How much do you spend on food/week? (sorry if been done before!)

[jennifersofia]

Title says it all really - I am trying to work out if I am being too extravagant. ATM I think I spend about £85/wk, for 2 adults, 2 primary aged children. Anyone else?

we spend between £60 and £80
2 adults
4 year old
1 year old

I do £85 this includes ds' school lunch either made or bought
As well as this £85 I get an organic veg box for about £10 as well.
We are 2 adults, one large adult sized 12 yr old ds and one itty 3 yr old dd.
We amke all our food fesh and I am pretty tight on good ingredients, if I compromised I'd spend less, but I don't have to so I don't IYSWIM

It has been done a zillion times before, but don't worry about it! - I don't bother searching the archives either

We spend about £130 per week (2 adults and 2 pre school children). Use Waitrose, so it could be cheaper if we shopped elsewhere (I also have a Morrison's nearby and on the odd occasion I have used them noticed that the weekly shop was around £90)

I don't know if that is extravagant. Not in my opinion but I spend £100 per week for 2 adults, 1 17yr old and a toddler. I was spending about £130-£150 and have cut down without even noticing. However I do know that many people on here survive on a lot less.

Does this cover total spend ie toiletries washing powder etc

yes all cleaning stuff
use cloth nappies so don't have that expense
odd treat as well choc ( nice choc!) and wine - but ususlly get wine through virgin

Sorry sorry for not searching - I admit, I was lazy (do I get any points for lateness of hour and tiredness?) Thanks for so many answers anyway...
Yes, this figure includes household bits and toiletries.

I tend to buy washing powder and cleaning stuff and other various bits and bobs from Lidls, tis incredibly good stuff and much cheaper-
I had to get my bill down from £140 pw recently too and actually now work on a cash basis (no cards) to keep myself in line!
mind you stopping drinking helped bring the bill down

I wasn't having a dig jen - honest!...I do hate searching the archives and applaud anyone who bucks mumsnet convention and doesn't bother either

£40-50
two adults and one toddler, one new born
it's tricky though

haha piffle another lidl fan. the ham is great for packed lunches (no added water). (And their wine is great value, how can you give up drinking?)
my downfall is takeaways (curry for me, fish and chips for dd) which takes my modest £40 bill for 2 (plus occasional guest hehehehehe) up to a bit higher...

Bloody hell harpshichordcarrier - how????

we have very cheap tastes hmc
I am really careful, cook (nearly) everything from scratch, buy what's cheap, go to the market, not much meat...
went to pot over Chirstmas mind you

Ah, I see.... - we eat quite a bit of meat (not entirely healthy and something I am keen to review), and whilst I cook from scratch I tend to over order and throw out a lot of stuff when it starts mouldering and festering

yes that's the other thing
only buy exactly what you are going to cook
so we keep running out...
I have to plan and be organised

it's about as boring as it sounds tbh....

lol!

Usually £40-50 for 2 adults and 2 children (2yrs and 5yrs) both big eaters, includes nappies, washing powder etc etc.

This week did the entire shop for £31

1 adult 2 children, £35 - £40 per week

£15 - £20 fruit and veg
£15 - £20 on dairy and staple bits and bobs

To break it down I usually spend

around £10 on Nappies, Cleaning stuff, household (loo roll etc etc).

£6-8 on fruit and veg (go to the market - bring back more fruit and veg than we can eat some weeks for that )

about £10 on 'basics' (milk, cheese - yes it's a basic in our household LOL, cereals, bananas, jam, peanut butter, flour - for the bread, ham etc etc)

£10-12 on meat (usually have vegetarian only once or twice a week)

Then up to £10 on 'extras' for the meals I'm cooking, soy sauce, rice, pasta, tinned tomatoes, beans etc etc.

This week we're having

Toad in the Hole
Mince and Dumplings (with kidney beans and alsort of extras thrown in)
Roast Chicken
Chicken Buritos (using leftover chicken)
Homemade Pizza
Soup (using all the leftover vegetables, and chicken stock made from the carcass).

oh missed a meal off (DH came interupted me) Corned Beef Hash

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For the 7 of us, including wine/beer and meat, it comes to about 200Euro or £150 a week. Thats because I get most of the shop from Aldi, or Lidl, and the meat and bits and pieces during the week from our local supermarket.

A usual week comes to between £40 and £50, that's Aldi and Lidls for me too.

I spend 50 there are three of us and I make everything inc packed lunches That includes all cleaning stuff(lidl)and I spend a bit extra in the week.Don't buy any crap or ready meals If we eat out it is extra