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Was wondering how much posters here,especially those living on their own, spend on grocery shopping per week/month.
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Per week, at Uni, £70.
I try to eat well. I buy a lot of steak and fish in bulk.
Sainsbury's basics mince sometimes makes an appearance as well.
I spend £30ish on food. I cook up large amounts and freeze meals. I also buy basics, alternative weeks. Fruit is essential and some kind of oily type fish.
I so wish I knew how to eat like you Sara. We spend around £30 aswell.
I too try to keep it to around £30ish a week, but it's hard as prices are going up hugely, altho I do buy alot of fresh fruit and veg. Every 6 weeks or so I get an internet delivery of bulky stuff that I can't carry home and that costs as much to get delivered as a bus to the supermarket and back. And some weeks I do spend around £50 when stocking up on basics. Finances are stretched to the limit and sometimes I avoid shopping for a week and rely on whatever's tinned/frozen - I bulk cook/freeze too.
My budget only allows £30 a week for food, several days have to be meat free because I just can not afford meat every day, we also eat a lot of pasta & I make or buy a cheese sauce, then bulk it out with vegetables, things like bolognaise I make enough for 4 meals then freeze half. Always make sure we have fruit & veg can generally get good offers on those that alternate week to week (price wise)!
i go to my local big Tesco at the exact time they do the 3 rd reduction of the day on stuff going out of date, and fill up my freezer, all the stuff is sold at a loss, you can't get it cheaper. ( i actually had them pay me once for my shopping, due to a money back offer, but that won't happen again )
If you have the means, shop at a trade warehouse, and buy in bulk.
Never shop at Iceland, they make their profit by getting as much water in the frozen product as possible, your buying ice ! If you defrost it, which they tell you not to do, you will see it shrinks to nothing.
don't bother with the economy own brands in supermarkets they are a waste of money. eat proper food but don't pay inflated retail prices for it.
Last edited by Rich178; 14-01-12 at 01:00.
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this is exactly what I do, with tesco and waitrose go when they discount everything, which for tesco is usually around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, sainsburys at 8pm at night, just handy on my drive home from work. And if I can be bothered waitrose which I get there just in time at the end of the day when everything is like 30p !! bargin !!!!!!Originally Posted by Rich178
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I'm surprised by that time, usually in my experience it's around 7pm to 9pm, i'm guessing your not getting the maximum reduction. every store is different though.
I am curious to know what kind of benefits you are on that you are able to afford £70 per week? Do you have to pay rent and are you supported by your parents at all?Per week, at Uni, £70.
I try to eat well. I buy a lot of steak and fish in bulk.
Sainsbury's basics mince sometimes makes an appearance as well.
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