weekly food spend per adult?

Pollycat

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

EDIT; Just googled and found a webpage entitled "Beat my debt" and they give "living expenses guidelines". That states a figure of £210 per month per person for food (including toiletries and cleaning). They must have uprated that £35 per week then - as I'd knock off, say, £20 per month from that figure for toiletries and cleaning = £190 per month per person for food. That would be £43.85 per week each.

That sounds high to me.

tessie_bear

hi we are a family of 4 and i spend in the region of £60 a week for us all...meat eating husband, fussy teenager ,asd nearly teenager and me trying to shift some weight...it varies each week but we eat some nice things on that and lots of fruit and veg

i have been trying to reduce it but am starting to thing im never going to do it
hth

Tiddlywinks

I take the view that it doesn't matter what the 'average' person spends - they're not me.

As long as I'm comfortable with my budget and spending then that's all that matters.

So, OP, why are you asking the question? Do you feel your spending is too high? It's your life and your money - some people smoke, some buy shoes or handbags, some go clubbing, some like to indulge in 'fine' dining..... we are all individuals and, as long as we keep within our own budget, that's all that matters.

jackieblack

Pollycat wrote: »

That sounds high to me.

It sounds like small fortune to me, but unbelievably that is the correct figure that is considered 'reasonable' for someone going through bankruptcy/IVA etc! :huh:

kathrynha

I reckon I spend £30-40 per person per week. I am including my 11 year old in that, as she can easily eat as much as me.


When my husband was out of work I budgeted £1 per person per day, but that wasn't very healthy, and I ended up very anaemic, as I was giving the best food to my child and husband, and leaving myself with the cheap and filling rather than nutritious stuff.


Our current diet is very healthy, but not cheap. Lots of fresh fruit and veg, fish, lean meat, etc. which quickly adds up, but we can afford it, and that's the main thing.


I would say £15-20 per person per week is the minimum for a tasty, varied and healthy diet.

allmannerofthings

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

I take the view that it doesn't matter what the 'average' person spends - they're not me.

As long as I'm comfortable with my budget and spending then that's all that matters.

So, OP, why are you asking the question? Do you feel your spending is too high? It's your life and your money - some people smoke, some buy shoes or handbags, some go clubbing, some like to indulge in 'fine' dining..... we are all individuals and, as long as we keep within our own budget, that's all that matters.

Pure curiosity as to whether there's an 'official' figure, as there is in the States. Although even if there is, I know many people here would beat it!

Thanks all for your input. My spend is high - £80 or so a week for two adults. For the past month I've been writing down all our spends and realise a lot of it is Friday night fish and chips (£14), we've had at least one McDonalds each week (£6.68), a few choccy bars/cans of pop from the corner shop and then there's usually a couple of things each week that go off before we can finish them, so wastage there. I reckon I can reduce my spend to £50 - £60 but I am in in awe of those of you who do it for so much less! I was doing it for £40 a week myself for three adults about eight years ago, but prices have gone up so much since then. Having kept a note for the past month I know exactly where I need to cut things out so watch this space

jackieblack

allmannerofthings wrote: »

Having kept a note for the past month I know exactly where I need to cut things out

This is the key to all budgeting

Pollycat

jackieblack wrote: »

It sounds like small fortune to me, but unbelievably that is the correct figure that is considered 'reasonable' for someone going through bankruptcy/IVA etc! :huh:

There's a thread on Discussion Time about the brother of a poster who is apparently 'in some sort of alternative to normal bankruptcy' and thinks that it's acceptable to budget £200 per month on clothes & grooming and £500 on socialising each month. :eek:

Now, that's a small fortune!

jackieblack

Pollycat wrote: »

There's a thread on Discussion Time about the brother of a poster who is apparently 'in some sort of alternative to normal bankruptcy' and thinks that it's acceptable to budget £200 per month on clothes & grooming and £500 on socialising each month. :eek:

Now, that's a small fortune!

Yeah, I saw that :rotfl:
No wonder he's in so much debt, some people really live in cloud cuckoo land! :wall:

moneyistooshorttomention

Pollycat wrote: »

There's a thread on Discussion Time about the brother of a poster who is apparently 'in some sort of alternative to normal bankruptcy' and thinks that it's acceptable to budget £200 per month on clothes & grooming and £500 on socialising each month. :eek:

Now, that's a small fortune!

Can we have a link please?:)