How much do you spend each week on food?

I spend too much

for 2 of us around £50 a week, DH is a "yellow sticker" shopper & get some amazing bargin - earlier this week we had roast turkey & it worked out at £6 for 4 meals including veg. We never have takeaways

My god some of the totals here are seriously high! I couldn't spend that kind of money on food for only 2 people, I'd feel so spendthrift and out of control. We spend between £40-£50 and we eat very well.

Two of us, no pets etc.
I spend £40-60/week depending on whether I need loo rolls, washing powder etc. we rarely eat out or drink alcohol. I shop at Lidl with a trip to Sainsburys or Tesco for things I can't get there.
The freezer is full now so I can start running it down again and I won't be buying any meat/fish/frozen veg for some weeks. I have plenty of beans, broccoli, tomatoes and salad leaves growing in the garden/greenhouse.

Good idea whitewave!

No idea, DH does it all and doesn't appreciate it if I offer to help!

Love to read everybodys expense per week, we live in Sweden but do have a second home in the UK, and what a difference when shopping there, we always shop at ASDA as it is the nearest,and we get SO much more for our money there, in comparison to the shops here, we just LOVE shopping in the UK.

About £30 tops . I live off grid on a boat in London & at the moment don't run a fridge & am out of gas for the hob. I only drink water on board and don't keep much in the way of store cupboard ingredients. I buy fresh each day & it's got to be something that doesn't need heating or cooking - can't do either at the mo. When I'm moored on grid this will change but on the narrow boat complete with oven and microwave it was pretty much the same

That said I drink cocktails in Claridges and spend a 3 figure sum every 6/8 weeks on my hair (and then there are the Louboutins in my life) I guess food is pretty low on my agenda

We go to Tesco every Sunday afternoon and get incredible reductions - fruit and veg and ready meals often down to 10% of their original price. Never comes to more than £25 including a few things that aren't reduced. Then usually about £20 per week in Aldi for non-perishables. So rarely more than £45 per week for me, DH and adult DD.

I am such a supermarket tart! I shop with whoever sends me the best money off vouchers. We have every supermarket within a 7 mile radius. I find that if I don't shop with Sainsbury's for a while they then send me several £12 off a £60 shop vouchers. Tesco aren't quite so generous but also try to entice with vouchers after not shopping there for a while. We now have a new Waitrose who sent £8 off several £40 shops and recently a voucher for £20 off a £100 online shop. In between I shop at the local Asda as it seems to be the cheapest.
I've recently given up work (for now anyway, will have to see how things go, I may be bored in the Winter), I find the whole supermarket thing a real challenge and have always shopped frugally, something I got from my Mother who had very little money. If I see something on special offer, I will buy two or three of them. Occasionally if we have an expensive meal out, we will live out of the freezer that week.
I reckon I spend £60 - £70 a week for two of us, this doesn't include wine as I shop for this separately when there are good deals to be had.
We probably eat out once a fortnight and very rarely have a takeaway as we both enjoy cooking.

There is me, DH and DD3 living at home. I spend between £50 and £80, and I'd really rather spend less. We are vegetarian, so there is no meat or fish and I always cook from scratch. We get takeaway about three times a year (usually when DH wants some unhealthy food!) and we rarely eat out - not more than once every other month. We do buy one or two bottles of wine or beer each week, so that keeps the price up. It does annoy me that food is so expensive. I mainly shop at Asda as we live really close to the store, but try to get to Lidl or Aldi if I can for cheaper bits. I do like the fruit and veg from Lidl as they are good quality and inexpensive, but have always been disappointed with Aldi veg. If we have cakes they are only ever home made - they taste nicer, cost less and aren't full of preservatives.

I realise I might be sounding like a goody-goody! But we are on a fairly tight budget and couldn't afford to spend more. Plus I prefer home made food.

Between £100-140 a week for 2 of us, including treats for 2 dogs and food for grandchild who is with us 3 days a week.
Everything cooked fresh, no convenience foods.
Glad my spending is quite 'normal' reading everyone's posts!!

