How much do you spend a month on food/groceries?

sloppychops

We are a family of 5 adults,3 of which have big appetites and we spend roughly £400 a month and that includes cleaning products and toiletries.

Fridayschild

Probably about £350 per month. Two adults and a 17 year old. When there are four of us at home (daughter at uni) it probably goes up to £400. I would like to get this down further but we do eat well and that includes packed lunches for two of us.

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thegrimreaper

ok reading what you guys are spending i really need to do better!! especially now the unforeseen break down of the car has happened, its me on my own and im spending between 300 and 350 quid on food and toiletries, i do smoke and i drink possibly once a week but that costs under a tenner for the alcohol !! must start meal planning i guess!

the_cat

Budget is £240 for 4 adults (well, 2 adults and 2 teens, but they eat more than both of the adults!!)

for the last few months I have come in under budget at around £200 all in

Glamazon

This month my monthly shop came to £105 - with weekly topups of bread, milk & fruit so I probably spend around £130 per month.
I batch cook in my slow cooker for the first 5 days and then we just heat stuff up during the week. I do buy a lot of ASDA value stuff like tinned tomatoes, rice pudding etc. I could get the amount down a bit by making my own wedges/chips/rice pudding/yorkshires etc but as I have a new baby I don't really get the time!

I will bulk buy if something we like is on offer especially frozen stuff as we have a large chest freezer in the garage.

There are 2 of us and a 6 week old - the above doesn't include formula milk or nappies as I stock up on nappies when on offer & it comes from child benefit money anyway.

I think we eat reasonable well on the above - cereal/toast for brekkie, sandwiches/noodles/pasta/omlette etc for lunches, curry/chilli/spag bol/lasagne/casserole/mini roasts/fajitas etc for tea.

I must show OH this thread though as he thinks £130 is a lot! :rotfl:

minerva_windsong

When I was at uni I normally spent £15-20 a week to feed myself and to buy house stuff (loo roll, washing up liquid etc) when it was my turn to do so. I don't really buy clothes in the supermarket unless it's something I really really love.

I used to save money by (nearly) always buying own brand, taking advantage of special offers and not eating lunch out on campus. I also used online shopping a lot so I wasn't tempted by stuff, as normally my housemates wanted odd bits and the delivery charge was balanced out by the bus fare. To that end I did flexi meal plans for two weeks at a time.

ginvzt

Has anyone noticed, that this thread is nearly 1 year old?

before_hollywood

about £20 a week, i always try and get something for myself in that, usually a cheap t-shirt (i dont work somewhere with a uniform or particular dress code) or a dvd or cd or some blank discs.

there is just me with that

margaretclare

Approx £80 a week - 2 retired people. Non-smokers, non-drinkers. No take-aways, no ready meals, no cakes.