How much do you spend on your weekly shop?

[notkatemiddleton]

My husband does our weekly shop and plans all of our meals. Last week he spent £150 and he tends to do this every week. he assures me that he doesn't waste anything but i just think this is excessive for the two of us. We do eat meat a lot and have a lot of vegetables etc.

at the moment it's about £60 a week (2 adults and 2 teenage boys), plus we get sacks of potatoes from the farm (£8 for 25kg sack) and we get a lamb or 2 over the year and freezer it.

Between £100-£150 per week for me DH and 11 month old DS. That includes all nappies,toiletries, household and pet stuff. Could be less but I'm lazy and don't meal plan

oh, and the kids get gluten free foods on prescription so their bread, pasta, cereal, etc is provided.

He 'loosely' plans our meals. He spent £27 on a piece of meat the other day, I was so shocked! I have started putting money on a sainsburys gift card to make sure we stick to our budget. The sacks of potatoes seems like a good idea, i love jacket potatos.

DH is a bit of a snob and won't go to Lidl which my parents go to and save a fortune. I am trying to convert him but no luck so far.

between 60 and 80 depending on what we need.

2 adults and a 15 month year old.

we aren't very strict with our meal planning but we do have an idea of what we will be having during the week, it's more in our head with room to be flexible if necessary.

this doesn't take into account ad hoc costs like wine/beer and treats from the local shop which probably ends up costing us more :s.

we go to aldi to do the shopping for stuff where quality doesn't really matter and go somewhere else for the stuff that does. We have actually found aldi to superior in some areas that we didn't expect - certain fresh stuff lasts longer.

About £80 a week all in, but that's with my fil supplying us with most meat.

I'm probably about 140-160 a week, not counting extra stuff I'll buy at the weekend instead of a takeway (20-30 and extra bread during the week 5) and not counting milk which is delivered (another 12 a week) and also not counting the fact that we will go to Costco every 6 weeks or so and spend a few hundred pound on foodstuffs and toiletries/kitchen roll etc.

Thas for two adult and 2 adult sized teen/almost teen boys. OH and boys have packed lunch most days - i get a soup at work which is about a pound a day.

Having said that, I went yesterday for a weeks shop, the boys are away for the week and it was 60 including cat food! so much easier and cheaper when I don't have 2 fussy eating gannets to consider!

We spend £100 but that includes £10 worth of wine, £10 toiletries/cleaning products and £10 of gluten and dairy free foods for one of our children. If we looked at the basic food bill we would be spending £70 ish every week and we eat lots of meat, fruit and vegetables and all have very big appetites.

Myself and 3 teenage boys, 4 cats and 3 dogs....around £100-£120. I meal plan and do online delivery...and that includes all toiletries, cleaning products, animal food etc....I could easily spend more though

That is for two adults and two children with adult sized appetites. I cook almost everything from scratch. Convenience foods are expensive.

About £40-£50 pw for two adults and a teen, no pets. Includes main shop and top ups, but not including alcohol, toiletries, laundry. We have a loose meal plan and eat meat most days.

Varies between £50 and £75 a week all in. Sometimes we get takeaway for around £15, say once a month. I panic when I go over £70 and feel happy when its around the £60 mark. 3 people.

We have a baby but buy formular and nappies separately

We spend about 30 a fortnight on meat at the butcher and 30-40 a week on everything else

So 55 per week tops. We eat steak, use branded washing powder, I buy fresh flowers

Spent about 145 over past week (HOW??) and just 2 adults; a pre-schooler and a 4-mth-old breastfed baby. This doesn't include any booze which l generally leave to hubby then i can accuse him of leading me astray ;-)
Have tried to combine my shop with Lidl and my supermarket but its such an arseache getting kiddies in and out of the car for both + Lidl doesn'tn have a proper shopping trolley for 2 wee ones...
So...meh...

Spent about 145 over past week (HOW??) and just 2 adults; a pre-schooler and a 4-mth-old breastfed baby. This doesn't include any booze which l generally leave to hubby then i can accuse him of leading me astray ;-)
Have tried to combine my shop with Lidl and my supermarket but its such an arseache getting kiddies in and out of the car for both + Lidl doesn'tn have a proper shopping trolley for 2 wee ones...
So...meh...

£100-£120 a week ( I shop only weekly-a hark back to the days when I worked full time and just didn't have time to shop around. Would definitely spend more if I shopped more often ) .I meal plan, with a bit of flexibility, and will buy things we use if 'on offer' and store ( we could probably eat for three months+ on contents of freezer and cupboards ) One 'convenience' meal a week -usually M and S £10 offer on a Saturday night . We rarely eat out, usually in association with another activity such as a concert .Two adults two cats ( I spend a lot more if my grown- up daughters come home).Does include nearly everything -toiletries, cleaning materials, three bottles of wine (at least), sometimes other alcohol,occasionally make- up, even some clothes and bread/milk which I freeze . Occasionally buy a bit of fresh fruit and veg. in the week . Meat probably 2/3 times a week, organic/free range (eggs) only . My elder daughter has been a 'piscatorian' since she was 14 which influenced our diet a lot and have stuck to little meat as feel it's healthier .I rarely make pudding and make cake or buy biscuits only if expecting friends round .
I alternate Sainsburys and Morrisons ( if I shop in Aldi I get distracted by their odd 'offers' (not food) and spend more anyway- I also find it frustrating that you can buy something one week , like it, then never see again)
Although retired we are better off now than for years having paid for two kids through uni . We had 8 years of austerity , when although we ate well , I had to be a lot more careful, so maybe I am a bit extravagant now ?

About £150 but that included toiletries and that for me,dp & dsd. Most of it goes on dog food though

Around £50 & £10 veg box.
This includes all nappies/wipes/general household stuff not just food.

We also have a 'no popping to the shops' rule - we're very strict about our list... it should cover everything we need.
2 adults a three year old with a fair apetite (especially for snacks) and a eight month old doing blw.
We get through a lot of fruit.

£70 a week, for 2 adults, a 2yo and 4yo. Incudes nappies and all household stuff. I meal plan, and do one weekly shop. Online shopping helps - add everything you want then delete stuff until you are in budget.

£70 on average including toiletries and cleaning stuff. 2 adults, 3 DC.

Do you need to be sticking to a budget? If so then he's a twat.

Two adults and an 11 month old. We spend about £30 a week, but I do a meal plan and then shop monthly rather than weekly, as it helps to cut out all those extra little things that you pick up as you go round.

On average we spend about £75 a week on the 2 of us (baby on way). We've spent a lot less since shopping online. Yes we pay a delivery charge but we definitely spend less shopping for things we need rather than fancy. I make a point of never spending more than £60 on a weekly online shop (with £15 ish spent on bits and pieces from local shop). Ended up going to 'real' supermarket last week and spent £95 on weekly shop so it does work!

What are you eating for £30 a week?

Hi,

I spend £150 every FORTNIGHT for a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 primary aged kiddies and a small dog (dog food is so expensive)). So, yes, I think he is overspending.