shopping allowances

cattie1

After talking to a debt managment company:mad: They informed me that the average family (2adults 2 children) were entitled to £120 a week for shopping as this is the average amount spent, they allow you at least £480month for shopping.
Makes you think doesn't it-the amount of people on here managing on £150 a month!!:eek:

lady_fuschia

wow.

i could feed my entire extended family including cousins with that!

makes me feel better!

msmicawber

What is the £120 pw to cover - just food, cleaning items and toiletries, or does it include budgeting for e.g. clothes, shoes, replacement of broken-down white goods, travel?

I have noticed that these 'what a family can live on' calculations often don't include things like contents insurance, which isn't a luxury. There's some scarily high proportion of families on benefits and low incomes who don't have contents insurance, but would be up a gum tree if they were burgled or had a fire or flood.

bluezone

I was told that food and cleaning stuff for one person the budgeet is £180 - £200 a month so I kept that figure in my budget when I went ot the OR and they said that was fine

lynzpower

this is one way that people manage to pay off extra and get out of their DMP quicker.

night on 500 a month- Id be eating in waitrose & living like a king on that.

you could easily save 350 a month there and throw towards F&Fs

cattie1

msmicawber wrote:

What is the £120 pw to cover - just food, cleaning items and toiletries, or does it include budgeting for e.g. clothes, shoes, replacement of broken-down white goods, travel?

no, this just covered, food toliteries and i suppose as it was my case nappies,wipes/cotton wool,(for 2 adults and 2 children)
clothes etc was also accounted for with a different amount!!

msmicawber

Thanks Cattie1. Wow - I had no idea how much I come in under budget until now!

OxJak

Makes the £30-35 a week that we spend on our supermarket shopping (two of us, without even really trying to save money!) look pretty paltry.

carriel_2

we were advised £500 for the 4 of us per month, thats how i'm managing to pay off some of the smaller debts this month, i've budgeted £250, so the other £250 will go off what I owe.

I think we used to easily spend that though, Tesco finest ready meals were our problem

jellycat40

I have been here before but I cannot see how anyone can live on under £500 per month for supermarket shopping.

We have 4 adults, 1 child, 2 dogs, 2 cats and a hamster. Last Monday I spent £141.50 in Sainsburys, Tesco £15.00 and Morrisons £25. This will last about a week and a half for the fresh stuff.

I got

Sainsburys
Quorn Fillets BOGOF x2
Strawberry frozen yogurt
18 potato waffles - basics
16 cod fish fingers
2x boxes go cat
Coco shreddies x2
weetabix
fruit and fibre
golden nuggets (cereal)
quorn mince
quorn pieces x2
quorn pork and apple burgers x2
quorn minted lamb burgers
quorn sausages x2
spaghetti
fettucini
redbush tea
rice
refuse bags
baked beans x4
tampx reg
tapax compact fresh
nescafe half caf
kids choc bars
persil wash up liquid x3
cous cous flavoured x4
chicken fillets x2 packs of 4
turkey steaks
steak mince
parsnip pate
quorn tandoori pieces
mushy peas x4
beans chilli
peanut butter
chopped toms x4
skim milk
mussells
penne pasta
bows pasta
sweetcorn x2 (packs of 3)
risotto x3
Cottage cheese x6
Quark
boursin
eggs
laughing cow triangles
babybel mini cheeses
24 x yogurts
garlic paste
tin toms x2
mixed beans
chilli paste
turkey slices x2 for sandwiches
breaded ham x2
prepared salad x2
soy sauce
tomatoes
strawberries
bananas
sweet potatoes
celery
baking potatoes
peppers
onions x2
kingsmill wholemeal loaf
apples
Warburton bread
pineapple
cucumbers
melon x2
nectarines x2
Omega 3 bread
mango x2
foil
sem milk
fanta orange 500ml (thirsty)
Dog food

Tesco was more store cupboard stuff and Morrisons was the stuff that I ha forgotten.

Louise

bonnie_2

The money is supposed to be for going out as well as food, toiletries and cleaning stuff.
I allow £120, spend £100 on above and have £20 for going out or if school wants money.