How much should your weekly groceries bill be?

Gromitt

£70/week here for 3, but that doesn't include pub grub and some weeks we have a meat feast and so the bill can hit £100. For example, last week I spent £30 on 3 T-Bone steaks (although they were over an inch thick and filled the plate...)

So between £240 - £300/month I'd say.

I know meat is supposed to be bad for you, but meh. Your only on this planet once and I'm enjoying it.

Pollyp

We shopped at Morrisions for the first time in a while last week and we spent quite a bit less than we normally do at Tesco.

evenasus

We are a couple who eat very healthily, plenty of fresh vegetables & fruit every day. Chicken or fish - very rarely red meat.

My average spend per week is around £63.
It's nothing to do with being careful with spending, as we have no worries at all financially.

opinions4u

I'd say £25 per person per week is enough to eat healthily, clean your house, brush your teeth and remain hygienic.

Anything above this is non-essential. My family probably consume about £35 a week each.

Gromitt

Pollyp wrote: »

We shopped at Morrisions for the first time in a while last week and we spent quite a bit less than we normally do at Tesco.

I agree, I only usually visit Tesco when they send me those "You've not used your club card recently, here's a £10 voucher." offers (unless I just want a few things and they are closer).

But usually, I use Morrisons or ASDA.

pqrdef

Most obvious variable is that some people have lunches out and takeaway dinners and rarely cook at home, whereas others cook all their own meals.

Another big variable is waste. Some people keep stocks of perishables and throw away what goes off before they get round to using it. Some people cook twice too much and throw away loads of leftovers. "Seconds" are always available at their table. For them, this is normal. And yet other people buy what they need and eat what they cook and rarely waste any food at all.

BugsyBrowne

I do know I pay anything upto £100 a month on takeaways aswell on most occasions that's including lunch from subway,macdonalds,burger king etc I could quite easily save a few quid if I really wanted to but can't see the point.

bombata

We are two adults and I spend around £35-40 a week.
This includes regular fruit, apples, bananas and oranges, yoghurts and so on. It also includes are packlunches for work.
I mainly buy at Lidl & Tescos and ocassionally at waitrose & M&S. Normally I just walk into a store when I pass it and look in the reduced section.
My boyfriend, before he moved in spent £35 a week by himself. I normally do a weekly shop, check online for the offers before I go and plan my week's meals according to those.

geoffky

Too much and far too much food thrown away

Andystriker

opinions4u wrote: »

I'd say £25 per person per week is enough to eat healthily, clean your house, brush your teeth and remain hygienic.

Would that figure include 2 cans of Boddingtons?