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2 Dec 2004, 01:42
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so f*cking zen
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I realise
that asking this question here might get me ****ed up answers* but:
"How much do you spend a week on groceries?"
I'm trying to work out a budget you see.
*only fatties and skinnies on the interweb
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2 Dec 2004, 01:45
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Henry Kelly
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Re: I realise
Probably about £20. Most of that is Richmond sausages and bread, mind.
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2 Dec 2004, 01:47
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Evil inside
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Re: I realise
6 quid a day roughly.
6x7 =42 quid.
This is in norway though, where everything is expensive, atleast sort off.
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2 Dec 2004, 02:09
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nondescript human
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Re: I realise
About £25, I reckon. Usually in 2 lots of about £10-15 a week in the local Tesco. Most of that is bread (I often have one those 73p bloomer loaves to myself), milk, pizza, sausages, coke and then meat and pasta sauce or something. Oh yeah and an apple and maybe a carrot.
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2 Dec 2004, 02:12
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Gone
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Re: I realise
Uhmm, not sure.
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2 Dec 2004, 04:04
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I dunno...
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: manchester
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Re: I realise
£25-30, but one must bear in mind that this is almost all spent on crisps and Tesco-made sandwiches.
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2 Dec 2004, 04:51
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1up on you
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Location: Birmingham, UK
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Re: I realise
I spend £20 a week, me and my housemates shop online at sainsburies and chip in £20 each we get a shit load of food and it will last with a decent lunch (normally frozen food) and decent dinner (chicken curry, lamb chops, pasta etc) we always have milk, bread, bacon, sausages etc as well, so i never go hungary tbh and rarely spend money elsewhere on food.
Just now I had a choose and ham toastie (spanish cheese and ham is teh pwn) well nice.
The key is though know how to cook, you know how to cook u will spend v little. For example I can cook a chicken/lamb balti aloo, macoronni cheese, lasagne, stir fry, chops, etc etc. Means that when cooking you dont get ready made stuff, you can do it all with ingrediants, with cheap veg and meats (ATM chicken fillets at Sainsburies, by one get one free \o/)
Another tip is plan what ya gonna buy. A big tendancy is to walk around a supermarket and go i want that, that, that, that and spend a shit load, buying online means you can sit in your underpants and plan exactly what you want.
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2 Dec 2004, 04:52
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1up on you
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Location: Birmingham, UK
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Re: I realise
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sainsburys
50 products £104.34
1 x lemonade 4x2l £1.72
1 x hovis square cut800g £0.72
1 x kgsml tsty w_mel med £0.69
1 x wtbx alpen 750g £1.82
1 x ht_rtr orng jlly135g £0.32
1 x hrt_rt rspby jly135g £0.32
1 x hrt_rt stwby jly135g £0.32
1 x angl dl bttrscot 66g £0.45
1 x angl dl chcolate 67g £0.45
1 x angl dl strwbrry 59g £0.45
1 x hrt_rt jly lime 135g £0.32
4 x chc mss 6x62.5g £2.80
2 x mllrc strwbry 200g £0.78
3 x clmchdrchs sc mx 40g £1.11
2 x dlm xtr spc bol 500g £2.34
2 x l_g madras sauce425g £3.98
1 x pst mlk 3.4l 6 pnt £1.51
1 x low prx15 mxd wgt £1.16
2 x mllrice caramel 200g £0.78
2 x mllrc van custrd200g £0.78
2 x alpro soya milk 1l £2.58
1 x mlr crnh vrty 6x150g £1.98
1 x mul dst crns 6x150g £1.98
1 x mcn sthrn f_frs 907g £1.69
2 x g_flls ppp pzza 434g £3.88
2 x asdp hm_pn 2x412g £3.58
2 x chicken kv x 2 £3.18
2 x chkn burgers x 4 £2.18
1 x curly fries 750g £1.39
2 x p_rist speciale 330g £3.78
2 x p_rist mozzarel 335g £3.78
2 x chy chk dippers 300g £1.98
1 x lp apples £0.62
1 x bananas x 6 £1.39
2 x low price 150 sht £0.70
1 x tltdckact frsh 750ml £0.75
1 x lp ref sacks x30 £0.77
4 x chckn filts 520g £23.96
2 x l_price bac 300g £1.94
1 x macaroni 500g £0.34
1 x pasta penne 1kg £0.60
1 x orange jc 4x1l £2.16
4 x coca cola 2l £5.12
1 x evn nat min wtr 4x2l £2.71
2 x cloudy lemonade2l £1.18
1 x onions 1kg £1.09
1 x family pack tomatoes £1.04
1 x sweetcorn x4 £2.79
1 x pepper 750g £1.64
1 x single green pepper £0.74
50 products £104.34
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that was last weeks shop, note this is for 5 blokes, and well we enjoy eating
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2 Dec 2004, 06:06
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Re: I realise
Wouldn't know cause that's a girls job innit?
