How much do you spend on food and household goods per week per person?

chump

No sainsburys. It's mainly down to eating real meat (chicken breasts, proper lean mince beef etc) from butchers at both lunch and dinner. When I used to eat oven chips with something every night of the week it was half that. I eat very well and healthy. Oh and I weight train 4 days a week on top of my physical job in construction. So need plenty of decent calories. Happy to spend the money for a decent diet. I feel a million times better for it. I don't have any 'vices' so spending more money on decent 'real' food is important to me

IronGiant

I don't understand the incredulity and (in one case derision) regarding those who spend a lot of money on food.  I'm sure you can survive on lentels and roadkill for <£20 a week, but if their budget allows, why shouldn't people eat top of the range stuff everyday.

Some people on here have obscenely expensive AV kit or cars, what's wrong with a gourmet lifestyle if that's how they decide to spent their hard earned money.

StevePSIV

Spend about £80 a week on food and household items for 2 people (£40 each).

Mr Incredible

And you missed off expensive watches, but at least we know LGS avoids those threads now!

cabanatuan

umm no. maybe you are just eating ready meals

if you eat proper food like chicken breast(£4), Steak, Fish(cod , sprats, musscles, prawns, crab etc aint cheap) with rice or potatoes or vegetables(veg is not cheap) and have afters like an apple or an orange(again not cheap) plus a drink(say a fruit juice which costs u over a pount for a little carton) and u can easily see how spending over £50 per person is a realistic thing.

Tonight i am going to have some  mussels cooked in ginger, garlic, onions and cherry tomatoes

that meal alone is worth close to a tenner

Last night i had beef boiled in a soup type of dish u sometimes eat at the chinese restaurant with potatoes, onions, gabbages etc . Again that cost money so it really depends what you eat and of course how much.

Yea if i buy ready meals for dinners and have one apple for breakfest and drink tap water, i can easily get by spending just £25-£30

SparkShot

No ready meals for me either, i mainly eat pasta based dishes with the odd curry.  

Usually spend between 35 and 40 per week.

I usually cook a few portions at a time though for freezing which helps reduce costs.

If I buy a block of cheese for say a lasagna I'll use what i don't use for my sarnies at work that week.

zebredy

£150-£250 a month at most (usually average just under £160) and that is for 2 adults and 4 cats. Even with 2 more mouths to feed I could not spend what some of you spend, is it the finest range and best most expensive meats you buy? My hubby is a carnivore and every meal contains meat and I would never touch the own brand cheap stuff and still I thought £250 was a lot, wow..

£700  some of you must have money to burn lol, wish I was that rich...

And before anyone says anything, no we do not eat ready meals, main reason is that I can not stand the taste of most of them...

Edited: changed figures above after checking past amounts I spent that I had to hand

dinoprada2003

£550 - £600 a month two adults one dog that includes a few take-aways and tolietries

£75 of that is take-aways

£40 dog food

Mostly take my lunch to work or spend £2 for a sandwich if im lazy  

O/h will spend £5 on lunch if i dont make her one lol

SteveCritten

Simon, apologies I never meant to offend. Think I got up the wrong side of the bed after a heavy(hot) few days and fired off a few "rants". I think I was just a bit shocked at how much money is spent by some but as you say I wasn't accounting for the clothes and presents you mentioned.

I guess you are right your choice is your choice and people can spend their money how they like. Must admit I didn't add my entertainment budget as I thought the OP was just after personal supermarket shop (I don't entertain a lot but I have been getting a few BBQ's in this year while we can but that's not usual and I only worked on my records April till April.

Again apologies if I offended.
Steve

arenaman

We must spend £280 a week on groceries and household stuff, there's only 3 of us, seriously

I'd say £50 was on booze like a crate of beer and a few good bottles of wine

I know things have gone up but it's still crazy money when I look at what other people spend. The Mrs will easily spend £130 in "the big shop" on a Thursday then top ups and fresh stuff every day. It's not like we haven't had words over it either, I even went once or twice and didn't save much