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How much is your food bill per week ?

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

My food bill is between £60 and £70 a week, for a single bloke. Is this a lot or standard, if it’s excessive what’s the best way to get it down while still eating healthy ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Per week £120. 4 meals minimum per day

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I think mines over £100/week and this doesn’t include eating out when at work.. fuck

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Per week £120. 4 meals minimum per day"

That’s just for you ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Depends what you call healthy. But there's always ways to reduce a good bill. I bulk buy chicken breast for as little as £3/kg from the same place most of the local butchers get theirs and sell for £6/kg.

Frozen veg is a good option too. Less waste and cheaper.

My food bill is still easily £100 a week though cos I'm a greedy sod

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By *itty9899Man over a year ago

Craggy Island

"My food bill is between £60 and £70 a week, for a single bloke. Is this a lot or standard, if it’s excessive what’s the best way to get it down while still eating healthy ? "

Sounds right, just cut out the name bands

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff. "

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?! "

He cooks his own stuff

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I’ve really no idea how much I spend, I just tend to go to the shop when I need stuff which seems to be pretty much every day. I’d probably get a shock if I added it all up. I work shifts so I tend to eat a lot of main meals at work which tends to be a take out if some sort. I’d estimate between 100 and 150 a week.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

Yeah but you still have to buy the stuff to cook don’t you. That does seem low.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week. "

£60 a week isn’t bad, how low do you want to go? Even cooking your own stuff isn’t cheap if you think about time and gas/electricity

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week.

£60 a week isn’t bad, how low do you want to go? Even cooking your own stuff isn’t cheap if you think about time and gas/electricity"

I broke my collarbone and was off work for a few weeks, so just trying to see how I could cut back.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week.

£60 a week isn’t bad, how low do you want to go? Even cooking your own stuff isn’t cheap if you think about time and gas/electricity

I broke my collarbone and was off work for a few weeks, so just trying to see how I could cut back."

Sorry to hear.. how did you manage that?

I think if you want to cut down on food cost the best thing to start with is find wholesalers and deals on food. Then buy a Jamie Oliver’s book

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week. "

Tbh it will vary massively. My flatmate buys lots of pre-prepped food, semi cooked pasta (wtf is that all about?!?!), never uses price comparisons/offers to use different shops for different foods.

I tend to buy stuff more in bulk and use the freezer where I can. I also experiment with vegetables/fruit etc by using the Aldi Super 6. I do eat at work a fair bit tho as I have a long commute and will probably spend around £2.50 a day on breakfast and maybe lunch 2 or 3 times a week.

I reckon it's more than possible for a single guy to live off £20-£30 a week. Ok so you're not going to be eating M&S steaks every night but you certainly won't be starving!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week.

Tbh it will vary massively. My flatmate buys lots of pre-prepped food, semi cooked pasta (wtf is that all about?!?!), never uses price comparisons/offers to use different shops for different foods.

I reckon it's more than possible for a single guy to live off £20-£30 a week. Ok so you're not going to be eating M&S steaks every night but you certainly won't be starving!

My mate just ordered bulk powders for £80

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I had a lovely meal last night for a tenner. Tesco finest meal deal range. I got a 4 pack of Peroni, a honest roast gammon joint, seasoned roast potatoes and a strawberry and procecco trifle, all for a tenner. Bargain.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?! "

Tell that to Her Majesty's government.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week.

£60 a week isn’t bad, how low do you want to go? Even cooking your own stuff isn’t cheap if you think about time and gas/electricity

I broke my collarbone and was off work for a few weeks, so just trying to see how I could cut back.

Sorry to hear.. how did you manage that?

I think if you want to cut down on food cost the best thing to start with is find wholesalers and deals on food. Then buy a Jamie Oliver’s book

I came off my bike in the shire. Are you on your best behaviour ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I had a lovely meal last night for a tenner. Tesco finest meal deal range. I got a 4 pack of Peroni, a honest roast gammon joint, seasoned roast potatoes and a strawberry and procecco trifle, all for a tenner. Bargain. "

Luxury

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

Tell that to Her Majesty's government.

Don’t! She has just spent £46M on a wedding

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Per week £120. 4 meals minimum per day

That’s just for you ?"

Yep. My fridge is small with a small freezer. I need to go supermarket often

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

I think I need to get a bigger freezer, then make meals in batch’s from scratch.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week.

£60 a week isn’t bad, how low do you want to go? Even cooking your own stuff isn’t cheap if you think about time and gas/electricity

I broke my collarbone and was off work for a few weeks, so just trying to see how I could cut back.

Sorry to hear.. how did you manage that?

I think if you want to cut down on food cost the best thing to start with is find wholesalers and deals on food. Then buy a Jamie Oliver’s book

I came off my bike in the shire. Are you on your best behaviour ?

Haha..

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think I need to get a bigger freezer, then make meals in batch’s from scratch. "

You are learning.. make 2 of everything and invite a friend from forums.. my friend

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Excluding wine probably about £40pw.

I cook from scratch mostly and some days beans on toast is good as I am so busy .

I probably eat out once a week though plus animal food costs about £50 pw too.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Excluding wine probably about £40pw.

I cook from scratch mostly and some days beans on toast is good as I am so busy .

I probably eat out once a week though plus animal food costs about £50 pw too."

So animal food costs more than yours?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"That sounds really excessive. £20 a week does me rightly, but I cook a lot of my own stuff.

I don’t know how that’s possible ?!

He cooks his own stuff

I do to, I cook from scratch with everything. It’s still £60 a week.

