How much do you spend each week on food?

I plan a menu for the week. That way I know the ingredients I need to buy. 3 adults and a toddler - varies between £70 to £100. Before I adopted this method my shop and top up shops used to cost over £150 pw. Plus of course I ended up with duplicate packs of pasta etc etc.

I spend £40 in Lidl and £10 in or coop for top up for the two of us. All meals are cooked from scratch with fresh chicken or fish occasionally red meat or low fat mince . Once a week will be a veggie dish. I use a weekly meal plan but this is flexible if I buy any yellow sticker items. We don't drink so no alcohol. I find since stopping work and not visiting the large supermarkets any more my spending has reduced as there is so much less temptation and also less waste very little is thrown out these days

two of us plus one fussy cat and 2 grandkids who eat here 2-3 days a week, we spend about £80 big shop about every 10 days which consists of dinner/ lunch/breakfast food plus yoghurts, no cakes, biscuits, sweets etc and all cleaning stuff etc . we shop at either Asda(home delivery) or in person Aldi or Lidl and very rarely eat out or have takeaways. We also spend about £20 per week at local village shop on milk and bread.

Only me and I'm not a big meat eater, just chicken or fish. Don't drink either. My weekly spend including cleaning stuff, toiletries etc is usually about £40. I use Sainsburys mostly but also Tesco and Aldi, and I get given veg from daughters allotment.

I'd love to know how much I spend as the S.O. brings food in at the weekend and I live on whatever happens to be left topped up with what's in the freezer or things I buy when I'm out and about. I keep intending to keep a record. I do buy in fresh fruit and vegetables for my smoothie maker, along with nuts etc from Holland and Barrett so I know that each day I'm getting plenty of vitamins. But, when I went to Tesco's last week to top up on bananas, carrots and yoghurt I ended up spending @ £35 on toys and books for my granddaughter.

My mind boggles at how much some people spend for 2 people.

Since we both retired we don't do a regular shop anymore, but as and when we need to, which isn't actually often.
DH has a walk every morning, so pops into the co-op to have a look at their yellow stickers, if there's anything 'wondrous' he picks it up and it's either dinner that evening, or put in the freezer.
Roughly twice a month we go to Aldi to stock up on essentials and visit Waitrose every three weeks or so, for delicious extras. We've got our Waitrose timing perfect now, and usually pick up lots of reduced sticker produce. Last night we had sea bass fillets, Jersey royal potatoes and tenderstem broccoli, all Waitrose, total cost, £3-59!
We go to Costco for cereals, fresh/frozen veg and meat for the freezer about once every six weeks.
We have a takeaway about every third week, and eat lunch out about three times a month, very rarely have evening meal out, as we like to get 'comfy' in the evenings!
We hardly drink alcohol at all, so very little spent there, but I have a weakness for Blue Mountain coffee, which is a tad expensive, so I limit myself to two cups a day, and drink herbal tea or water the rest of the time. I buy my coffee as beans and grind them just before using, beans are cheaper than ground, and stay much fresher much longer.
I think all in, our 'weekly' amount averages out at £75 - £100 for two of us, no pets, but we eat very, very well.

We spend for two excluding the dog between £40 and £60 per week that included cleaning materials and occasional alcohol, mainly Aldi with a Tesco or Sainsburys top up when needed for the few things Aldi don't have or we don't like. It makes me so mad when I think of the money I wasted shopping in Waitrose, Sainsbury's etc before I retired. We don't buy much pre prepared food nearly everything is made from scratch and I always make a meal plan and use a list and we eat very well. In our town Tesco is across the road from Aldi and I always want to take families in Tesco with a full trolley on one side and tell them how much they could save if they went across the road. The other big advantage as I hate food shopping is that the Aldi is smaller and the checkout very very fast so you can do the whole weekly shop in under half an hour.

