Weekly food shop.. how much?

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How much do people spend on a weekly food shop?

For standard free range I mean

Depends where you buy eggs from. All eggs tend to be free range (non caged birds) now, I’m happy to buy the cheaper options or happy to buy local, loads of people sell fresh eggs here for around £1.50 for 6. Or if you eat a lot of eggs you can buy a large tray for not much money. I use 3 eggs for a omelette or 2 for scrambled egg.

@Caspianberg

Eggs are 0.55 cent each here. So when people talk about egg meals costing 40p, is that just one egg, or are eggs super cheap in uk now? If we had a basic scrambled egg and toast meal, I would use 2-3 eggs per person.

Asda large free range eggs are £1.09 or 18p each, I the fried rice uses two alongside other ingredients. If I made scrambled eggs it would normally be two eggs per person for breakfast.

Medium free range eggs are cheaper at 14p and battery eggs are 7.9p

Where are you? It's really hard to compare food prices between countries.

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

It’s not if you can’t afford that…

£150 approx
2 adults
3kids
4 cats
1 dog
3 extensive packed lunches and huge amounts of snacks to accommodate greedy teens

£50 for 1 adult and 2 kids. I'm strict

Joe Monroe did a piece on the news the other day which showed that even though inflation rose by 5%. The actual cost of food shops has gone up considerably more. These are based on the cheapest brands, that the poorer in the community normally purchase, to make their money go further.

Pasta 29p to 70p = 141% increase.
Beans 22p to 32p = 45% increase
Canned spaghetti 13p to 35p = 169% increase

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/jack-monroes-thread-on-reality-of-uks-cost-of-living-crisis-is-brutal-308948/

On top of that, the cost of what's classed as luxury foods aimed at the more affluent, has remained the same.

So now even the cost of food price increases are hitting those already struggling the most as they are going up far beyond inflation.

That surely can't be all down to Brexit.

About £150, 2 adults, 2 teens, 1 child. One with coeliacs so that nudges up costs.

I think energy and fuel prices are biting with food inflation.

Around 100 a week for 2 adults and a toddler. This includes cleaning products/hygiene products etc tho also. Probs £80 a week without these

£70 a week for evening meals, breakfast and sandwich stuff for weekends, cleaning products, toilet roll and cat food

We may get a take away but this doesn't come out of "grocery" budget.

School dinners are £25 a month for each child, so £50 in total.

I meal plan, and stuff like coffee/toilet roll are needed alternative weeks.

We don't buy alochol in the weekly shop, that's an ad-hoc purchase.

We eat very well, no waste.

@Alysskea if you fancy having a go at making your own bread they did that on an episode of Eat Well for Less with a coeliac student www.realitytitbit.com/bbc/how-to-make-the-eat-well-for-less-gluten-free-bread-recipe-quick-and-easy

£100 a week for all items.

Between £120 and £150 a week for 3 adults, however we also spend about £300 every 6 to 8 weeks in costco. Does include toiletries and household stuff, very little alcohol, very occasional pet food. We don't have many takeaways and don't do many top up shops. Covers mostly 3 meals a day and snacks but DH will occasionally pick up something for lunch, maybe £5-10 a week for that plus top up shops.

It looks like we should be spending less going by the figures on here, but we generally prioritise food over other stuff. DH and I both grew up in poverty so I think I overcompensate with having food available though we waste very very little.

Around £130-£150 for a family of 4 and two guinea pigs 🤣 we also pop to the shops for a bottle of wine and order the odd take away so it’s more than that by the end of the week.

We don’t have takeaways, but I spend £120 in aldi for 2 adults, 2 children under 10 and a cat.

This usually lasts a week for meat/veg/fruit but I do have to top up on bread, milk and maybe a bunch of bananas.

This includes toiletries/cleaning products, and 14 packed lunches across the week.

It’s hard but doable. It’s really gone up recently. I used to be able to do all that for £70/80.

Loving the two teen vegans who don't like vegetables 😆 That must be difficult.

We spend around £180 p/w. 2 adults, 3 teenagers, 3 cats and a small dog (also dd when she's home from uni in the hols).
I cook from scratch most days and we buy supermarket own brand stuff.

I think ours probably averages from £120-£150 a week for 2 adults, 2 DC (1 and 3), not including nappies, wipes or cat food. But we are in Guernsey and costs of food are high. Plus we go through about 2l of milk a day at £1.55 a litre!

We spend £80-100 per week for 2 adults and 2 teens. This includes all laundry, cleaning stuff, etc. Once every 8-10 weeks it goes up to about £120-140 if I'm buying a lot of laundry stuff/cleaning stuff/toiletries &/or if I'm stocking up on meat offers.
Doesn't include pets which costs around £10-15 per week (but I buy in bulk once a month).

My weekly-ish shop (might go up to 10 days between shops) was £85.90 this week, which is fairly average now, whereas even a year ago it was more like £70 and the year before that it was closer to £60, so I've definitely seen not just prices rising, but package sizes getting smaller for the same or more money.

Rest of shop here.

We don't eat out very often (maybe once every 6-8 weeks or less) and we rarely have takeaways.

