Grocery Shopping budget thread

LillythePink

Thanks all for your replies - I will have a look at the linked topics

Growing my own would be good, unfortunately with a paved patio being the only garden it's not really going to happen especially with cats in the vicinity!

The lists start when we have moved - and I will try to take it with me!!

dom300186

We are a family of 3 Me, OH and our son
I have just planned our meals, and basically i go throug my cupboards and tick off what i already have so i dont duplicate.
i just used asda online to calculate how much my shop will be and it came to £28.57!!!!
i normally spend £40-£50 a week, I also have wrote the stuff down we are running out of.

I now make my own laundry gloop (their is a thread on here somewhere about it) so i will have enough for about a couple of months and it has only cost me £1 to make 4 litres!!!

I have also made my own antibacteriel cleaning product, i hav learnt alot ff this forum and off kim and aggie lol good old bi carb, vinegar, lemon juice, stardrops and antibacteriel disinfectant is all i need now.

I am also now growing my own veg all the essentials likelettuce,onions,toms, courgettes,peppers,garlic and verious herbs.

You can grown alot of veg and salads in plant pots tc and grow bags

hope this helps

lynzpower

LillythePink wrote: »

Thanks all for your replies - I will have a look at the linked topics

Growing my own would be good, unfortunately with a paved patio being the only garden it's not really going to happen especially with cats in the vicinity!

The lists start when we have moved - and I will try to take it with me!!

Now now!! Lets not be negative :rotfl::D

Plenty of us are growing our own in containers on concrete , old tyres, carrier bags- you name it its possible Anything is possible

I have London pidgeons to contend with but others ahve slugs/snails/cats/ dogs/ mice the lot.

Come on over to the green fingered moneysaving forum, at the very least salads and herbs are easy peasy and can do them inside if you are short of space :cool:

LJM

LillythePink wrote: »

Thanks all for your replies - I will have a look at the linked topics

Growing my own would be good, unfortunately with a paved patio being the only garden it's not really going to happen especially with cats in the vicinity!

The lists start when we have moved - and I will try to take it with me!!

my garden is big but mainly lawn for the kids to play so the majority of my veg is in containers and pots and i have a wide varitey of things planted up this year and every year it can be done and even a few pots of veg is a few pounds off your grocery bill

foxgloves

Agree with all the other posts. It can be done. We have access to a good range of supermarkets but certainly don't manage to budget by doing whole shop in Tesco or Asda (in fact I loathe both of them & never go in!) We use Co-op for main shop, fruit & veg comes from our garden in summer or from local market, we use the local butcher, also health store & Waitrose for any ingredients we can't get in the Co-op & about 4 times a year, we go off to Lidl (neighbouring town) to stock our pantry with tinned pulses, fish, olive oil, vinegar, etc. I have a big garden now, but in the past, I have grown tomatoes, peppers, herbs, spring onions, salad leaves, rocket, french beans & courgettes in containers on a patio. It can easily be done.

natasha86

OMG there is only me and my boyfriend i wee prob spend about 140 per month any suggestions

elfen

Ok, am new to this....but am gonna put my grocery budget for the next week (w/c 31/5) as £20 as there's not a lot I need to get - just fruit and veg when I run out - and a takeaway on a Friday

startingagain_2

4 adults, 2 dogs - £400 per month currently.....includes all food, alcohol, cleaning supplies, laundry products, toiletries and puppy food..however....massive storecupboard of stuff and freezer pretty full so am trying to see how long £150 (£50 of it until next payday in mid june) will last me...have completed seven weeks of menu plans based on what i have in so hopefully this £150 will last me until at least then!!!:j

iwannabeloved

We are just off to do our shopping now and we normally spend anywhere between £120 - £150 for 4 of us for the week depending on how much fruit and chocolates I throw in the trolley.:rotfl:

How much do you spend on your weekly shopping?

nordtraveller

£15 a fortnight for my food.