How much do you spend on groceries each month?

Lilith1980

debtmuncher wrote: »

theres probably more to your background info but to me that seems totally unfair. you are in charge of the shopping list so you get your favourite bits and pieces in but you wont allow your dh any treats. a bit one sided it seems. hes just as entitled to stuff he wants as much as you do regardless of who pays what. reminds me of threads where you get people saying "oh this couple would go out and buy themselves a huge bit of steak but only gave their kiddies value burgers knowing full well the kids would also like some steak too"!!!:p:D you better not be sitting eating your favourite treat in front of your dh!!:p:rotfl:

I don't buy treats for myself either! Gluten/dairy free stuff is expensive enough without buying treats

I have a budget to stick to each month as I earn less than DH and am trying to fund a uni course so I have a set amount each month for essentials. If he wants to treat himself with carp food (which is what he normally buys) then that is fine but I can't afford it and I don't splash out anything extra on me so why should I buy extras for him when only HE can eat them

Fire_Fox

notlongnow wrote: »

Sadly, no. I didnt have anything to make stock with. I have just returned from asda's with reduced celery, onions and carrots, but im not that desperate to go in the bin to get the carcass out..lol.

No definitely don''t fish it out! I just make stock with the bird, never add any extra veg (unless there are leftovers from a roast hanging about). If it's a stew or soup I add veg when cook the meal or Marigold low salt bouillon.

Fire_Fox

Lilith1980 wrote: »

I don't buy treats for myself either! Gluten/dairy free stuff is expensive enough without buying treats

I have a budget to stick to each month as I earn less than DH and am trying to fund a uni course so I have a set amount each month for essentials. If he wants to treat himself with carp food (which is what he normally buys) then that is fine but I can't afford it and I don't splash out anything extra on me so why should I buy extras for him when only HE can eat them

I am in much the same boat as a student. I buy a limited amount of treats for Mr. Fire Fox and he 'tops up' with Pepsi and branded chocolate bars when he buys his paper. When I was buying whatever he wanted our shopping was twice as expensive and all the snacks were still gone in a couple of days. :eek:

1ubthrifty

I'm very impressed with some of these low grocery bills!! Ours is around £400 a month for 4, three adults and and a very hungry teenager. The problem is my husband is a big meat eater and this is where the expense is I think. I do buy a lot of reduced items when I see them. I will have to work on this. Thanks for all the tips.

RoxieW

We're a family of 5 and I spend £600 a month on 'big shops' and have an organic fruit and veg box at £20 a week - plus school dinners. This includes all toilletries, nappies etc, I really need to cut this down as we cant afford to keep going with the rising prices but I buy all organic for health reasons and feel that I must keep this up.

valk_scot

Buying endless amounts of snack foods is death to a budget anyway. I will pick up a six pack of coke or a multipack of crisps or biscuits if there's a good offer on, but never more than once a week, if that. I don't have a special shelf or anything for crisps and sweets and biscuits. I do bake but I make a cake or batch of home baking it gets eaten as dessert or used in the packed lunches...it's not just there for grazing. Here if you get hungry between meals there's always fruit, bread, milk and cereal. Less tempting but better for you...and better for the budget too.

debtmuncher

Lilith1980 wrote: »

I don't buy treats for myself either! Gluten/dairy free stuff is expensive enough without buying treats

I have a budget to stick to each month as I earn less than DH and am trying to fund a uni course so I have a set amount each month for essentials. If he wants to treat himself with carp food (which is what he normally buys) then that is fine but I can't afford it and I don't splash out anything extra on me so why should I buy extras for him when only HE can eat them

well i am a veggie so i could drop meat from the shopping list but seeing how dh and kiddies like meat i dont!:p if you have different diets you need to cater for all not just the one person as that is where the resentment comes in causing friction. i am on a diet so of course i wouldnt buy treatie stuff for myself but i would for dh. i couldnt possibly say to dh "sorry you arent having treats cos i cant have them"!!:p:D

cmon....treat him to a wee packet of biscuits the next time you do the shopping!! :rotfl:

off to make a wee cake for dh!! he likes them....i cant!!:rotfl:

:kisses3: (thats for you...not my dh!! hes got the cake lol)

Lilith1980

debtmuncher wrote: »

well i am a veggie so i could drop meat from the shopping list but seeing how dh and kiddies like meat i dont!:p if you have different diets you need to cater for all not just the one person as that is where the resentment comes in causing friction. i am on a diet so of course i wouldnt buy treatie stuff for myself but i would for dh. i couldnt possibly say to dh "sorry you arent having treats cos i cant have them"!!:p:D

cmon....treat him to a wee packet of biscuits the next time you do the shopping!! :rotfl:

off to make a wee cake for dh!! he likes them....i cant!!:rotfl:

:kisses3: (thats for you...not my dh!! hes got the cake lol)

If you would like to live on my salary then please feel free to splurge on treats lol. A packet of biscuits doesn't even last him an hour! When DH has £500 left at the end of the month to spend on whatever he wants and I have about £70 then I'm rather tempted to let him fend for himself in the treats department to be honest :rolleyes:

Lilith1980

valk_scot wrote: »

Buying endless amounts of snack foods is death to a budget anyway. I will pick up a six pack of coke or a multipack of crisps or biscuits if there's a good offer on, but never more than once a week, if that. I don't have a special shelf or anything for crisps and sweets and biscuits. I do bake but I make a cake or batch of home baking it gets eaten as dessert or used in the packed lunches...it's not just there for grazing. Here if you get hungry between meals there's always fruit, bread, milk and cereal. Less tempting but better for you...and better for the budget too.

That's what I do - if I am peckish I snack on cereal. Have been trying to encourage DH to do the same but he likes snacking on stuff packed with rubbish (which is his choice granted) but then he keeps moaning at how he needs to lose weight. His idea of a snack is a pizza :rolleyes: You can't win! So I'm not funding him to have a heart attack, I try to get him to eat healthily so I'm certainly not going to pay for rubbish food for him to eat -defeats the object.

valk_scot

Lilith1980 wrote: »

If you would like to live on my salary then please feel free to splurge on treats lol. A packet of biscuits doesn't even last him an hour! When DH has £500 left at the end of the month to spend on whatever he wants and I have about £70 then I'm rather tempted to let him fend for himself in the treats department to be honest :rolleyes:

Well, I'm presuming that you both contribute equally here to the shopping bills? So given that the total only covers the basics why not suggest he contribute an extra few pounds for the extras he wants as treats for himself. I don't think junk food like that is an essential like your special diet stuff is, so I think while it's fair your stuff comes out the general budget his sweetie money should be extra. Then ask him what he'd like and get them while you do the big shop. That way you're showing willing, but you're not having to cut back on the essentials.

It's the same as when my OH asks me to pick up a case of his beer when out shopping. I don't drink and anyway, I've not got the money for that in the budget. His beer comes out of his "pocket money." So yeah, I'll get the beer but my hand is out for the cash!