I cook from scratch and meal plan. We eat quite a varied diet and I try to include 2 or 3 meat free meals per week, so things like Daal or veggie lasagne.

Currently £200-£270 for 5 adults, 1 cat, 1 X-large dog. Includes all household products. Pet food. All toiletries inc hair dye. No alcohol. 1 egg allergy vegetarian also needing lactose free products. 3 with sensory food issues needing specific brand items. The kids cooking meals at all hours. 1 takeout per week is included.

For breakfast we have things like cereal, porridge or yogurt with nuts and berries during the week and then we generally have brunch on weekends which would be something like a bagel with scrambled egg and bacon (or sometimes smoked salmon as a treat), homemade sourdough pancakes with toppings, homemade sourdough muffins or crumpets with toppings, poached egg or mushrooms on toast or maybe sausage, bacon and beans.

Lunch is generally a sandwich or a salad, so this week I've had a beetroot, feta and mixed leaf salad with balsamic dressing. I've also had 5 mini chicken skewers and salad in a wrap along with some bbq sauce and today's lunch is cold pasta mixed with approx 1T mayo, peas, dried fried onions and ham. For pasta, for dinner, I use 75g dry pasta per person as a serving, for a lunch it's 60g pp.
I make my own sourdough bread, and flour is bought in bulk, which is included in my larger shop (the one roughly every 8-10 weeks).

Dinner is things like pork chop, mash and veg, Chicken coconut curry with rice (70g dry per serving), daal with homemade flatbread, butternut squash lasagna, roast dinner, Mexican lasagne, chilli, soups and stews, etc.

So far this week we've had Daal with homemade flatbread, chicken stir fry (using 3 breast fillets between 4ppl) and roasted veg and potato with halloumi tray bake. Tonight is homemade pork and Red pepper burgers, served in a brioche bun with salad and homemade wedges done in the air fryer. Tomorrow is mushroom and parmesan risotto, Saturday is chicken stuffed with soft cheese and herbs and wrapped in bacon then roasted alongside veg that needs using up (carrots, courgette, aubergine, peppers, onions, few mushrooms and some new potatoes). This Sunday is going to be a Jacket potato with various fillings (one will have baked beans and cheese, the rest proably tuna, onion, peppers, cucumber in mayo).
Next Sunday will be roast rib of beef which I bought on offer/reduced from our local butcher just before Christmas and froze.
That will do several meals as it was quite large (2.5-3kg) so leftovers will be incorporated into things like fajitas, curry, etc.

My weekly shopping, etc, includes all lunches during the week as well as they all take pack ups/leftovers or something with them.

I keep my shopping down to on average £90 a week including any top ups for 5 of us by meal planning, having minimal waste, buying reduced products(especially meat) and by doing my main shop at Asda which seems to be cheapest for us. We maybe have a takeaway or eat out once every 4-6 weeks. Dc are home ed so jt includes all meals for them and DH takes lunch to work(sandwiches or some leftovers).
Last weeks shop was £75 as I already had the meat in the freezer which is all yellow stickers or leftovers. We haven’t done a top up shop this week yet but I will probably need to grab some bread tomorrow.

I would say we eat fairly standard family meals.
Breakfast would usually be porridge/cereal/natural yogurt/crumpets/pancakes plus fruit.
Lunches are normal things like sandwiches, beans on toast, soup, quesadillas. the dc like wraps and things like pitta pizzas. Always with some kind of fruit and veg, then maybe some crisps or biscuits/cake if I’ve made some,
The dc tend to have a mid afternoon snack, they have a snack bowl which I keep topped up with various things or sometimes I will make flapjacks or they’ll have crackers and cheese.
For dinners I tend to do 2 pasta meals a week, a freezer dinner on our very busy night, something with a bit of spice one night, a comfort meal(toad in the hole/roast/casserole type meals)
Tonight is a pie made using leftover roast chicken(from a large chicken that was half price) and gammon leftover from a roast a couple of weeks ago. The veg and potatoes to go with the pie will be around £1.50. Plus whatever the pstry and
Tomorrow is tomato pasta bake which is always a super cheap meal and Saturday is curry because. I bought a massive pack of chicken thighs reduced to 55p which will be
I’m really careful because I have to be but I like to cook and eat nice food and I also find it satisfying using everything up.

Sorry I pressed post too soon, it should read.

Plus whatever the pastry and other filling bits cost.
Tomorrow is tomato pasta bake which is always a super cheap meal and the. Saturday is curry because I bought a massive pack of chicken thighs reduced to 55p which will be perfect to pop in the slow cooker for that,

About £100 for me (all meals at home), teenager, two dogs and two cats. Can be higher if getting wine though! I do buy quite alot of ready prepared salads and meals you just pop in the oven - don't much like cooking.

Roughly £50 a week on Riverford.
I buy meat probably once a month/6 weeks but have definitely cut down on how much we have.
Cupboard stuff I get at a local eco refill shop monthly-ish, similarly with toiletries
Maybe a £10 top up weekly at the co-op
Cat food/cat litter I bulk buy every few months

I budget £450 a month in total and it seems about right. That's for 1 adult, 1 teen 6 days a week, 1 teen 4 days a week, 1 adult 1-3 days a week.