Grocery Shopping budget thread

tinktinktinkerbell

Vaila wrote: »

You just don't get it.

Im out. (no need for sarcastic smileys either)

its you that doesnt get it arran, we like what we eat, why shouldnt we eat the things we like, we are ok with what we spend on food, weve tried it both ways and know what we prefer

spend more, eat things we dont really like, have to spend time cooking/in a hot kitchen

spend less, eat things we do like, dont have to spend a lot of time in a hot kitchen

yep, defo know which we prefer

still, bye bye :wave:

tinktinktinkerbell

Doom_and_Gloom wrote: »

You know have you thought about doing the live below the line challenge? http://www.livebelowtheline.org.uk/how-to-participate/
I've been thinking about doing this but for a whole week. Might help you realise that you can eat well for cheap - although this low it isn't overly healthy but would be better than a diet full of junk.

thats not something i would participate in tbh the fish (for example) we buy is £4 for a bag of 5 fillets making them 80p each so that would be us screwed straight away :rotfl:


good luck if you try it though, let me know how it goes

Eric_Pisch

gs1967 wrote: »

Got both of those I have the full version of the Fathead movie... you could check out Gary Taubes too..

http://www.garytaubes.com/blog/

I'm spreadin' the word!

yeah i came across tom when i found fat head (superb film)

i have good calories / bad calories on my kindle

tinktinktinkerbell

Vaila wrote: »

What don't I get. This is MSE, (hint money saving). You stated that you couldn't eat "healthy" on a low income, everyone disagreed. I gave an example of our shopping which is what id consider to be pretty balanced. I also don't get why you assume that to cook from scratch means hours in the kitchen?

Anyway, im sure Icelands and greggs profits would decrease hugely if you ever developed common sense.

Toodles,

what you dont get is we like what we eat and we do not mind what we spend


i didnt say hours in the kitchen but it does take time in the kitchen to prepare

Oog

Do you waste any of this food? How much fresh stuff (aka money) goes in the bin?

And does eating this much affect your waist line?!
Or is this much food what you need to maintain a healthy weight?

Eric_Pisch

Oog wrote: »

Do you waste any of this food? How much fresh stuff (aka money) goes in the bin?

And does eating this much affect your waist line?!
Or is this much food what you need to maintain a healthy weight?

we have almost zero waste as we plan each weeks food

i eat about 2400 cals a day but my maintenance is 3800, not looking forward to funding that much ..

OnceUponADream

tinktinktinkerbell wrote: »

its you that doesnt get it arran, we like what we eat, why shouldnt we eat the things we like, we are ok with what we spend on food, weve tried it both ways and know what we prefer

spend more, eat things we dont really like, have to spend time cooking/in a hot kitchen

spend less, eat things we do like, dont have to spend a lot of time in a hot kitchen

yep, defo know which we prefer

still, bye bye :wave:

For christ sake what the heck you going to bake if you don't want to spend time in a 'hot' kitchen......honest to god!
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Regards weekly food budget - it can vary but I would say on average it would be £120 at the min (2 adults and 2 [STRIKE]horses [/STRIKE]kids)

pipkin71

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

I managed to spend £89 in Morrison's by meal planning but still had to buy milk/bread etc in the week tempting me to buy some ice creams & gateaux's somewhat boosting it slightly.

Meal planning can reduce the cost of your weekly / fortnightly / monthly shop. You do have to be careful about forgetting things though and then spending more money when you only went into the shop for a couple of things

There is no set budget for us at the moment as everything is pretty unpredictable right now. It also depends on how many days we have take-out, as to what the cost would be.

I know that a large portion of our money goes on foodstuffs though so always try to cut back when I can

Doom_and_Gloom

OnceUponADream wrote: »

For christ sake what the heck you going to bake if you don't want to spend time in a 'hot' kitchen......honest to god!

I've been wondering the same thing to be honest. You can't bake cakes, biscuits or simular products without being in the kitchen!

Quenastoise

My current average is £ 130 pw and I am working towards £ 100 per week for 3 humans + 1 cat. That includes all cleaning products, toiletries, but also school dinners, the odd treat like McDonalds, family outings and the ice cream at the beach - everything we consume. I have a slim diary in my bag, and all the food expenditure gets logged in the diary, then the weekly amount transferred to a spreadsheet that calculates the average spend.