how much are you spending on food shopping a week?

dave4545454

i've managed to get my weekly shop down to £3 a week (one person), how much are you spending a week?

~~Diane~~

:eek:
How, when you take into consideration, toiletries, cleaning etc, it's not possible.

What do you buy?

dave4545454

well for instance, i never pay more than about 28p for bread. i know 'value' bread is about 50p these days which is daylight robbery so i wait for them to reduce the prices on the bakery bread and then grab them all and keep them frozen in freezer till needed. it's full of all the quality bread like hovis and warbutons and fresh baked bread but none were over 30p a loaf.

Little_Vics

We're trying to do £100 for a month (2 adults inc booze) - wish us luck!

dave4545454

Little_Vics wrote: »

We're trying to do £100 for a month (2 adults inc booze) - wish us luck!

good luck!!

that's a lot of money to spend, you get smashed every night?;)

redballoon_2

£100 is plenty for a month for two adults. not sure about the drink tho, as i dont buy it. its achieveable if you buy reduced food at the end of the day that is suitable for freezing or making into stews/casseroles/soups and then freezing into batches.

weenickieS

for me, two kids aged 2 and a half and nearly 5, i spend between £20-£30 a week and thats not including cleaning stuff.

you need to let us all know the bargains.

vicki+1

i spend £50 a week, for 2 adults and 1 18 month old. that included toiletries and washing stuff and about £5-10 of alcohol. but excluded the odd extrasweet treat i go hunting for in the bargain bin at the end of the day!!!!. lso excldes nappies and wipes that i stock up on when on offerand i have coupons, i think i could do better.

invisiblecabbage

:eek:oh my goodness, 5 in our household, me, hubby and 18yr old, 17 yr old and 15 yr old and I thought I did well at about £80/week . Although we have no processed food stuffs just real meat and fresh veg. I'll have to rethink the weekly menu.

System

On the rare occasions i can get myself out of the house to do a food shop i'll spend about £20, and that usually lasts me 2 or 3 weeks. Which isn't too bad. I don't eat much though.

notlongnow_2

last week and this week up to now I have spent £8. 2 adults 3 children. £3 of that was on the 49p milk from asda.

Buy cheap/buy in bulk and cook from scratch...easy.