£60 a week isn’t bad, how low do you want to go? Even cooking your own stuff isn’t cheap if you think about time and gas/electricity

I broke my collarbone and was off work for a few weeks, so just trying to see how I could cut back.

Sorry to hear.. how did you manage that?

I think if you want to cut down on food cost the best thing to start with is find wholesalers and deals on food. Then buy a Jamie Oliver’s book

I came off my bike in the shire. Are you on your best behaviour ?

But did you die?!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Probably about £35 per week. I budget £40 but always seem to have some to rollover.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I think I need to get a bigger freezer, then make meals in batch’s from scratch. "

Exactly - plus the likes of Iceland, Lidl, Aldi etc do some good quality stuff. I had to adjust quickly to a much lower budget. I've no idea how low income families cope though.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Excluding wine probably about £40pw.

I cook from scratch mostly and some days beans on toast is good as I am so busy .

I probably eat out once a week though plus animal food costs about £50 pw too.

So animal food costs more than yours?

Yes it does but I have a few

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Probably average out about £150 per week. And that’s without having to buy most of my meat as my mom helps me with that. But I have 3 adult children at home and my daughters boyfriend who I feed most days. I do go for the Home brands of some things so that helps. X

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Probably average out about £150 per week. And that’s without having to buy most of my meat as my mom helps me with that. But I have 3 adult children at home and my daughters boyfriend who I feed most days. I do go for the Home brands of some things so that helps. X "

Will you let me know when your daughter is looking for a new boyfriend? X

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Probably £40ish but I am quite frugal. I can just as easily do twice that

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If we go all out and fill the trolley in a well known cheap supermarket we will spend up to £70 but this tends to last us a couple of weeks. If my kids are here then won’t last as long. We tend to only buy pizzas or hot dogs etc at weekends as it’s the kids time with us and we all have a treat. During the week I will cook some concoction with chicken and so forth lol.

Usually know if we just buy the basics it will be about £40 for the both of us but will top up and weekends (classic mistake with my kids lol).

Geeky x

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By *ady LickWoman over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

Around £120, there's 5 of us.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Around £120, there's 5 of us."

24 each.. not bad. Do tell us how do you do it?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

What the hell are some of you people eating?!

As a single female mine is about £20 a week, £30 tops.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Mines 10 to 25 ish.

That's me, my daughter and a rabbit.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What the hell are some of you people eating?!

As a single female mine is about £20 a week, £30 tops. "

Hooooooow??

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

60 euros max a week and that's for me and my two smurfs

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By *eicsbimaleMan over a year ago

loughborough

seldom goes over £30, unless stocking up on drink

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"My food bill is between £60 and £70 a week, for a single bloke. Is this a lot or standard, if it’s excessive what’s the best way to get it down while still eating healthy ? "

Depends on my mood and plans. 70 to 100

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What the hell are some of you people eating?!

As a single female mine is about £20 a week, £30 tops.

Hooooooow??

It’s not like I’m even trying to keep my food bill down but theres some things you can do that really take little effort. A little bit of meal planning to avoid waste. Keep your eyes peeled for offers. Freeze excess or leftovers. Mostly cook from scratch so no expensive ready meals or pre-prepared stuff.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

About £60/100 for four depending on how efiicient Ive been.

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By *eather_Loves_SexWoman over a year ago

Halfway Between London and Brighton

Around £60-70 a lot of that goes on ‘special food’ though as I’m allergic to bloody everything!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

£25 ish

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What the hell are some of you people eating?!

As a single female mine is about £20 a week, £30 tops.

Hooooooow??

What do you buy?

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By *urity555Man over a year ago

south west

About £80 - £100 per week for two adults two teenagers. I plan meals in advance plus myself and partner eat a high protein diet. Both kids are highly active with sport so have a good nutrition diet too

Miss

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By *opping_candyWoman over a year ago

West Yorkshire

£70-80 a week for me and two kids and four cats. About £10 of that is cat litter and food, and the amount includes all household stuff like loo roll and cleaning things. I could cut down more if I really put the effort in.

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By *ugby 123Couple over a year ago
Forum Mod

O o O oo

Blimey some food bills are huge for the single people

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Mine’s around £40/50 and that includes a fruit & veg box and eggs that I get delivered from Abel & Cole.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Blimey some food bills are huge for the single people

They need to get married

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By *ady LickWoman over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

"Around £120, there's 5 of us.

24 each.. not bad. Do tell us how do you do it?

I've never broken it down like that ~ I'm impressed with myself!

I do a weekly menu and stick too it, less waste.

I shop at Aldi and spend around £100. I do a top up shop wherever for fruit, milk etc.

That's it. We might spend a bit more 1 week out of 4 if we fancy a steak or something.

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By *andys manMan over a year ago

colchester

"£70-80 a week for me and two kids and four cats. About £10 of that is cat litter and food, and the amount includes all household stuff like loo roll and cleaning things. I could cut down more if I really put the effort in. "

This is your answers to cutting down your food bill OP

Kitty litter sandwiches

£10 a week

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Around £120, there's 5 of us.

24 each.. not bad. Do tell us how do you do it?

I've never broken it down like that ~ I'm impressed with myself!

I do a weekly menu and stick too it, less waste.

I shop at Aldi and spend around £100. I do a top up shop wherever for fruit, milk etc.

That's it. We might spend a bit more 1 week out of 4 if we fancy a steak or something.

If I didn’t know what I was cooking every day, my food bill would be ridiculous. I can’t even imagine 5 people!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

About £60 for me and 3 kids x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"About £60 for me and 3 kids x"

How??

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By *ady LickWoman over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

"Around £120, there's 5 of us.

