How much do you spend on weekly shopping?

[arabella36]

I'm amazed how much I spend each week. We are just 2 adults and one baby! What do other people spend weekly on food? I'm wondering what's average.

[montysorry]

I'd love to get it down. I think we need somewhere on the board where people can put meal planner to help those clueless folk like me.

[montysorry]

Yes, I think our fruit and veg takes up quite a bit of the budget as my three gorge on fruit.

Also, DH will not sanction any meat that isn't organic.

[arabella36]

Mmmm, yes I spend a lot in the fruit and veg section too. Have started buying tesco value brand for certain things like peppers. But not Value onions for example as they're tiny and annoying to peel.

[Northernlebkuchen]

I shop online on a monthly basis - that plus the farmshop for meat and fresh stuff works outv at about £100-£120 a week. That's for five of us plus a cat.

[Lilyloo]

wow 50 pound a week for 5 please tell how you do that!!!!

[1234ThumbScrew]

About £130pw two adulated and three dc's Inc cleaning stuff and a couple of bottles of wine. However if we're a bit broke I can bring it down drastically. I would like to lower it.

[camperli]

yes please I too NEED to know how to feed and clean for 4 on £50 per week.

[MummieHunnie]

I waste so much food each week, I really need to pull up my socks as I am wasting money I can't afford to waste!

[bumpybecky]

averages to £400 per calendar month including nappies (one child, full time), all cleaning products, loo roll etc, toiletries, all meals, occasional fish and chips (normally once per month), pet food and cat litter

for 2 adults, 4 dc (12, 10, 5 and 2), one dog and two cats

[mrstimlovejoy]

varies really as dh works away alot of the time.i do try to meal plan but when i do dh usually ends up going away.dd has school dinners but will gladly still have another dinner in the evening.
i usually shop online as i find i spend alot less
i go to poundland once a month for toiletries,cleaning products a few food bits.
i'm really determined to spend less and use what i already have in cupboards and freezer.i have a habit of putting food in freezer and it still being there 12 months later.

[montysorry]

I couldn't be doing with the hassle of trudging round all the different shops just to save a tiny bit though. I'd probably spend what I save in petrol (maybe to do that you need to be fairly urban)

Also, feel like I have so much more to do on my days off than search out the cheapest bleach. Definitely, meal planning seems to way to go for us.

[mamatomany]

//www.mysupermarket.co.uk is really good, my neighbour swears by asda but actually for most of my shopping sainsbury's is a good £5.00 cheaper but then we buy what's on offer.

[bacon]

I Dont get how anyone can just spend £50 - £60. Is that exactly eating at home everyday or are some of you eating at relatives at the weekend? Takeaways?

No way can I spend less than £100! 2 adults 2 small children £120 av. No real extravant purchases as we have cut down on wines etc but I generally buy the best quality as cheap isnt always value. Beef & lamb is ours in the freezer so I dont generally purchase that but chicken on line and pork off farm up the road (say £60 when I get a good load).

I dont throw out hardly anything either.
We can get through a brown loaf every couple of days. Lots of milk. Salads for sannies, loads of veg etc. Hi-jiuce squash.

At a standard supermarket you can easily assume an item on average is £2 so £50 is around 25 items - How does that work for a week shop?

I do pop into Lidl to pick up a mid week but it is just the basics. However I question that I save that much. Lots of the veg isnt dated hence seems to rot very quick. Because I buy good quality stuff the savings arent that good. The veg is good saving but wouldnt touch at lot of the meat etc.

I meal plan too. Vary the menu as much as possible. no crisps etc as i dont class this as food (more fat). Hubby lunch box has to be large as works long hours & manual.

Do I assume that spending £50 makes for a super slim family then?

[bacon]

Compareing supermarkets is rubbish as you can only compare exactly like for like of the same quality. I would question the quality of a lot of asdas own stuff as some of it is awful.

[bacon]

I'm in somewhat agreement with the OH. When he's been working all day and the stress of being an employer with all the other business' we run (incl a farm) he dont want to sit down to a jacket potato or beans on toast for an evening meal! So no savings can be made there.

[Ben10isthespawnofthedevil]

I spend an average of £200 per month on our family of 3 (me, DH and DS (5)). This is through necessity and not through choice.

I don't buy anything organic, try basics or own brand everything, and bulk cook - ie today I have made 200g of mince into a massive meat sauce which includes grated veg and lentils and that will be 3 meals for all three of us at least. A chicken is 3 or 4 meals for us.

I do a combo of Sainsburys, Aldi and sometimes the 99p shop .

I can confirm that my DH is not superslim .

[shinyshoes]

2 Adults

3 children 13yo, 10yo, 3yo,

around £150 a week

[Shodan]

arabella- no, that was excluding loo rolls etc. But I tend to bulk buy cleaning stuff, loo roll etc when they're on offer because we have the room to store it. So probably about another £20-30 a month on that.

All meat, eggs, milk is free-range organic blah blah blah. That surely does bump up the costs...

[Corriewatcher]

Blimey. I'm amazed at how cheaply some of you manage to shop. I used to average about £130-140 pw for the 4 of us , plus a cat and dog - that included everything you would normally buy at the supermarket plus getting quality meat from the butchers. I've managed to get it down in the past few weeks to about £100-110 by using Menus4mums to help me meal plan and be more organised. Am now going to try and use more own brand items if they are of decent quality, but short of putting the dog and cat up for adoption or going tea total, I'm not sure how much lower I can get our weekly bill. Would find it really useful to know which own brand products you swear by and which should be left on the shelves!