Food shop weekly cost

How much are people spending on food shopping a week? We spend between £80-100 a week, this is for 2 adults and 2 kids, a dog and a cat. Do our shopping in Tesco and most weeks we will end up in a shopping for washing detergent, dishwasher tablets, animal food etc as we like to physically look at what is the best deals that week in a shop.

I just hear people doing these videos about how they can spend £30 for 4/5 meals and I have no idea how they do this!!

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£150-£200 a week. Family of 4. Autistic child that only eats certain stuff. You do well to spend so little

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Mine is around £100 for a family of 4

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You can do a lot with reusing ingredients which tends to be what they do BUT they’re also talking one main meal a day right…throw in breakfast, lunch, pets, snacks, drinks etc and it fully adds up! X

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Around £80 for 2 adults a 1 year old & a dog 🤦🏽‍♀️

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I could do £30 for 4 meals, but it would only be 4 dinners (for three of us). The rest of the shopping like household goods, lunches, breakfast, snacks etc all adds up too! We spend about £80-90 a week

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We spend about the same, but to balance our meals/spend, I do have a few tried and tested low cost meals that I stretch/batch cook.

Lentil bolognese or chilli - bag of red lentils is a couple of quid from Tesco, use 100-200g a time it’s about 50p for a big meal. Bag of carrots, 69p, celery 70p, onions 99p, large garlic 50p, chopped tomatoes 50p. I use 2 of everything to bulk the meal out and get veggies in. Add a tin of your preferred beans for chilli.
Oregano and bay leaves for the bolognese (have a bay tree in the garden), cumin/coriander/smoked paprika in the chilli. Buying spices from the world foods section works out much cheaper and lasts longer. Pack of basic spaghetti is 28p. Basic rice is 50p. Block of cheese to grate on both. These meals can be easily scaled, tweaked, are tasty, healthy and veggie packed, freezeable, and versatile. We do a classic chilli with rice one night, another night maybe quesadillas or burritos with the chilli.
Saves us a bit for nicer treats!

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I buy my washing gel in bulk, farmfoods do persil non bio gel 3 for £30 (95washes each) dishwasher tablets finish 100 for 9.99, Kingsmill bread 2 for £1.80 which i freeze toilet roll is 6 (pack of 18) for £20 but im still looking at £120 to £150 a week for family of 5 but I think if I looking at what we were eating each week and when I think £80 to £100 I reckon

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Approx £80-£100. 2 adults, 1 child, 2 cats. That also includes any household items, toiletries ect.

These videos base the expense on 1 meal a day and don't take into account other meals and items

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About 120 to 130. 2 adults, 1 toddler and 2 cats. This does include some treats. If I was to do an old shop with alcohol its like £180

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I have no idea how any of you spend such little. For 2 adults and one toddler, about £180 per week inc pet food for 3 cats

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Family of 3 and a dog, we spend around £70 a week. That's what we budget for and this often includes little Aldi special buy items for the house. We split our shop between Tesco and Aldi. Partly for convenience for click and collect or delivery options and also because on clubcard some things are same price if not cheaper. We then do a quick run round Aldi (we shop 2 weekly so it's not so much faff). Dog food is separate budget but he's fed raw and we get food monthly which is around £30. Cleaning products and detergents etc we buy larger packs on offer and we use refill dish soap and hand soaps.

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Usually £80 to £90 but sometimes more.
I've started having a weekly rota for teatime so I'm adjusting to try and cut it down if possible.

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Food shop weekly cost

How much are people spending on food shopping a week? We spend between £80-100 a week, this is for 2 adults and 2 kids, a dog and a cat. Do our shopping in Tesco and most weeks we will end up in a shopping for washing detergent, dishwasher tablets, animal food etc as we like to physically look at what is the best deals that week in a shop.

I just hear people doing these videos about how they can spend £30 for 4/5 meals and I have no idea how they do this!!

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Something felt wrong so I looked at his phone and found messages between him and a girl he went to college with. She's recently gone through a divorce. He's texting her constantly, including checking in on her at 6:30 in the morning. He's asking about her dating life, giving her compliments, and he even invited to buy her a drink and to soft play with the kids.
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