UK families - how much is your weekly shopping?

Even better if you can tell me how many people it feeds in your household.
Our food alone is about £90-£100 for a week, but then I go to cheaper shops for cleaning supplies, snacks for the kids, fruit ect and I think that’s where I keep over spending.
But then I do have two toddlers who just eat so so much fruit.

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Our shops range from 120-200 a week. I just got a shop delivered and it was £216🥲 that being said I do have my husband’s birthday cake etc in that shop and it should last nearly 2 weeks so not a normal shop.
2 adults, a 4 year old, 3 year old and 11 month old

£70-90 for the main shop. (2 adults, 1 toddler who eats like a horse, 2 cats). But we use places like the company shop or our local coop for reduced meat, and Costco for some things in bulk like cat litter, wipes etc. If you have uber eats sometimes on Mondays there’s 50% off all fruit and veg from certain supermarkets which is worth it if you have one nearby and more than justifies the cost of the service/delivery.

It depends on the week but I would say about £70 a week 1 adult 2 toddlers.

2 adults, a nearly 4yo and nearly 2yo
Our main shop each week is around £80-90 (delivery usually from sainsburys) and we probably spend around £30 a week on top ups for extra fruit, snacks etc

Top one was meant to be £100 🤦🏻‍♀️

£150 on average, 2 adults 2 toddlers

So we get a large shop from Iceland once a month and that's usually £100 and because of their deals where you buy multiple, I will say we still have some left the following month we get another order. Usually spend £60 a week and that's two adults and one 20 month old going in 20 years old with his appetite

Around £60 for 2 ish of us

Around £50-80 a week, between Lidl and Sainbury’s or Tesco.
However that doesn’t include meat as I buy all my meat from a local (VERY reasonably priced butchers near me.. 500g of beef steak mince he only charges 3.99!!). Probably about £20-£25 will do a month and a a half probably of meat at the butchers.

Towards 80 if I need cleaning stuff hutni tend to buy that in bulk when it’s on clubcard or nectar offers so it lasts a long time.

However I’ve been awful recently for just popping to the shops in the week and spending like £20 here and there so need to get back to sticking to my budget!

There is also 2 adults and 1 child! (Who has school dinners so I’m not buying loads of lunchbox stuff) ❤️

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So my mum got a digital frame off my brother and his wife for her birthday a month ago and she put it on the TV cabinet. We visit often and she knows my audhd 4 year old touches things at his level and is still learning. He has touched stuff before that where actually toys for him but that where to have a controlled use and she has gotten cranky when he has touched them.

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I was busy, which is why she and my Dad had him.

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I told her no she fucking didn't.

Went and picked up my son, carried him to a different room and comforted him as he was histerical. Refused to go to my mum for ages but he did and she talked to him and apologised.

He was still really upset and I took him home because so was I.

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Mum yelled at me that she only had 2 options, there or the dining table.

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I feel like she dislikes me and resents my sweet kiddo. It fucking sucks.

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