Hi all
We are still trying to figure this out for us at the moment. At the moment we do weekly shops on pay day. We are a hungry family of 2 adults plus 2 boys (6 & 2)
We spend around $200 up to $250 a week on all food, groceries, nappies, meat, F&V. That also includes 90% of off lunches for the family. This is what we do:

1. I make a pretty detailed shopping list before i go, looking at what is left in house and what meals we will have. This has made a big difference with not overspending.

2. We buy about 70% of our groceries from Aldi (usually DH picks up after work on way home becuase the list is usually pretty similar each week and he gets in and out in around 20mins, much faster than me plus kids). AT Aldi we buy all our milk for the week (we go through 12L of soy milk a week!!) plus about 4 loaves of bread which we freeze.

3. Apart from extra fresh fruit and the occassional unplanned extra, we dont shop again for the week.

4. I do a supermarket & butcher shop also on the same day. I get most of my meat from the local butcher as he has good quality and the prices are comparable. I spend around $30-40 a week on meat (always mince, chicken fillets, fish & something nice to grill. I buy a roast lamb once a fortnight from Aldi). We have around 2 veggo meals & one fish dinner a week.

5. On shop day I also get all my chemist things - scripts, vitamins etc.. Separate budget, but I like to do all my errands on one day.

rach'xoxo