How many times a week/month do you go food shopping?

Ben84

2-3 times a week. Fresh stuff doesn't really last long, and the market sellers vary by the day of the week, so I can't buy everything on one day anyway. It's quite a time drain however. I don't really understand how some people I know apparently shop once a month and similar things, as a very limited range of food actually lasts more than about a week.

babes21

We do a big shop once a week but if we need anything fresh then we tend to get that on the same day. Therefore on average I would say twice a week.

mama_bear_3-2

I do a big shop fortnightly. We eat a lot of fruit and I find that it keeps ok in the fridge for 2 weeks. I go to get bread and any other small essentials every 3-4 days but I avoid it as much as possible cos I'm always tempted to splurge on stuff we don't need

tefany

Twice a week

CKhalvashi

The main shop is done once a week, with anything we run out of topped up at a local shop as/when necessary.

WantToBeSE

Linda32 wrote: »

I bet it does. May I ask, without being nosy whats the difference between the large monthly shop and the weekly shop. Also when you go to the shops for fruit and veg twice a week do you just buy fruit and veg

Large monthly shop- all tinned goods and dried goods. For example, beans, chickpeas, lentils, pasta and rice.

Weekly shop- fresh fruit and veg, and also bread stuff like crumpets, pitta breads, normal loaf of bread, bagels etc.

Other shops- Fruit and veg, any other top ups that we need.

No, we definitely dont JUST get fruit and veg at the other top up shops, unfortunately!

HOWMUCH

Mostly its weekly, may top up with milk depending on how many visitors we get.

Thistlewhistle

I found that for me it's always a question of time or money.

I can save money by going to the shop every day and buying just what I need but it takes a lot of time.

Or I can go to the supermarket once a week and save lots of time, but it costs a lot of money.

So now I go every couple of days or so, just buying enough for meals for a couple of days. Tend to eat dinner leftovers for lunch the next day or, Cook twice as much and freeze for later.

So far in August, I'm well on target for my £100 grocery budget, by living out of the freezer. I'm self employed and August is a duff month for earnings!!

Im definitely of the opinion though that to save money you need to go shopping more often but only buy what you need.

Unless there's an offer on eg BoGoF on bog roll, or dishwasher tablets.

Going down a brand saves £10s too. And frozen veg means I get away with no spend days quite often too.

It's quite good fun when you get going!

Thistle x

LameWolf

Thistlewhistle wrote: »

Going down a brand saves £10s too.

You're so right! Mr LW was an absolute shocker for just having branded stuff when I first moved in with him (back in 2002).

Now he happily has SM own label, and I only buy brands if they work out cheaper (on offer, or BOGOF or something).

I always look at the price per 100g or whatever, not just the pack price, too.;)

Thistlewhistle

LameWolf wrote: »

I always look at the price per 100g or whatever, not just the pack price, too.;)

That's vital!
Sometimes, the deal which looks the best and is marketed the strongest, turns out to be the worst deal ever.

At the end of the day, supermarkets are out for themselves aren't they. So they'll promote what they need to shift, not what's most cost effective for us.