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2 Dec 2004, 08:24
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Clerk
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Re: I realise
Probalby about £30 on actual food I need, although I randomly buy junk food far too often which would skew it further towards £50 or £60.
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2 Dec 2004, 09:36
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cynic
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Re: I realise
you can live well on £20 a week for food
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2 Dec 2004, 10:29
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Brain Overload
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Re: I realise
i usually shop once every 4 weeks spending about £150 and then buy fresh stuff regularly through the week (ie £5 per week) so about $170 a month.
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2 Dec 2004, 10:54
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mmm lambs
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: London
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Re: I realise
Generally around £30-£40 but way too much of that is just spent on coke, lucozade and milk.
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2 Dec 2004, 11:37
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cynic
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Re: I realise
melandron and midge need to spend less on food
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2 Dec 2004, 11:40
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Brain Overload
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Re: I realise
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Originally Posted by roadrunner_0
melandron and midge need to spend less on food
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why? i can afford it, and none of it is this processed crap, only pure ingredients so i can cook myslef a nice and "healthy" diet
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2 Dec 2004, 12:41
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Twisted
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Re: I realise
Round about the £50 mark, sometimes closer to £40 sometimes closer to £60. That's for 2 of us.
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2 Dec 2004, 13:22
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Cute Kitten
Join Date: May 2003
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Re: I realise
We aim for £55 between two of us, and within the house we plan to put in £20 each a week for dinners and communcal food (milk and the like) and then we will have £15 left for breakfast and lunches. Given I am trying to be healthy and breakfast currently costs me about 20p a day (porridge with rasins and sultanas and cinnamon) and lunch is a jacket potato (brought from home and cooked in the microwave) this seems to mean Mark can buy microwave pizzas for every other meal.
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2 Dec 2004, 16:38
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Damn Dog
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Re: I realise
no more than £20 per week, and i do have to shop at sainsbury's since there are no tesco/asda/lidl near where i live i rely mainly on jacket potatoes, egg and bacon sandwhiches, bacon and cheese sandwhiches, egg and beans on toast and those wicked all day breakfasts.
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2 Dec 2004, 16:47
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cynic
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Location: Bishop Auckland Co. Durham
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Re: I realise
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Originally Posted by melandron
why? i can afford it, and none of it is this processed crap, only pure ingredients so i can cook myslef a nice and "healthy" diet
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fair enough, but what the hell are you buying to spend that amount? you generally fine that if you are buying fresh and making your own, it costs less than processed food anyway
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2 Dec 2004, 16:57
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Clerk
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Re: I realise
I wish I had time / energy to make "proper" food, it'd be a hell of a lot cheaper. I probably spend a good £10-£15 some weeks just on crisps, chocolates, cakes etc.
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2 Dec 2004, 17:03
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Klaatu barada nikto
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
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Re: I realise
I spend about $150/week on groceries, for a family of four. It's been a bit more recently, due to the Thanksgiving holiday and the fact that we've had company.
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2 Dec 2004, 17:07
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Location: London, UK
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Re: I realise
I don't spend anything currently, as my girlfriend owes me money (paid for her flights) so does the shopping.
She's ****ing ace at finding deals though. She'll get decent food for a couple of weeks for only £25 or so. Whereas I'll spent about £40 on just a week's food for myself. She does it all with ingredients, then we cook together.
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2 Dec 2004, 17:08
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Re: I realise
I'd guess at about $80 a week for the 2½ of us, but that's everything shopping, not just food, and includes my beer allowance.
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2 Dec 2004, 19:37
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Re: I realise
Well.
When I shop at Asda or Tescos it's about 20 quid a week.
But I can never be arsed so I goto the local store and proabably spend about 40 quid a week.
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2 Dec 2004, 19:42
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It was a Stupid Dream
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Winchester, UK
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Re: I realise
£35 per week for 2
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2 Dec 2004, 20:06
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Has Soup On His Head
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Re: I realise
£60 on lunch alone in a week. God knows what i spend on breakfast, dinner and snacks.
I reckon i prolly spend around £350 a month on food. Not vast quantities, just good quality stuff, hence it costs a little* more.
*little = shitload.
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3 Dec 2004, 02:11
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Re: I realise
I like your new avatar Kura <3
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3 Dec 2004, 10:05
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Re: I realise
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3 Dec 2004, 12:05
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Brain Overload
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Derby, Newcastle and Cardiff
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Re: I realise
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Originally Posted by roadrunner_0
fair enough, but what the hell are you buying to spend that amount? you generally fine that if you are buying fresh and making your own, it costs less than processed food anyway
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well i must of spent about £10 on a producing a curry for 2 last night, but mainly because i messed up the recepe and maid way too much curry paste. whooops.
apart from that i get alot of specialist herbs and spices, and alot of veg, but most of my stuff is organic just beacuse i like the taste. Plus i don't have a huge freezer so can't freeze much which means i can't buy anything in blulk
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