How much do you spend on your weekly shop?
Poll: How much do you spend on your weekly shop?
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How much do you spend on your weekly shop?
We now seem to be spending £100 a week for the two of us on what I would call a fairly standard shop. Fruit, veg, bread, meat, a pizza or curry in a box, some beer, toiletries, etc.
We shop in the local Sainsburys. There is a Tesco a similar drive away, and a Morrisons a little further afield, but I can't stand it.
So, are we spunking away hundreds a year, or we spending pretty the average?
We now seem to be spending £100 a week for the two of us on what I would call a fairly standard shop. Fruit, veg, bread, meat, a pizza or curry in a box, some beer, toiletries, etc.
We shop in the local Sainsburys. There is a Tesco a similar drive away, and a Morrisons a little further afield, but I can't stand it.
So, are we spunking away hundreds a year, or we spending pretty the average?
Megaflow said:
How much do you spend on your weekly shop?
We now seem to be spending £100 a week for the two of us on what I would call a fairly standard shop. Fruit, veg, bread, meat, a pizza or curry in a box, some beer, toiletries, etc.
We shop in the local Sainsburys. There is a Tesco a similar drive away, and a Morrisons a little further afield, but I can't stand it.
So, are we spunking away hundreds a year, or we spending pretty the average?
Depends how precious you are on where you shop. Same boat as you (two of us) and we often use Sainburys too, but they can be very pricey on certain items, fruit and veg being a main one IME. Bilious though it may be to the average Harrods-shopping PH'er, Aldi is a good place to get veg, as an example they recently had Potatoes at 69p for 2.5kg , broccoli/tomatoes/spring onions/apples/celery/etc all at 39p. Personally I can't stand any bought curry/chilli con carne so will buy the ingredients, make a massive pan full and freeze plenty of containers worth for other times, bonus being you can make it as hot as you like.We now seem to be spending £100 a week for the two of us on what I would call a fairly standard shop. Fruit, veg, bread, meat, a pizza or curry in a box, some beer, toiletries, etc.
We shop in the local Sainsburys. There is a Tesco a similar drive away, and a Morrisons a little further afield, but I can't stand it.
So, are we spunking away hundreds a year, or we spending pretty the average?
We don't spend that much less than you though, probably more like £300/month.
Megaflow said:
How much do you spend on your weekly shop?
We now seem to be spending £100 a week for the two of us on what I would call a fairly standard shop. Fruit, veg, bread, meat, a pizza or curry in a box, some beer, toiletries, etc.
We shop in the local Sainsburys. There is a Tesco a similar drive away, and a Morrisons a little further afield, but I can't stand it.
So, are we spunking away hundreds a year, or we spending pretty the average?
I agree! Just spent £97 between two of us, no alcohol and not much non-food. Have to say (apart from petrol prices), the cost of food is the thing I've most noticed rocketing lately.We now seem to be spending £100 a week for the two of us on what I would call a fairly standard shop. Fruit, veg, bread, meat, a pizza or curry in a box, some beer, toiletries, etc.
We shop in the local Sainsburys. There is a Tesco a similar drive away, and a Morrisons a little further afield, but I can't stand it.
So, are we spunking away hundreds a year, or we spending pretty the average?
We do buy a lot of fresh stuff which I think is pricey- was thinking tonight I bet I could have got a week's worth of frozen/processed/cheap crap for a tenner- you can see the temptation for those struggling tonmake ends meet to eat rubbish...
Living on my own, spend about £30 a week. I have an Excel document with prices which I use to make my shopping list and tell me how much I should be spending, then it's not a horrible surprise. Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose are all within walking distance so I make a big loop and go round all three, choices are based on taste rather than price though.
However I am ashamed to admit I eat a lot of "frozen crap" during the week
On Saturdays and Sundays I'll cook properly for myself and often freeze some of it for a later date or have left overs for Monday. But during the week I tend to be exhausted when I get in from work so the idea of standing in the kitchen for half an hour preparing food just doesn't compute and I'll just chuck something in the oven 
However I am ashamed to admit I eat a lot of "frozen crap" during the week
On Saturdays and Sundays I'll cook properly for myself and often freeze some of it for a later date or have left overs for Monday. But during the week I tend to be exhausted when I get in from work so the idea of standing in the kitchen for half an hour preparing food just doesn't compute and I'll just chuck something in the oven I only ever buy the things we need at the moment, rather than anything that catches my eye. I've also changed to doing my shop at Morrison's and I'm actually pretty impressed with their selection of meats and deli goods. Have noticed a big difference in price with some items, and yet I don't feel I've lost out on quality by changing to them from Sainsburys.
I'm spending about £47 a week on average for both myself and my OH and getting everything I need for lunches and dinners for the both of us.
I'm spending about £47 a week on average for both myself and my OH and getting everything I need for lunches and dinners for the both of us.
We spend about £75 a week at Waitrose for 2 adults and 2 young children, sometimes a bit more when washing powder, nappies etc run low.
It helps that my OH is a shrewd shopper and knows the right times to get the best bargains with the reduced items that can be chucked in the freezer.
It helps that my OH is a shrewd shopper and knows the right times to get the best bargains with the reduced items that can be chucked in the freezer.
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