mid weekly top up shop. When we're out of something we're out until the next shop. Milk is the only exception but I'm now disciplined about just buying that and nothing else if it's needed.

Feck me but it all requires a lot of work!

mintmagnummm · 15/09/2017 12:50

2 adults and a 5 year old here, ours is around £100 for the weekly Tesco shop then maybe another £30 for top ups of milk, bread and anything I forgot to order

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