Grocery budget

Cariad71

Hello,

Hope you've all had a good weekend.
I'm motivated to tighten the old purse strings.
What's a realistic monthly food/toiletries/household things budget???
We are 2 adults, 2 teenagers and a greedy cat.
Thanks in advance.

innovate

Might get a better response on a different board, such as Old Style Money Saving

HappyMJ

Seperate the cat expenses out and put cat food expenses under Pet expenses on the SOA. Buy cat food online as it somehow it always seems cheaper as you buy it in bulk.

I budget £25 per person per week (£110 per month) for food. It's about £1 per person per meal. When shopping if you look at a cut of meat and divide it out into servings then the cost of each serving should be under 50p for the meat bit. Then spend the rest on vegetables etc...Avoid buying drinks or seperate that out.

Then whatever the rest costs...