24 each.. not bad. Do tell us how do you do it?

I've never broken it down like that ~ I'm impressed with myself!

I do a weekly menu and stick too it, less waste.

I shop at Aldi and spend around £100. I do a top up shop wherever for fruit, milk etc.

That's it. We might spend a bit more 1 week out of 4 if we fancy a steak or something.

If I didn’t know what I was cooking every day, my food bill would be ridiculous. I can’t even imagine 5 people! "

I have on occasion not bothered with the menu and it was a nightmare!

5 people (3 fussyish kids) is really challenging. There are literally 5/6 meals that we are all happy with...but they have 2 choices!!!

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By *ady LickWoman over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

"About £60 for me and 3 kids x"

That's impressive!

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By *rsRogersTelfordWoman over a year ago

Telford

About £70, with my husband, my two year old and me, and yes, most of that goes on the two year old haha! C x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

No disrespect but if you're spending £60+ a week as a single person you're probably buying a lot of the following....

Top range food/premium brands (posh overpriced shit)

Junk food

Ready meals

Booze

And without looking at your profiles you probably live in London/the South as well and don't shop around either and do most of your shopping at the local Co-op/Waitrose/M&S etc.

You're probably also well paid so you don't blink twice at prices as you have plenty of disposable income. Sorry if that sounds harsh and a generalisation!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I think I need to get a bigger freezer, then make meals in batch’s from scratch.

You are learning.. make 2 of everything and invite a friend from forums.. my friend

Ok, you’re scaring me now!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Mines 10 to 25 ish.

That's me, my daughter and a rabbit. "

How often does your rabbit need batteries tho?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

About £50- £60 for me, my 5 year old, 4 cats and a dog!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

We used to shop at Morrison’s or Asda spending anywhere from £70-£80 every 10 days or so.

We now shop at Aldi and spend around £50 -£60 every two weeks

I hate going into the major supermarkets now and spending £40 on a bag or two of shopping when we can get four bags of shopping at Aldi for about the same price.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"We used to shop at Morrison’s or Asda spending anywhere from £70-£80 every 10 days or so.

We now shop at Aldi and spend around £50 -£60 every two weeks

I hate going into the major supermarkets now and spending £40 on a bag or two of shopping when we can get four bags of shopping at Aldi for about the same price. "

This!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Approx £80 A week for a family of 5, no ready meals, it's cheaper to cook from scratch once you've got your pantry stocked up with spices

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

About 7 to 10 quid here for what I eat at home

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No disrespect but if you're spending £60+ a week as a single person you're probably buying a lot of the following....

Top range food/premium brands (posh overpriced shit)

Junk food

Ready meals

Booze

And without looking at your profiles you probably live in London/the South as well and don't shop around either and do most of your shopping at the local Co-op/Waitrose/M&S etc.

You're probably also well paid so you don't blink twice at prices as you have plenty of disposable income. Sorry if that sounds harsh and a generalisation!

You say all that like it’s a bad thing. Is it not good to earn a good enough living to eat what you want? Or should we all strive to be on the bread line and struggle to put food on the table. I live in the Northwest and shop mainly in Tesco or Aldi but I still spend easily £100 a week. I live on my own but have my kids 2-3 days a week.

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By *itvclaireTV/TS over a year ago

Birmingham

About £60 per week. Not including what I buy daily for lunch. That’s for two of us.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Meal wise we have a lot of chicken and fish. tuna, mackerel or frozen fish fillets. With rice or pasta.

My new favourite thing is cans of chopped tomatoes, the amount of things you can make with them is great!

Pizza, various pasta dishes, chicken dishes etc. All for low cost too and tastes much better than the shit you buy in jars.

I have splashed out about £25 on dried herbs and spices this week though to make everything from KFC to Piri-piri chicken.

I’d recommend everyone buys a cheap blender to make sauces

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By *alking HeadMan over a year ago

Bolton

For 4 of us including two teenage lads, £80 will fill to brimming a cart at aldi. That includes treats like wine, beer and sweets/chocolate. We rarely eat processed food though.

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By *ynecplCouple over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Between £80 and £100 for the three of us. More or less all meals cooked fresh. When our son is home then we start thinking about taking out a new mortgage.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Approx £80 A week for a family of 5, no ready meals, it's cheaper to cook from scratch once you've got your pantry stocked up with spices"

This is exactly what we’ve done the past couple of weeks!

Hate the taste of pre packed jars of sauce now

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Depends what you call healthy. But there's always ways to reduce a good bill. I bulk buy chicken breast for as little as £3/kg from the same place most of the local butchers get theirs and sell for £6/kg.

Frozen veg is a good option too. Less waste and cheaper.

My food bill is still easily £100 a week though cos I'm a greedy sod"

agreed frozen veg is ok as a backup but the part of the veg thats best for you , stems /sorks , roughage etc , and of course drinking the veg juice , you dont get with frozen, plus with fresh you can make a lovely soup with the left over and unused bits

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By *ady LickWoman over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I hate going into the major supermarkets now and spending £40 on a bag or two of shopping when we can get four bags of shopping at Aldi for about the same price. "

That's exactly what I spent on 2 bags last time I popped into Sainsbury's!!!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What the hell are some of you people eating?!

As a single female mine is about £20 a week, £30 tops.

Hooooooow??

What do you buy? "

Like a couple of others have said, I do shop at Aldi which probably cuts the cost down quite considerably. But I just buy all the usual things! Milk, bread, fruit & veg, pasta, meat and fish.....

