How much do you spend in Tesco every week since retiring?

Savvy_Sue

lilac_lady wrote: »

It's worth checking out your local Co-op for special offers and reductions. I agree that their items are dearer than most big supermarkets but their reductions are bigger.

Indeed, my freezer is often full of their whoopsies, and my bathroom store is stuffed with large packs of Nouvelle loo roll which has been on BOGOF a couple of times!

Newly_retired

Interesting topic. We don't have a Tesco thank goodness. I go to Sainsbury's or Morrisons in general. Lidl / Netto doesn't always have what I want so I have to go to 2 supermarkets- no thanks.
I have always been thrifty and use coupons, buy special offers etc, but even so my shopping bill is too high I reckon. However I have now decided it is worth paying a bit more for good quality meat and fish. I get my fish delivered fresh from Grimsby and when I can I get good meat from the farm shop.
A typical supermarket trip will cost £60 - £80. Less some weeks when I don't need much.
However, if my DH started snooping at my credit card account I would be furious!!!

hethmar

Well, we dont have a tesco - our local supermarket is Waitrose, so Im afraid our bills are probably £80 a week. Good quality stuff though.

jennifernil

We don't do a full shop every week, but on average spend about £300 per month.

Our nearest big store is Tesco, but we also have Asda, Sainsburys, Morrisons and M&S nearby, and Lidl within walking distance, so have plenty of choice.

Agapanthus

I live in a large village which had very poor shops - until a medium sized Tesco arrived close to the village centre and everybody cheered! Until then we had to drive six miles to get to the nearest supermarket that was likely to have everything you wanted for a weekly shop.

Our village butcher now specialises in game and more exotic meats that Tesco don't stock and still does a good trade. He's really had to smarten up his act and so has one of the two little convenience stores we had before. (The other has cornered a niche market in Polish foods.)

My food bill almost halved when Tesco arrived within walking distance, as I no longer stock up with things that I later forget that I've bought! And in answer to the OP, we spend around £50 a week.

Bunter_2

Hmm

About £80 for basics..... and then another £50 for pies... and another £60 or so for cream buns and suchlike.

But then I am not a health food freak.

Never Was!

Savvy_Sue

As I said before, I'm not retired, but there's now usually only two of us at home, and last night DH said "Do we HAVE to go shopping these days?"

And we agreed that the days of a weekly supermarket shop have gone, at least until the boys come home again for university holidays.

Meanwhile, we'll buy what we need, when we need it, from the most convenient place. Even if it does cost a little more at the time, we'll save on petrol, and he certainly won't pick up more than is on 'the list'. Anything I pick up which isn't on 'the list' will be a bargain.

My biggest concern was fresh fruit and veg, and I idly wondered about having a veg box delivered, but he reminded me that he's about to move offices to one next door to a large greengrocers. And for various reasons he wants to be on good terms with this greengrocer, so buying from him makes a lot of sense!

HOWMUCH

Buying bread at about 8pm on a Saturday night is excellent if you have a freezer, it can be a bt hit and miss but ours seems to nearly always have either uncut bread drastically reduced. 400g wholemeal loaf 17p from 69p, 400g tiger loaf 30p from £1.29. In general its only 75% OFF. I can not remember when I last paid full price for bread.

sparrer

Just me, two cats and a small dog. I do my main shop in Asda once a month and use the local market for topping up with fresh veg etc. My monthly spend averages £80. Being frugal I only have a meat or fish meal 3 times a week, make everything from scratch, grow my own herbs and have spent this year creating a mini fruit orchard in my tiny garden. It's taken some time and adjustment to get my monthly spend down but it's been worth it.

fitzroy

sparrer wrote: »

Just me, two cats and a small dog. I do my main shop in Asda once a month and use the local market for topping up with fresh veg etc. My monthly spend averages £80. Being frugal I only have a meat or fish meal 3 times a week, make everything from scratch, grow my own herbs and have spent this year creating a mini fruit orchard in my tiny garden. It's taken some time and adjustment to get my monthly spend down but it's been worth it.

WOW! £80 p/m for you, 2 cats and a dog and eating meat or fish 3 times a week - please can you share how you achieve this? Beef, lamb and fish have all increased in price very noticeably this year so I'm very envious that you can "indulge" 3 times a week on such an amazing budget.