Weekly food shop.. how much?

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How much do people spend on a weekly food shop?

@Ejk1990 it’s hard to say without knowing what you’re buying. What are you buying at the corner shop - for £10 it must be more than bread and milk? If it’s just random impulse buys then that might be an easy place to start cutting back? You could also buy extra bread and milk during your main shop and just freeze them to avoid going to the shop again.

I budget around £5 per person per day. Me, dh and 2 dc. So around £140 a week in waitrose. Includes cleaning products. It could be cheaper at aldi. Equally it could be more expensive, as I tend to buy offers (meat 3 for £10, etc.).

We don't really drink alcohol at home though, so I imagine it would be more if we added a bottle of wine a night.

About £100 per week for two adults, mostly vegetarian with a couple of bottles of wine and the odd bit of meat. We were easily managing under £80 per week up until a few weeks ago. Our dinner menu varies a lot so we don't buy the same things regularly but there's been a noticeable increase overall.

£230 usually. Two adults, two teens, three cats and one dog. Lots of food intolerances which bumps up the cost but includes all toiletries, cleaning products, laundry stuff. Both DC have packed lunches. Some weeks it's an extra £40'for a couple of Mindful Chef meals.

I shop at Tesco for the bulk and Ocado for stuff that I can only get there.

No way are people only spending £50 a week. I think they're forgetting top up shops, or not including how much they spend on takeaways or something!
What's the point of coming on a thread to accuse people of lying or forgetting they've been to the shop or takeaway. People are different, some cook from scratch and don't drink.

About £50. Just me 5 days a week but 2 adults on weekends. Probably could do it cheaper but then I wouldn't be eating the things I wanted to eat.

About £250 a week. Two adults and four kids (16,11,8 and 8)

Around £200- 4 adults, me, DH, DS (20) and his GF (19). Try to keep it under £175 but never manage.

Well yes its normally a few bits that we fancy. Tbh I'm not concerned by my food bill at the moment. I could cut back, but Its my only indulgence 😅

About €150 (£130 ish). 2 adults, 1 toddler.
We cook mostly from scratch and rarely drink alcohol. Also try and eat veggie at least half the week.
Foods expensive here.

£10 really would be a basic pop to get run out bits here. I literally bought 2 pints milk, loaf bread, mozzarella, and a croissant for toddler yesterday and it was €9 something

Around £100ish a week for two adults, a teen and a tween who eats like a horse. That's including cat food, cleaning products and alcohol. I do meal plan and shop around Home Bargains etc cleaning products, but it's still gone up a lot recently.

Ours is actually ridiculous. At least £200 a week. 2 adults, 2 teens, 3 children under 10 and a cat. That includes all cleaning stuff, most toiletries, packed lunches for 2 but not husbands and older teens lunches when out at work/college or younger teens canteen money at secondary school. Also doesn't include takeaways or meals out which are pretty infrequent at the mo, maybe once a month. We tend to spend most of our money on fruit and veg and that honestly makes it so much more expensive for us. I've managed (somehow) to raise kids who will happily be excited trying all different fruits and veg, the weirder the better so I'm always buying loads of it. Probably at least £50 a week just of fresh fruit and veg. We are also a household that is 50/50 vegetarian and meat eaters so I buy things like lentils, beans etc as well as the meat alternatives like quorn sometimes in addition to meat. We also do too ups of fruit/milk/bread at least once a week. On the plus side I'm good at using up things and not wasting it so it doesn't feel like I'm spending unnecessarily.

I aim for under £50 (2 adults) and like to keep it closer to £40 if possible. That doesn’t include treats or alcohol though which we buy separately as and when.

I was spending £70 or £80 a week for the two us us a year or two ago and I just felt like I had nothing to show for my money. Now I try to be more careful and plan meals in advance using similar ingredients. We also have a proper freezer now where we didn’t before which helps.

It’s not that we can’t afford to spend more, I would just rather spend the money on other things where I can see where it has gone. My hope is to spend less than £2000 on food shops in 2022 🙏🏻

£40 on groceries, £30 on HelloFresh and a meal out (varies) 2 adults - all bets are off when dc are back from university

£80-100 for 2 adults, 2 teen boys and a cat. Husband works away for 3 nights a week so would probably be more like £120 if he was here all the time.

*The only poster I believe on this thread!

I spent £40 yesterday literally on just a 'few bits' - IN ALDI! The cheapest supermarket around.

No way are people only spending £50 a week. I think they're forgetting top up shops, or not including how much they spend on takeaways or something!

A decent shop for 4 people is easily minimum £150 - and that's in cheapo Aldi not Sainsburys or elsewhere*

It sounds like you live in a very privileged world that you don't believe someone spends less than £150 on groceries for a family of 4.

What did you pick up in your Aldi shop?

I currently spend around £50 a week for one adult and a teen from Asda click and collect and we eat well. This includes household goods and toileteries.

I also find I spend way more if I physically go to the shops. I more than save the £7.50/ month I spend on my sainsburys delivery pass by not actually going. Plus I find it such a chore since covid

Approx £40, me and dog.

Two adults two primary dc

I spend about 100 a week. We never eat out of have takeaways so that's all three meals each day.

Every now and then I might buy a bit more eg toilet rolls and a special buy but I never go to far over 120

Average about £75 per week...two adults and two cats, including their litter, household bits and pieces and some toiletries.

We have a separate bank account for food costs and put £700 in each month. Household is 2 adults, 3DC, ages 8, 10, 12, a cat and 2 Guinea pigs. In theory, that should cover all food, including take-aways, money for school lunches, cleaning products. But we nearly always run out by the end of the month and have to top up from a different account. So, I think we must average about £200 a week, which seems very high to me, but it is what it is.

£80 ish, me, 2 older teens and a cat. I have just started getting Gousto which has been at a discounted price, I’m not sure if I will continue as it may push the food bill up 😬.

£200 all in inc a couple of bottles of wine. Dog food extra. 2 kids, 2 adults. Kids on school dinners, 1 adult home WFH and 1 takes lunch to work. Probably a take away every other week on top.

Around £90 a week for 2 adults and 3 dc. Laughing at the idea I am lying, I wish I could afford to spend £150 a week or £40 on a few bits in Aldi as a top up 🙄