I am also quite stunned at the amount some of us are spending on food assuming we are all in a similar position relying on retirement pension?
After paying mortgage,council tax and utility bills I only have left for a months food what some here are spending in a week!
There is me, my grandson and his cat and dog. I wondered how on earth do you all pay bills, but then realised the couples will receive double pension. What about all we singles, how do you manage the budget?

I do a weekly shop in Sainsburys- about £90 but that includes wine.
I then top up in Waitrose & Morrisons during week if I find I need something. Maybe about £20-30 max-usually less.
Only 2 of us & I cook everything from scratch & I don't buy any 'convenience' food as I love cooking- including making our bread.
This does not include cat food which I get delivered & the bil goes up quite a lot when DGC are staying.
DH not here for lunch & I usually only have toast or a yoghurt or something light.
I keep one credit card only for food shopping so I can keep an eye on it & it is usually £400-£500 a month(includes alcohol) I pay it off every month but it is useful to see what I am spending.If we have fish & chips or a Chinese takeaway it comes out of main account though- maybe once every 6 weeks.
I always thought it was far more economical to cook everything from scratch but TBH I'm not sure anymore. However I have always cooked this way so am not about to start buying microwave meals-although DH has a nasty habit of seeing something he fancies & bringing it home-as long as he doesn't want me to eat it that's fine- he works opposite a very large Sainsburys in another town & can't resist the urge to 'pop in' there (worked for Waitrose when he was at college so fascinated by supermarkets- he is a nightmare abroad as I want to see the scenery & he wants to see the supermarkets!!)
I'm not sure about the Greg Wallace show although I do watch it- are people really that dim that they have no clue what they are spending & do they REALLY give their children all those crisps? It wouldn't be much of a show if they all bought loads of raw fruit & veg & were doing OK with their budgeting. I notice they don't have any older people!

Yep same here, £120 ish just for food. If I buy wine and expensive washing powder, cleaning stuffs etc then its a lot more. Only two of us and one dog and cat. Doesn't include the dogs or cat food though, that's another £20 or so a week!!

It would be difficult to assess exactly how much I spend a week as I no longer do the 'one big shop' in the store I used to do when I was working with two tired children trailing round with me fighting each other!

Instead I do a Tesco's 'deliver-in' of basics which costs from £65-£120. These days retirement has allowed me to spend time chasing bargains so in that basic sum there might well be something on offer I have bought in bulk. For example, when my toothpaste came down to half price I bought ten of them and I always buy 342 and BOGOF offers of non perishable items.

My DH and I eat frugally in the week and stick to things like soup or salad. At the weekend (Friday to Sunday) we indulge a bit. On Friday we have smoked salmon and cold seafood or a continental meat & meze selection with artisan bread. Saturdays are given over to some high end red meat such as lamb or steak and Sundays will be barbecue if it's hot or lasagne made with no-fat steak mince and salad. Often we will dive into Waitrose or M&S and pick up fancy yellow sticked bargains and plan the weekend meals round them.

I reckon it all evens out at aout £100 a week for a healthy and delicious menu.

However, I have not mentioned my Champagne addiction which is going to have to be shown the door when the DH retires. On Friday we share a bottle of Prosecco or Cava and every single Saturday we open a bottle of nice Champagne we have bought at bargain basement prices. We buy in bulk when it's on offer and watch Martin Lewis's cheap fizz e-mails for these. Often the fizz-keeper goes in the top and the shampoo is kept until Sunday so we can have a glass then too. We are not big drinkers but we do like a bit of luxury.

I have no real idea. Food shopping includes my husband, me and my brother who lives with us. Also feed 4 DGCs 2 x week for tea and lunch too in hols so weeks vary. Live opposite the co-op so pop in there almost daily for bits and bobs forgotten during bigger trips to Sainsbury, Waitrose (our 2 local supermarket options) or the market, greengrocer , butcher or fish shop in the High St. It all depends on what time of year, what's growing in the garden, if we are out for meals and what I've spotted in a recipre book /online/TV etc etc. Whatever the total is it is certainly more than we actually NEED to spend!!

