Price of food.

[Nell]

How much is your weekly shopping bill? How much more are you willing to spend? I suppose we dont have much choice, its like fuel (petrol).
I spend around £80 a week for 4 of us. I know a family that spends £140 for 3. I never seem to spend enough and cant quite cope with the idea that the kids are growing and need more food. It'd be jam butties and water if i had my way .

But really, how much should an average households shopping bill be?

We try to never set foot in Asda, prefering Aldi instead. Adsa houses the devil i'm sure, life seems to ebb away from me when i go there. I'm sure the devil will also house Tesco when that arrives too.
Am i rambling? Probably. Apologies if so, but i wouldn't be surprised if the economy crashes and were all rationed again.

[flashy]

depending on where i do my shopping my average weekly bill for me and Reece is around £30/£40

[pipinfort]

Actually our food bill is coming down,!!!! i think due to the `credit crunch` we are being a lot more careful what we throw in our trolley so its having a positive affect on us at the moment.....! although we`ll see how long it lasts.........

[cashman]

i reckon about £80, 18 months ago same stuff about £55.

[fc:stanley]

Buy alot of stuff from Asda , however places like Lidl who do really good fruit and veg etc save you that little bit of cash! Id say we must spend £60/70 - family of four

[beechy]

our weekly bill is constantly rising
ive started looking at prices today never bothered much before
one item stuck out for notice my tub of marg had gone up 30p
in a week 1.68 for a standard tub of flora
what single item have you found to have risen drasticly ?
or is it everything

[entwisi]

bit hard to say what ours is as I buy some things montly and soem weekly and some as we need them. I'd estimate about £60-70/week.

I would say that I think most food basics are still cheaper than they were in real terms 10 years ago. I think teh major issue is brand snobbery. you often pay twice as much for teh 'brand' than a non brand version.

[pipinfort]

1kg of Go Cat dried food £3.78 at Tesco then went down to £3.00 for a few weeks then yesterday.......................£4.49

[Tin Monkey]

Originally Posted by pipinfort

1kg of Go Cat dried food £3.78 at Tesco then went down to £3.00 for a few weeks then yesterday.......................£4.49

You'll have to try a different diet.

[pipinfort]

Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

You'll have to try a different diet.

LOL........

[flashy]

ALDI? CHEAP? HUH....if you call nearly £1 for some spring onions at aldi cheap then fair enough but i dont i think its ridiculous, i also noticed that their fruit has gone up too, i havent been in years and i went this week to see if i could save some money, they didnt have half as much on the shop floor as i expected, cheap beans where 22p, they are a lot cheaper at asda, tin of plum tomatoes where 20 odd pence, they are also cheaper at asda,, aldi's crap full stop, i wont be going again

[pipinfort]

Must agree Flashy one.......Aldi is NOT cheap, you only save money at Aldi because they have nowt much really to buy.......... go to Tesco, Asda etc and stick to their own brands and don`t buy anything you don`t really want and it will be cheaper than Aldi.......tried and tested it loads to save some dosh but always end up back at Tesco..........their spring onions were 35p.......

[flashy]

its true pipples....plus it cost me nearly £6 return on the bus to get there for me and Reece

[pipinfort]

£6................! was that an american branch of aldi....?....no i know what you mean buses are ridiculous these days

[WillowTheWhisp]

Aldi used to be cheap and cheerful but it's pretty much the same as Asda and Tesco now if you get the own brand and special offer stuff.