how much are you spending on food shopping a week?

LizzieS_2

mrs_T wrote: »

Just to make you all feel superior we spend about £130 a week for five of us and 2 cat's - I spent £99 in tesco last friday and my teenage kids still nagged that by last night there was nothing to eat, by nothing they mean chocolate biscuits and crisps. I work full time to pay for it all so no time to shop around but when I do go to our local farm shop it's v expensive although they do sell their own meat and ready meals. My husband doesn't think we're over spending if you think of it as £26 per person per week. We don't buy alcohol and you can see below where I stock up on toiletries on offers.

I begining to feel lonely until I read your post.

I do read the oldstyle boards and had some recipes off there - I just don't bulk up the meals with lentils and cheap meat. I'm still lost though on what they all eat apart from the one meal usually put up.

Mine are the same, if it doesn't drop out of the fridge/cupboard ready to eat, we have nothing to eat

LizzieS_2

cmh4135 wrote: »

We get through more than £3 of fruit and veg in a day!! And it's nowt fancy!

Agree. Ok you can buy past date fruit & veg and freeze it, but it doesn't quite have the same 5 portions as you may think.

lynzpower

You might be surprised how small a " portion" of fruit and veg actually is.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=490221&highlight=day+veg
Heres an old thread i started when I had an empty purse, very useful

daphne_descends

There are a few threads in OS about living for 50p a day - but this was without fresh fruit, and with everything made from scratch, including bread, and also very little meat.

£3 a week is 43p a day so it would be nice if Dave would post his actual meal plan because three pages in and it sounds a bit far-fetched!

HurdyGurdy

It's all well and good if your local supermarket reduces their stuff to low prices. Our doesn't.

One Tesco Extra I went to when I stayed with a friend, had loads of premium loaves reduced to 4p a loaf. They had packs of chicken breast fillets for 20p.

Our local Tesco here never reduces bread to below 50-60p a loaf, depending on brand. Meat is never reduced by more than 15%.

If I could be assured of getting some fab bargains at the Tesco Extra near my friend, I'd make a special trip, but there's no guarantees and the petrol costs could well outweigh any savings made.

Sorry, Dave, but I just don't buy the £3 a week on food. You say you only drink tap water and the £3 is on food, but you still haven't said exactly what you eat. You surely can't just be eating the reduced bread out of the freezer! Do you only eat one meal a day? I can't see how you can possibly eat three good, (and more importantly, healthy) meals a day for that money.

Come on - put your money where your mouth is and tell us exactly what it is you eat. Meal by meal. Day by day.

We are five adults and a dog, and I spend well in excess of £120 a week.

Belisarius

I wonder why dave4545454 has not responded to any of our requests for a menu plan when he's been replying to other threads on this forum :rolleyes:

I have to say, though, if it isn't true I don't really see the point in lying about it

Dorato

We spend about £50 a week for 2 adults but about £15 of that is usually on the pets we have so really it's about £35 for us. That includes cleaning stuff as well.

1sue23

I am feeling very guilty here I spend on average £400.00 a month 2 adults 2 dogs 2 cats and the chickens .

surfsister

dave4545454 wrote: »

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

you sound like my dad he goes to tesco/asda when the food is rediced and comes back with a nagfull of food for about a quid!! It gets a bit boring eating prepared salad all week as it cost 10p!!

All the money he saves he takes us out for a slap up meal!! lol

surfsister

Belisarius wrote: »

I wonder why dave4545454 has not responded to any of our requests for a menu plan when he's been replying to other threads on this forum :rolleyes:

I have to say, though, if it isn't true I don't really see the point in lying about it

bet his meal plan is like my dad's!!

prepared salad yogurt plums huge camember cheese and banan milkshake all for 50p!! so we had to eat it all , very odd meals he eats probably like dave.