Just lately it's been around £30 per week, a tad more if I accidentally go down the book aisle. I must confess though I have bought no potatoes for weeks, still digging them up as I need them. The runner beans are coming through so veggies won't be bought for a while, just frozen peas, sweetcorn etc. I have bought no fruit as I was having to grab people off the street and give them my strawberries, the rhubarb is still producing, although the gooseberries and blackcurrants are finished, I've already got blackberries the size of walnuts just started and still got a whole freezer drawer full of fruit waiting to have something done with them. Oh and the apples are nearly ready. Considering I only took up gardening at the age of 65 3 years ago I'm feeling quite pleased with myself [grin}. And just in case you're wondering I don't have a large garden.

We will spend approximately £120 at Tesco today. There are the two of us all week, two pre school grandchildren to feed on 2 days a week and their daddy when he collects them. That doesn't include wine, DH gets that online usually when it's a good price. It's unusual if we manage the full week without having to top up.

Two of us, no pets. We spend about 130€ (£110ish) per week on average. We shop at Lidl, Carrefour and the local organic supermarket. Fish twice a week from the market (expensive) and meat from the butcher. We have a large vegetable garden and are pretty self-sufficient in summer with lots of veg frozen for the winter. We drink wine (well it is France) but it is not expensive. Low-carb so no cakes or puddings and no visits to the patisserie involved.
We do eat well, but never eat out.

Dribs and drabs, as the supermarket is just down the road and I am always calling in. Lidl is really good these days as well as our mainstream, which is Morrisons here, though I like to vary it by travelling to others occasionally. M&S is local too and good for meals for 2 for £10. If you want to save money on shopping, join Shopitise and Checkoutsmart and Shopmium and claim cashback via your phone app. The mysupermarket website allows comparison of prices for any product that you enter.

Around £70-80 per week, I shop mostly online from Ocado and do the basic order the week before, editing it as I go through the week, adding things I need or subtracting things if I change my mind. I think that I do less impulse buying this way. Also go the a Farmers' Market at the weekend for bread and deli stuff, then call in at the local Sainsbury's to pick up odds and ends that I think of.
This doesn't include wine which I buy by the case online when the fancy takes me - I'm guessing this would add around £25 per week or so.

M&S have just sent an e-mail in which the spokesperson says, if like her you have bbq's booked every weekend until September, why not try their Dover sole for a light midweek meal. £30 for 4 portions. Any takers?

Well, Ariana, it does seem that you are quite normal in line with quite a few on here but personally I'm shocked at the price some of you are paying for your food shops. While I don't penny pinch and don't particularly have a tight budget at present, I do smart shopping. This, as some have said, is buying at the right time, bulk buy when on offer if they can freeze or are non perishable. Smart shopping pays for the treats and the "Dine ins" I do occasionally buy. I particularly like Tesco's as I like their Moscato and they have a good choice of meals, sides and puds.

I also have an allotment so grow/freeze loads of veg and have an abundance of fruit. I make my own pasta sauces with courgettes, onions, tomatoes etc. I also make jams and chutneys too. This also keeps food costs down.

I suppose it depends on you, Ariana, and you need to ask yourself, and answer honestly, some questions to see if you want or need to change. eg

Do you have a lot of waste?
Are you eating too much and need to adjust for health reasons?
Are you eating a few too many unhealthy treats?
Do you need to save some of that money to go towards a holiday or special treat?

If you answer yes to any or all of these then, Yes, you are spending too much.

Good luck and enjoy.

We live in an urban village with 4 high street size grocers, COOP, Sains, Tesco and Waitrose within walking distance. So we shop every day AFTER eating breakfast and it's our 'walk'. Going on a fully tummy keeps the impulse buys down, and I usually get good 'reduced' items that are high-end.

Only at holidays and BDs do I stock up of special stuff with a home delivery fr Ocado (better use-by dates than Waitrose). That way I get things that are not normally carried in the small high street stores. I have not driven to a grocery in about 3 years. If I need a lot, I take a shopper trolley thingy.

If you live close to stores... it's an easy way to get fit as you have to walk to eat LOL !

