Tesco say we spend 9-10% of our income on food

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On the BBC Sunday morning show today the Tesco boss said that people in the UK spend 9-10% of their income on food. My family spends more like 18-20% of our income on food.

Does 9-10% fit with your family spending on food?

Ours is between 25 and 30%!

Interesting figures and I am quite surprised by some people claiming to spend 5% or less even if they are high earners.

About 7% for us and that includes dog etc. Probably just under 10% if I include eating out and school meals etc.

Ours is at least 20% , but we’re a family of five with pets

Our take-home is about £4,500 between us. We spend around £160 a week on food for 5 of us (3 teenagers!). So 14%

Around 15% goes on food/non alcoholic drink, this has shot up in the last year and will be coming back down as I return to Lidl and my local market. I'm aiming for a 25% reduction in bills.
I will use Waitrose/Sainsbury/Ocado to stock up on specific freezer/store cupboard things when they send a voucher or have a deal on.

10% of our net income is spent on all groceries (so that includes cleaning products etc). (3 adults, 2 earning)

We spend about 20%, 10% seems really low!

6% here, but we don't smoke or drink, and there is only so adults and a toddler.

6% for 2 adults and a breastfed baby, assuming we're talking take home pay.

That's the weekly grocery shop. If I was to include every chocolate bar or bottle of water that I grab when out and about then it would be a bit higher. If we were including restaurants then it would be at least 3-4% higher. So I guess 10-12%+ on food?

19% here but that includes toiletries, cleaning products and everything I'd get from a supermarket

6-7% , no alcohol, no meat. Includes household supplies. High earners.

If it's just us and two cats we spend around 8%, which includes everything - household cleaning, pet food and alcohol.. If adult DD is at home, it's probably more like 10% - but she buys a lot of herbs, spices, tinned veggie stuff and some veggies which keeps it down.

I've just done a google search on average weekly spend on groceries per person, per week. It's over £45 per head. It assumes you eat out a couple of times a week. (I don't - for various reasons) So my food bill for me and DD on that basis, is £360 a month. That's over 30% of my earnings.

Clearly a lot of high earners on this thread. And for me, it's very much at odds with the 'would you choose eating or heating' thread.