Shopping-Monthly vs Weekly or daily (merged)

gailey_2

well we done a mix of both.

we bulk buy dry goods like passata, tinned tomatos, sauces, pastas, rice ect on average once a month.

A big frozen shop in farmfoods once amonth but also gor farmfoods fornightly just for milk and bread.

poultry and fresh brought from sainsburys/co-op probaly weekly as hubby does mil shopping weekly.

we try to get lidls once a month for fresh fruit and veg aldi equally as good.

use corner shop for desperate bits

butcher comes to car park every week tend to go once a month.

it takes time to shop around and found it too tiring too do them all at once and kept running out of fresh plus biscuits and crips dont last long in our house.

pre preg was batch cooking and freezing lotrs of things for homemade readymeals
have stuff grown in garden and stuff foraged in freezer too.
we buy lots of frozen veg too as useful standby peas , sweetcorn. cauli and brocoli ect.

alchol brought onec aforhnight but we not big drinkers.

few months ago did huge shop for herbs and soices which boosted bill that month but lasts months.

im trying to keep stockpile of basics eggs, butter , four ect and trying to bake more.

we get double concentrate squash as lasts longer
huge bags of pasta and rice which sometimes last over amonth,
value 12pqack toiliet roll 1.30 x 2 noramlly lasts us a month.

wondering what to stock up on once vat rises.

most of what we buy is basics/value, own brand or was on offer.

keep quorn mince and peices in freezer as handy subsitute when meat runs out.

use red lentils to bulk out mince.

valentina

I do a fortnightly "big shop" for dry goods, freezer stuff, tinned stuff etc (in the car) then a weekly shop for the other stuff (walk to the shop)
Also I buy toilet roll, washing powder, washing up liquid, fabric conditioner from the food co-operative in bulk. (Actually with the washing up liquid and fabric conditioner you take your empty 5 litre container and fill it yourself)

Then I make bread and go shopping about once a week for the other stuff, we're growing stuff on the allotment as well.

trixietoes

p-pincher wrote: »

HI

We have £160 per month for groceries, at the beginning of the month i do a big online shop and spend about £80 stocking up on tinned, frozen, storecupboard food, toiletires, cleaning stuff, meat to be frozen, stuff for kids pack up etc, the spend between £20 or £30 for the remaining weeks on things like bread, fruit, milk ,youghurts etc. I fing this is the best way for us and i swear buy a big online shop as it removes the temptation to fill the trolley up with rubbish. My laptop wasnt working last week so had to do it instore at tescos on a friday evening and it was a nightmare, packing it all (17 carrier bags) and trying to get it from the car to the house nearly killed me x

This is what I do too. I big monthly shop online so all the heavy bulky stuff gets delivered. Then little top ups for F&V.

The past 3 months I've not done the online shopping and found that I have spent more that I would have usually.

liney

I do a weekly shop, and have an extra "corner shop" in my garage. This means i can buy in bulk, hide it away in there and no one trys to eat the extra.

Because Thursdays seems to be the reduced meat day at my local Asda, I shop then, and plan my meals so that we eat a rice/pasta dish on Tuesday and Wednesday with frozen vegetables if needed, so that I don't have to go and buy more of anything because it's gone off.

Julie67

I've noticed the adds for the Co @p recently talking about not doing a big weekly shop.
We've just come back from holiday and the shopping has been a bit here there and everywhere. I would like to get into a proper routine. How do you shop and do you have a routine or just buy as and when needed?

purpleivy

Aldi on a SUnday morning for all the basics, fruit, veg, dairy. That way there are OK bananas for the working week and enough milk till the next Sunday.

Occasional elsewhere on a need basis, occasionally Costco, say 3 times a year for the things we get there, then Sainsbury's/Morrisons/Tesco for the stuff we can't get at Aldi. Occasional butcher visit and lamb from a local farmer. Flour from a mill for our HM bread. Easy Yo from Lakeland a couple of times a year.

Now that Aldi is our nearest shop I really save a lot of time (and money) on my shopping.

chickien_2

I have started to do one weekly shop online with Tesco and have it delivered on a Tuesday evening (one of the cheapest slots). This seems to be working out okay, it's quite quick for me to do the ordering from our weekly meal plans, and we have had great service from them so far
I do have a small Sainsburys near where I work, so use this to pick up the odd bits and pieces we might need in the week, but to be honest this only happens a couple of times a month.

quintwins

i do biggish weekly shops usually on a thur or fri so we have a few treats over the weekend when hubby is off so he doesn't nip to the filling station and spend £3 on a few choccy bars when i could have got a whole pack maybe 2 for that, i go to tesco's once my kids r in bed as thers more chance of reduced things then, i check online before i go to see if theres any offers on meats/dry goods as i tend to stock up on these when on offer and don't really buy them any other time unless we run out, i also head stright for the reduced sections and tend to get all of my meats there

rachbc

I have been doign a monthly online shop the top up locally but finding less and less to order online now so going to be a weekly aldi then nip round HB, B&M etc for hosuehold as and when and the waitrose at the end of the working day everyonce in a while to get reduced meat!

JulieGeorgiana

I saw that! I was shocked, because people will actually go for it!!! The Co-Op is are just trying to encourage you to spend more money by shopping more frequently! I was so disgusted by it!

I do a split shop from Tesco and Sainsbury's on a Thursday. I buy offers from Netto (and occasionally Lidl... but that's further away) as and when something pop's up, I get my meat from the Butchers.

I also buy in bulk when things are on offer, and I have set items I pick up only once a month because it's cheaper that way.