What do you think is a good budget for

[Jaysmummy]

Weekly food shopping?? We're not strictly on a budget but we obviously want to cut down as much as we can iwth a new arrival on the way

I need to include formula and nappies in this. What's everyones weekly food shop bill??

xx

 

[ShadowSeer]

Shopping at ASDA, I can do a weekly shop for around £30 - £35 including nappies. I get formula from Dr's on prescription, so not paying for it

I just buy all own brand stuff, dont bother with special offers (they are usually a rip off tbh) and buy things like bread, meat, fish daily when they go into the reduced bit....Ive gotten very good at saving and budgeting since LO arrived!!

 

[Jaysmummy]

Shopping at ASDA, I can do a weekly shop for around £30 - £35 including nappies. I get formula from Dr's on prescription, so not paying for it

I just buy all own brand stuff, dont bother with special offers (they are usually a rip off tbh) and buy things like bread, meat, fish daily when they go into the reduced bit....Ive gotten very good at saving and budgeting since LO arrived!!

WOW!!!!!! That is actually amazing!!!!!! I really need to learn to cut back on spending, I'm terrible! How many people is that to feed?? I have 2 adults and 2 children xx

 

[ShadowSeer]

Just me and my partner mostly, but I do have my friend over for dinner every Saturday

Easy way to cut down on food spending, is set a budget for your shopping. Get to know the rough prices at your local supermarket. Make a list before you leave, only take the amount of money you wish to spend with you, + maybe a £5 extra just in case. And, alot of people buy waaay to much food, and then it gets wasted.

 

[shazney22]

how do you get formula on prescription? if you dont mind me asking?

 

[ShadowSeer]

My LO is a preemie and is on Nutriprem 2. You cant buy it in the shops, so I get it from the doc's.

 

[ellie27]

2 adults and 1 toddler - £40 per week - thats not including nappies or formula.....so I would say £55 including nappies/formula

 

[Carly 123]

we are quite good, £40 per week on food (sometimes less) - we shop at aldi, £10 per week on our 3 cats - litter, food etc. and £10 every two weeks on nappies from asda. I have started buying smartprice baby wipes, discovered that they are absolubtly fine and dont irritate georges skin at all. and for about 37p a packet very good value!

 

[xxembobxx]

OMG I need to budget too!
I spend about £100 a week on food, I'm now trying to make this include petrol as I don't need to use the car as much.
I keep saying I'll budget but just buying laundry products, cleaning products, hygiene products and baby stuff soon bumps the cost up. And packed lunches are extortionate.
£30 a week seems nigh impossible, although we are a family of 6!

 

[Jaysmummy]

OMG I need to budget too!
I spend about £100 a week on food, I'm now trying to make this include petrol as I don't need to use the car as much.
I keep saying I'll budget but just buying laundry products, cleaning products, hygiene products and baby stuff soon bumps the cost up. And packed lunches are extortionate.
£30 a week seems nigh impossible, although we are a family of 6!

I agree hun! Our budget at the minute is around £100 a week but I really need to get it down. Seems impossible tho

 

[ttcnewbie123]

We spend about £50 a week at the moment just on two adults so I imagine when little ones comes we'll be spending about £65-£70 to include nappies and formula - I'm sure we could cut that back if we planned meals properly x

 

[louisechippy]

think i need to start bugeting too lol coz my shopping averagely comes to about 100 pounds a week and that is including nappies wipes formula and dog food for three dogs lol x we are a family of five x 2 adults 3 kids one of which eats like a horse and a dh who has just been diagnosed with diabeties so having to shop around him now too x

 

[Ju_bubbs]

I spend about £200 a week, then another £10-£20 every other day on bread/milk etc for 2 adults, 4 kids and a doggy

 

[hulahoop09]

We spend £80-£100 every fortnight so approx £50 per week for me hubby & our dog. Tbh we could v.likely cut this down and I will make this one of my goals while on maternity leave!! I am a bit rubbish at cooking from scratch and hubby doesnt eat certain things whereas I am a human dustbin. Lol. We also buy quite a bit of branded which tbh if needs be we could change. We shop at Farmfoods (can get LOTS there for good prices) and then get a few things from Asda. Thats also inc. taxi/delivery cost as we dont drive.

xx

 

[LouiseClare]

We usually spend £100 per week and there is only 2 adults, 1 toddler and a small dog. We usually shop at Tesco. I try to cut down on spending but fresh meat and fish seems to cost so much these days.

 

[babyblog]

2 adults and 1 toddler, our budget is £60 per week but that doesn't include nappies (and he's too old for formula now).So if we did have to pay for that i'd say our budget was around £80 per week, and i find it hard to stick to!