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By *opping_candyWoman over a year ago

West Yorkshire

"Approx £80 A week for a family of 5, no ready meals, it's cheaper to cook from scratch once you've got your pantry stocked up with spices

This is exactly what we’ve done the past couple of weeks!

Hate the taste of pre packed jars of sauce now

Good on you. Not used jars for years, I find it all disgustingly sweet now.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If I shop properly, I could probably live on £30 a week easy,

and that's 3 meals a day, including a sunday roast

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By *opping_candyWoman over a year ago

West Yorkshire

"Around £120, there's 5 of us.

24 each.. not bad. Do tell us how do you do it?

I've never broken it down like that ~ I'm impressed with myself!

I do a weekly menu and stick too it, less waste.

I shop at Aldi and spend around £100. I do a top up shop wherever for fruit, milk etc.

That's it. We might spend a bit more 1 week out of 4 if we fancy a steak or something.

If I didn’t know what I was cooking every day, my food bill would be ridiculous. I can’t even imagine 5 people! "

Meal planning is key

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

With alcohol around a hundred.For me and two kids.We eat fresh fish and veg most days.D not do ready meals.I probably spend £40 a week on fish and seafood alone.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No disrespect but if you're spending £60+ a week as a single person you're probably buying a lot of the following....

Top range food/premium brands (posh overpriced shit)

Junk food

Ready meals

Booze

And without looking at your profiles you probably live in London/the South as well and don't shop around either and do most of your shopping at the local Co-op/Waitrose/M&S etc.

You're probably also well paid so you don't blink twice at prices as you have plenty of disposable income. Sorry if that sounds harsh and a generalisation!

more stupid than harsh, 60 a week is under a tenner a day

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Once my vegetable patch and herb garden is up and running, I can probably live on about £15 a week, probably less.

Until the vegetable has finished that is

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By *revor1940Man over a year ago

west of Haverfordwest

I spend £25 to £30 per week. Will cook a cottage pie, eat one portion, freeze 3. Do that with other meals. Never buy ready made partly as I prefer to know what I am eating. Dont have fancy breakfasts etc. Wine bought out of my French holiday costs!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Its gonna vary from what area you live in to where you shop to how you eat. Mines aboit 100 a week

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No disrespect but if you're spending £60+ a week as a single person you're probably buying a lot of the following....

Top range food/premium brands (posh overpriced shit)

Junk food

Ready meals

Booze

And without looking at your profiles you probably live in London/the South as well and don't shop around either and do most of your shopping at the local Co-op/Waitrose/M&S etc.

You're probably also well paid so you don't blink twice at prices as you have plenty of disposable income. Sorry if that sounds harsh and a generalisation!

Nope not implying that at all but having single mates that live and work in London they do seem to have a warped view on shopping budgets and what they can/can't live on. And I know Southport very well having lived there myself and my mum currently living there.

If you're having 3 square meals a day for 7 days a week then you're spending almost £5 a meal!! So you must be buying a lot of high end products.

I'm just trying to put some perspective on things. Some people are amazed on here that people can get by on £20-£30. It's not that difficult, believe me, especially if you cook bulk meals (chilli's, chicken based etc) and then top them up with rice, pasta, veg etc.

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By *arlo82Couple over a year ago

the gym and random places

About £110 ish

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

So to get it down, you’re looking to shop at Aldi/ Lidl, have set meal plans, cook from scratch in batches and freeze ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No disrespect but if you're spending £60+ a week as a single person you're probably buying a lot of the following....

Top range food/premium brands (posh overpriced shit)

Junk food

Ready meals

Booze

And without looking at your profiles you probably live in London/the South as well and don't shop around either and do most of your shopping at the local Co-op/Waitrose/M&S etc.

You're probably also well paid so you don't blink twice at prices as you have plenty of disposable income. Sorry if that sounds harsh and a generalisation!

more stupid than harsh, 60 a week is under a tenner a day

Well funny that most people on here are cooking for large families and their bills are coming in around the £100 mark. Guess we're all stupid eh?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Mine? 80-90£ and that’s a family of four. That’s the food shop and we eat cook from scratch for most meals except frozen pizza and fish fingers.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

50-60 euro a week plus for home food and maybe another 40 for eating out

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"So to get it down, you’re looking to shop at Aldi/ Lidl, have set meal plans, cook from scratch in batches and freeze ?"

Nicely summed up.

Or invite yourself round to fabsters houses for cake!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I spend about £80-£100 for two of us and two dogs, but that is with toiletries, spices, dog food and chews and occasionally milk shake and treats for the grandchildren.

What are you eating?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Its gonna vary from what area you live in to where you shop to how you eat. Mines aboit 100 a week"

how does an area have anything to do with it ??

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Lidl isn't as economical as people think. Pound for pound I get more from Morrisons meat, fruit and veg deals than in Lidl, and don't have to throw any of it away because it's rotting or inedible.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Its gonna vary from what area you live in to where you shop to how you eat. Mines aboit 100 a week

how does an area have anything to do with it ??"

Higher prices in well off areas?

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By *educedWoman over a year ago

Birmingham

I spend £40 quid at Aldi per month. £30 all at once on store cupboard stuff and then £10 on fruit and veg.

I cook almost everything from scratch including my lunches.

I try very very hard not to have any food wastage and do plan most of meals and only buy what I need.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

When I was on sabbatical last year in me caravan with lots of spare time on my hands I could cook meals (potatoe ash, salads, stews) for about 30 quid a week, pretty easy with local farm food on hand everywhere.

Unfortunately I spent about 200 quid a week in the pub so my frugalness was all in vein

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"When I was on sabbatical last year in me caravan with lots of spare time on my hands I could cook meals (potatoe ash, salads, stews) for about 30 quid a week, pretty easy with local farm food on hand everywhere.

