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

Teddi

Once a week to the butchers, sometimes once a fortnight. Fruit veg and salad delivered each week with eggs and milk, then tesco delivery every 2/3 months for cupboard and household stuff.


When we used to get veg from the supermarket it would never ever last a week, the salads would barely last 3 days, especially when we got deliveries but since we switched to veg boxes straight from the farm it easily lasts a week, sometimes 2 or 3 weeks depending on what it is.


Very very occasionally we will pop to the coop to get something for a recipe, thats maybe once every 2-4 weeks.


So, all in all, once a week.

Butterfly_Brain

LameWolf wrote: »

It's a tad complicated, but I'll try and simplify it.:o

Farmers market - once a month, first Sunday of the month.
This is for: Cheese, Eggs, Bread flour, Honey and our one-a-month treat of unpasteurised cream.
There's a second Farmers Market on the 3rd Sunday we can go to if we need emergency supplies of any of the above (as this month - we've gone through a LOT of eggs because I have a crop of mouth ulcers so am eating soft food)

Fruit & Veg market - once a week, every Saturday.

Coffee beans - on average once a month, from Wh!ttards; we buy 500grams at a time.

Everything else - I make a list, and when there's enough on it to be worth going OR we need something fairly urgently (usually milk) we shop.
First port of call is @ldi, thenT£sco. Things I can't get in either of those, I send Mr LW to Morribunds in his lunch break (they have a branch close to his office).

This may be three visits (one to each SM) in one week, or I may go 3 weeks with only needing to get Mr LW to swing by @ldi for milk and butter on his way home; it varies tremendously.

I keep the freezer stocked and the cupboards have a good supply of tins and dry goods, and when something is used, I immediately put it on the list to replace it.

Lame Wolf try pineapple juice DD suffers from mouth ulcers and touch wood since she has started having pineapple juice they have stayed away

Butterfly_Brain

Once a fortnight Farm shop for meat, veg and eggs

Once a week Aldi

pinkmami

I aim for once a week @ Aldi. Preferably Monday. I meal plan and buying like this helps me budget. Chicken breasts I get from a wholesaler. Mince from Aldi too. Top up milk/bread as and when.

splishsplash

I used to shop pretty much every day, then some time ago I switched to going only once a week. Surprisingly difficult - it really made me sharpen up my inventory/meal planning skills. I forgot a lot of stuff initially, so we had some odd combinations and improvisations, but we survived.

Now I shop every fortnight, the only top ups allowed are milk, bananas and lettuce once on the alternate weeks.

I buy veg and meat on offers, then have a major cook-up the day of or the morning after shopping where I blanch, portion and freeze the veg and batch cook the main meals for the fortnight, including soups and bread.

Once that's done, I can forget about food for the next fortnight until I do a quick stock-take, meal plan and list again. It has saved me a huge amount of time doing things this way, both in terms of time spent shopping and food prep in general - no big delays in the evening waiting for dinner when everybody is starving.

Linda32

WantToBeSE wrote: »

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.

Well, that's got me beat with all of those types of bread, fruit and veg I don't see how you can avoid going to the shops every few days.

The only other thing I can think of is to freeze some of it and just take out a couple of items a day ??? We have a loaf and a packet of wraps both freeze perfectly fine. The wraps need a sheet of greasproof between each one but we re-use the sheets.

WantToBeSE

Linda32 wrote: »

Well, that's got me beat with all of those types of bread, fruit and veg I don't see how you can avoid going to the shops every few days.

The only other thing I can think of is to freeze some of it and just take out a couple of items a day ??? We have a loaf and a packet of wraps both freeze perfectly fine. The wraps need a sheet of greasproof between each one but we re-use the sheets.

Thanks, we already freeze some bread stuff. I also buy some frozen veg, but because i eat a plant based diet, the majority is fresh.

forzaitalia

Once a week at Morrisons. I freeze any meat, fish and bread that we buy. The veg goes in the bottom of the fridge and stays fresh for over a week. I also refrigerate tender fruit like strawberries and grapes, which spoil very quickly. I find once a week us usually adequate.

WantToBeSE

forzaitalia wrote: »

Once a week at Morrisons. I freeze any meat, fish and bread that we buy. The veg goes in the bottom of the fridge and stays fresh for over a week. I also refrigerate tender fruit like strawberries and grapes, which spoil very quickly. I find once a week us usually adequate.

Do you find that the tender fruit last longer in the fridge?

davenport151

maman wrote: »

I think that's the crux of the matter. If you have the discipline to just buy what you need then it doesn't matter how often you go to the shop(s).


I go just once a week. Aldi and then whatever else I need that week on the same trip. Generally Sainsbury's and sometimes Farmfoods and occasional others. That's my meal plan sorted for the week and although we eat a lot of fruit and veg too I find I can store for at least a week and it's all fine. That's all the time I choose to give over to food shopping. If I ever have to pick something up midweek I'm cross with myself as I feel I'm disorganised but everyone's circumstances are different.

This is me!
I have it down to a fortnightly big shop. Then hopefully ONE top up shop later in the week plus another top up in between. So that works out to 2 x a week. I have no more room in fridge/freezer/cupboards for less often than this.
I am getting there in regards to not going more but would ideally love it to be one shop only.