weekly food shopping

[toecrusher]

how much on average do you spend on your weekly food shopping(including alcohol) there are five of us and i still buy all the childrens toiletries etc. my bill seems to be spiralling upwards, probably up to about �170-�200!. is this normal?

[lethologica]

Surely fresh fruit and veggies don't last much longer than a week - what do you do for the other three!?

Sorry, I'm just curious as to how you can make fresh food last much longer?

[Otrere]

For 2 adults, 1 toddler and 3 cats we spend (including alcohol and nappies!!) about 100-120 Pounds a week, less 10%. I think it depends where you shop though.... and if you're lucky like me, you get staff discount from the UK hypermarket you work in!!! LOL

[Dom Tuk]

Oxeyedaisy...i read that you buy a large washing powder every week for �6 and yet you are only 2 + dog in the household. How many times do you use the washing machine every week. Just curious?? We are 4 and a large washing powder box lasts us atleast a month by my calculation. I am flummoxed.

[toecrusher]

oxeyedaisy

i am puzzled by this one, i buy a kingsize soap powder from cash+carry, costs about �12, lasts 6-8 wks, one of our 5 is an 86 yr old, who creates a lot of washing, for obvious reasons

[trish1234567]

Shop at Aldi's. The quality is good and there'll be a noticeable difference in your bill.  If Bob-a-job & Artful want to pay by euros, they can shop at Aldi's in France.

[EssJay1]

Seems dear, Toecrusher. My bill for 2 plus 2 teenage dustbins only reaches that total at Christmas - the rest of the year it's probably between �70 and �100, depending on cleaning products, loo rolls and DVD or CD purchases. I shop at Asda, despite eldest dustbin working at Sainsbury's and getting 10% discount.

[Penny]

we also have 5 people, and we spend around �150 (sometimes a bit less, sometimes a bit more)

[bexbex78]

Me and my boyfriend spend about �30 a week just on food...that's �15 per per person per week. But if I am on a complete budget I spend about �20 per week but we will probably run out of food by then (and we don't eat that much!)

[Bexxybex123]

Ok, well my Mum does a weekly shop for 6 humans, 3 dogs, several cats, etc, and it comes to about �70 at most. We do but nearly all tesco/asda own brands so that brings it down, and thinking about it, we don't have much food in the house! lol. But Mum buys milk separately, and often tops up on fruit/veg throughout the week. Considering she has to make packed lunches for four people (and one of those has at least 8 sandwiches), I think she does pretty darn good! In a way, I think what brings the price of our shopping down is the fact that we're all really fussy so she only buys stuff that we all will eat, which doesn't amount to too much!

[hedleyster]

The amount we spend for 2 adults per week/month in total can vary greatly! After just moving house we found we had to cut back a lot on what we were spending and managed to spend less than �20 for a week's shopping. I found some great tips for cutting costs by surfing on the net- searching for healthy eating on a shoe string etc. I found that planning some basic healthy meals then buying only what is needed to make those meals reduced the shopping bill dramatically. We enjoyed this food so much too! Although it is easy to slip back to eating what you fancy- which can work out expensive. Bulk buying ingredients like pasta, rice, cereal etc has also been cheaper in the long run. Also not being fooled by so called offers- sometimes youend up spending more because of an offer but then not really needing the items!