How much does your weekly shop cost?

Dozey_crow

Dozey_crow wrote: »

Two adults.. We do £160 per month but working out weekly is difficult as we do a big (£40\50) shop at the start of the month and then portion out the rest. It includes house produce, cleaning fluid, wine etc and dh's toiletries. Spirits and my toiletries (organic because of skin condition) and anything fancy food wise are paid for our of our own money.

DPJames wrote: »

What does this bit mean? Are you both buying food separately? And is that included in your £160 per month or not. Or is the real figure something closer to £250 per month?

Hi.. Anything fancy food wise would be buying expensive chocolates as a treat or a take away. No we don't buy food separately at all and it is all covered in the food budget that I have quoted.

ladymarmalade

I would say ours is between £80-90 each week fot two adults. We are careful in some ways and not in others. For example we often have steak and a nice bottle of wine at the weekend, but I always plan the meals for the week so that I can reuse ingredients etc.

When we were penny pinching when I was still at uni, I could do it for £50 a week for everything (£40 sometimes), but that was 4 years ago, so inflation will have bumped that up a bit.

sharond101

first78 wrote: »

If you'd be willing to share any tips on how you keep your weekly shop so low, I'd love to hear how you do it! What sort of dinners and lunches you have etc...thanks!! :T

Time is a big factor in saving money for me anyway. I know where sells what cheaper and am happy to shop around for what I need. I tend to use Aldi once a fortnight for general groceries (rice/pasta/bread etc) and top up at Asda. I shop in the yellow sticker sections and know the good times for mark downs. Last week I got 5 rottisserie chicken legs in Morrisons for 25p and a crusty bread stick for 5p. Add some salad and that is dinner for 2 nights sorted for less than £1. When the Morrisons vouchers have been on we have bought several papers and used multiple vouchers. We have an extra freezer which really helps to stock up on good offers. I stick to a budget of £1 per person for dinner for the main item. This is easy if it's yellow stickered and often can be much less than this. I only shop when necessary and rather than meal plan per week I look at what needs using the night before and plan the days ahead to accommodate using it up. For instance we have lots of salad in the fridge so until that is used up I won't go buying other vegetables. Leftovers make up the next meal or go in the freezer.
We eat very well and don't deny ourselves. Tonight we had field mushrooms stuffed with cous cous, roasted vegetables and bacon served with salad. Sunday was chicken breasts wrapped stuffed with black pudding and wrapped in bacon with roasted vegetables. Tomorrow is meat lasagne with salad. Lunches are sandwiches or soup. The sandwich fillings are usually yellow stickered packs of cooked meat like bbq style chicken breast. Soup is homemade and made in batches (usually when carrots and leeks are on super 6 in Aldi).
We drink no added sugar squash and this saves lots as fizzy juice is expensive. We don't do alcohol. I buy most of my cleaning things in Aldi and toilet rolls in Home Bargains.

PenguinOfDeath

spbankie wrote: »

Please share by giving us a breakdown. Would love to know how you get 180 (3 per day per adult) meals out of £50 plus alcohol (which obviously reduces your 28p per meal) plus cleaning. How often do you clean both yourself and your house?

Sorry if this sounds cheeky but I have seen such utter nonsense (you know the posts, oh we only spend MINUS £100,000 per day, in fact the shops pay us and all that sort of stuff) on this forum would be interested in the breakdowns

How do I do it? By being an idiot and typing Month instead of Week... I'll go do an edit now...

xoxlauraxox

£50 a week for 2 adults & 2 children & we dont have to scrimp. I would maybe add on £10 as I do top up on milk & bread

mrputney08

2 packets 454g vegimince £3, plus onions, mash potato, carrots, make TWO Shepherd's pies/casseroles/Bolognese, enough for 2 people spread over 5 days total if you freeze one for later. Great source of protein without clogging up your arteries and eating your piggy back too. Total cost approx. £5. Of course variety's the spice of life, have other meals in the week which cost just as little. Mushroom stroganoff, mmm..

maman

I can do it comfortably on £50 a week for two adults but I keep the alcohol separate (in our entertainment budget;)). That's all meals unless we're eating out and includes all cleaning materials and basic toiletries. I shop mostly in Aldi with Sansbury's as a top up and a few bargain buys from elsewhere (Iceland, Farmfoods, Lidl) now and again.


That's a budget for eating very well and very healthy, lots of home cooking and my freezer is my friend. I could probably do it even more cheaply but have a safety net in case I ever need to rein in.

edinburghlad

For me, myself and I plus household clearer and toiletries I am for £30-40 per week.

sweetilemon

Trying to stick to a budget of £50pw including toiletries, cat food and 2adults food. Spent just over £51 something today but that included a £10.75 organic whole chicken, potatoes, 3 for 10 meat (ribs, burgers and gammon steaks), pineapple, beans, 18pkt toilet roll, kitchen roll, foil, lettus, coleslaw, naan bread, rice, curry sauce, corn on the cob....will do at least a week. Already have a large stock cupboard and fridge of basic veg (onions, peppers, beetroot etc). Recently i've been buying a few days shopping at a time which has meant overspending regularly. Hopefully back to the weekly shop will work better. I would say its easy to overspend although could reduce costs dramatically if need be.

lexington013

About £40 per week, on a tight budget but this gets the staples and im learning to cook from scratch a lot more (which im enjoying doing). The above spend covers my grown up son and me.
I tend to do ALL of my shopping at Aldi and the 99p shops now.