Comments on: Weekly Grocery Spending

By: Tabanth

Tabanth — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:57:50 +0000

I used to easily spend about $300 a week on groceries but now that I buy online delivered groceries I am finding that I buy $300 groceries FORTNIGHTLY plus an additional $50- $90 a week on fresh fruit and veg (there’s nothing like selecting your own fruit and veg for quality and quantity from my local fruit and veg market!). Online delivery provides me with exactally the same products as I would buy normally but I’m not tempted (or pursuaded by the kids) to buy the end of aisle tempters which I would slip in the trolley. Online delivery ordering also assists in giving you a price as you put something in your ‘basket’ so you know exactally how much you are spending before you get to checkout - so much easier to keep to budget and allows you to remove items! Also specials are more easily identified! I am a huge online delivery convert! It not only saves me money but time! Instead of driving to and from the supermarket and then shopping for my groceries, buying online I can have it all done in 15 minutes instead of 1hr 1/2!

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:35:14 +0000

I agree prices have gone up and sizes of products gone down too. I haven’t really a great estimate of what I spend but it’s what I like to tell myself.

I am going to track our spending too !

By: katef

katef — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:58:31 +0000

We spend somewhere between 100 and 150 a week… but we do a big shop monthly and then top up on fruit and vege etc during the week. Our monthly budget is $450, but I sometimes end up spending $500…. prices have definitely gone up plus I am sure I will spend more when sending two school lunches this for the first time.

By: Tamsyn

Tamsyn — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:19:28 +0000

I generally spend between $100 to $150 per week on groceries (not including Nappies) and there are only two of us and a newborn. We had it down to $100 a week before Max was born, but I have been a bit slack since then. We’ve also been using the nappies that were gifted to us and they are about to run out. I have no choice to cut back on our weekly spend now that I am going to have to pay for nappies. Is 6 weeks too early to potty train?!

By: Kelli

Kelli — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:41:29 +0000

When I try I can regularly shop for under $100, but then my 2 boys sometimes barely eat! This week I think I spent just over $80, and then bread for about $6. However, most weeks it is just over $100 as I am being lazy & looking for quick meals.

By: MellissaD

MellissaD — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:37:30 +0000

We average $250/fortnight - that is for a family of three (two adults and a toddler), a dog, a cat, and a canary, and includes cleaning & personal care products, basic medicines, and sometimes household goods (storage containers, towels, etc), gifts and cards.

DS3 is only in nappies for sleep now so we should soon see a slight drop in our bill!

I’m about to switch to a weekly shop as I hate how full-on a fortnightly shop is, so I will need to try to keep things under $125/week. If I find I’m spending more by shopping weekly I’ll have to make some adjustments!

I could probably get our bill down to $100/week but we’re happy if we manage to come in under our current budget

By: ~Mands!

~Mands! — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:36:23 +0000

I am positive costs have gone up! I’ve only really started doing the shop myself after a good 18months off my feet and we used to cruise in under $100 - we used to spend $300 a month for 3A, 1C, 2 cats and more - not a hope now!

By: river

river — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:20:35 +0000

I’ve completely lost track of my spending too. I don’t know where the money goes. There’s only two of us here, one who lives on smokes and coffee and one meal a day. I’m really going to have to knuckle down and sort out my budget. I need to save money. You’re right about the grocery price hikes too, and they can’t blame all of it on droughts and floods either.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:01:54 +0000

We are a family of 6 with 3 adult eaters & 3 kid snackers. I shop fortnightly with a top up on milk, veges and some specials on the off week. I budget $300 per fornight and don’t go over - sometimes very close, but not over.

I’ve found that by meal planning for a fortnight I can buy larger sizes without waste, and the cost is spread between the two meals, instead of one. ie.. 1kg frozen fish we like from Aldi is $10.99 a bag - even though I only use half the bag per meal. I’ll plan fish florentine one week and fish & chips the next, rather than having half a bag lingering in the freezer with no plan for it.

I have found that groceries have increased quite alot in the last year & sizes have been shrinking - not happy, Jan. I find that I am scanning the shelves and assessing value everytime I go to the shops - it can been really tiring.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:03:52 +0000

I only allow in the budget for $500 a month which is only $250 a fortnight - sometimes we go over sometimes we don’t. I buy the coles gift cards so I know when it runs out we have used it all up! I don’t do a big shop every week like some traditional people do either. Usually it’s the major things or special I probably do a big shop about every 2 - 3 weeks.