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Please tell me how much your weekly shop is so i canshow dh

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mosschops30 · 26/06/2011 14:40

he gives me £100 a week to do the food shop. That normally is enough, sometimes just over, sometimes just under, feeds 5 of us for 6 days and kn a saturday dh buys a takeaway.
He thins that this amount is totally unreasonable, and i think its pretty good.

So how much do you spend!
How many of you are there?

Thanks Smile

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trixymalixy · 26/06/2011 14:42

The answer to this is to give him the responsibility for it and then he can see how much it really costs.

WhatWouldLeoDo · 26/06/2011 14:42

Anything between £50 and £100 per week depending on if we need any big things like wine washing powder etc and how organised we've been on meal planning. we usually keep £50 in a tin each month for the occasional take-away, milk etc from the corner shop. That's just for 2 adults and one toddler.

wimpybar · 26/06/2011 14:44

about £120 and about £50 on other bits during week

flagging · 26/06/2011 14:47

£150 on the weekly Ocado shop. Plus £30 on top ups. 4 of us!

Mabelface · 26/06/2011 14:47

About £120 for 6 of us.

TrilllianAstra · 26/06/2011 14:48

Why does he give you an amount - shouldn't you be deciding together how much of the budget to allocate?

Flossbert · 26/06/2011 14:48

£100 sounds about right, and we're only 2 adults and a toddler. Probably do about £15 in greengrocers and two £40-odd shops at the supermarket during the week. It's crippling me - I seem to be running gout of everything at the same time, constantly!

Snorbs · 26/06/2011 14:48

About £80 a week in total for one adult and two gannets children. Food prices around here (St Albans) are high.

ConnorTraceptive · 26/06/2011 14:49

£60 a week with maybe a take away once a week. That's for four of us

Debs75 · 26/06/2011 14:50

Usually £100-£150 a week
That is 2 adults, 2 teenagers and 2 babies
We have fish & chips once a week and usually 1 takeaway or dinner out.

mankyscotslass · 26/06/2011 14:52

£85 a week for 3 adults (mum staying here due to ill health at the moment, 3 dc, and 2 cats. No take aways. (broke)

Sometimes it goes up to £95, but I usually budget for the £85 as a maximum.

JarethTheGoblinKing · 26/06/2011 14:52

I think it's outrageous that food costs us £100 a week. We spend about £80 a week, but that's only for 3 of us!

With food costs the way they are, I think £100 is about right for a family the size of yours.

marycorporate · 26/06/2011 14:54

gives you £100... wow... what, in cash? What if it's 2p over? Do you suffer the embarrassment of putting something back? Or do you have to walk around mentally calculating everything in the trolley? Flaberghasted to be honest.

But back to the original question, £between 60 and 80 a week here, me, DH, 12 year old half the week and a 5 and a 3 year old. We're vegetarian though. although we drink a lot of wine so add about 30 quid to this spent per week down the coop

Alibabaandthe80nappies · 26/06/2011 14:55

£100 a week online with Waitrose, and then £20-30 a week top ups. That is for 2 adults and a toddler.

But forget the amounts, why does your DH have control over all the money?

Gay40 · 26/06/2011 14:56

I spend about £100 a week on the big shop, and then £20-£30 on "bits" in the week, as I like to buy salad and some veg on the day we need it.
2 adults and 1 kid.

Catslikehats · 26/06/2011 14:57

About £150 main shop for 2 adults and 2 DC's (5&6). I then top up with bits and pieces for about £30. We also eat out as a family one evening and one weekend lunch on average.

I really enjoy cooking and am going through a bit of a searching for new meals phase so usually find that more expensive than if I am just sticking to our "normal" meals IYKWIM.

Catslikehats · 26/06/2011 14:57

Should have said the eating out is extra.

BuckBuckMcFate · 26/06/2011 14:58

Max of £80 a week here, can do it for £60ish if we're ok for washing powder, toiletries etc. That's 2 adults, 1 teen boy, 2 primary school kids and a baby.

Any alcohol or takeaways are extra.

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mosschops30 · 26/06/2011 15:02

He doesnt have control over all themoney, i work so we split bills and mortgage but then he pays for all the food and all the dcs extras (swimming lessons, dinner money etc) because he earns more than me

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mosschops30 · 26/06/2011 15:03

Btw would love to know how some of you get your bill down to £65. Where do you shop and what sort of meals do you cook?

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Shinyshoes1 · 26/06/2011 15:06

about £150.00 - £180 a week and that includes a bottle of wine. That's for 2 adults and 3 children

Shinyshoes1 · 26/06/2011 15:07

why are men such arses when it comes to money. This is not the first thread i've read on here today about men thinking it's unreasonable to want to feed or clothe their family

Bellared · 26/06/2011 15:13

We've got a months shop including meat for £120 for 3 of us but add another £60 for inbetween bits throughout the month like fruit, veg bread etc and £20 for our once a month a take out so about £200 in total and thats between Asda and Aldi.

Gay40 · 26/06/2011 15:19

I also cook most things from scratch and rarely buy tins or frozen. I eat stacks of fruit and veg. DP eats stacks of crisps and biscuits.

activate · 26/06/2011 15:20

6 of us

spend about £150 a week sometimes £200 includes all household cleaners and toiletries

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