Here's this week's groceries with prices.Fruit and Veg
4 sweetcorn...1.72
Butternut squash 1.49
Potatoes, bags of Maris Piper x2...3.96
New potatoes, bag...1.48
Watermelon...1.49
Honeydew melon...1.18
Braeburn apples (8)...1.79
Bunch white grapes...1.62
mixed peppers, 6 (capsicums/bell)...1.38
Coriander (cilantro) bunch...0.84
Sugarsnap peas...98
Plums, about 8...1.28
Spring onions...0.64
Avocados x2...1.24
12 peaches...3.00
cucumber...0.77
Total: £24.86
Frozen
Frozen spinach...0.98
Vegie mince...1.99
Petits Pois (peas)...1.79
Margherita pizza (on special offer) x2 @ 1.64p each...3.28
Chargrilled veg...1.59
Quorn pieces...1.89
Chicken fillets x6...3.29
Filo pastry...1.60
Total: £16.41
Fresh
Strong cheddar cheese...3.44
1 package streaky bacon...1.77
Red Leicester cheese...1.58
Wenslydale cheese (special offer) 0.96
Sour Cream...0.84
Total: £8.61
Store Cupboard stuff
Peanut Butter...0.80
Salsa...0.70
Wholewheat Tortila Wraps x 16...3.36
Wholewheat spagetti...0.89p
Tins creamed sweetcorn x 2...1.98
Apricot Wheats cereal...1.50
Swiss Muesli...0.80
wholewheat muffins...0.99
large sesame burger buns x4...0.50p
Biscuits (cookies)...0.49
Sesame crackers...0.49
Cornish wafers (crackers)...0.87
Total £13.37
Grand Total: £63.65
(For a very rough conversion to US dollars, just double it.)
The things not included are milk, which we buy every other day, due to not having enough fridge space, and cleaning materials, toiletries and loo paper, and so on, which I don't really count as 'groceries'! {g} I might run out of eggs too, as I did some baking yesterday, but we'll see. I do keep a large store cupboard supply of beans, lentils, rice and nuts etc which I haven't needed to replenish this week.
I can manage on considerably less and can obviously splurge too, if we have the extra money, but this is probably a pretty typical week. If I spend this much, I don't feel like I'm scrimping. If I only have £50 to spend, the store cupboard essentials get run down quite a bit, over time. If I have more to spend, I will build up the stores again. We only eat out if we are on holiday or it's our anniversary or something special like that.
This has been a useful exercise for me because it's good to know what I'm spending the most on and whether better planning can help. It can!
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8 comments:
Even though I know what living in Britain is like {grin}, I'm still nosey enough to enjoy peering into someone else's shopping basket!
Oh, VERY interesting to this inquisitive reader! Your melons and peppers are quite inexpensive, comparatively, and your cheese seems $$$!
This will feed you all for a week? Do you eat the cereal/muffins and fruit for breakfast? What do you eat for lunch?
Unfortunately, I can see that we eat a good many more sweets than your family!
Great post!
I also found it interesting. Hmm.. I wonder if I'm brave enough to give everyone a peek into my cupboard (LOL)!
Kathryn,
Me too. I am one of those people who is fascinated by the things other people buy, when I stand behind someone else unloading their trolly!
Cindy,
I thought it might be a useful snapshot of prices for the kids to see in years to come too!
Very interesting! I've always wondered what the prices are like in the UK. Thank you for posting this!
That was a fun trip through Tesco!
I thought this was interesting as well. I understand spending a little more on certain items that really do taste better (I LOVE cheese and will spend a little extra for REALLY GOOD cheese).
Very interesting, Dorothy. I've wondered how much groceries were in other countries. I pulled up an exchange calculator and was doing some of the exchange rates. Some things seemed more expensive than here, some things much less (like the chicken).
We shop every two weeks and I probably spend around what you do not including things like toiletries and cleaning supplies or pet foods. And horse feed is almost as much as our grocery bill. Why did my FIL think we could afford horses again? :::sigh:::
Thanks for letting us peer into your shopping buggy. I may get brave and do that myself sometime.
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