How much is your weekly food shop?

[Bml11]

My other half alway moans at how much I spend on the weekly shop. There’s 2 adults and 2 year old. I spend between £120 - £130 (in the UK) We are dairy free and go through 5/6 cartons of oatly milk a week, so there’s a tenner right there. Because he goes on at me so much I was starting to think it was a lot, however his brother and partner came round a couple of days ago and they started talking about their shop and his brother was saying he usually spends about £120 for 2 adults. So I’m curious, what do you all spend a week?

£150 two adults two DC

£120-£130 per week. 2 adults and 4 dc aged 1, 3, 5, & 6. We have two dogs but there food gets bought separately and monthly at pet store.

there are supermarket own oat drinks. have a look at those.
family of 5 here. all adult size.
200€ a week including toiletries.

About £200 a week for two adults, two teen/tweens. We'd spend a lot less if we didn't buy as much as poss of the meat organic, if the kids were able to eat dairy or eggs, and if we weren't buying specialist vegan/free from products to cater for multiple allergies.

2 adults . Lot of fish . No meat . Organic . Cleaning products and 1 bottle of wine . Waitrose. £170 .

About £120/week.

2 adults, 1 primary DC, 2 cats.

That includes cleaning stuff, cat food etc. But we don't drink.

Has gone up recently as we're eating a lot fresher and the meat/fish and nice veg adds up fast.

Probably about £100 a week for 2 adults & 2 DC.

That includes everything though - food for all meals & snacks, cleaning stuff, toiletries etc.

We shop at Aldi. It would be way more expensive at one of the big 4 supermarkets (Tesco etc). We really do save at least a third at Aldi and the quality is just as good if not better.

Probably about £100 a week for 2 adults & 2 DC.

That includes everything though - food for all meals & snacks, cleaning stuff, toiletries etc.

We shop at Aldi. It would be way more expensive at one of the big 4 supermarkets (Tesco etc). We really do save at least a third at Aldi and the quality is just as good if not better.

You need to be canny about your dairy free. My child had CMPI (not allergy so slightly easier than allergy) but I rarely bought anything that was specifically designed for a dairy free diet as so much can be found and used. I suppose it helps that we hate any dairy free cheese- not found one we've liked yet, so we just don't buy it now (it was an expensive mistake trialling them). I bake loads so used to make cheap cakes with basics flour etc (and Tesco's large back of baking marge is dairy free).

We spend a real mix on food so I can spend as little as £40 and as much as £120 for 2 adults and 2 teenagers. This is partly because I'm a food hoarder so have enough to feed out of the cupboards if needed. So I've decided we'll have a cheap week this week so we'll be having bean chilli tonight, jacket potatoes tomorrow (loads of salad stuff to use up) and then a freezer dig the next day.

I found if I need to reduce spending I need to meal plan and be strict with my cupboard

Approx £100-120 a week. 2 adults. 2 teens. 1 cat 1 dog.
Could do it cheaper at aldi but gave it up as our local one has a crap selection of fruit/veg and fresh meat. I'd rather pay a bit more and have it last longer.

@aretherereally4Hs - . I suppose it helps that we hate any dairy free cheese- not found one we've liked yet.

I tried loads of different ones and hated them all, but I found one in Tesco extra made my green vie and it’s the best, doesn’t have that horrible ‘ cheese smell.

What do you all eat?! 😮🙈🤣

2 adults (1 dairy-free) and 5m old baby. We’re about £75-£80 per week. Usually shop at Tescos online so £4.50 of that is delivery. And includes 2 tubs of anti reflux formula (£14 each).
And that’s us not scrimping on treats etc either 😅🙈

Around £300 a week but a previous thread about this made me me realise it was a lot so I've been trying to cut it down. Although then Easter happened so it was another high one!

@Bml11 I'll have a look for that one. Thanks

£80-£100pw, 2 adults and 2 dc (5 and 3). Including top ups and all household stuff but not alcohol. Dd gets free school meals and dh gets staff meals at work (restaurant) so that saves us a fair bit, but we don't scrimp on the treats on the food shop. If we need to we can get it down to £70 but it's a boring week.

Around £100 for two adults. We could do it for less but prioritise good quality food and the odd treat.

Too much and I really don't know how to cut it down. 2 adults, 2 teens and a 7 year old.

£50 per week for Hello fresh for 4 meals per week.
DH spends about £120 per week on ours plus the 7yr old lunches and the 3 meals he does.
I spend £300 per month in Tesco on bigger shops for loo rolls, toothpaste, teens food ect.

I am really struggling to get our food bill down. We spend £200-220 a week there’s me and dh and our two dc, one aged 9 and one 18. I think our difficulty is that no one likes to eat the same things, especially ds 9 who has autism. And the 18 year old often misses the main meal and then eats 10000 snacks during the night to make up for it! We also all have soya milk and various health needs so it’s a constant battle - I do like Tesco’s value soya milk though.

I keep trying Aldi but everyone is so snobby about it the kids see Aldi packaging and just won’t eat any of it!

I have a bottomless pit of a fussy teen doing a lot of sports (so lots of sugar free and high protein stuff).

Said teen also hogs the kitchen so dinners are fast conveniences for DH and I (used to be a lot better). And we are both working long hours from home.

And we can afford it so I don't keep a constraint on it.

It also includes all cleaning, alcohol, any "food" items bought online and their delivery charges (eg supermarket shop online, or order of coffee from local roastery would both count there).

My budget is €300 per week for 2 adults, 1 teen. I generally, over the course of the past 18 months, spent just about that every month when averaged across the year.

£70 on 2 adults and 1 DC aged 2. Plus a couple of milk top ups here and there so maybe works out at about £300-400 a month.

I spend around £160 per week. That's for 3 adults (DS21) and 3 cats. That includes all food, cleaning stuff and toiletries (occasionally a bottle of wine but we aren't huge drinkers). I might spend another £10-£15 during the week on top ups.

What others spend is not really relevant to you, everyone has different budgets, requirements and priorities.

You need to look at what works for you. £120-130 pw is above average for your family size, but good food appropriate to your needs should be a high priority and unless you're paying off debt, or struggling to cover essentials and a reasonable amount of disposable income, there's no reason to be unnecessarily restrictive.

On the matter of dairy free, I'd concentrate on making naturally dairy free food as much as possible, rather than using substitutes, which are often expensive, unhealthy and not very nice.

You mention using a lot of oat milk. I think you can make this fairly easily, which will be a good saving as it's just oats soaked in water and then sieved. Set your OH on this task, as he's the one keen to save money.

Many men complain about how much their partners spend on food, but take no part in meal planning, budgeting, shopping or cooking.
Unless your partner is on board with the work of meal planning to a budget, happily eating cheaper food and foregoing snacks and extras like alcohol and soft drinks, brands, sauces and anything except basic core food items, he doesn't get to dictate the budget, especially as you allude to significant spending on gambling. Is he really expecting his family to cut down on food while he's gambling?

About £85 a week - we have a milkman and veg box delivery weekly and a butchers order every 6 weeks.

We do 1-2 supermarket deliveries a month and freeze things like bread.

2 adults and a toddler and a large dog.

£150 for two adults and one teenager and three dogs

This inc all alcohol, cleaning products, dog food and snacks.

We also very rarely eat take aways and we eat all three meals at home (no nipping to the garage for lunch etc).

100 a week for 2 adults plus 2-3 takeaways a week.