How much do you spend....?

I am glad to have our village shop, it is more expensive as they can't buy in bulk, but so useful for essentials during icy weather when I don't like driving. Lots of local people in the supported housing nearby rely on them. It is a family business, and I've just found out they are closing on 17th December for four weeks, so people will have to get organised in advance.

German shepherds mum - your shop sounds a bit like mine. We still do Thursday evening fridge bottom meal even tho we are 2 not 5 these days

We’ve moved to a Scottish island. The village shop is amazingly well stocked but my hair stood on end when I first saw the price of some items eg butter, most fruit and veg. Meat and fish are all local and though not cheap are fantastic quality and DH keeps commenting about how well we are eating. I’ve learned to just bite the bullet, pay to get what I want and be grateful we’ve had no shortages of any kind.

Fanks, Esspee
Much appreshiated

(Actually I sound inebriated but I'm not!)

Callistemon I've just got round to reading this thread and have to say your post at 6th Nov 21:32 is worthy of a prize, perhaps an orchid. I bet you do a great deadpan delivery.

Perhaps not quite enough said. I have a big dog to feed and I will only buy meat from the local butcher for provenance (all his meat is responsibly reared and humanely slaughtered within a few miles’ radius), and genuinely free range eggs. We also buy fresh fish from the local fishmonger every week. All that bumps the bill up but nothing at all is wasted. I can’t stand the waste of food.

It’s abundantly clear that I spend far too much. Nuff said.

I veer between Sainsburys and Waitrose, both give half an hour's free parking for a quick shop or, a minimum shop of £10 gets you a couple of hours, so I often take advantage of that if I wander off into town. I spent £20 or so in Sainsburys today for a top up shop, bits and pieces in the pharmacy part of the shop plus some bread, flour, milk, fruit and veg mainly. I tend to go back there towards the end of the week for wine for more staples. I love shopping in Waitrose, ours is quite new with a John Lewis above it. I go there on Sundays and usually spend £30 or so, but that gets me a complimentary Sunday Times which I think is quite a big plus. I think I spend around £400 a month roughly. I do buy books and other fripperies at the supermarket sometimes though, so probably not all essential stuff.

grannylyn65

Am I the only one to get annoyed at bad grammar ?

Maybe just maybe some folks weren't learned grammar at school but can still make us laugh? You need to relax babe, life's too short for red pen corrections!

Quite! By can't some people just stick to the agenda wot were speaking for?

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grannylyn65

Am I the only one to get annoyed at bad grammar ?

No - because as an ex-teacher I realise that there can be reasons I am unaware of, and to point it out on a public forum is unreasonable, cruel and hurtful.

DH spent £27 at the fish-van on Friday. Beautiful fish but dearer than filet steak!
I’m back from Lidl with meat and veg for the week plus a big stock up of tins and oil because I was coming home in a taxi, I was £45.

kircubbin2000 do you really expect anyone to point a finger of who the culprit is, It is bad enough it was pointed out in the first place. Bad grammar grates on a lot of people but as said earlier we are too polite to comment, as there is absolutely no need to on here.

GagaJo

Graygirl, if you check back on the thread, most people have spoken critically about that comment. Certainly no need for YOU to leave! It's what you say that counts, not the spelling/grammar of it.

Yes Joesoap, we are. I lived in Switzerland for a couple of years. A bag of groceries there that cost 30chf would cost me £6 or £7 in the UK. I appreciate how cheap the food is here!

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Graygirl, if you check back on the thread, most people have spoken critically about that comment. Certainly no need for YOU to leave! It's what you say that counts, not the spelling/grammar of it.

Yes Joesoap, we are. I lived in Switzerland for a couple of years. A bag of groceries there that cost 30chf would cost me £6 or £7 in the UK. I appreciate how cheap the food is here!

You are all SO lucky purchasing so much for so little! We live in Sweden, so say no more. I shop for essentials once a week and this isnt luxuries like Prosecco, which you cannot buy in supermarkets over here, we pay the equivelant of at least £ 200 this doesnt include toiletries, beer, wine etc, the latter articles we buy if we have something special, that bumps up the bill a lot.Guess if I love coming to the UK!

Grammar, Time for me leave, I am in my late 60s have crippling dyslexic (yes I checked the spelling ) This is supposed to be a place of fun, not send me back to the checking, rechecking, then then getting someone else to write it, of my younger years

I shop at Lidl weekly, and spend about £40 each time. I have to admit to also calling in at Farmfoods (a new shop has just opened near to Lidl) for items I cannot get (usually Brand Named goods) to add a little variety to our normal menu! I keep it within the overall weekly amount though!

£80 per week which only amounts to two bags of shopping! Prices have definitely risen! Bloody Brexit

grannylyn65

Am I the only one to get annoyed at bad grammar ?

Why say this? It’s not a thread about grammar, even if there were a mistake (I can’t be bothered to look), it’s just people chatting.
As for your shopping bill OP, it’s good to give yourself a treat every now and then, as long as you can afford it. ?

Not everyone had the chance of a good education so I don’t comment .

I have a weekly delivery from Sainsbury’s. I stopped shopping around during the lockdown and haven’t really got back into doing that again. I’m fortunate to be able to afford a top up from M and S which is within walking distance so no petrol needed. To be fair quite a few of their products are very competitively priced.
As far as grammar, spelling and punctuation are concerned I’m lucky to have had a good education meaning that I have few problems in this area. Not everyone is as lucky and I wouldn’t dream of highlighting their mistakes. I expect they do lots of other things expertly.

I spend about £50 a week for 2 adults, 1 child and 2 indoor cats. It's helped by my being on a long term, near starvation diet ? and by NOT taking my daughter shopping with me. NOT helped by the cost of cat litter and cat food for the indoor moggies.

I'm very careful what I buy tho. No luxuries. Although I do indulge DGS if I take him out for the day. HE is my luxury.

We have a Tesco delivery once a fortnight & I buy everything from there including washing powder, stamps, candles, cleaning products etc as well as food and drink. It averages out around £130 a time. The favourites list stops me buying random things I don't need. I occasionally pop into Lidl in between times and I do go to Home Bargains specifically for their really excellent muesli, the best I've ever tasted. I buy very little fruit & veg as we have a very productive garden, thanks to DH.