£1000 a month on food???

fed_up_and_stressed

Maybe im so mse but im too much of a bargain hunter to spend that much on shopping. Gotta luv a bargain.

AnnieO1234

I don't think £1,000 is totally out there. £5,000 maybe but what's only £250 a week? Buying pre-prepared veg, organic, free range, tropical fruits, even bottled water without adding in alcohol could easily add up to £250 for an average family.

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poet123

Nottsdoglover wrote: »

It seems very extravagant when people struggle to pay bills and buy food.

Perhaps it does, but London salaries are high and eating out expensive so if you are comparing you have to factor that in. Also, it makes no mention of how many that is feeding.

I don't really shop around for food, I order online, pop into M&S and get my meat from the local butcher. I am too busy to trawl from shop to shop. I do think I get value for money though which is not the same as watching every penny.

yellowbear

My SIL told me she could save £1000 p/m just by shopping at Asda!
There's only her, husband and two kids.

getmore4less

£1kpm it's only £33 a day

Only just covers a bottle of Bolly and a couple of steaks with some trimmings.

have some kids or want to eat out, and you are going to have to slum it during the week.

pauletruth

we live in shetland and its expensive very expensive there are 7 of us and im afraid it could easily cost us that. 32 quid a day dead easy. school dinners each day for 3 is 6.30 a day. a pack of cheap mince 4 quid we need 2 so even cheap meat costs us 8 quid. its odd our tescos never has the cheap stuff in. wish there was an aldi or iceland.

System

Must be living on a diet of caviar, oysters and Wagyu beef.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagyu

Squirrel85

I could do it easily as my favourite thing is cooking. I would shop in waitrose or above. Buy best steak and all my favourite meats and salmon and prawns. Eat out a couple of times. Loads of fruit and berrries and nuts. Good wine. I'm fantasising now. We shop poor and i'm proud of how well i do but that doesn't mean i enjoy it!

missprice

I bet I could somehow manage to spend that much on food for 4 of us.

Steak, lobster, caviar, truffles, cod ( have you seen the price recently, costs more than salmon)no more £5 bottles of plonk. Only organic and free range, oh bring it on.

Oh yes m and s, and waitrose here we come.

I could spend that, but I think I would soon get bored of truffles et all.

Anatidaephobia

It seems a lot of money. I suppose it could be feasible if you buy breakfast on your way to work, buy lunch at work, buy coffee while you're out, spend a lot of money in supermarkets on high quality items without making effort to save cash, buy a lot of alcohol, eat out a lot. Still seems v expensive to me and I would struggle to spend that amount. Especially on an *average* month - not even a one off but an average. I'd really rather not.