Unfortunately I spent about 200 quid a week in the pub so my frugalness was all in vein

It's amazing to think that you can feed yourself for a week for the same price as premium bottle of spirits.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Unfortunately I spent about 200 quid a week in the pub so my frugalness was all in vein

It's amazing to think that you can feed yourself for a week for the same price as premium bottle of spirits.

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Tax doesn't have to be taxing, they just make it that way to annoy the fuck out of you

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If your single and have the disposable income it makes sense to buy pre prepared foods for the convenience and lack of washing up..If you have a family to feed it doesn't make sense for me.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If your single and have the disposable income it makes sense to buy pre prepared foods for the convenience and lack of washing up..If you have a family to feed it doesn't make sense for me."

I get that for some people but most pre-packed foods are full of shit. I prefer to buy loads of freezer tubs and make batches so I know I'm not eating shite all the time cos when I'm out I'll generally eat junk.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If your single and have the disposable income it makes sense to buy pre prepared foods for the convenience and lack of washing up..If you have a family to feed it doesn't make sense for me.

I'm not saying your option isn't healthier.It is.We live in a society that rates convenience higher up the totem pole.Just look at the fast food industry and the rise of companies like deliveroo.

I would love to grow all my fruits and veg and live the good life.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If your single and have the disposable income it makes sense to buy pre prepared foods for the convenience and lack of washing up..If you have a family to feed it doesn't make sense for me."

Unless you like cooking and eating nice food

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Mines 10 to 25 ish.

That's me, my daughter and a rabbit.

How often does your rabbit need batteries tho? "

Haha he has the odd carrot.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

We barely spend that a month for the two of us.

~Mia

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By *iSTARessWoman over a year ago

London

Guessing some of you high spending single folk don't do a big shop?

I do a big shop every two weeks at Lidl and top up with nice bits from Marks n Sparks. Works out around £30 a week

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"So to get it down, you’re looking to shop at Aldi/ Lidl, have set meal plans, cook from scratch in batches and freeze ?"

Honestly give Aldi a try, there’s only the Pepsi max that I’ve found so far that I don’t rate as good as the branded version. But it’s like 49p per bottle compared to £1.25 at Asda.

Also look at super cheap, super tasty, quick meals instead of frozen pre packed stuff.

I tried this recently and it was incredibly good.

1 onion & 1 or 2 potatos grated

A bit of salt/pepper and paprika

A knob of butter

Grate the potato and onion, squeeze out the juice.

Place into a lightly oiled pan, pat down so it compresses. Add butter around the edges

It’ll now look like a giant pancake.

Flip until both sides are browned.

Crack a couple of eggs on top

Bang it in the oven for 8-10 minutes.

Hey presto! Great tasting hash browns with eggs for breakfast.

Cost breakdown

potatoes are about 20p

Onions are about 20p each

Eggs are about 15-25p each

So core ingredients are less than £1 and it makes enough for two people, so 50p a serving.

It looks like penny pinching when written like that but it tastes great and when you apply that sort of cooking across a week, it really adds up to a lot of savings.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If your single and have the disposable income it makes sense to buy pre prepared foods for the convenience and lack of washing up..If you have a family to feed it doesn't make sense for me.

Unless you like cooking and eating nice food"

I wouldn't describe ready meals as cooking.No doubt some people enjoy them,you can get "be good to yourself" healthy ready meals that night well contain less salt and fat home cooling has in it.

Taste is subjective ,look how many people love pot noodle..

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If your single and have the disposable income it makes sense to buy pre prepared foods for the convenience and lack of washing up..If you have a family to feed it doesn't make sense for me.

Unless you like cooking and eating nice food

I wouldn't describe ready meals as cooking.No doubt some people enjoy them,you can get "be good to yourself" healthy ready meals that night well contain less salt and fat home cooling has in it.

Taste is subjective ,look how many students love pot noodle..

I've amended your typo for you.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Mine near on €200 most weeks.ive 4 lads and theyd eat ya out of house and home

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If your single and have the disposable income it makes sense to buy pre prepared foods for the convenience and lack of washing up..If you have a family to feed it doesn't make sense for me.

Unless you like cooking and eating nice food

I wouldn't describe ready meals as cooking.No doubt some people enjoy them,you can get "be good to yourself" healthy ready meals that night well contain less salt and fat home cooling has in it.

Taste is subjective ,look how many students love pot noodle..

I've amended your typo for you.

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Cheers.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Around £120, there's 5 of us."

5 mouths to feed in this house too

I try and average it out to £120 a week, chuffed when it's nearer the £100 mark

but just done the order online for the half term holidays..... £185!!!!

but that also includes cleaning products and toileteries

Mrs x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'm naughty, I shop at Waitrose a couple of times a week. I spend about 150 for two. I'm a passionate cook, no ready meals and I like expensive booze!

My dog costs me 40 a week. She's eating Lilly's Kitchen and it's expensive but she looks amazing.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'm naughty, I shop at Waitrose a couple of times a week. I spend about 150 for two. I'm a passionate cook, no ready meals and I like expensive booze!

My dog costs me 40 a week. She's eating Lilly's Kitchen and it's expensive but she looks amazing. "

If you can afford it then enjoy it. Not everybody has to worry about their food expenditure. There’s nothing wrong with being frugal but there’s nothing wrong with enjoying the good life either.

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By *ANDA2Couple over a year ago

Henley Arden

Frozen veg is a good option too. Less waste and cheaper.

