Monthly budget for mostly organic food shopping

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How much do you spend on your monthly food shop for mostly organic food? Any tips? We currently budget £300 per month but struggling to stick to it (2 adults, 5yr old, 3 yr old, 8m old twins). Dabbling in Abel & Cole, a bit of Aldi, a bit of Ocado, Tesco. Time is precious but money is tight! I try to buy all meat and dairy organic (don't eat much meat though), whole-wheat stuff- pasta, flour, other grains, all rice, about 50% of fruit and veg, coffee. I'd like to switch to organic bread. All tips welcome! Also I find it quite hard to research which products are most important to buy organically. Thank you!

300 for the month is very tight! I budget for 350 and I've only got two children and a hubby. Xx

Also I find it quite hard to research which products are most important to buy organically.
Important from what point of view? Healthwise, I personally doubt it makes any difference. I buy organic chicken and milk, for example, because I believe it's better for the animals.

I buy a lot of reduced, yellow-ticket, items from Tesco. In my local store, the organic stuff is often left after the scrum, because even reduced, it's more expensive than the value stuff. It's always worth looking in that discount section late in the day.

Also I find it quite hard to research which products are most important to buy organically.

For me, the priority is meat - I only buy free range because welfare of the animals is important to me.

With fruit and veg I am not so concerned, especially if they are to be peeled, or can be washed thoroughly. I also grow some things in my garden such as tomatoes, runner beans, strawberries etc so know that they are free of pesticides.

Have you thought about making your own bread?

If you look at deliciously Ella there are suggestions about what is most important to buy organic - soft fruits for example.

Can you find a cheaper veg box? I'm in Scotland but ours claims to be cheaper than Tesco, most veg boxes are at the luxury end but not all.

We spend closer to 400 for just DH and I. I'm veggie, DH eats veggie at home so we don't really buy meat. However, we do buy lots of ready-made stuff which is probably the main budget killer.
In terms of vegetables, I've heard that it's nutritionally most important to buy organic veg from the ground, i.e. Carrots, potatoes, onions etc
On ethical grounds, I'd prioritise organic animal products such as dairy or eggs.

As a single mum money is always tight, but I always try and go organic and buy healthy for the kids, I also grow veges too in the garden which helps and with baby stuff I always use freebie sites or coupon sites which helps, my fav is www.justfreebies.com/free-baby-stuff/ and use them a lot.

Also I find it quite hard to research which products are most important to buy organically.

In terms of which type of fruit and veg to buy organic I use dirty dozen/clean fifteen guide. It's American but a perfect guide which fruit or vegetables to priorities (download their app for when you go shopping): www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty_dozen_list.php#.Wa_47FldhBc