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What's your weekly grocery Bill

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    #32
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,752 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Probably about 20 quid. Once you add in what the kids have stolen and my "pregnant" wife has hidden under her "bump" it would be around 180. Add the alcohol to that and you're probably talking 400ish.


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    #33
    quickbeam
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    Could easily go less than €20 if I was tightening my belt and cut out the junk and alcohol.


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    #34
    HamSarris
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    80 cent and often I’ve change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the Polo grounds


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    #35
    [Deleted User]
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    Under 200/month..... I'd eat just under 3000kcals/day.
    That's breakfast, lunch & dinner.


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    #36
    Alex86Eire
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭Alex86Eire


    Usually around €25 for one. I'd eat very little meat though and shop in Aldi. If I was baking for someone it would be a little more.


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    #37
    Leg End Reject
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    Can I ask all the €20-35 per week people what they eat?

    I'd spend about €50 per week and I don't have extravagant meals at all, but I don't buy the cheapest of everything. You'd easily spend at least €10 on fresh fruit and veg.

    Household stuff - cleaning products, laundry products, toilet roll etc bring that up when needed.
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    #38
    SVI40
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    gibgodsman wrote: »
    Lies, absolutely no way this is possible unless none of you use the home to eat in

    Nope, it's quite easy. No ready made meals, or sauces. My butcher does 10 extra large chicken fillets for €10 2 will do 3 of us. 16oz rib eyes for €6.99. Fresh loose vegetables are cheap.
    We don't do biscuits, cake or any of that, as we can't be bothered with it.
    32 pack of Charmin bog roll, €12.00. So many things are on sale, 2 for 1 offers etc. It's quite doable.

    There is a big difference between items you need, and items you want.

    Also look at how much food the average family throws out, as it's gone off, or out of date. Or the amount of dinners not finished, as we cook too big portions, far more than what we need.


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    #39
    quickbeam
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Can I ask all the €20-35 per week people what they eat?

    I'd spend about €50 per week and I don't have extravagant meals at all, but I don't buy the cheapest of everything. You'd easily spend at least €10 on fresh fruit and veg.

    Household stuff - cleaning products, laundry products, toilet etc bring that up when needed.

    Am vegetarian which helps. I buy cheese, eggs, pasta, couscous, rice, frozen veg, tinned veg, jars of things like olives, dried lentils. olive oll, stock cubes, spices and seasonsings, tea, coffee - lots of those last ages so aren't bought every week.

    As others said, no ready meals, or ready sauces.

    I'd be at the top end of your scale when I add in alcohol and junk food which I do on occasion.


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    #40
    BionicRasher
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    We have averaged €93.17 per week on Gluten free products alone in 2019
    One of the family is Coeliac

    once we put in the rest of the trolley we are up in the €200 range and that excludes the occasional fill of booze and once a month stuff like coffee pods

    we mix shopping between all the supermarkets as we find its good to get different items and not be eating the same ol stuff each week

    2 adults and 2 kids (8 & 6)


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    #41
    s1ippy
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    On average, €50 each per week these last six months. We're a couple. We grow and forage a lot of our own food, make everything from scratch, often in bulk to freeze and use as needed (faster, cheaper and more nutritious than buying premade or frozen). I usually have a home brew of some description going, about 40 bottles every month. I used to spend a lot more on drink, meat and flour for baking when we had people coming over for parties. I miss it.

    Unfortunately the savings have been almost entirely offset by both necessary and frivolous purchases recently.


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    #42
    Seamai
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    For the two of us it averages out about €110 to 120 a week. We don't eat meat every day (nasi goreng and fried eggs this evening) and maybe eat out once or twice a month. I enjoy cooking and am always trying new things so there are always a few exotic things in the trolley and a LOT of fruit and veg. We don't drink a lot either, I'm sure we must sound like killjoys, I can assure you that we are not, it's just we are at an age where we need to look after ourselves.


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    #43
    Lyle Lanley
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    Somewhere between 15 and 20 euro for the two of us, depending on how many beers I drink.
    I buy good beers and great meat. I don't worry about getting the cheapest of everything.

    Oh, I also don't live in Ireland. I guess that's important!


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    #44
    Upforthematch
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    krissovo wrote: »
    Even using Aldi for a large part of the weekly shop were at 300/350 a week for 2 adults and 2 children. If I add 1 take away and alcohol its not good reading.

    Wow! Like would that even all fit into one trolley?


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    #45
    Ted_YNWA
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    Batch cooking is a great way to keep the costs down when single. 3 for €10 type meal deals could easily do 7-10 dinners depending what they are, Very easy to throw on a few extra potatoes & veg & freeze a few portions.

