How much do you spend on food a week?

Freefaller said:
I can't believe how some people get by on £200 a month for more than 1 person! :eek: I'd starve :( Or is it because you get better value when you buy more stuff? I'm happy if I spend under £300 a month on food (just for myself, not including take aways and eating out!). Clearly I need a new less expensive hobby! :D
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I have been reading this thread in shock as well. I can't honestly believe how little people spend on food. We are a family of 5 and each time we do a "big shop" it tends to come to about £140. This used to last us 2 weeks if we were lucky, but lately we've been shopping once a week. I don't understand how I can get it cheaper either as we really try not to buy expensive stuff. I think a lot of people are not calculating honestly how much they spend. I live in South East just outside London and go to Asda/Morrisons/Tesco/Sainsburys. It varies.
 
Haly said:
Financial necessity in my/our case!
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That's fair enough, I know I could probably buy less stuff or have to make sacrifices - but you know me and my food! :o

CrispyWombat said:
I think buying once a month and topping up on a weekly basis with the likes of fruit/vet/milk/bread etc works better, going out on a weekly basis leads to the temptation to buy junk you don't really need.

That said neither of us eat breakfast during the week, we also both get lunch out....
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I always have lots for breakfast, I can't survive without it, it's the most important meal of the day! I shan't go into all the nitty gritty of it though - I've done it too many times! :D :p

I do bulk buys of things like, chopped tomatoes, pastas, tinned foods. That does bump the price up obviously, certainly if you include oils (I like to buy a variety) and vinegars and other condiments. I don't buy junk food - I'm boringly healthy when it comes to food. :o

However, fresh foods, like meats/fish, veg and fruits I need to buy every week and that comes to well over £60 for myself.

jaybee said:
I have been reading this thread in shock as well. I can't honestly believe how little people spend on food. We are a family of 5 and each time we do a "big shop" it tends to come to about £140. This used to last us 2 weeks if we were lucky, but lately we've been shopping once a week. I don't understand how I can get it cheaper either as we really try not to buy expensive stuff. I think a lot of people are not calculating honestly how much they spend. I live in South East just outside London and go to Asda/Morrisons/Tesco/Sainsburys. It varies.
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I live in SE London, and used to shop in Waitrose, but now I live too far from it to make it worthwhile so just go to Sainsbury's instead. Unfortunately the local butcher to me has closed down as well so have no good placed to buy fresh meats anymore :( Well, not without having to travel well out of my way which is a bore.

Fruit and Veg has become more expensive, and as has some meats. I think you're right though, if you buy for family, you tend to get better bang for buck - but I just eat like a monster anyway! :D
 
Freefaller said:
However, fresh foods, like meats/fish, veg and fruits I need to buy every week and that comes to well over £60 for myself.

I live in SE London, and used to shop in Waitrose, but now I live too far from it to make it worthwhile so just go to Sainsbury's instead. Unfortunately the local butcher to me has closed down as well so have no good placed to buy fresh meats anymore :( Well, not without having to travel well out of my way which is a bore.

Fruit and Veg has become more expensive, and as has some meats. I think you're right though, if you buy for family, you tend to get better bang for buck - but I just eat like a monster anyway! :D
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Sounds like you are a bit of a fitness freak like myself, Fresh food is getting more expensive by the week recently. We completely avoid processed food as a rule and I am the big eater, my wife and 10 year old son eat tiny amounts, they dont go freeclimbing either so that would explain that.
 
After reading this thread I paid attention to costs during my weekly shop today.

Came to £30 roughly, no processed stuff, all fresh veg and meat plus some pasta and milk of course.
 
To be honest shopping around can save you a fortune, I am unlucky as where I live I have the most expensive supermarkets, M&S, Waitrose and Sainsburys being the cheapest, however 7-8 min drive takes me to Asda :D.

While M&S and Waitrose do some nice items it's definitely not worth for weekly food shopping. Asda has so many good deals and the prices are so low it's unbelievable compared to some other supermarkets.
 
Just popped to Sainsbury's for ingredients to make a stir fry (rump steak and oyster), easily spent over £10, using chicken would have made it only £1 cheaper?
 