My food bill is still easily £100 a week though cos I'm a greedy sod

Instead of buying frozen veg buy fresh veg. Then prepare it ( peel, chop blanch) yourself and freeze it. Cheaper, healthier. Plus you can freeze the soup too.

By blanching the veg you get a better taste.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What the hell are some of you people eating?!

As a single female mine is about £20 a week, £30 tops. "

My coffee and vodka bill is more than that

actually my coffee and vodka bill is often more than my food bill...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Just for food I'm about £25 tops. Usually buy other stuff if I fancy something else and eat out or get takeaway once a week. More likely to eat out tho. I do shop in Lidl mostly as their steaks and meat are much nicer and found my shops a lot cheaper. It's so cheap to eat fresh these days. As a single guy you could eat for a week for £15 easy x

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By *norkelingforclamsMan over a year ago

Milton Keynes

I have no idea how some of you are eating for 20-30 a week...

My budget is £500 per month and I end up at the shops almost every other day to grab something extra.

I’d hate to know what I actually spend...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Anyone willing to post their single man's/woman's weekly shopping list on here?

Should it just include food items as an expensive bottle of booze/toiletries can distort things massively? I'd love to know what £100 worth of food for a single person looks like.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Anyone willing to post their single man's/woman's weekly shopping list on here?

Should it just include food items as an expensive bottle of booze/toiletries can distort things massively? I'd love to know what £100 worth of food for a single person looks like.

I'm not a single bloke but a packet of good quality mince is bout 3 quid and 3 lamb steaks are about the same. Same with fish....2 Sea bass fillets are 1.80 and veg is as cheap as. Really don't know how you can't eat healthy and cheap x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

For a family of 5 we spend £80-90 a week. We make use of the freezer, we don't buy alcohol, fizzy drinks or biscuits and other junk food. We eat less meat fill up with veg, legumes and pulses. It's not that hard to spend less if you shop and cook wisely.

Ginger

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By *norkelingforclamsMan over a year ago

Milton Keynes

"Anyone willing to post their single man's/woman's weekly shopping list on here?

Should it just include food items as an expensive bottle of booze/toiletries can distort things massively? I'd love to know what £100 worth of food for a single person looks like.

Fair comment! Mine budget is inclusive of toiletries and household necessities...

I’d say at least £60 a week on food alone.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I learnt to be more frugal when I was unemployed. When you have 70 quid a week to live on you learn to survive on a fairly basic diet. Since then I've always targeted yellow stickers but more effectively reduced and bogof type offers. Foods that are regularly on offer I try not to buy when it's not reduced. I also try to eliminate wastage as much as possible. I'd rather spend less in the supermarket and have the money to dine out occasionally

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No disrespect but if you're spending £60+ a week as a single person you're probably buying a lot of the following....

Top range food/premium brands (posh overpriced shit)

Junk food

Ready meals

Booze

And without looking at your profiles you probably live in London/the South as well and don't shop around either and do most of your shopping at the local Co-op/Waitrose/M&S etc.

You're probably also well paid so you don't blink twice at prices as you have plenty of disposable income. Sorry if that sounds harsh and a generalisation!

If you're having 3 square meals a day for 7 days a week then you're spending almost £5 a meal!! So you must be buying a lot of high end products.

You forget that a lot of people working in London don’t have cars. Therefore, it’s diffcult to get to the larger supermarkets. I do my shopping at our mini Sainsbury’s and at the local shops. I don’t see the issue if people want to spend £5 a meal.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I have no idea how some of you are eating for 20-30 a week...

My budget is £500 per month and I end up at the shops almost every other day to grab something extra.

I’d hate to know what I actually spend...

Quinoa is £3.50 a kilo. Bloody robbery.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Just for food I'm about £25 tops. Usually buy other stuff if I fancy something else and eat out or get takeaway once a week. More likely to eat out tho. I do shop in Lidl mostly as their steaks and meat are much nicer and found my shops a lot cheaper. It's so cheap to eat fresh these days. As a single guy you could eat for a week for £15 easy x"

How?? What do you buy?? Make a list and see these £15-£30 a week claims

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It's not a problem, I'm just saying it's way higher than what the average person/people on here would spend. If you want to spend £100 a meal it's no skin off my nose but people thinking it's impossible to feed yourself for £20/£30 a week appear not to match up with the majority of opinion on here.

Interesting debate though and far less tedious than the standard "fuck, snog, avoid" bollocks you get on here.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"It's not a problem, I'm just saying it's way higher than what the average person/people on here would spend. If you want to spend £100 a meal it's no skin off my nose but people thinking it's impossible to feed yourself for £20/£30 a week appear not to match up with the majority of opinion on here.

Interesting debate though and far less tedious than the standard "fuck, snog, avoid" bollocks you get on here.

I’d sincerely love to go to Aldi, but I don’t have one by me. It’s a pain in the arse

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Interesting debate though and far less tedious than the standard "fuck, snog, avoid" bollocks you get on here.

I’d sincerely love to go to Aldi, but I don’t have one by me. It’s a pain in the arse

I take it, you don’t like anal then?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Whoever said £15-£30 a week on food shopping.. please list the items you buy as I can’t comprehend it

. My head is going round and round and round and round and round...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I think it depends if you are brand snobs or not, the reason I say this is my dad recently retired and my mum would always do a Sainsbury’s online shop and spend well over £100 every week for those two and my adult brother and sister (my brother doesn’t eat and home and my sister doesn’t eat much, actually neither does my dad! And what’s even more ironic is both my sister and brother work in Sainsbury’s and Waitrose and they don’t use the discount!) anyway, my dad decided to ‘save’ money and we had been telling them for years to try Aldi but they remember it when it opened and you couldn’t do a full weekly shop in there.