    Probably averages around €40-50 for 1.


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    #46
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Spend 48 euros on shopping today and just gave in to cravings and spent 28 euros on deliveroo. And also had one last night.

    Eoin McGee needs to do a show with me to sort me out.


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    #47
    Harry Palmr
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    Food and drink? About 30 euro a week for one, I grow my own veg and a bit of fruit which helps a bit.


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    #48
    onrail
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    £60-80 per week for the two of us plus a small baby - got us through lockdown so covered every meal. Maybe a takeaway 1-2 times a fortnight.

    Found that the forced single weekly trip to the supermarket saved us a fortune in avoiding those ‘popping out to grab something’ days.


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    #49
    Febreeze
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    I spend around €30-€40 a week on the food shopping and that would include the tolietries and cleaning supplies in dealz.

    Myself and partner do our own separate shopping as he's a gym nut and it's constant supply of meats and god knows what else so sometimes it's a shop twice a week but for myself I go once a with a plan of what I'm making for my lunch and dinner for the week as I batch cook and whatever is left over before the next shop I try and drag them out for another day or two then make another meal plan.

    The most I spent was €100 and that was at the start of lockdown as I hadn't a clue what I needed to get because everyone was panic buying at one stage but I hardly go over €50 on a bad shop

    We always make a point to get a take away once a week just to be a little lazy one of the days and we look forward to it!


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    #50
    L1011
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    About 100/week without booze; but its knocked off average hugely by weeks where we buy close to nothing in the shops (have a milkman and we don't eat sliced pans so that's the two main fresh things you need dealt with); and then a weekend where I might spend 300 restocking the cupboards/freezer

    Use a local greengrocer for most veg; cheaper than anything that isn't on offer in supermarkets and much more consistent quality. Buy some stuff in bulk in Eurasia in Fonthill which is dirt cheap for the stuff they sell.

    Takeout once a week normally. I have no idea what my partner spends on lunch for WFH, I've been mostly at work and getting lunch there as normal.


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    #51
    Roger Mellie Man on the Telly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭Roger Mellie Man on the Telly


    I lived for a week on £4 stg once as a student in Belfast in the mid 90's.
    Beans on toast and whatever I could find in the cupboard.


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    #52
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Not saying, and don't call me Bill.


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    #53
    andekwarhola
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    krissovo wrote: »
    Even using Aldi for a large part of the weekly shop were at 300/350 a week for 2 adults and 2 children. If I add 1 take away and alcohol its not good reading.

    Honestly interested, do you really drop that amount weekly in Aldi for 2 adults and 2 kids without including alcohol. Are you buying loads of non grocery stuff like pet food, nappies or stuff from the middle aisles?


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    #54
    Neames
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    2 adults and one 12 year old child

    €150 a week on average


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    #55
    SCOOP 64
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    €110, 2 adults 2 teenagers.


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    #56
    Ultimanemo
    Registered Users Posts: 890 ✭✭✭Ultimanemo


    I don't know
    I will ask the wife


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    #57
    Upforthematch
    Registered Users Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭Upforthematch


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    €110, 2 adults 2 teenagers.

    That's some going. What's your secret?


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    #58
    TheChizler
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    About €60 on an expensive week for two, might pick up a few Euro worth of cleaners or things we can't get in Aldi in Dealz or Tesco.


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    Queasy Tadpole
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭Queasy Tadpole


    Please outline what two people are eating for 7 days on €60 total?!


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    #60
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    About €140 quid a week for two people. That's for food and cat food only - alcohol is extra. Main shop is in Supervalu, visit Aldi for some stuff, and buy most of our meat and fish from the local butcher.

    Less than a tenner per day for food per person seems very reasonable now I look at it typed out. And we'd be buying high quality food for the most part. Lots of fancy cheese, organic veg, free-range chicken and pork, Irish prawns etc.

    I'd imagine food used to cost a far higher percentage of the household budget back in the 70's/80's/90's.


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    #61
    tiredcity
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭tiredcity


    Feel a bit better about how much we spend on groceries reading this! I've looked at our finances really closely in recent years and groceries are always our biggest expense. We try really hard to stick to 200e but often go a little bit over if decide to buy alcohol etc. Always shop in Aldi with a trip to Tesco every 3 or so weeks for specialist food. 2 adults and 2 small kids. I'm a coeliac and one of the kids has multiple food allergies so that bumps things up a bit along with nappies. We never get takeaways anymore and cook most meals from scratch so eat pretty well.


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