Price of food.

[jaysay]

I reckon I spend between £30 and £50 a week just for myself but I do get a lot of fresh stuff, and I like a wide variety of things

[flashy]

Originally Posted by pipinfort

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

nope, that was to Ewood and back

[MargaretR]

I spend about £45 for just me and the cat - and the cat's share of that is about about £12 (cat litter and pouch food) - so I spend about £33 - that is food only - because I buy petrochemical free toiletries and cleaning products seperately

I make my own bread/confectionary and eat (mostly) organic and home made, but I do indulge in a wine box every month and add on half a bottle of whisky a week in winter.

[polly]

About one hundred pounds for the two of us, plus ten pound a week for a veg box. This also includes the price of food for various off spring that call to cadge a meal.
We are vegetarian (except for a little bit of fish) do not eat many processed food.However I do spend more because of my food intolerances meaning I have to buy a number of Fee From foods.

[onlyme]

I agree with you Flashy, places like Lidl and Aldi were meant to be cheap but I dont think they are anymore, asda and tescos are just as good and theyre stuff looks better.

My shopping budget? Depends on money. I can do a wekkly shop for 25 quid for two of us, or 100 quid lol. If i'm skint, i dont do cakes and treats and just get the basics. I like to over buy (am a real hoarder) so I like to permanently have full cupboards and freezers. Came in really useful though when I was confined to the house for a couple of weeks with 'ye poxy one'. lol

[panther]

I spend around £60+ a week thats for a family of 4...but that doesnt include loo roll and other cleaning stuff i might need during the week, also i sometimes have to buy extra bits nr the end of the week just to last!

so really im spending about £80...which is bloody ridiculous!....and now asda want us to pay for bags...ruddy cheek!

[emamum]

Originally Posted by polly

About one hundred pounds for the two of us, plus ten pound a week for a veg box. This also includes the price of food for various off spring that call to cadge a meal.
We are vegetarian (except for a little bit of fish) do not eat many processed food.However I do spend more because of my food intolerances meaning I have to buy a number of Fee From foods.

is there a food co-op i can get veg from? I used to get it delivered before i moved over here, usually cheaper than buying it in the shops and better quality.

[polly]

I don't know of a food co-op locally, but I could be wrong.

We get fresh veg boxes from Chilli Lime Deli in Blackburn, they are as near to being organic as you can get without being terribly overpriced. Unfortunately there is no delivery service.

[pipinfort]

Tesco also do `Fresh` boxes of organic seasonal veg and they are very good.......

[polly]

And on this theme...............
Tesco have just sent me an email entitled
'Price Cuts Accross Many Produts

I opened it expectantly..................

Champagne for just 75pounds a bottle
Cava just 59.79
More champagen just 118.43


I can see they are listening to peoples concerns about raising food prices!!

[pipinfort]

Originally Posted by polly

And on this theme...............
Tesco have just sent me an email entitled
'Price Cuts Accross Many Produts

I opened it expectantly..................

Champagne for just 75pounds a bottle
Cava just 59.79
More champagen just 118.43


I can see they are listening to peoples concerns about raising food prices!!

Put me down for a few bottles then.........

[Eric]

Are these amounts what a careful shopper watching his/her nickles and dimes would pay? Or are they prices that someone like me would spend? I am fortunate enough to be able to buy what I want for me and the animals; so I don't look for specials unless it is for non perishables like cans of soup. Whatever ... your prices seem way high. Beechy mentioned margerine for 1.68 a container. I have just been to the corner store ... these are not the cheapest places around .... and saw large containers of margerine at less than half that price: $1.25. And Chocolate Milk ... a fav of mine ... was on for 99 cents a litre.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by panther

....and now asda want us to pay for bags...ruddy cheek!

No they don't. Every time I have been in they asked me if I wanted bags and got them out for me.

One checkout girl asked me if I was not interested in the enviroment. I said of course I am these bags are bio degradeable, they just take about 400 years.

She proceded to tell me that they kill marine life. I said that I never knew they killed marine life to make them into carrier bags.

That was when she decided I was a lost cause and started putting my food through the till.

Asda don't care about the enviroment. They have just started putting smartprice jaffa cakes into cardboard boxes. They used to be in bags. Now you get two packs in bags inside a cardboard box. Thanks Asda for using more packaging for nothing

[Neil]

Originally Posted by polly

they are as near to being organic as you can get without being terribly overpriced.

I have never seen non-organic veg yet

[flashy]

Originally Posted by Neil

I have never seen non-organic veg yet

HAHAHAHAHA PMSFL