Food shopping

[CocoAllure]

Do you all count a lunch for the next day from your dinner? I feel like (compared to all of you) that my boyfriend and I spend a lot of money per week on food.

We average about £150 but have breakfasts, snacks, lunch and dinner for 7 days. We cook our dinners for four (adult) people so we can have a lunch the next day.

Just try it you won't regret it at all most supermarkets do this large cous cous and feta salad I LOVE sainsburys do it for £2 aldi have just got it and it's £1.29

Yea we have kids packed lunch stuff and I make dinner so I have some leftovers for lunch

 

[coco.]

Mine includes the children's school dinners and both mine and my husbands and my two tortoises food

I do tend to run out of bread and milk during the week but I think most people do

It's definitely worth a try

I think to start with I felt abit weird because it's not set out like sainsburys is
I like all their plants and they do household items and garden things and all sorts of things, books for the children, toys etc

But I like it now
Never got on with lidl though, I use that shop if I need milk or bread as I'm passing

 

[blossom]

Yes ours is for all we need

Altho to be fair I do a mid week shop like others have said for more veg, milk etc

Looking forward to trying Aldi [emoji5]️

 

[Noodle]

Yes ours is for all we need

Altho to be fair I do a mid week shop like others have said for more veg, milk etc

Looking forward to trying Aldi [emoji5]️

No Aldi near me, but a branch of Lidl not too far away.

 

[pure]

I'm a Lidl shopper. Tried Aldi but didn't like their meat so much and found their fruit and veg didn't last very long. 2 adults, 2 children and 2 dogs for about £80 per week. I find I can save even more if I'm organised and make a meal plan (and stick to it!) but I'm never as organised as I'd like to be

 

[CocoAllure]

I'm a Lidl shopper. Tried Aldi but didn't like their meat so much and found their fruit and veg didn't last very long. 2 adults, 2 children and 2 dogs for about £80 per week. I find I can save even more if I'm organised and make a meal plan (and stick to it!) but I'm never as organised as I'd like to be

I love lidl fresh bakery

 

[blossom]

I love lidl fresh bakery

It looks and smells delicious!
But there's never anything whole grain

 

[CocoAllure]

It looks and smells delicious!
But there's never anything whole grain

Oh my one has lots of whole grain loaves and rolls

 

[pure]

It looks and smells delicious!
But there's never anything whole grain

Mine does too although we generally opt for their tiger bread nom nom lol

 

[CocoAllure]

Yea aldi are a little behind with the bakery bit I love their French sticks I could eat that everyday

 

[Sara-Jane]

I normally spend about £80 at tescos per week for 3 weeks, on the 4th week when partner gets paid we do a bigger shop of about £150 (normally running out of all the little things by then, like pepper, salt, spices, detergent etc) and once a month I do a big shop at Costco to buy all meat for the month normally about £100

Also probably spend about £20 mid week getting fresh veg, milk and odd little bits

That's for 2 adults, a toddler and a 1 year old

I tried Aldi, my partner is a food snob and hated it all, we used to only shop in marks and Spencer's, finally managed to get him down to tescos, Aldi or lidls one day

 

[fluffycloudland]

My husband was just like that so I started decanting Aldi products into brand packaging & he didn't say anything so I carried on.

He's only just found out we have sainsburys basic tea bags. 6 years he's been drinking it.

 

[es22x]

I love lidl fresh bakery

Can't resist their cookies and pain au chocolates! [emoji14][emoji14][emoji14][emoji14]

 

[CocoAllure]

The only thing that puts me off them sometimes is how open the baskets are I am a bit of a germ freak and I hate the thought of a child sneezing all over them lol

 

[blossom]

Ew good point.

 

[CocoAllure]

I'm sorry

 

[linzi]

We've spent an average of just under £80 a week since August. I do ww, and he loves berries so we spend a fortune on fruit and veg

This includes absolutely everything food and grocery-wise - toilet rolls, cleaning products, shampoos, etc. And is for 2 adults and 1 ten year old - who eats like a horse! Breakfast is usually either bacon sandwiches, porridge, overnight oats, banana pancakes or just fruit. Our daughter has a packed lunch and we eat 'leftovers' for lunch.

I probably shop differently to most people - when something that we buy and like is on offer, then I'll buy a few of that item to get us to the next deal. It means that we might spend more one week, but less for the next few. We have a farmshop near us that does fruit and veg at an amazing price - massive butternut squash for £1, a dozen apples for about £1. We buy the 25kg sacks of potatoes which last for ages. We mainly shop at aldi and supplement the things that we can't get at sainsburys or tesco. And I might buy a few snacks and biscuits at weightwatchers

I also do quite a bit of batch cooking and freezing - my partner works evenings so doing this means he can have a proper meal at work. We also tend to use these meals for lunch as well. We have things like bolognese, steak pie, chicken paella, pasta with meatball, etc.

I buy toilet rolls from farmfoods (Nicki brand) so get a few packs if I'm passing; they're cheaper than aldi and just as good.

 

[AcidPerm]

I regularly shop in both Lidl and Aldi but my fave supermarket is a local branch of the Irish chain Supervalu. The choice is fantastic.

 

[blossom]

Wow Haircutz I'd love to have a poke round in there! [emoji2]

 

[AcidPerm]

I must say, the quality of fresh food over here is fantastic. It's the West Cork food festival all this week.... There's a big outdoor food show on Sunday in the town and I can't wait. Mmmmmmm. Another pic from my favourite supermarket's website.