Your weekly grocery bill... how much?

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Okay I'm always trying to economise at the grocery store. But, the best I seem to be able to do is around £150 per week. We have three adults and two kids (18 months and 3 1/2 yrs) in the house. I shop at Tesco, and I don't buy overpriced kiddies foods (like disney yogurts or Thomas pasta, etc.) I don't buy already prepared food (unless it is for me to take to work for lunch because it is cheaper than buying lunch at work).

If you live in greater London, how much do you spend on groceries? Am I going wrong somewhere?

god no i was kidding
ti aint far off htough
100 n tesco
then 20 in butehcers

then odd bits

I love coq au vain in the slow cooker or the old fav ratatoullie sp??

You sound about the same as me, Cod. I find odd bits can creep in another £30-50 easily. Snacks and drinks at BP...

Oh, and I now have a Costco card so I think I'll go buy some bulk nappies this weekend.

actually DH spends a fortune on latte's during the week when we went away with his sister at half term she kept making him flasks of coffee in the morning- can't imagin him taking one to work
I wonder how much I really spend on food there is a coop in walking distance and I never come out having spent less than 20

Can I join the big spenders' club? I too easily manage to spend £150 a week on groceries for 2 adults and 3 children, have tried cutting back half-heartedly a few times but it didn't work out...

we do plan meals, cook mostly from scratch and don't throw much away. It just all adds up - I think it's stuff like washing powder, huge amounts of milk etc. I also don't buy value meats or other stuff and always get free-range eggs, organic bananas etc. Dh drinks a lot of beer, but I usually get the shop-brand premium lager or whatever's on offer. We go through a box of wine (£16) per week, too (use it for cooking as well as drinking). It soon add up.

You have a costco card YIPEEEE - we can go together. I bulk buy from costco (must go this week they're doing 3 for 2 on the apple/orange juice) and have a large freezer in the garage. My weekly bill at sainsburys inc nappies is never more than £60.

I find the secret is not to go in shops so you aren't tempted. I get our weekly shopping from Tesco on line and it's usually about £100, sometimes up to £150 if there's a children's party or lots of things we need. That includes shampoo and all chemist products, fruit, meat etc.

I think it just depends what your budget is and there isn't a right or wrong to spending. We don't buy or drink alcohol. I do get one pint of milk a day delivered from the milkman which is extra and helps if we otherwise would run out. I don't buy organic and I have no problems with Tesco value brands although sometimes we have the odd premium product too.

ONE Pint a day
god we get rhgouh about 4

Good grief is there anything you can't find on mumsnet: a Costco shopping buddie.

Hey, Medela, can you use credit cards at Costco? I heard it's cash/debit card only. Is that true?

Well I find that the main thing that bumps up my bills is entertaining. If I was only ever cooking for my own family then some of these amounts would look reasonable, but we typically have people round for Sunday lunch, and at least one dinner, plus say one or two playdates. I tend to also want to have the contents on a decent cheeseboard available most of the time to cover the unexpected. By the time I've added in say wine for these occasions, some decent chocolates or other sweet thing, as well as the cost of meat, then it tends to bump up my bill.

But yes, I could feed my own family for £50 per week no problem. But the above measn that it is always over £100.

Yes we drink about 3 pints of milk a day.

I went to Asda last night for milk, fruit, veg and cereals and spent about £30. Will do another similar shop later in the week, maybe from Sainsbury?s this time and get some meat as well so that?ll be more like £50. Have to go twice a week as we run out of fruit and veg and milk.

Five of us inc 3 big-eating children. Lots of fruit and veg, only buy free-range or organic meat and eggs. No booze tho.

But we don?t always eat meat. Uwila I think you need to menu plan.
We often have pasta and veg (brocolli, carrots) in cheese sauce, or pasta with home-made tomato sauce.

Other quick dishes are sausage casserole with lots of veg in it, puff pastry tart with cheese, onion and tomatoes, baked potatoes with a sauce made with onions, mushrooms, and pepper in cream, pasta with ham or bacon, peas and sweetcorn in cream sauce.

Yeah it's true - cash or debit cards only, which is good cos I draw the cash out (normally £120) and don't go over my limit. We're having chicken fajitas tonight (costco's chicken, veg from sainsburys). I tend to buy, every 2 months, chicken breasts, mince, burgers and freeze. Also their washing powder lasts me around the 2 months as well.

You see the only time I would have a decent cheese board would be over the Christmas break. And I wouldn't dream of buying chocolates. The only entertaining I am doing next week is my SIL and 2yo nephew on Saturday which will hardly break the bank (thinking of doing lasagne and will do a pudding, but only something like apple crumble or treacle sponge) and DS has a play date on Monday.

I order 36 pints of milk 6x 4p SS 3x 4p Skimmed

We are currently managing on £35 per week from the supermarket and about another £10 at the local shop for fruit/veg/milk.

However we don't live in greater London!!

we average £100 a week (booze extra) for 2 + 2; kids and I have packed lunch, cook from scratch as much as poss.
I live in expensive town in yorks with no market and no cheap Netto,lidl etc and I was shocked at how much cheaper food was in London when i stayed with friends compared to us!
I try to meal plan but I am shit at sticking to what is on my list!

family of six roughly £250 pcm , we live to our means we buy what we can afford and thats it. When we had credit cards we would spend £150 a week easy, but we don't eat badly on a budget.

Ours is about £150 to. I am determined when we move to get that reduced. I am going to start doing aweekly meal planner and get a chest frezzerin the garage. ATM I tend to shop every day or two as I'm never sure whether DH will be home to eat. With a large freezer I will be able to shove his portion in there.

We spend about £70 a week for 2 adults & 2 toddlers (who have enormous appetites & are at home all day every day) dog & cat food is extra (£30 a month?) and wine is at least £50 a month plus little extras, probably £100 a week is nearer the mark

We hardly economise at all at the grocery store (probably why we will never own our own house .) I walk down every day and fill up my "hopper" as I find the fruit and veg goes off very quickly and we go through masses of milk. We also have a tiny kitchen with little storage. We are in central London and have a Waitrose closest. There is a very big Sainsburys a bit further away - the size puts me off - is it cheaper than Waitrose? We don't have an ASDA or Tescos close. We buy mostly organic and I think if I stay at £20 a day I'm doing well! (That's for 2 adults and 4 year old - dp buys his lunch on top of that - probably for an exorbitant amount - while I have peanut butter on toast.)

is food mroe ££ In larndan then

I find it difficult to keep below £130 a week for 3 adults and 4 children. We don't really have alot of booze, no nappies. I do a menu plan, hardly any luxuries. I do only buy organice meat though and alot of other organic stuff. What do you buy if your shop is £70 a week? (I would love to reduce my bill too).

I shop Tesco online. Spend £120 ish a week (sometimes £130) for 2 adults and 3 children That includes nappies and toiletries etc. Can never get it below this.

I was wondering that, cod

would you like us to send you a food parcel from oop north?

I hate buying toiletries - shampoo,toothpaste and washing powder/toilet roll etc ruins my budgeting!

sned em some faggots