Monthly food shopping for 2 adults

meat_n2_reg

Many thanks for the replies
Yep we both cook meals from scratch most the time
Going to start with a freezer audit as I recon there's 3 months frozen food stock piled
The Big weekly shops @ Aldi @ £50 are not the problem , think it a case of too many mid week visits that are causing the over spend / over stocking of food


Regards

candygirl

meat_n2_reg wrote: »

Many thanks for the replies
Yep we both cook meals from scratch most the time
Going to start with a freezer audit as I recon there's 3 months frozen food stock piled
The Big weekly shops @ Aldi @ £50 are not the problem , think it a case of too many mid week visits that are causing the over spend / over stocking of food


Regards

I bet you have at least a week's meals in your freezer.I checked mine recently , and was amazed at all the stuff I'd forgotten about :eek:

catkins

Me and DH spend about £40 a week. We are both vegetarian though so cheaper than buying meat.

I think it can be just going shopping too often. We both hate shopping so try and only do a big shop every 6 weeks then get fresh veg and fruit every 2 weeks.

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spot on catkins I try for twice a month and it has cut my food bill considerably. Buying essentials and sticking to a list helps as well as paying cash only

PasturesNew

You have to keep a list of everything you buy and then see what you're spending it on.

It's easy to fool yourself. I knew somebody who convinced herself she and her bf were only spending £20/week.... and even when I made her tell me how her week went she still couldn't spot the error of her thinking. It went like this:

"We do our weekly shop at Farm Foods, just £20".

".... then we go into M&S for Saturday night's meal ... my bf eats at his works' canteen in the week .... we get a pizza once a week ..... I get lunch at the shop over the road from work in the week .... and we have a curry takeaway once a week ..."

And she was STILL convincing herself they spent only £20 on groceries...

candygirl

catkins wrote: »

Me and DH spend about £40 a week. We are both vegetarian though so cheaper than buying meat.

I think it can be just going shopping too often. We both hate shopping so try and only do a big shop every 6 weeks then get fresh veg and fruit every 2 weeks.

This sounds similar to me.I'm also veggie, but luckily live alone with the Furnutters :rotfl:
I mainly shop at ALDI, n always get their special buy veg, n menu plan around that.I'm a big soup fan , especially in the Winter, n experiment making all sorts of varieties.
I despise shopping though, but am sadly having to go this aft:(

Ilona

I try and delay my shopping trips until I have very little food left, when I have run down the cupboards and freezer. I have a four drawer freezer, plenty of room for one person, bread, veg and fruit, with some veggie burgers and sausages. I can go two weeks without shopping at all. If I have to pop in a small shop for one item that's all I come out with, no impulse spending.

I cobble meals together from anything I happen to have on hand. Some weird and wonderful concoctions come out of my kitchen.

ilona

LHW99

We are a household of 2, and food bills tend to be £40 to £50 per week. I shop once a week, but we do tend to build up a store in the autumn, and then have quite a few weeks in spring where we live out of the store cupboard. We need that because it is not unusual for us to be cut off for days (or even weeks) at an end if it snows in winter.