how much do you spend

boysmum3

dizzydolly wrote:

I spend about £80 a week on food for me ,hubby ,3 kids (one who is 20), managed to save £20 last week , it was a good feeling , trying to cut back on groceries as Im saving up for a new 3 piece suite, just need another £580 now , dont laugh ,Im seriously working on it.

I definately won't laugh....My food budget has been £80 a week for me , OH 3 kids, 11,9, and 22months(so includes nappies). The last 2 weeks I have saved £20 a week too and I think I could get it lower. I don't buy many(if any) value items - but i menuplan and I believe that is the future (I'm a new convert!!!)
I have a cc to pay off and I want another baby (so i would have to give up work) so I am determined to get my outgoings down and save a little too perhaps. its amazing what you can do if you can do if you want it badly enough

Snow_Angel

helenhugs wrote:

We spend approx £80 each week on feeding 2 adults 4 children 3 giant african land snails & a cat who is fussy.
Seems a lot to me but hubby does the shopping. We don't eat extravagantly & i do cook a lot from scratch.
Hope that helps
hugs
Helen

:eek: What on earth are they?! :rotfl: And what do they eat?!! (not much judging by your brilliant budgeting!)

Incidentally I have just me ..... and a very hungry, tall, active boyfriend (he surfs, goes to the gym and cycles) who visits often. I'm spending £50-80 a month on food and dbf gives me money towards food too.

IWannabedebtfree

Until this month I was spending £400 for 2 adults, 2 kids, few cats. Now got it down to £50 a week, so £200 a month, including cleaning stuff and toiletries, by meal planning (thanks everyone for such great tips) and A LOT MORE COOKING!But I am enjoying it so far and our diet has been healthier for it.

ShirleyPark_2

This month we spent 70 quid on grocery shopping, including toiletries and cleaning stuff. We did use up a lot of stuff that we already had. Next month we are going to try for 20 quid a week / 80 quid a month.

Snow_Angel

wackyjacobeany - Be sure to join in on the February grocery challenge. It helps keep you on track and motivated and gives you a good idea of what other people are doing with some pretty good hints for keeping costs down. Here's January's grocery challenge thread so you can get an idea of what's involved :

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=336388

The February one should appear any day now

wackyjacobeany

To snowangel thankyou for that link I have been looking at that for a while now. I think I must start this on friday when I get paid. thanks. Also your bf sounds too good to be true:D

alips_2

we spend about £180 a month on a BIG shop then about 10/15 on veg, fruit and milk in between. Making all bread, cakes and yoghurt myself helps loads. we mainly cook from scratch and every other month spend £16 on 10lb mince from the butchers. (cheapest by the 10lb and on market day)

there are 2 adults and 4 kids here.

Hels_Bells_3

There are 4 adults, a 6 year old girl, a cat and a dog - (and a 5th adult who seems to appear as dinners being lifted every evening.....) and we spend roughly £70 a week, which is down from £120 a week since i started using these boards in November!

Snow_Angel

wackyjacobeany wrote:

To snowangel thankyou for that link I have been looking at that for a while now. I think I must start this on friday when I get paid. thanks. Also your bf sounds too good to be true:D

I didn't take part in the January grocery challenge because of the January sales! Too much yummy food on bargain. At least I have stocked up cupboards now though :rolleyes: ... and yes I do think my bf is too good to be true sometimes (not only is he a fox, but he's kind, thoughtful, good looking and is nice to me always!) - occassionally have to pinch myself to make sure I'm actually awake! :rotfl:

Boatie_Bird

I normally budget for £200 a month for 2 adults and a 3 year old. This usually translates into £170 on food and £30 on wine - so if I go over in my food budget it means less wine. This usually keeps me on the straight and narrow as I love a glass of wine!