How much is your weekly food bill? (Bl**dy dh!)

[AmandaP]

Sorry but I'm mad now! We're a family of four (the kids are 9 and 7), and my husband has had a go at me for the weekly shop averaging about ?75. To me that doesn't seem that outrageous - the kids seem to have hollow legs, dh himself eats a vast amount, and whilst we don't live on beans on toast every day, we certainly don't eat lobster and caviar on a daily basis either. I try and buy organic fruit, veg and meat where possible, and we grow some of our own fruit and veg as well. We do live in a very expensive part of the south east and I guess food prices may differ?

I just thought I would take a straw poll and see how much, roughly, other MNers were spending on their food shopping.

(At the root of this, I suspect, is the fact that my husband has never forgiven me for having a breakdown and for no longer being able to be the breadwinner so that he has to work full-time... but that's going into real ranting territory and I'm not ready for that yet!!!)

tip for meals:

i make a batch (loads!) of mince, tomatoes, peas, etc. freezeable and you can make spag bol with it, sheperds pies, on top of jackets, etc. its really cheap and good for you too

we also eat non-meat meals about twice a week, just because we want to. frittata (sp?) is quick easy and cheap

Just had weekly shop delivered. £145.23.
But 5 of us incl 14 year old boy whose hooby is stareing into the fridge and DS2 is on strict special diet which can get expensive.

family of four plus two chidminding ones and usually about £140 ,main shop then bits thrughout the week, i cook most things from scratch and dont buy convenience foods so probably where my money goes.. plus we have twocoke dmeal a day inc lunch.. and get through a lot of fruit and veg