Shopping Bill

So my work mates and I have been discussing our weekly shopping bills during lockdown/working from home as we are at the minute.

They were astounded when I said my costs about £15-20 a week.

Theirs, even the singletons are at least double that.

How much do you spend on yours?

 

Are you Jamie Oliver, or perhaps Jesus? 5 loaves & 2 small fish 'n all that.

Cooking largely veggie food I can just about live on £4 a day & be healthy, so say £30.

 

Anywhere between £60 to £120.

Sometimes bits and pieces over the main shop more.

Family of five though.

 

Daughters back fom uni and a teenage son eating me out of house and home! I'm not even looking at the credit card bill!!

 

I’ve 2 kids who seen like magnets to the crisp cupboard and fridge

 

About £200 a week during lockdown, now around £140

 

£60 to £80 week .

I eat £79 worth

 

Anywhere from £80 to £150 for me and the wife

 

Blimey, is that with booze? Seems a lot

 

Maybe a bottle of wine or some nice gin. We’re not big drinkers though

We started eating a lot of fresh food about 6 months ago. We eat ‘proper’ food near enough every day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, premium ingredients cost a lot. We sometimes order food in for lunch and/or breakfast, but never for dinner. I cook every day.

I love cooking, so it’s not a chore, but it’s not cheap. We’ve both lost weight though since we made the switch and we both feel a lot better, so it’s worth it.

I love food. They say people either eat to live or live to eat. I definitely live to eat. I can’t do with bland food or cheap meat.

 

You’ll be the richest man in cemetery with savings like that .

 

8 nil.. superb goal n'all.

 

I wish.

I think it’s cos I shop around, be it market, Iceland, Lidl Online etc and avoid paying more than I need to for something.

I hardly eat any processed ***** barring the emergency chicken dippers and pizza in the freezer.

I get through a **** load of rice, porridge and couscous though. And milk

 

Cutting back I see.

 

I invest in local businesses.

 

What does your average meal look like? I’ve found it’s the unexpected ingredients for things like sauces and seasonings that get the expenses up. The protein is expensive, but the little things add up. Things like fresh herbs, bone broths, wines etc.

 

Averaging about £120 per week at the minute.

 

For how many people?

 

With extra for things like spices that I buy for the weekend meals that I cook.

 

Three plus a dog. I honestly think it was cheaper when there was five of us (adjusting for inflation). Maybe we just tried harder to budget when all the kids were at home.