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May 2021 Grocery Challenge

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  • Sallyp2
    Sallyp2 Posts: 359 Forumite
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    edited 25 May 2021 at 3:13PM

    Taken from NimleFins website. Very interesting read and suggests the UK average food shop spend per adult each week is £26.50. Well I'm spending over that and my aim for the next few months is for my weekly food spending to be average. Think our waistlines will end up more average as well lol

    Average Food Costs per Week

    • Per Person: The average weekly food shop is £26.5 per person in the UK—but clearly caloric needs vary by age and gender. When you add £13.8 spent on food prepared out (e.g., restaurants and takeaways), the average weekly food bill for 1 person is £40.3.
    • Average Adult Man: The average adult male spends around £32 on groceries, £17 on food out and £49 altogether on food each week.
    • Young, active adult man: A young, active adult man around 18 years of age whose caloric needs are 50% higher than the average person would theoretically spend around £60 a week on food (£40 οn groceries and £21 out).
    • Average Adult Woman: The average adult female theoretically spends around £25 on groceries, £13 on food out and £37 altogether on food each week.
    • Young, active adult woman: A young, active adult woman around 18 years of age whose caloric needs are 13% higher than the average person would theoretically spend around £46 a week on food (£30 οn groceries and £16 out).
    • 2 Adults: The average weekly food bill for 2 adults would be around £86 in total—£57 spent on the weekly food shop and £29 spent on food out.
    • Family of 3: The average weekly food bill for a family of 3 (two adults and one younger child) is around £119—£78 spent on the weekly food shop and £41 spent on food out.
    • Family of 4: The typical family of 4 (two adults and 2 younger children) would spend around £151 each week on food—£99 on the weekly shop and £52 on restaurant and takeaway meals.
    • Family of 5: Larger families of 5 (two adults and 3 younger children) spend around £121 on the weekly shop and another £63 on food prepared out, bringing the total average food bill for a family of 5 to £183.
    • Family of 3 adults: Three adults (or two adults and one older teenager) would spend around £85 on groceries, £44 on food prepared out and £129 altogether on food each week, clearly with budget varying by the age and gender of the family members.
    • Grocery Challenge: April £263.60 / £250
  • thriftwizard
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    Oooh, thank you, @Sallyp2, that's good to know! So basically my aim for £100 per person per month (£25 pp pw) is not at all extravagant, bearing in mind that that includes two young ladies and one young adult male, plus a second most weekends. Though they are 20-somethings (second male a 30-something, but he's an outdoor education instructor, therefore has "high caloric needs") rather than 18 y.o.s. However there are definitely economies of scale, but to balance that, our budget includes cleaning stuff and (basic) toiletries.

    In other news - I'm bust again. I was about to declare at £4 under, DS3 having bought milk, bread, rolls & bananas for under £4 yesterday - the yogurt supply is holding out for now - but I had family business Down West today, got caught in a horrendous traffic jam on the way home, and ended up getting home over an hour late when two people had evening commitments, so there was no time to prepare the planned curry... so it was fish & chip time. That was £39, so I'd be £35 over now. Sigh... 

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  • t14cy_t
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    Sallyp2, i watched the show, thought it was ok, nothing special and tbh wasnt on long enough! 
  • t14cy_t
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    community larder today, yipee!!
  • Sallyp2
    Sallyp2 Posts: 359 Forumite
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    edited 26 May 2021 at 8:40AM
    t14cy_t said:
    Sallyp2, i watched the show, thought it was ok, nothing special and tbh wasnt on long enough! 
    Yeah I agree. Was nothing special, was intrigued by the stats they quoted. Didn’t really address food waste and making it work EVERY week
    edit - why for instance didn’t they talk about food larders and olio etc
    • Grocery Challenge: April £263.60 / £250
  • 2Scratters
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    Hi All,
    My May numbers have not been noted anywhere, yet we have £40 in the purse we use for the food shopping and my month ends on pay day 27th. The left over does get stashed in another purse (not yet spent any of it). When a purchase of "other house stuff" is made I pay for it. I think to make a better informed use of our monthly budget I may need to incorporate say the cleaning and toiletries and see where that takes us. It just may make a better focus on spending. We have been having to spend more on high protein products for DH due to weight loss due to having bad lungs and his body having to work much harder. He has now been identified as needing supplements again(that's another story) to help his weight gain, so this money saving can go towards to help counter the previous deficit.
    See you all in next months chat.

    2Scratters
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