Grocery Bills

merlin68

I am 2 adult, 2 kids, 3 cats and a bunny and only spend £50 a week in tesco with delivery. Meal planning is the way to go.

itsallinthemind

2 Adults, 2 children can be done for far less than £50 including household items, you just have to work at it.
Try cut it down gradually as it can be daunting

Also look carefully at bogof's and other offers, often they are more expensive!

OrkneyStar

For 2 adults, one toddler (toilet trained and pretty much eats our food) and 1 cat we spend approx £40-45 per week these days, shopping between Lidl, Tesco, Coop and local (thats all we have before anyone tells me to go elsewhere- we live on an island). That includes all food, most toiletries, cleaning things, pet food.

threemuttleys

depends...if you are happy spending that every week, then fine...if not then look at how to cut down..

Theres just two of us (im pregnant), not including the animals, I easily spend £40-£50 per week. Im happy with that, we have lots of "cheap" meals, but I refuse to buy cheap meat (value etc) ditto eggs

ironman1

I haven't used Tesco but with Asda online I am happy with what me and my gf spend. There are two of us, it comes to more or less exactly £50 every two weeks (£100 a month) including the delivery fee etc.

Thats for food, drinks, packed lunch stuff and toilet/cleaning products.

Every now and then I spend more on say going to the butchers for some meat but for actual shopping it's always £50 a fortnight maybe the odd penny either side.

It's got to the point where I know we will spend that amount, sometimes adding or taking certain things off. I think online shopping is cheaper depending on how you go about it

mum2twinsx2

As it is coming upto xmas im on a real tight budget. I have approx £30 out of my budget to feed three of us and to last ten days.
Lucky its halfterm so dont need packed lunch stuff..
Any tips, should go instore or do it online??
Only household things i need is toilet tissue...

bubbles65

OH buys Crosse & Blackwell Pasta & Sauce packets for less than 50p a go and adds her own pasta shapes to stretch it further, uses water instead of milk + a bit of marge.

mulled_wine

Wow you have your hands full, OP! Can understand your being on a tight budget. But please don't take this the wrong way but if you've such a tight budget to get through to Christmas, have you allowed too much/spent too much money on Christmas?

Know you'll get some good ideas here, maybe try the OS board too?

Wish you all the best, xxx

vicki+1

if you look on the old style board they have amazing ideas and recipes, they have lots of cheap good healthy family meal recipes on there and i'm sure they would help you.

nikki1520

Definately get over to old style - they have some fab tips and recipes there.

Go at the end of the day and get the cheap stuff is my best tip - I was in Asda last night and they were doing rolls, ciabattas bagels and muffins for 10p a packet - all gone in the freezer, defrost when required. I got two weeks worth for 3 people for 70p

Also, make from fresh, in larger quantities - eg a large spag bol, then save half the sauce, bit of mash on top = lovely shepherds pie type thing for the next day. If you try and plan ahead a little goes a long way.

Also, revisit some childhood favourites - boiled eggs and soldiers, beans / spaghetti hoops on toast. Probably all stuff you have in the house already, hot filling and brings a little smile to the face.

Good luck