Weekly shop spend?

[Reynard]

Now we're talking. My nan used to do them in dripping. Mmmmmmmm

It is the ONLY way (IMHO).... enjoy

I fear I might have made a little piggy of myself.

Mind you, the locally-grown tatties are most excellent.

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I've never kept a running note of what we're spending on groceries; I think it's working out about £30 a head a week roughly for the two of us.

Earlier in the week I commented to my wife I feel our grocery bill's creeping up a tad as over time. I think I might keep a closer eye on our grocery bills; I'm curious to see how much our grocery bills change over time.

 

[Ridgeway]

If i added it up i'd probably top myself

Just came back this evening with 3 average bags of mixed food stuff only and that was £150

 

[Archie_tect]

I have to confess I bought 6 hot cross buns in Sainsburys yesterday that weren't on the list...
At 89p it would've been rude not to! Lovely toasted with butter and tea for half-past three o'clocks.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Around £110 pw for two of us - includes booze which is around £20 pw.

Mainly Morrisons/Aldi.

 

[straas]

I've thought about buying those prepared fancy home cooked meals and using the fresh food box deliveries as i'm also living alone since Nov but all of the services seem to have a minimum of 2-4 people so I've revert back to cooking fresh i did in the late 80s / 90s not only have i remembered its really not that hard but a lot of meals i can make for 2-4 and freeze portions and now i'm WFH i have at least 4 hours where i'm not in the car to prepare meals for the week, tomorrow i'm going to make a seafood pie, vegan pie, vegetable biryani and a veggie cottage pie.

Also before my COVID divorce my monthly food bill was £1.5-2k a month now its £50-60 a week and i cant remember the last item of food i threw away, i wasnt doing the shopping before

That is a serious amount of money! Fillet steaks every night?

 

[gbb]

Usually £50 for 2 of us for the main shop, but always need extras through the week.
I maxed out at £40 each but it's over £30 in reality...plus Sundays are always heavy on food...official support bubble visit (under 1 year old child) for dinner plus extras . Probably costs £20 for everything just on Sundays.

 

[itboffin]

That is a serious amount of money! Fillet steaks every night?

wasn’t me that’s for sure, no idea why but I know now everything I buy is eaten fresh and zero waste for a fraction

 

[Ridgeway]

So braved it an totted it up to around £90 p/person p/week and that using the cheapest possible shops and saving every penny. Lost of the last 12 months hasn't allowed us to do our weekly shops in France and that has a pretty big impact as we can typically save 30% off that, maybe even more.

By good fortune io have to visit a customer in Chambéry on Tuesday (cross border business trips allowed) so may have to nip into a Carrefour

 

[Reynard]

Just been and done my fortnightly shop in Tesco this evening. Came to £71.25, but that included a pack of AAA batteries, a sudoku book and a tub of face cream for the parental unit and a few bits for a friend who asked me for some things she can't get in Sainsbury's.

So in the ballpark of what I posted upthread.

 

[slowmotion]

About £50 each. I'm in charge of foraging for and consuming grog and it's on another budget. We use veggie boxes, a local butcher, and a few home deliveries, none of which are cheap here in west London. When we need to visit a supermarket, we use Waitrose at the moment. We've given up on Lidl and Tesco. The local one's seem to have frighteningly lax attitudes to Covid safety.

 

[TheDoctor]

Ours is somewhat variable. An online Waitrose order can be £80 for two people per week, but if I'm in Aldi (ah, those far-off days when going out was a thing...) I'd often get it down to £30 or less!

 

[Reynard]

Hah! Every time I go into Waitrose, it turns me into an honorary Yorkshirewoman - short in the arm and deep in the pocket...

 

[TheDoctor]

I used to have a Waitrose at the end of my road. It closed.
Since the whole Covid thing came along, I have been mostly doing online orders.

 

[lane]

Don't think its more than £30 per head for two adults and two teenagers. Definitely less than £50 ahead or £200 a week, which seems avaerage but I would have thought was a lot.