What are families honestly spending on their weekly food shop?

[Catty21]

cost of weekly food shop - Our food shop cost is crippling me. Our weekly food shop is £300 for 2 adults , 14 year old and a cat. My husband thinks that’s normal and is just the cost of living when I know my friends are paying half that. His response is well they are not being honest and they are actually paying more.

I can’t continue paying £300 a week, it’s insane I know . I’ve tried talking to him that it’s too much and he’s blaming me stressing over it on “ time of the month” as usual.

My question is , honestly what are families spending on their food shop weekly.

What kind of meals are you eating? How much alcohol are you buying? What percentage of your income is spent on food?

If you can afford it then it’s fine - somebody needs to buy the fillet steak and expensive wine to keep the economy ticking but if you posted your meal plans, I bet we could get it down to £200pw

That seems a lot to me...
We are 2 adults, 2 small kids (3&5) and 2 cats, and it's usually £80-100 for a big shop, then a small top up (ie milk, fruit etc) of about £20-30 per week as well.
We eat quite a lot of meat and fresh fruit and veg though.

Two adults, one young teen, one dog, one cat. I spend similar to be honest if I'm counting everything - big monthly pantry, fridge and freezer restock - soft drinks, sauces, condiments, spices, biscuits, crisps, snacks, protein bars, pasta, rice etc, cleaning products, loo roll, dog and cat food, fresh meat and high protein ready meals (for me specifically). Then my fresh food every week - bread, cheese, more meat/ingredients as needed.

If you're only counting food I'd say it's high but if it's everything and you have a pretty decent standard of living, I think it's reasonable.

Roughly £175 a week but that includes everything like toiletries and cat food etc. 2 adults, a tween and a toddler (both eating me out of house and home), 2 cats and a lot of fish....

I'm trying so hard to reduce that to £120, some weeks I manage it, others not so much.

I spend around £120 on 2 of us - that includes a £14 bottle of wine , fruit and veg , lunch stuff and all at M&S and Waitrose and we eat really well .

About 75 a week for me and a 7 year old (this doesn't include extra stuff like cleaning products or toilet roll).

Probably about £800 - £900 a month 2 adults and a teenager with hollow legs, allowing for cat food (we have 3 on medical diets), eating out x4, one hello fresh delivery and maybe one or two take aways. My weekly shop (Sainsbury’s) is around £130 but there are lots of peripherals some weeks with popping into Waitrose or M&S and other weeks I work through the freezer. But that is buying whatever I want not budgeting particularly. Paying attention that I’m not getting ripped off on deals though! I always check price per item/grams whatever.

What are you buying? We eat very well on half that.

£200-£250 pw. 2 adults + 1 adult teen.

Doesn’t include midweek topup which varies.

We are the same, about £1000 per month for a family of 3. We buy good quality food, higher welfare meat, lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.

We all have different priorities, and that's fine. Others will spend more on beauty products and services, or TV streaming services and other entertainment etc.

We are all adults and we're allowed to choose.

That's hilarious.

I wish I was in a position to find £340 per week negligible to the extent I wouldn't notice!

Genuinely, no hard feelings towards your friend.

2 adults and a toddler. Spend between 90 and 130 per week. This excludes toilet roll, handwash, washing up liquid and cat food which are on subscriptions. I like to cook and bake though so it s a bit of a hobby cost too

£200/week on delivery plus at least £50 on top ups. Of all the things to scrimp on I don’t think food should be one of them. 2A/2C plus cats.

On average £180 pw in Lidl. 4 adults (2 adult children) and dog. Includes food and drink, alcohol, cleaning products, toiletries, dog food and treats and the odd middle of Lidl goody. We probably spend another £20 or so on top up in Tesco or CoOp.

Usually around £100-110 for 2 adults, this does include breakfast/lunch/dinners and toiletries/cleaning stuff. Have a dog but but buy her food separately. We probably eat out a couple of times a month too on top of this

Honestly? 400 a week including the big shop and top up shops. 2 adults and 3 kid's Ages 7 10 13.

£250-£280 a week, family of 5

Varies between £120-£150. 3 adults and DS14 who eats more than any of us 🤣

Yikes, just two of us and the two cats. We eat meat every day. Our weekly shop (everything not just food - so including cat food etc) is rarely over £80.00.

The only extra money we spend is a £40 ish shop (once every 4-6 weeks) at Home Bargains for household stuff (Ariel, Fairy liquid, loo rolls etc).

We rarely buy branded items, aren’t huge snackers and I don’t drink alcohol. I work on roughly £5 per person per day for all meals.

Over the weekend, I added up everything we've spent so far this year.

I mean everything.

We've spent just shy of £5K on food shopping from 1 January to 30 June, that's roughly £200 per week. We're a family of two adults.

Jesus Christ.

£300+ a week. BUT. That’s x3 adults. X3 dogs. A cat, and x3 staff members who are given hot lunch x3 times a week.

£70 a week on the big shop for 2 adults, a 5yo and a cat, probably another £20 on top ups. Definitely no more than £100 a week.

Two teens, one adult and I aim for around £100 on a shop but have small tops ups in the week. Your shop seems expensive.

We spend 140ish on our family. 2 adults 1 teen and 2 kids. Meal planning and checking the freezer before you do a shop goes a long way!

You are not even average what people are posting here.

Sometimes it’s not what buy, it’s what you throw away out of date etc. I fall foul buying what I want not what we need and need to rein myself in every now and then.