Grocery Shopping budget thread

tinktinktinkerbell

couldnt imagine spending so little on food tbh

moomoomama27

tinktinktinkerbell wrote: »

couldnt imagine spending so little on food tbh

Me either. But then I'm a total health freak, so we buy alot of fresh fruit, veg and lean meats, and it's not cheap!

Doom_and_Gloom

I have to say I don't believe anyone can spend as little as £3/week on food. Even if they are growing all or most of their vegetables, fruit, pulses and/or foraging (sp?) it would still be difficult or indeed impossible.

Sunshine12

We dont have any kids however we also dont have a freezer so everything we buy is fresh (I dont really eat anything out of a jar or tins) so we spend around £550 - £650 a month on groceries for 2 of us (including wine which is probably around £100 of that). I think once we move house and have a freezer we will definately be able to reduce it (thats my plan anyway as I think its quite alot at the moment)

Mrs_Ryan

Between 70-90 a week for 2 of us :eek: (including the delivery charge :mad: :mad:) thats just food - my toiletries alone are £15-20 a month..

firesidemaid

moomoomama27 wrote: »

Surely not! a 4 pint milk is £1 at the very cheapest!!

a very useful suggestion from this forum for those on a budget is to buy the full fat milk and then dilute with water to make semi - ET VOILA, half-price milk.

Sunshine12

firesidemaid wrote: »

a very useful suggestion from this forum for those on a budget is to buy the full fat milk and then dilute with water to make semi - ET VOILA, half-price milk.

I think thats a really good idea for people wanting to save money or working on a budget but the concept sounds awful. Surely it doesnt taste like semi skimmed if its been diluted with water? (even if its was full fat to begin with..)

tinktinktinkerbell

it doesnt taste that bad tbf, we dont do it any more cause we get milk for 75p but we have done it in the past

Sunshine12

tinktinktinkerbell wrote: »

it doesnt taste that bad tbf, we dont do it any more cause we get milk for 75p but we have done it in the past

just doesnt sound very nice particularly if eating cereal (I imagine it would taste like skimmed which I hate although havent tried it so Im probably wrong.)

frugal_shopper_2

Diluting full fat milk with an equal amount of water does not make semi-skimmed milk it makes milk with half the nutritional value & half the flavour.
If anybody actually does do this then they should not give it to young children as the nutrients in the milk form an important role in a healthy diet which is why it's so frequently recommended that young children are only given full fat milk not semi-skimmed, skimmed etc...