Couples - Your Approx. Monthly Food Shop Spend? Shocked!
Poll: Couples - Your Approx. Monthly Food Shop Spend? Shocked!
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Today, I have been mostly managing my retirement finances and have made a startling discovery.
As a retired couple we are spending £866 a month on food shopping! That would seem to be an awful lot to me. So I thought I would see where we stand in relation to other PH couples by way of a poll. It might also be interesting to others. Maybe if you're a family with children then you could make a guess at the children's cost of food and do a subtraction.
Mrs BP does all the cooking, she's good like that. For convenience, as they are close to her gym, she shops at M&S and Sainsbury's (yes I know, not a great start from the cost POV). Everything is fresh and cooked from scratch and she often spends 2-3 hours in the afternoon preparing dinner. So there are no ready meals and no shortcuts. We don't drink at home any more so no wine passes down the conveyor belt.
This doesn't include meals out as I pay for those separately, or we sometimes go halves if it is a costly one.
She's 100% not syphoning some off for make-up, hair etc. It's all nosh for home cooking. Edited to add - and cleaning materials.
I doubt she'd drive across town to Tesco or ASDA. Anyway, what do you think?
As a retired couple we are spending £866 a month on food shopping! That would seem to be an awful lot to me. So I thought I would see where we stand in relation to other PH couples by way of a poll. It might also be interesting to others. Maybe if you're a family with children then you could make a guess at the children's cost of food and do a subtraction.
Mrs BP does all the cooking, she's good like that. For convenience, as they are close to her gym, she shops at M&S and Sainsbury's (yes I know, not a great start from the cost POV). Everything is fresh and cooked from scratch and she often spends 2-3 hours in the afternoon preparing dinner. So there are no ready meals and no shortcuts. We don't drink at home any more so no wine passes down the conveyor belt.
This doesn't include meals out as I pay for those separately, or we sometimes go halves if it is a costly one.
She's 100% not syphoning some off for make-up, hair etc. It's all nosh for home cooking. Edited to add - and cleaning materials.
I doubt she'd drive across town to Tesco or ASDA. Anyway, what do you think?
Edited by BoomerPride on Friday 13th February 19:45
I would say that amount would cover our total grocery shopping for a family of four for a month, not just food but all the cleaning products, and cat supplies.
I don't include toiletries because while it would certainly cover mine I have no idea what the wife spends on her and the eldest daughter so I could be wildly out!
It does sound high to me but I don't shop in M&S.
I don't include toiletries because while it would certainly cover mine I have no idea what the wife spends on her and the eldest daughter so I could be wildly out!
It does sound high to me but I don't shop in M&S.
We mostly shop at Sainsbury's, and the local butcher and green grocer every week, with some trips to M&S or Waitrose if we need fancy cheese for an occasion. Sometimes we even go to the cheese shop in town. We're usually on the £350 mark for a month, maybe going just over £500 if we're pushing it, that's for 2 of us.
I do most of the family shop for me, wife and 20 year old son
Prices have risen sharply over the last couple of years and every time I get home I grumble, I grumble as I'm shopping too.
Tesco, 70%, M&S, 20%, Aldi 10% (estimate).
I'd say Tesco prices up 20% in the last 12/18 months, M&S nearer 25%
Do visit the reduced areas as a matter of course, renowned for it in fact.
Wouldn't be surprised at about £700 - £800.
Prices have risen sharply over the last couple of years and every time I get home I grumble, I grumble as I'm shopping too.
Tesco, 70%, M&S, 20%, Aldi 10% (estimate).
I'd say Tesco prices up 20% in the last 12/18 months, M&S nearer 25%
Do visit the reduced areas as a matter of course, renowned for it in fact.
Wouldn't be surprised at about £700 - £800.
John D. said:
M&S is your problem (as you know).
My wife will shop anywhere, but she is adamant that M&S is the best quality.Bulk of our stuff is delivered weekly by Ocado. Then there's a visit to Costco every couple of weeks - she likes their fruit and meat and would go weekly if it was a bit nearer.
Sheepshanks said:
John D. said:
M&S is your problem (as you know).
My wife will shop anywhere, but she is adamant that M&S is the best quality.Bulk of our stuff is delivered weekly by Ocado. Then there's a visit to Costco every couple of weeks - she likes their fruit and meat and would go weekly if it was a bit nearer.
I have also been looking over our finances lately - and kept a tally on our food spend for October, November and January.
Family of 4, 2 of us are celiac, 2 packed lunches a day for my wife and I and a proper cooked dinner every night. We don’t drink alcohol but do have a lot of Pepsi/coke.
£1100 a month average
Family of 4, 2 of us are celiac, 2 packed lunches a day for my wife and I and a proper cooked dinner every night. We don’t drink alcohol but do have a lot of Pepsi/coke.
£1100 a month average
Blakeatron said:
I have also been looking over our finances lately - and kept a tally on our food spend for October, November and January.
Family of 4, 2 of us are celiac, 2 packed lunches a day for my wife and I and a proper cooked dinner every night. We don t drink alcohol but do have a lot of Pepsi/coke.
£1100 a month average
You need to banish that horrendous stuff from your house...Absolutely terrible stuff in any form.Family of 4, 2 of us are celiac, 2 packed lunches a day for my wife and I and a proper cooked dinner every night. We don t drink alcohol but do have a lot of Pepsi/coke.
£1100 a month average
£1100 is a staggering amount! We're a family of 4 (Mum,Dad...two adult kids who won't leave home!) and spend about £3-400 a month on food.
It looks like we average about £100 a week in the supermarket for a family of three. Plus maybe another £50 on other things like my lunch at work, the odd meal out, etc.
Then maybe another £40-50 a week on alcoholic drinks, if we're counting that?
Then maybe another £40-50 a week on alcoholic drinks, if we're counting that?
Edited by kambites on Friday 13th February 20:56
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