How much do you spend on groceries a week?
We spend $250 a week on a big shop plus about $100 extra later
on in the week, for myself and my partner and a 5 and 6 year old. I feel like this is a lot.
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Family of 3 - 2 adults and a 14 year old boy and a cat. I spend $300 a fortnight plus another $25 or so on the off week.
Family of my partner and I and our two kids aged 9 and 3, $150 a week. We opt for less meat and more beans which saves us heaps.
$150 per week for 2 adults. It would be a lot less if my son didn’t go through loads of prosciutto and semi-dried tomatoes!
Thats a lot. Food is expensive it would be easy to do. You must eat really well.
Do you ever have soup, cup noodle or toastie nights?
Yeah, to me that's a lot. I spend $350 a fortnight for 2 adults and 3 kids and that gets all our basic necessities, toiletries and the odd luxury. I'd probably spend another $50 in that period for top ups of milk, bread and fruits. To put that in perspective - I'm spending $400 fortnightly, you're spending roughly $700 fortnightly (no judgement though, I know all too well how easy it is to overspend in the supermarket, especially if you take your kids with you lol).
Look at what you're buying of you want to reduce it - first things to go are brand name items. Obviously, some things you can't scrimp on but 90% of the time the home brand stuff is just as good, if not better/more value for money.
Second thing that will start adding up - pre packaged foods/share packs (think tiny teddies, shapes and chips etc). For example, I'd need 3 packets of 8 shapes to do lunches every day for a fortnight ,but that would cost be $15 if they're on sale, when I could get 3 regular boxes for $6 -7.
I'd suggest meal planning and prepping in advance too, if you know exactly what you need and how much of it you're less likely to end up buying things you don't actually need.
Last week I did my first shop since before Christmas and it was $400 which I thought was enormous. $300 a fortnight usually covers us (3 adults), the dog and the chooks and the stuff we need for the household - cleaning products, loo paper, paper towel etc. The only thing I save on is beef which I can buy heavily discounted through work, everything else is supermarket prices. I really need to try an Aldi shop, I reckon I can get it lower.
If you don’t meal plan then I would give it a trial run - it cuts down on buying extra stuff you don’t actually need.
I also now do the click and collect (free) at Coles. When I’m ordering online I add everything I need/want and then I can review it before paying. I can go through each item and really evaluate whether it’s needed and look at how much I’m spending. Plus you can multitask and get it done while watching a tv show or something.
We don’t eat a lot of meat and try stick to a plant based diet so our family of four, two adults and two kids under 3 spend $150 a week, every couple of weeks it’s about $200 when I stock up on toilet paper/cleaning products ect
So glad to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't eat a lot of meat :)
I spend too much apparently. I like good quality food. Rather not skimp on it. I spend $250-$300 depending on what meat or veg I feel like. I enjoy meat so won't ever cut that down.
I spend about $150-200per fortnight for me and two boys (10 & 12). That includes most toiletries and cleaning products, as well as meat and fresh fruit and veg. The boys are with me every second week, so I meal plan for the week the boys are with me. Leftovers are frozen in single serves for when the boys aren’t here, or for fortnight’s when money is tight. If I know I’ll have extra money left at the end of the fortnight I might buy some meat in bulk to freeze in meal size portions to save money the next fortnight or two.