pasty
A different kind of pasty
Deffo cheaper online as you don't get tempted by all the "goodies" down the aisles as you wander around a supermarket.
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How much do you spend weekly on food ?
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Deffo cheaper online as you don't get tempted by all the "goodies" down the aisles as you wander around a supermarket.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
£125 a week, 2 adults, 20 year old and 15 year old.
The elder eats for England yet stick thin - bloody annoying
The elder eats for England yet stick thin - bloody annoying
TrevorDove
Member
But do you end up going topping up in the week? I would probably end up in the Co-Op every night buying biscuits!
Little snippet of advice for free
If you use all the companies that deliver eg Tesco, Asda ETC, every 2/3 weeks they begin to miss your custom so they email you voucher codes to come back. You can save a lot of money if you use a different store every week.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
No, not really. Only for milk and minor forgotten sundries tbh
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
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Well, that C4 investigation was brilliant. After 30 minutes they have told us that the supermarket convenience stores (Tesco Express, Sainsbury Local, etc) are more expensive to buy fresh products than the supermarket superstores. No shit Sherlock
Still more interesting that the dire Saints v Everton game on Sky SPorts 1 though
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
According to the wife £150 for a family of 4. (2 teenagers)
pasty
A different kind of pasty
TrevorDove
Member
Little snippet of advice for free
If you use all the companies that deliver eg Tesco, Asda ETC, every 2/3 weeks they begin to miss your custom so they email you voucher codes to come back. You can save a lot of money if you use a different store every week.
That's great a tip thanks however, I only use Sainsburys as my work do a scheme where you get 5% discount by buying vouchers upfront - do you reckon my savings by switching each week would outstrip this?
I can't really answer that other than to say that we often get up to £20 off discounts quite regularly as well as other good offers of % off shopping valid for periods of time.. Hope this helps
TrevorDove
Member
I can't really answer that other than to say that we often get up to £20 off discounts quite regularly as well as other good offers of % off shopping valid for periods of time.. Hope this helps
I'm going to give it a go for a month or so - can always revert back to the one supermarket if all else fails. Cheers mate
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Tesco's have a fantastic 87% saving when buying corriander from their superstore against their Express stores or was it 87% more expensive when buying from an Express!
There are a couple of cons to shopping this way... They sometimes substitute items if they are out of stock, which can be frustrating but not a common problem. Obviously someone has to be home to accept delivery which is within a 2 hour timeslot that is booked when you place your order.
We consider it overall with the money saved and not having to drag the whole family around "pain in the arse" supermarkets every week, well worth the downsides to online shopping.
We consider it overall with the money saved and not having to drag the whole family around "pain in the arse" supermarkets every week, well worth the downsides to online shopping.
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Purely food about £30. With toiletries, kitchen roll, bog roll etc it would be about £40.
Basically £160 a month for all of a supermarket shop.
When I was with parents and family it was £160 a week for 5 of us!
Basically £160 a month for all of a supermarket shop.
When I was with parents and family it was £160 a week for 5 of us!
cloud
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Little snippet of advice for free
If you use all the companies that deliver eg Tesco, Asda ETC, every 2/3 weeks they begin to miss your custom so they email you voucher codes to come back. You can save a lot of money if you use a different store every week.
Also, the supermarkets put their prices up around the last/first day of the month, when everyone gets paid. The cheapest time to shop is the last week of the month. And Saturday/Sunday early evening when everything gets reduced.
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
£150 to £170 per week
pasty
A different kind of pasty
You also need to watch out for their "special deals" which aren't. Many a time I have found a multi-buy "extra special offer" is more expensive than buying the same quantity loose. I remember one a couple of weeks ago where a special offer was "pack of 3 onions for 90p", where loose onions were 19p each!
Cian
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More than I thought after adding it up! Always thought I spent very little as I cook from scratch virtually every time. Buying for two people:
25 or so in the butchers every two weeks
fiver in the greengrocers every two weeks
tenner for the milkman a week (I'm starting to think I live in 1955 or something now - butcher, greengrocer and milkman. We don't have a paper boy though.)
50 or so in Lidl every month
Generally 50 or so a month in Tesco too but I've got over 600 clubcard points in the past two months - Christmas food and drink did that mostly
Probably 40-50 quid a week in the convenience store down the road I keep telling myself not to shop in
And work pay for my lunch five days a week so there's another 150 a month or so on that. Though the Lidl/Tesco/convenience store will include some non-food household items.
Had that C4 show on also, the claim that greengrocers "can" be cheaper than the supermarkets is absolutely true, as often are butchers. The ones I use are in the carpark of a Tesco Extra and are consistantly cheaper, as well as having better quality veg and more choice of meat.
25 or so in the butchers every two weeks
fiver in the greengrocers every two weeks
tenner for the milkman a week (I'm starting to think I live in 1955 or something now - butcher, greengrocer and milkman. We don't have a paper boy though.)
50 or so in Lidl every month
Generally 50 or so a month in Tesco too but I've got over 600 clubcard points in the past two months - Christmas food and drink did that mostly
Probably 40-50 quid a week in the convenience store down the road I keep telling myself not to shop in
And work pay for my lunch five days a week so there's another 150 a month or so on that. Though the Lidl/Tesco/convenience store will include some non-food household items.
Had that C4 show on also, the claim that greengrocers "can" be cheaper than the supermarkets is absolutely true, as often are butchers. The ones I use are in the carpark of a Tesco Extra and are consistantly cheaper, as well as having better quality veg and more choice of meat.