Between £20-30 a week with an occasional large shop - maybe every 2 months - of £50 just for one. After finding myself still cooking for 2 for a long while and wasting food I learned to freeze portions rather than eat over two days and now eat a balance of freshly prepared meals and my own freezer meals. Some weeks I only need milk, bread and fresh produce and others a larger shop as stocks run down again. I use the freezer to the full so take advantage of offers on foods I enjoy and reduced items along with gluts from the garden or shared by friends. I still have stewed apples for a few pies or crumbles in the freezer from four huge bags of fallers donated by a friend last year.

Yesterday I was talking to someone in a similar situation and she raved about supermarkets not catering for single people but she never froze any meals or uncooked meat or fish, simply using her family-sized freezer for bought frozen food. To me the freezer is friend ensuring I have milk, bread and other eseentials on hand in bad weather as the nearest shop is a six mile drive with no public transport option. I suppose it is all down to perception.

we spend around £80 but that does include the cat food and toiletries and cleaning products. I find shopping online to a menu plan helps as I am not tempted by packaging or offers. not much red meat but a fair bit of chicken and fish. No alcohol. Good quality coffee is my vice!

On average £100 for two of us and two cats Mostly Sainsburys with an Aldi visit about once a month for cereal,cleaning stuff, wine etc .I have been meal planning for 35 years !When working I did not have time to shop around and life is too short...
The above does include at least £20 a week on wine,all cleaning materials and most toiletries, sometimes make up ,the odd clothing purchase and the odd book,magazine or CD. Food only probably about £60.We do have M and S £10 deal most weekends but rarely a take away (very occasionally fish and chips).If we eat out (maybe once every three months or so), it's usually for a celebration with family so wouldn't 'count ' that under normal expenditure as it could easily be £30 a head
I could easily cut it down but have no real need to . We eat eat well ,most meals from scratch, lots of vegetarian, chicken and fish.Have stopped buying cheese as we both love it in an attempt to lose weight and that alone probably saves
£10 a week .

We found we are spending less at lidle / aldi. Meat and fish very cheap !

I checked prices from Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and compared them with prices in their shops here. Any item I check is more expensive on the English island.

I do the shopping and cooking cos we share the work that's needed to be done. We have fish 2x a week, 2-3x and meat. We seldom have pork never lamb but smoked fish in the evenings 3 to 4 times a week. I cook a variation of Italien-, French- and old German cuisine with a lot of garlic, onion, celeries, beans, peas and others up to the season we are in.
Prices vary at the time of the year of course.
During spring and summer I spent less than in fall and winter.
All the veggies we want is been bought from the local farmer and we do the same with the meat, eggs a.s.o.
For the two of us we need about € 65.00 and € 85.00 a week.
We have the beef broth with green beans, tomatoes and sour cream for two days f.i. depends on the temperature we are in.

I never buy convenience foods except ice cream but even noodle and bread are made by myself.

Don't stick to a budget but would think I spend about £40 at Lidi a week, and once a month spend about £40 at either a butcher or Iceland on meat. This all gets frozen in portions if not frozen already, some of this will be over for the next month.Very rarely have takeaway, I like good quality food and like to cook from scratch. CAN'T ABIDE WASTE. It amazes me the amount some people throw away. Like to keep a well stocked food cupboard and freezer. If family come (which they do very often) I have plenty to fall back on. There are the two of us mainly and 2 large dogs. The dogs food is bought in bulk as it is so much cheaper. We like our treats and usually eat out once a month. Rarely drink alcohol. Basically we get what we want and think we do well for food.

Interesting deMichael. On the whole I find the UK and France work out roughly the same with some things cheaper, some more expensive.
Is food in Germany that much cheaper?
We never have convenience food which does seem to be more popular / available in the UK.

I live on my own and eat nutritious home cooked meals or salads. I usually shop at Waitrose and regularly spend about £35 a week, plus an £80 monthly delivered online shop for all the heavy things.

Same as original post but that includes washing powder, shower soap, loo rolls, toothpaste and cleaning materials etc There are two of us.