How much do you spend on food per week?

[Iamanon55]

We are a family of four. Two kids but teens. How much do you spend on food per week?

We’re a family of 5. 3 kids under the age of 10, one still in nappies. 1 pet cat.
1 meat eater, 4 vegetarians, we tend to get as much toiletries and cleaning products as we can on the shop.
we average about £160 weekly online shop plus an inevitable top up at the weekend (I would guess approx £25 weekly)… it is our biggest outgoing. I meal plan, write a list, eat leftovers etc.. so much money!!

Family of 3 - one adult, 2 teens, and 2 cats.
Average £500 pcm - the cats food is at least £100 of that. They dine like the princes they are.

We’re a family of 4, 2 adults and 2 kids 11 and 2.

I spend about £110 on the weekly shop, then probably about £30-£50 through the week on top ups of bread, milk, fruit, anything I might have forgotten in the big shop.

I could probably get it down and have successfully cut it down a lot in the past but we both work so much and I’m currently expecting number 3 and so tired and too lazy to go to Aldi so just keep getting Tesco click and collect.

2 adults and 2 dcs.
Between £500-550 a month.
We shop at Asda, Aldi and Morrisons, sometimes Sainsbury’s.

When it’s just the two of us here, probably about £70 a week. Young adult DS has just arrived home last week and have probably hit £120 this week! Sent him to Lidl yesterday for a few bits and he spent £20

About £250 a week for family of 5 (3 adults, 2 dcs, no pets, no nappies). We spend a lot on fruit including pricier berries, mango, and convenience snacks, and eat meat most days.

I wouldl say a decent amount to spend on a good quality diet would be £50 per person per week. Obviously, as the number of people goes up, it's not another £50 for the next person if that makes sense, what I'm trying to say is the more of you there are, the less you need to spend.

But starting at £50.

Family of 4, but one baby still EBF and the other a toddler. We probably spend between £300-400 per week, including toiletries and household bits. No booze though. In London, too near to a big Sainsbury's. Meat-eaters. I'd love to get it down but we like premium quality, variety, and some convenience is just necessary for survival atm. We don't spend much on other stuff though tbh.

£400/month, 2 adults, 2 under 5, 2 cars. Kids have lunch at nursery twice a week.

About 350 to 400 a month. One adult. Don't drink.

Between £250-£300 a week. (2 adults, 1 teen & 2 almost teens) includes snacks, packed lunches and toiletries and cleaning stuff.

About £200 per week, 4 adults

£200/week on average (almost exactly, I track it in ynab). 2 adults, 18yo & 16yo. That includes some 'meal deal' lunches, toiletries, cleaning stuff, a little bit of alcohol. Mostly Sainsburys delivery, also rural (thus expensive) Co-op.

We spend about £65/week average on 'eating out' - most of that is cafes, plus the odd takeaway and occasional dinner out.

Two adults, one 5 year old and one 2 year old.

We must spend around £170 per week. We never get takeaways, rarely eat out and the majority of our meals are cooked from scratch. I don’t drink but have an alcohol free beer most nights. DH will have one or two beers per week. DH, the 2 year old and my food comes almost exclusively from the shop. The 5 year old gets hot dinners at school. We eat meat maybe 3 or 4 teas a week.

Im often quite shocked by how much we spend to be honest! But reading this it seems like it’s quite normal, which is reassuring.

About £100-120 on our main shop (Tesco), family of 4, 2 adults, 1 teen and 1 primary school age dc.

Then a top up or two for things like fruit (we go through a lot of apples, bananas and grapes) or coffee or something I forgot. So maybe £150 per week in total.

That includes all cleaning supplies and toiletries, but generally no alcohol (I don’t drink and Dh will buy himself something if he wants it). We don’t really eat out or get takeaways unless it’s someone’s birthday. One dc takes a packed lunch and other gets school dinners. Otherwise all meals at home.

2 adults, 2 teens and 2 cats here

Plus one only eats gluten free.

We spend about £600 a month nowadays which just seems like so much but I can't seem to reduce the amount.

80-100 per week, two adults and a 1 year old who is allergic to dairy so more expensive. I must admit this is just minimum essentials though and doesn’t include any toiletries/cleaning products

This depends on so much…..age of teens, activity levels (ever tried keeping a teenager who swims 9 times a week full??), allergies, meat / veggie eaters, who takes a packed lunch or buys meals at work/school, number of takeaways etc etc
we had this conversation in the offIce once and the person who claimed she fed a family of 4 for not much more than 1 single person failed to realise her weekly shop didn’t include 2 school lunches and 2 adult “sandwich shop” purchases 5 days a week and a weekly takeaway, and sometimes Sunday lunch at the in-laws, whereas the single person was providing all meals and snacks from theirs!

Myself, two teenagers and 3 mad moggies. Main shop is £50, but have to top up with bread and milk every few days. So easy £109-120 a week

About £150 for two teen girls, 1 adult full time, 1 adult part time. Includes lunches (and school cooking lessons)

Family of four, teen plus 18 year old who now works shifts so if only here 50% of the time. We spend around £130pw on average. We allocate £150 in the budget. We usually spend £80-£100 in a Asda delivery for fresh goods and then £30-£50 in either the butchers or Iceland, usually alternate weeks.

2 adults a teen and a dog. We are around £100/£130 per week at either Tesco or Aldi. I like to jazz up my shopping experience on a whim