Single, but usually spend between £30/40 (includes the odd cleaning products and toiletries )as I buy extra in for family/ friends popping by.I buy fresh or frozen fish ,decent quality chicken ,nice bread and some organic veg.Never red meat or processed meals,rarely wine unless friends are coming.Try to buy half price where possible,and throw as little away as possible.
If I fancy eating A but B is on its use by date,then I will eat B !!
Some spend more on food than the state pension!!
I still work ,but live on my state pension as the house is being renovated(nothing fancy...floors,joists,heating,insulation etc ).
It has made me realise how difficult it must be to have only that.
My water,insurance,fuel,council tax takes almost half of it....can,t imagine I will retire.

Glad to see I am not alone! I thought my spend was getting a bit high but it is clear that I am not alone. Two of us plus cat, I buy cat food in bulk on line only Fishy Treats from the supermarket and only when they are on special offer. Food spend varies from just over £200 per month to £400+ (usually when the family visit) so it is £50 to £100. That doesn't include cleaning materials etc which I list separately. Shop at Farm shop, local butcher and Waitrose. Bills will be lower for the next couple of months as all veg and a lot of fruit are from the garden.

I have noticed that my grown up children spend what I would consider to be far too much on food, probably twice what I spend. The reason for this profligacy is that they don't plan meals a week ahead but like to be spontaneous and buy everything new for each meal. My son leaves half of his unused ingredients in the fridge and I use them up for him which saves me a fortune.

He bought the means of making a mince ragu recently and changed his mind. Rather than letting good food go to waste I Googled a ragu recipe and made it myself. He thought it was delicious but really, what a foolish way to carry on - and with the example of a prudent and frugal mother!

Sometimes when I hear youngsters complaining about how older folks are taking all the money off them I think to myself, 'You could have saved for a house deposit with what you have wasted on food' just as my dear old mother could have bought a Ferrari with what she spent on 'booze and fags'.

As a young mum with 2DDs in the 70's I was acutely aware of prices and good value. Tooting market was my favourite stamping ground or the late lamented Safeway in Streatham High Road. Once when I had had my Family Allowance money "lifted" from my handbag by a friend's au pair while I was being shown over the friend's new house,(!) I was left with precisely £8 for the week. No huge freezer or fridge full of staples to fall back on and no access to the cash point for another week, but I managed! We ate a lot of eggs that week and beans on toast more than once, but I had to hide behind the sofa when the milkman rang for payment!
Looking back I could learn a lot from those days of making do, instead of popping out to my local Waitrose at the drop of a hat.

I've just been for my daily Waitrose outing on foot, (yes, good exercise as someone said), spent £24.68. It did occur to me they are probably making me buy more than I need because I regularly use their own convenient recipe cards and of course they have all sorts of ingredients in them I wouldn't normally buy.

Tomorrow I'm going to try a weekend shop at Tesco to fill the cupboards and it will be interesting to compare. Taking the car and parking (London) is going to be the hassle part.

Not advertising, but Ocado "price match" with Tesco and other supermarkets and are ideal for the "big shop" especially for the items I buy regularly, loo paper, dishwasher and laundry tabs, butter etc etc.
Certainly better than supermarket parking on a Saturday, but that is another story.

Lilyflower I so agree with your final paragraph some of my grown up grandchildren moan because they can't save but when I see all the socialising, eating out, holidays and takeaways they have a lot of the time its no wonder they can't save. Hindsight and age experience is a wonderful thing.

I'm averaging £16 a week on "Tesco", which is mainly food. That's for one person. I eat out once a week and tend to spend £5 on food and £5 on drink. It is quite possible to live on a lot less than most people think.