Just wondering how much money you spend per week or fortnight on food? Im trying to figure out what i should be spending.
If anyone has the time to post what is included in their weekly/fortnightly shop that would be helpful too. We are so sick of going to the shops to get something for dinner almost every night.
We spend on average $120-$150 a week, that's just DP & I. Like Nai, I also do a meal plan each week, make a list and stick to it! I buy things such as toilet paper and washing powder when they are on special, even if I don't need it that week. Makes the grocery bill higher that week but cheaper over the year.
The main things included in my weekly shop are fresh fruit and veg, meat, milk and tinned things like baked beans, diced tomatoes, dried pasta, rice, etc. Although I tend to stock up on those things when on special so they are always in the pantry.
We prob spend on average $250 a week. Thats with 3 kids. And all my kids are big eaters!!! Could prob cut it down if I tried and actually meal planned, but I alwys am in a rush and have 3 kids throwing stuff in the trolley!!. I HATE grocery shopping!!!
Buying your dinner on the day is a very expensive habit. It is best to go with a meal plan and buy only what you need. I flip through recipe books and try to find 8 recipes for the week and try to find ones that use similar ingredients so for instance if I wasn't in the mood for spag bol (I use basic sauce and paste and add my veggies to make it my own) I could make a pizza instead with the veggies and meat I would have used in the spag just by whipping up a crust with flour, yeast, water etc (stuff I already have heaps of).
We spend $100-$150 a week and hope to have that a bit lower when my veggie garden starts producing and I have my preserving kit.
I buy all my flour, sugar, spices and other staples when they are on sale and make sure I have heaps. I do lots of baking and home cooked because I hate preservitives.
My usual shopping trip would just be fresh veg and fruit, milk, sandwich meat, yogurt, cheese etc. I make my own pasta now so I don't buy that anymore but that would have been on the list. Maybe a taco kit if DP is in the mood for cooking one night, ooo bread, we go through lots of bread. I buy butter when it is on sale too and freeze it until it is needed. I can't really think of too much more off the top of my head. Juz has hotdogs for lunch everyday so that makes lunch easy. Yep, just drawn a blank, hope it helps anyway...
We spend (well when I say we spend... lol) up to $150. Thats my limit. Hopefully cheaper soon when I start my vegie patch.But we buy fruit and veg from the fruit shop and meat from the butchers and we do most of the shop at Aldi and what we can't get there (ie: aldi doesn't sell it) we get from Coles. I also go to the markets on a sunday and spend about $40 there, but that isn't included in my $150. Must change that!
Definately write out a list (I go thru recipe books and write down what I don't have - and on another peice of paper write what recipes I've chosen coz I get my groceries home and can't rememer what the hell I bought that for!!) and stick to your shopping list. If it's not on there, don't buy it! I but my toilet paper in bulk (from aldi there's 10 or 12 pack for $4 or something crazy) and my washing powder in 10kg box from whoever has it cheapest on special (ie : Kmart/Big W) Should do that again with my cat food... Much cheaper!
As a family of 5, we spend around $120 a week on fruit & Veg, and about $90-110 a week on meat and around $150 on regular grocery items which includes bread, milk, cheese, yogurt etc. Some weeks it is more, some weeks it is less, but this is the average amount we spend.
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How much do you spend?
I but my toilet paper in bulk (from aldi there's 10 or 12 pack for $4 or something crazy) and my washing powder in 10kg box from whoever has it cheapest on special (ie : Kmart/Big W) Should do that again with my cat food... Much cheaper!
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