oh, and we don't buy eggs, the neighbour supplies us wityh them
rolznsp,
Aug 15, 7:57pm
Between 140 - 200 weekly depending. Thats for 2 adults, 1 5 year old and a cat and dog.
vonedel2,
Aug 16, 1:47am
450 every 2 mths 450/2=225/2=112. 50 a fortnight for 3 freezers are great!
accroul,
Aug 16, 1:52am
$163 today - apart from bread, that should get us through the week - 2 adults & 2 kids.
basenjibabe,
Aug 16, 2:09am
I started coding off all the money we spent, and for 2 of us, we are averaging $517 a month for groceries. that includes meat, vegies, supermarket visits and the odd bottle of wine. That average has been calculated over 7 months
fitness_shack,
Aug 16, 3:00am
groceriesaround 350 per week (Mum, Dad, 1 toddler, 1 primary aged and 3 teens). I am definitely going to cut down though - far too much wasted. I dont like buying cakes or biscuits either as I am trying to cut out heavily processed foods instead have gone back to baking - kids are very happy and house smells like cake kitchen. We buy in loads of fruit and veges (as I have started to drink raw vege juices to improve my health). Still buying meat however no longer from supermarket - I go to the local butcher as quality is far better (less fat in mince and sausages).
catsmeat1,
Aug 16, 4:25am
I found it quite hard to keep a tally, so a couple of years back whenever I bought groceries I put them on the credit card, no top ups of milk etc at the dairy. That way at the end of three months I was able to get an idea of what we spent. I don't do it now, but we spend about $140 a week for two adults, that includes all the washing liquids, toilet papers, newspapers, and an alcoholic drink or two every week or fortnight. We don't bulk buy as live in a caravan so room for storage. Often end up in places that don't have a brand supermarket, so buying from shops like 4 square.
ladydaisy,
Aug 16, 5:37am
approx $140 per week, plus $20-30 at butcher as meat is better quality and we may have a take away for $30 each week. That's for myself and my 11 year old and 4 dogs. I bake and home cook now as we were eating too much fast food and processed foods.
kob,
Aug 16, 8:34pm
yes but you have to be carefull number 1 cause how often are we asked any cash with that and we say ok $100 please, or would you like to donate $5 to this or that charity just add to your bill. So not always an acurate amount doing it that way, and if booze is brought in your shopping i dont include that as grocery thats i lifestyle need... . . also xmas club is a prebrought grocery line so there are heaps of ways of this system not working.
kob,
Aug 16, 8:55pm
the easiest way is to have a 1B5 notebook in your handbag and for 1 month write down anything to do with food you buy, whether its a coffee, a pkt of biscuits takeaways , meat fruit groceries, even stoppoing for a packet of peppermints a long as its a normal spend and you havent not stopped because you know it will be a recordeed stop times this month expenditure by 12 and theres your years food intake, but if you get change with your efptos transaction rmemeber to deduct that amount from your entry. Booze, smokes and nappies do not in my mind count as food and should be counted elsewear.
beaker59,
Aug 17, 2:31am
I have always found with the household buget is that costs expand and contract to match the cash available. We live very well currently on about 250 a week though have done OK on half that with extra mouths to feed and have also been lucky enough to have lived on nearly twice that. Many in this country live on much much less and I haven't heard of anyone starving to death. Oddly in this country the more you have the more likely you are to live from your garden which is a bit strange.
toadfarmer,
Aug 17, 10:06pm
we spend approx 500 monthly that includes meat from butchers veges from vege shop and get all our milk from farm for free only occasionally get a drink at servo and when the garden is up and running will have less spent on veges. that is for 2 very big eating adults and a 7 year old with very hollow legs, i do some baking too.
purplegoanna,
Aug 17, 10:40pm
I spend $140 a fortnight at the supermarket, then $60 every 10days at the butchers and about another $20 a week for bread & milk etc... ... thats for 2 adults... .
purplegoanna,
Aug 17, 10:42pm
ooh your near the same as me... . ive always wondered if i spend to much or to little compared to others. my sis inlaw spend upto $300 a week on 2 adults 2 kids! can get upto $500 at xmas when theyre entertaining... they live like kings... and their dog eats like one tooo... . . no such thing as mince or snags in there house... .
cap,
Aug 18, 2:24am
I guess we would spend approx $200 a week and that's for 2 adults and 2 primary school aged children. I try to be careful and there are certain products that I only buy if they are on special and I am not as brand loyal as I used to be and have found that some Homebrand things are actually nicer anyway. Having a chest freezer really helps as I can stock up on good specials and one thing I have found that has saved me a lot of money is to freeze all my bread for the kids' sandwiches. I used to throw so much away but now only defrost what I need and it feels fresher too.
motorbo,
Aug 18, 4:04am
today i i didnt get very much and it cost me $69. 00! ! was not my weekly shop, man oh man i cant get over the prices these days
winnie15,
Aug 18, 7:57am
so far $250 . . for 2 adults and 2 teenagers and 2 cats . . but by the weekend it will be more. I never know whether i should shop just once or whether i should keep up with my twice a week... .
I joined simple savings in the end Tich50, I always felt like I was missing out. It was $33 and I am glad I did, if nothing else it keeps me in the zone. I hope you don't mind tich but i will copy your post into the budgeting thread as its advise too good to lose.
winnie15,
Aug 18, 10:55pm
I've been with SS for 2 years and have just ordered the '$21 challenge' book. I'm terrible at budgeting... when i met my hubby he'd always do the . . if we need, it buy it. It's rubbed off unfortunatley. Butmore recently after stopping all my weird diets that i'm spending less . . i'm baking more and have lots of fresh fruit and vege available, i don't buy all the cleaners and stopped buying facial wipes etc , it's amazing how much you save each week! Our out goings are now things like our 2kids needing braces at seven grand a pop, and 3 of us wear glasses at $400 each. . thats where it hits us at the moment.
lillybelle1,
Aug 19, 2:08am
between $300 - $350 a week, for 2 adults, 3 teens and 6yr old and 2 yr old, sometimes less, but its always a challenge to find make something new out of the same ingredients, we go to the local markets for fresh fruit and veges, meat is expensive and the price of butter and milk is almost unbelieable, I bake a lot, but it gets eaten fast too, just learning to bake and freeze so there is some for another day. Sometimes I think my children are too well fed. when I was a kid we had a lot of stews, which I still love today, but my kids turn there nose up at those... I hate takeaways, they are not filling, and they are a total waste of money.
kay141,
Aug 19, 2:12am
My glasses are over $1000. It is over $500 for one lens. I wish I only paid $400 each but they are essential so will pay up. I plan to visit Specsavers and see if they are cheaper than my usual optician.
winnie15,
Aug 19, 4:31am
yikes a grand? ? ? Mine were $600 , my hubby's were $400 and my daughters were $350 ... and now with contacts at $180on top of that it's eeeeekkkkkkkkk!
where we live, we only have a new world and 4 square ... mind you new world does have some good specials :)
winnie15,
Aug 19, 4:36am
Thats a great idea to bake and freeze! i read on the SS site that someone freezes each portion and just takes it out in the morning . . i thought that was good thinking!
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