How much does your weekly food shop cost?

[SavvySaver24]

We are first time buyers and just trying to get my head around how much I realistically expect to spend each week on food. We will do a big 'staple' shop that I have budgeted £500 for so we are talking werkly fresh good.

I know it is going to vary hugely person to person, depending on their lifestyle habits (i.e. quick rrady meals vs meals made from scratch) but that is why I am asking on here to get a wide range of opinions.

So would be so helpful if people can say how much thry spend and the sort of meals that covers, and is that 3 meals a day etc.

It is just the 2 of us, so I am probably in the minority on this forum!

[InDubiousBattle]

I find that our food bill is a movable feast so to speak. Obviously there is a minimum we can get away with but if we have a big expense I can cut back for a week or two , mainly because I keep well stocked with staples. Entertaining adds on a lot and we love having people over - we can easilyspend £100 a month feeding family and various other hangers on!

I think £400 a month with a £500 initial stock pile will be comfortable for the two of you.

[Secretsquirrel101]

Two of us, and a little dog.
Our food shops cover most stuff, so food, toiletries, alcohol (maybe a crate of beer every month or so, and a bottle of wine every couple of weeks) and cleaning gear etc.
I tend to cook from scratch and I try to be as healthy as possible, but we do eat a lot of meat and fish (as in we never have a veggie tea!!). It also covers our lunches; DP in a seriously manual job and salads for me.
Approx £80 every two weeks with a £20 weekly top up.

[SavvySaver24]

Thank you all :-) mega helpful. I was budgeting £400 a month for all food (fresh and staple) plus household bits and bobs. But we were factoring wine and spirits into that which probably puts it up!

[Hellohah]

Anything between £15 and £60/week.
Me and DS13. I tend to meal plan but do a bigger shop at the beginning of the month and then smaller shops other weeks. That's breakfast, lunches for school/work and evening meal. Will eat out once or twice a month and have a takeaway first Friday of every month as a treat

[Bumdishcloths]

2 adults and 1 infant. At the beginning of the month I replenish everything at a cost of about £100. I then get fortnightly veg boxes at £12.75 each, and do a weekly shop that's usually around £40-50.

[SleepingBooty]

£350 per month not pw.

[MustBeThin]

Around £15 per week at the butchers (we eat meat every day)

£50-£60 at asda which includes all cleaning products and toiletries for 2 adults. It covers all 3 meals everyday, we take pack up to work rather than buying lunch out.

I cook from scratch every day. Meals we usually have are
Roast dinner
Stew
Chilli and rice
Curry and rice
Spag bol
Kebab and chips
Cheese burger and chips
Meatballs and spaghetti
Bangers and mash

[SleepingBooty]

We usually spend around £350 on food shopping. Not including eating out, alcohol or household/ toiletries.

[stargirl1701]

£100 a week. 2 adults. 2 DC. 21 meals per person plus snacks. DD2 has 10 food allergies so some food is just hers - oat milk, vegan cheese, etc.

[mumtoboys81]

£100 a week for 6 of us. That includes nappies and wipes. We shop in Aldi. I often do a top up shop of Milk, bread, drinks so maybe another £20 a week on that.

[weegiemum]

About £120 a week for 2 adults and 3 teenagers - bit more at the moment as they're all home all day and dd1 can eat her head's weight in Koka noodles on a daily basis!

Extra for pets (dog, cat, 3 guinea pigs) but includes cleaning stuff and things like washing powder, loo roll and toiletries.

[TakeOffYourJudgyPants]

£115 per week for 2 adults and 5 children under 6, including lots of formula and nappies.

[Shutityoutart]

About 80 a week. 2 adults and 2 young Dc. I cook from scratch most nights, and my children eat loads of fruit so I spend loads on that. I meal plan so I get just what I need and throw very little away.

[Bellabutterfly2016]

We spend about £80 per week, 2 adults plus 1 3yr old that includes toiletries and cleaning products

If I try to do a "cheap tea" with pasta my partner wants to know where the meat is lol so my meat bill is about £15-20 per week on top at the butchers!!

Tried Lidl and Aldi but found salad, fruit and veg just doesn't last or stay fresh

[CallieAndDuck]

@mrspock. We also spend around £50 week. 2 adults and a 2 year old.

[AnnieOH1]

@Invisimamma - principally Aldi with a little Makro, Tesco and Sainsburys thrown in for good measure. It's really not as much as it might first seem, we will easily spend around £20 on fruits daily (by choice). I do realise we could spend less but at the moment we don't need to.

[Livinglavidal0ca]

£57 per week (250) a month. Sometimes less. 2 adults for 3 meals a day, and a baby who now eats and has 4 boxes of formula a month (I miss breastfeeding).

This shop includes loo roll/cleaning products/washing powder/nappies/wipes and all the extra things a house needs!

I think we eat very very well, and usually have the staples in the cupboard but have one or so in the weekly shop as they run out and we keep them up to date. I could definitely do it cheaper, we eat meat every day though, partner takes a packed lunch to work and I come home on lunch break.

[anotherangel2]

£60 a week for 2 adults and a toddler plus buying her specialist soya milk once every two months. We are wasting some food so I could probably cut that back a bit.

We shop in Aldi at Tesco we were spending £80+ a week. We do eat fish at home but not meat.

[Invisimamma]

@AnnieOH1 £50 per day!? What are you eating and where are you shopping? That’s £350 per week, almost my familiy’s monthly food budget (and we eat fairly well!).

[LeeValley2]

£200 per week for 4 people and £50 per week for 2 cats. That includes everything made from scratch but organic and high quality.

[AnnieOH1]

We spend approximately £50 per day at the moment - 2 adults and 2 kids, not including pets or toiletries. Allegedly the average for a family our size is around £84 per week.

[InDubiousBattle]

£100-120 a week. 2 adults and 2 pre schoolers. I cook mostly from scratch but that cover 3 meals a day every day except for perhaps one meal out a week (different budget for that). I often take picnics if I take the kids out. It includes some flowers, all cleaning stuff, nappies for one dc, store cupboard top ups and maybe a bottle of prosecco a week. We buy organic chicken/higher welfare meat which bumps the cost up. Kids get through massive amounts of fruit.

[Bloomcounty]

I forgot to add that my cost covers all meals, as I work from home and hubby takes a packed lunch. He does a very physical job, so he does a top up shop on a Friday for bags of unsalted nuts, dried fruit, cereal bars....all the snacky things that I don't eat and always forget to buy in the weekly shop. I reckon he chomps his way through £20 worth every week....but it does stop him fainting over his lawnmower....

[badteacher]

£80 a week
2 adults , 3 children
2Dc - teens - eat school dinners - that's £25 a week on top .
Dh eats lunch at work probably an extra £20 on top
I take a packed lunch which is included in the weekly shop
The £80 covers :
My lunches
All our breakfasts ( eggs , oats, toasts , cereals , brioche , coffees , milk )
Snacks ( fruit , crisps , crackers )
Lunches and dinner for all five of us on the weekend
An evening meal for everyone mon- fri
Cleaning products and toiletries
We shop at Aldi and the local cheap butcher

[TitsalinaBumSquash]

6 of us, I spend £100 a week in Aldi and get tons but DH and I are eating a low carb diet so a lot of our budget is meat/cheese etc.
We can when eating carbs and if we need to feed all 6 of us for £40-£50 a week.