Your weekly shop
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crustychick
doo-woop-de-doo
Hmmm, i'm mostly buying for two these days, and I'd say about £30-40 a week for two. Spend about £13-15 on fruit and veg from the vegbox delivery, and then top that up with any staples needed, usually about £10-£20 everytime we go. And more on weeks when I buy washing up liquid and stuff like that.
Mostly I get free lunch at work.
Also, I now eat out approx two nights and one lunch per week
Mostly I get free lunch at work.
Also, I now eat out approx two nights and one lunch per week
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
I think we're probably similar. I did a £180 mega-shop and it lasted three weeks, including quite a few of my lunches.
feyr
evil evil monkey!
between £30 and £50 depending on if we need washing powder, toiletries etc. thats for 2 adults, 4 children 5 and under and a baby. but i normally skip breakfast, and often choose to only eat 1 meal a day. once the kids get older, i expect it to rise significantly and quickly 
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
between £30 and £50 depending on if we need washing powder, toiletries etc. thats for 2 adults, 4 children 5 and under and a baby. but i normally skip breakfast, and often choose to only eat 1 meal a day. once the kids get older, i expect it to rise significantly and quickly
My God! You definitely win.
davesgcr
Reading books
With 2 teenage boys (who eat like horses) about £140 a week - but I do a monthly quality Waitrose shop which puts it up a bit
No point in skimping - but you do get excellent value from the market - especially fish at the end of the day - 6 fresh Plaice for £10 being a good buy recently.
No point in skimping - but you do get excellent value from the market - especially fish at the end of the day - 6 fresh Plaice for £10 being a good buy recently.
zenie
>^^<
What are these cheaper cuts?
Yeh I get chicken breasts from Wyndham (I think they're called) at Borough, fiver for 2
but they're massive! They're not something I buy once a week though. Veggie food is ace 
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wobbly
my local farmer's market does whole birds for 6 quid. If you want to turn it into several smaller portions, ti's not that hard to do with a decent knife]What are these cheaper cuts?
Yeh I get chicken breasts from Wyndham (I think they're called) at Borough, fiver for 2
zenie
>^^<
Yeh I must do that next time! I do get kilo's of chicken wings for a fiver.
There's a farmers market at Kennington but I keep forgetting
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Dunno if others have responded to this but sometimes I'm not convinced it's not cheaper to feed two!! I noticed when I used to shop for my gran that smallthings are often considerably dearer!
£1.50 for toothpaste!!! Get thee to Lidl and don't buy brands names
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geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
I also buy the best bread they have, which can easily be £3 a loaf.
I've noticed bread is a
price. It must be cheaper to make your own. Even if you spend £40 on a breadmaker(mine is a few years old now) it still works out cheaper imo/e. I reckon my bread costs about 50p a loaf by the time you work everything into the cost.PacificOcean
Unhinged User
I've noticed bread is a
You can buy decent bread in Tesco for 29p.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
Around £40/50 for the week for the both of us I reckon. We have freshly prepared meals everyday and make our lunch from our weekly shopping, cant really afford lunch out. Also it means that we get nicer stuff than minging prepacked sandwiches. Have you seen what passes for chicken in them
I could live on less than that if I had to - I usually spend about five of six quid on essentials (fruit and veg, basically) and the rest of more frivolous things.
I've got tins, rice, pasta, pulses, stock cubes etc in my cupboards which make up the bulk of my meals and don't often need replacing, and I very rarely buy meat.
What's so difficult to grasp about that?
It's not difficult to grasp. I've lived on less than that for a week but it was years ago. But from what you're saying a lot of the time you're really only eating one main meal a day. That's fine if that's all you need but my daily intake has obviously risen as I've got older. I always have a substantial breakfast now, which means I can often get through the afternoon with some fruit and/or a cheese sarny. Then another substantial meal for tea.
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wobbly
i wouldn't call that decent.
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
No you can't - it's like insulation wadding, it's vile!
We spend about £30, mostly in Lidl, once a week.
We spend about £30, mostly in Lidl, once a week.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
When i lived in halls around 3/4 years ago. I spent around £7-10 per week on food shopping. I ate mostly steamed vegatables, the ocasional piece of fish or jacket potato. I bought most things on the market, £ a scoop is the best thing ever!! 
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Shop bought bread makes me ill. Not sure what I react to but there's summat there. Tbh the smell of mass produced bread makes me heave now
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
Shop bought bread makes me ill. Not sure what I react to but there's summat there. Tbh the smell of mass produced bread makes me heave now
Different strokes for different folks as they say.
My favourite bread is that Warbourtons in the blue wax paper.
My mate is into making his own bread and it just isn't a patch on it.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
What are these cheaper cuts?
Yeh I get chicken breasts from Wyndham (I think they're called) at Borough, fiver for 2
Pork belly, skirt steak, braising steak etc.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
GTFO
baldrick
hmmmmm
yeah, but you eat loads of crap, we know this
i will admit that cheap white bread is a must for fish finger sarnies and toast though.
secretsquirrel
Respectable married lady
When i lived in halls around 3/4 years ago. I spent around £7-10 per week on food shopping. I ate mostly steamed vegatables, the ocasional piece of fish or jacket potato. I bought most things on the market, £ a scoop is the best thing ever!!
Aye. I really miss Berwick Street Market - I'd go down there and buy *bags* full of veg and still have change from a tenner! Then make up lots of veggie pasta sauces n'ting. I also went through a phase of buying big bags of frozen veg and having a huge bowl of steamed veg with gravy and a few roast potatoes at the bottom as a reward when I got to the bottom
Mind you, great way to lose weight...
Now I'm paid enough to indulge my foodie side. I'm sure if we shopped around a bit rather than a once a week trip to Sainsburys we could do better. My only saving grace is I always take a list have planned out what we're eating for the week so we very rarely waste food.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
PacificOcean - you'll live a lot longer if you cut out all that shit, you know
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Hmmm basics probably about £70-100 for four of us although I do run out of stuff. Could probably make it less if I absolutely had to.