They went in there recently and my sister couldn’t have the ready salted crisps they had to be walkers, couldn’t have the cola and had to be the expensive stuff, same as tooth paste and god knows what else, therefore they are brand snobs and instead of trying it they will just rather spend an absolute fortune for stuff that tastes pretty much the same or has the same results!

Geeky x

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Some good advice on here, thank you.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Some good advice on here, thank you. "

Still no list from people who spend £15-£30 a week.. I wanna know what are they buying!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"About £60 for me and 3 kids x

How??"

I have to

im on weight watchers and actually a lot of the tesco value is the same or less points than the ww things. 2 kids have lunch at school which helps too!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

And what about next day?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Anywhere between £60 and £120 per week ..that's for me and the ever expanding rugrat who eats like a horse

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Some good advice on here, thank you.

Still no list from people who spend £15-£30 a week.. I wanna know what are they buying!

I'm curious what you are buying fir a £1?? when that doesn't include lunches!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Some good advice on here, thank you.

Still no list from people who spend £15-£30 a week.. I wanna know what are they buying!

I'm curious what you are buying fir a £1?? when that doesn't include lunches!

Eh?!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

And what about next day?

Does me a week....have you thought about a pie diet

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

And what about next day?

Does me a week....have you thought about a pie diet

Tell me about it?! I’m serious.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

And what about next day?

Does me a week....have you thought about a pie diet

Tell me about it?! I’m serious."

Your eating too much mate simple as

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

£700 a month for a family of 5, 3 teenage kids of which 2 are boys. All cooked from scratch.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Some good advice on here, thank you.

Still no list from people who spend £15-£30 a week.. I wanna know what are they buying!

I'm curious what you are buying fir a £1?? when that doesn't include lunches!

Eh?! "

Sorry that was a typo. Should have said £100 which is what you claimed to spend a week.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

And what about next day?

Does me a week....have you thought about a pie diet

Tell me about it?! I’m serious.

Your eating too much mate simple as

No, i am not. What is a pie diet?

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Shopping list for the week;

Pot noodle x 7

Milk

Bread

Heat magazine

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

And what about next day?

Does me a week....have you thought about a pie diet

Tell me about it?! I’m serious.

Your eating too much mate simple as

No, i am not. What is a pie diet? "

The eat to many pies one... steer clear

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Some good advice on here, thank you.

Still no list from people who spend £15-£30 a week.. I wanna know what are they buying!

I'm curious what you are buying fir a £1?? when that doesn't include lunches!

Eh?!

Sorry that was a typo. Should have said £100 which is what you claimed to spend a week. "

I’m on a high protein diet

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Some good advice on here, thank you.

Still no list from people who spend £15-£30 a week.. I wanna know what are they buying!

No list but if you cook in bulk like I try and do I'll give you an estimate based on some fairly .....

Chicken Breasts - £5 (I buy in bulk 27 or 28 breasts for £20)

Turkey Mince - about £2.50 I think in Aldi

Mushrooms - 2 packs at about 90p each

Peppers - roughly £1 for 3

Celery x2 - 50p each

Radishes x2 - 50p each

Cucumber x2 - 50p each

Salad tomatoes x2 - 75p each

Onions - 50p

Wild rocket salad x2 - 70p a bag

Jacket potatoes - £1 for 4

Rice - £1 a bag

Pasta - £1 a bag

Eggs - £1.50 for 15

Frozen veg - broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts (£1-£1.20 a bag)

Tinned tomatoes - 3 for £1

Tinned sweetcorn - 50p

Baked beans - 3 for £1 (Branstons)

Bread - £1 a loaf Warbys (lasts a week as freeze it and use it for toast)

Butter/spread - less than £1

Tea/coffee/sugar - £1

Milk - 4 Pinter £1

Dried herbs, spices etc all in the cupboard.

Mayo, brown sauce etc in fridge.

Ok that's a really rough list and it's based on what I've been eating the past few weeks while trying to lose weight. Nothing is home branded (except maybe the eggs) and it's based on 3 meals a day.

Boiled/poached eggs & toast for breakfast

Chicken Salad/Jacket potato for lunch.

Chicken, mince, veg etc for evening meal.

Most stuff bought from Aldi but a few staples added from places like Home Bargains over the road.

Like I said that's just a thrown together list based on a single person but if you're a couple and you double the budget you've got way more flexibility with recipes/ingredients.

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By *opping_candyWoman over a year ago

West Yorkshire

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

I'm curious what you make with 227g of steak, a carrot, and a cabbage that does your evening meals for a week? Assuming you have a salad consisting of pek, tomato and lettuce for lunch for a week also? And have custard creams and milk for breakfast perhaps

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Blimey some food bills are huge for the single people

They need to get married

Fuck no.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

There that didn't take you lono to work out....sometimes I swap the pek for a tin of corned beef...but that puts my weekly shop up by 50p

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Can anyone make a good list of easy healthy meals, like chicken casserole etc ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Can anyone make a good list of easy healthy meals, like chicken casserole etc ?"

Use Google you lazy twat!

Haha, BBC Food Website is pretty good I find for healthy stuff.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Can anyone make a good list of easy healthy meals, like chicken casserole etc ?

Use Google you lazy twat!

Haha, BBC Food Website is pretty good I find for healthy stuff.

I’d rather ask strangers on a sex site you knobhead!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Our's is about £50 per week just for food, I cook everything from scratch including bread for me Shaz and our lad, works out much cheaper and we eat much healthier as know everything in what we eat.

