How much do you, honestly, spend on food?

[NotSoDesperateHousewife]

Just as the title really, and how many of you there are?

We are 6 - 2 adults, two pre-teens and two toddlers. We're now hovering around £100 a week on food. This also includes toiletries, loo roll, cleaning/laundry supplies. Nappies/pet food separate. We only have guinea pigs so they're not overly expensive anyway.

A few years ago, when we only had two children I could easily feed all four of us on £40 a week! Is £100 reasonable? Do you spend more or less? If less - how?!

(Please don't say Aldi, I hate Aldi and they never have what I want so I end up spending even more)!

6 of us
5 adults (well 3 are teens, 16, 17, 19) one 10 yr old
4 cats
£150-£160 PW

We're mostly veggie and shop pretty much exclusively at Aldi/Lidl. I make most stuff from scratch and depend heavily on fruit & veg for snackfoods - we spend around £500/month on shopping, including toiletries (we're done with nappies at last!). We simply could not afford to eat meat regularly or shop at other places.

Oh, forgot to say - we're a family of 7; two adults, five children aged 12 and under. (12 year old is the size of an adult tho!)

family of 5 (2 adults and 3 under 6) and I try to keep it under £450 a month but I think its usually closer to £500. (this includes toiletries etc)

its the fruit that sends the price up, I cant keep up with the amount the DC go through!!

I do a monthly shop of around £300 for all the non-perishables and then between £30 and £40 a week on fresh - fruit, veg, milk and bread. this is at Tesco, about 85% own brand products. then about £60-70 per month on meat from the butcher.

we use a lot of veg (yes I'm one of those who can feed 15 on 500g of mince!) and do stick to the cheaper cuts.

I do shop online which means I can keep an eye on the total price and take out the more luxuary items (wine and fizzy drinks mostly!!)