Gaidin109 said:
Sounds like you are a bit of a fitness freak like myself, Fresh food is getting more expensive by the week recently. We completely avoid processed food as a rule and I am the big eater, my wife and 10 year old son eat tiny amounts, they dont go freeclimbing either so that would explain that.
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Oh yeah, I live by the iron my friend! :cool:

Furthermore, I'm a bit of a food snob, and I like good quality fresh food. I'm also fairly conscious of what I eat - I don't like processed foods, I don't really drink much, and I don't eat sweets/crisps/biscuits etc... Boring? I don't think so, I much prefer munching on an apple than on a chocolate bar. :)
 
£15 a week?!! :eek:

Can you tell me what you buy? I'm genuinely interested, as I'm either being ripped off, or a lot of people in this thread are just not eating well.
 
Freefaller said:
£15 a week?!! :eek:

Can you tell me what you buy? I'm genuinely interested, as I'm either being ripped off, or a lot of people in this thread are just not eating well.
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Loaf of bread.
Butter.
4x Tuna
4x Heinz baked beans
Tomato Soup
2x Super noodles
Oven chips
Potatoes
Pasta
Cheddar
Chicken fillets
Yorkshire puddings
Crisps
Kit kats
Juice/pepsi
sauces/flavourings/gravy etc

Don't drink alcohol/milk/tea so some savings there, don't eat breakfast normally either, though there's usually some weetabix.
 
Freefaller said:
Can you tell me what you buy? I'm genuinely interested, as I'm either being ripped off, or a lot of people in this thread are just not eating well.
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I expect a lot of people are guessing. And don't realise just how much they spend and forget about all those little shops which add up to a fair few £
 
Weekly shopping tonight came to £97.58 from Sainsbury. A tad higher than usual but we should be good till the end of next week. That exclude meat as I get mine from a butcher down the road. Cheaper and I pick my own cuts.
 
Me and the Mrs, two growing girls, one baby, a Lab puppy and and a cat.

Weekly in Tesco we spend £80.

Always plan the meals before hand. I'm in charge of cooking so never go overboard. We have a roast every week, spag bol (girls fave) and Chicken thighs\legs\wings in Nandos sauce (mrs fave)

Also try to have two new meals a week which I find off the internet.
 
Energize said:
Loaf of bread.
Butter.
4x Tuna
4x Heinz baked beans
Tomato Soup
2x Super noodles
Oven chips
Potatoes
Pasta
Cheddar
Chicken fillets
Yorkshire puddings
Crisps
Kit kats
Juice/pepsi
sauces/flavourings/gravy etc
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That is a bad diet for a week & I hope you vary it a bit. And the above would barely keep me going for Lunch alone in a week - I would need all the above plus a mountain of other stuff for my Breakfasts/dinners and evening snacks. I also need tea/coffee/7 pints of milk and beer in a week (and these would be essentials)

As a family (one kid) we spend about £400-£500 a month on food - and virtually never throw anything away....but there is a lot of fruit and usually meats,fish and unusual veg stuff in our weekly shops.
 
Energize said:
Loaf of bread.
Butter.
4x Tuna
4x Heinz baked beans
Tomato Soup
2x Super noodles
Oven chips
Potatoes
Pasta
Cheddar
Chicken fillets
Yorkshire puddings
Crisps
Kit kats
Juice/pepsi
sauces/flavourings/gravy etc

Don't drink alcohol/milk/tea so some savings there, don't eat breakfast normally either, though there's usually some weetabix.
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You don't drink alcohol? You might want to start, it'd improve your **** diet. :p
 
As a rough guess I'll spend about £35 p/w in terms of food for evening meals and breakfasts and that might include lunch at the weekend - usually lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. I probably spend another £25ish on lunches for the week although this could be reduced slightly if I were to make my own lunches, another £10 or so on snacks etc during the week. I'm not including the cost of takeaways/meals out as that varies quite a lot, some weeks I'll have nothing and other weeks I'll be eating made meals 2-3 times.

Total spend is probably roughly in the region of £70 p/w therefore.
 
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