Wouldn't be able to do it though if we didn't have the local market and butchers I get everything from

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By *rank n BettyCouple over a year ago

Not meeting

Ours is a lot less than it used to be since switching as much as possible to Aldi. My problem is the 3 fussy men/boys I live with. I’ve virtually stopped cooking for my eldest. I like to batch cook & full the freezer & make my own soups

B x

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By *opping_candyWoman over a year ago

West Yorkshire

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

There that didn't take you lono to work out....sometimes I swap the pek for a tin of corned beef...but that puts my weekly shop up by 50p

But what do you make with the meat and two veg... Or do you just eat it as it comes? And don't you get bored eating the same things 7 days a week?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"However we grow a lot of our own veg and keep chickens so never buy eggs.

Mrs"

That's something I would love to do but is it cost effective? I'm asking as it's only £1.60 for 20 eggs from Iceland but the idea of having our own chickens appeals (once we have moved)

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Ours is about £130 per week on a normal week for a family of 4 including alcohol. We could make it cheaper but we buy packaged stuff for kids packed lunches, and we have a few quick meals as we don’t have time to cook from scratch every night. However we have an allotment so grow a lot of our own fruit and veg, and we keep chickens so never buy eggs.

Mrs

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"However we grow a lot of our own veg and keep chickens so never buy eggs.

Mrs

That's something I would love to do but is it cost effective? I'm asking as it's only £1.60 for 20 eggs from Iceland but the idea of having our own chickens appeals (once we have moved)"

Go for it, I've got eight, but do choose wisely though because the commercial brown ones, usually the cheapest to buy, can lay 300+ eggs each per year! I was awash with eggs until I found buyers at work.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"However we grow a lot of our own veg and keep chickens so never buy eggs.

Mrs

That's something I would love to do but is it cost effective? I'm asking as it's only £1.60 for 20 eggs from Iceland but the idea of having our own chickens appeals (once we have moved)

I use an average of 8 eggs a day, so would need about 8 chickens?

How much are they, how much would you say they eat a year in £ and how many years do they live?

Getting excited now

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"However we grow a lot of our own veg and keep chickens so never buy eggs.

Mrs

That's something I would love to do but is it cost effective? I'm asking as it's only £1.60 for 20 eggs from Iceland but the idea of having our own chickens appeals (once we have moved)"

We currently have 5 hens, and this time of year they lay about 6 days out of 7. So about 30 eggs a week. A massive bag of layers pellets costs about £6 and lasts about a month. We sell the surplus eggs for £1.25 half dozen. It cost us £15 to buy each bird and they will lay well for a couple of years.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"However we grow a lot of our own veg and keep chickens so never buy eggs.

Mrs

That's something I would love to do but is it cost effective? I'm asking as it's only £1.60 for 20 eggs from Iceland but the idea of having our own chickens appeals (once we have moved)

I use an average of 8 eggs a day, so would need about 8 chickens?

How much are they, how much would you say they eat a year in £ and how many years do they live?

Getting excited now

You will need to choose hens that are prolific layers if you want that many eggs and they slow down in winter and as they get older. From our first 4 hens which we bought 4 years ago we lost 3 this winter but the 4th is still going strong and now the summer has come had starting laying again.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"About 7 to 10 quid here for what I eat at home

What the hell do u eat dust ?!?!

About £50 per week here for hubby Im on a vlcd so no food bill for me

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"1/2 lb of fillet steak...£1.49 tesco

A bag of oinons 20p tesco

A carrot 11p tesco

A cabbage 20p tesco

4 x 4 part baked crusty rolls £1.54 aldi

I large tin of pek £1.00 asda

6 tomatoes 49p aldi

2 bags of coffee beans £2.98 lidl

1 iceberg lettuce 49p aldi

6 pints of milk 1.48 aldi

400g of custard creams 49p tesco

6 apples 98p tesco

A little over a tenner

There that didn't take you lono to work out....sometimes I swap the pek for a tin of corned beef...but that puts my weekly shop up by 50p

But what do you make with the meat and two veg... Or do you just eat it as it comes? And don't you get bored eating the same things 7 days a week? "

How on earth does that last all week ?!?!?

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By *ooby birdWoman over a year ago

North West

Mmmmmm

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By *arkRichMan over a year ago

Manchester City Centre

I spend more on food than most people I know...

But I’m also happier...

I don’t smoke, or drink (much), and I don’t do drugs... so, I suppose my only vice is good, and potentially, overpriced food!

I eat out almost every other day (nothing unhealthy though)

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By *layfullsamMan over a year ago

Solihull

"My food bill is between £60 and £70 a week, for a single bloke. Is this a lot or standard, if it’s excessive what’s the best way to get it down while still eating healthy ? "

It's only excessive if you're struggling to afford it

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By *oxy_minxWoman over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

Is this just a food shop or does it include drink, cleaning stuff and other adhoc stuff?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'm a nightmare for spending. Popped into m&s for a couple of bits for the weekend tonight, only one of those pulley baskets... £58 later

. Oh and I won't be eating any of that

I have exante and chicken and salad my personal bill is about 35 a week

But spend £100 approx a week easily on everyone else within the house hold

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By *erDirtyRockstarMan over a year ago

buckinghamshire

Mine I guess Is kinda cheapskate compared to others as a bodybuildery sort. About 40 quid a week * Thanks aldi*. But then I eat for pure sustanence ..nothing posh or treat like .. *And not including the cheeky takeaway kebab every now and again

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By *htcMan over a year ago

I honestly could say as I buy in bulk, in various shops Costco Asda Lidl. Maybe about 40-90 a week or so.

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