Wow there's a lot of you doing really well with that... we seem to spend heaps. Atm we are spending about $300 a week but often ends up being a bit more. That's for five of us...

I have started going to Aldi every now & again but they just don't have everything I want, I end up going to Coles. The other thing I have started doing is making a couple of trips a week... I was doing one big shop but not very organised, and found I was going back 2 or 3 times for things we needed, which added to the overall bill.

I used to organise my shop really well, plan the meals for the week & only buy what we need. Since working fulltime that's gotten a bit harder (or I've gotten a bit lazier ) - i'm hoping after bub is born & I have more time at home (haha) I will go back to planning a bit better. I do think that' helps.

As for lunch, all kids lunches are from home, DH & I try to do same but occasionally cheat...

Overall our bill has gotten huge over the last couple of years, three years ago it was more like $200 a week