Grocery budgets!

We spend $250 - $270 per fornight - that is the budget, and DH makes me stick to that!  That is for 2 Adults, the twins (8 years old) and we buy nappies - so tthat is included in the above.  I am still breast feeding, with a formula bottle at night, so only use a tin a month. - Rather tight, but we manage!

$200 per week. What I am allowed to spent. Dont include nappies and I breastfeed. I get her vitamin syrup on that as well. $20 per month and her pocket money of $10 a week. Includes take aways and wet wipes and all cleaning and household needs.

2 adults and one 18 month old. I know it is ridicilous. I do buy toys and stuff sometimes as well but not that much.

$240 a fortnight including nappies for ayja and night nappies for paris, includes everything like shampoo feminine products deodorants, everything. depends on how good the prices are and what needs buying that shopping day as to whether we end up spending a little over that amount.

Our budget at the moment is $300 per fortnight for 2 adult and a 10 year old who eats like an adult. This includes a takeaway meal each fortnight, no nappies or formula. When I was in paid employment we spent about $400 per fortnight.   I'm finding that we are coming in under the $300 mark every fortnight though which is really good. We are being as tight as we possibly can and have learnt that we used to waste A LOT of money.

Dont really have a budget but spend between $140-$180 pw for 3A + 1C no nappies or formula (At the moment)

$200 per fortnight, $250 if we need to stock up on other stuff like cleaning products etc. That also includes formula and cat food.

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$200 on groceries a fortnight for two adults and three kids, not including fruit and veg or meat, or nappies or formula. Willie does about $80 worth of meat a fortnight plus I spend about $70 a week on fruit and veg (Maya eats a lot of fruit). We get the gremlins formula on prescription from the pharmacy, $140 a month.

Umm Ginger let's see... no packet or jar "just add" type thingies... bulking out meals with veges and mushrooms etc... store or less expensive brands when it doesn't really matter... drinks are only for special days... shop at Pak n Save (when I went to CD I spent $15-$20 more every week on the same stuff!!)... no pre-packaged "just heat" meals either. I buy meat at The Mad Butcher: mince and sausages and silverside (sometimes) and pork/lamb roasts and chicken/chicken breasts.

$300 per fortnight, including household cleaners, toilet paper, formula, etc etc. At the moment when we go for the fortnightly shop we include one weeks worth of fruit, vege and milk, and whatever $$ is leftover goes towards top ups of the same for the second week in the fortnight. Lately we have actually been left with a 'surplus' of about $15-30 at the end of a fortnight which goes into a seperate budget and stockpiled for "emergencies" (which we fortunately haven't had one of yet).

ok, we do.. have junky stuff, not ing ngereal every day all day type thing, but it's there, as well as lots of fruit veges etc. i think majority of our meal stuff is just add sauces etc, added to good amounts of meats. we tend to buy large packets and halve them, also we pay more for good quality stuff. mainly we have meat and 3 vege type things, or stir frys with lots of veges etc. we do get junky stuff to snack on too, mikes terrible for his chippies and coke (not that you'd guess to look at him), i have a thing for cruskets etc and yeah plenty of fruit and yogurts for me and the girls. they have the odd treaty thing but mostly crackers or cheese slices or raisins and fruit etc for snacks.. water is the drink of choice at our house, with coke for mike and orange juice for me on occasion, but oother than that we all have milo.. so no buying tea or coffee etc. I do get heat and eat meals for me too. I look at my rosters for that fortnight coming up and we buy according to that, if i have alot of afternoons i will buy heat and eat meals to take with me (as the hospital meals are not always the greatest, and money adds up!!)and we buy smaller packs of meat etc for mike and the girls to have when i'm not there.

we go for the basics of gooood meat to minimise waste, buy 2-3 4litre bottles of milk which we make sure has expiry dates that will last. and get plenty of fruit for snacks. brekkie stuff is weetbix plus one other special cereal (to have a sprinkle on top of their ricies on days they don't have fruit with them)

I think it also helps that mostly, we are not home during the day. when we have periods of time where i have runs of days off or holidays or the girls and i are home because of their sickness.. then we go through more fruit and crackers etc, but since they are at daycare mostly for lunch, that's 1 meal a day less to cater for.

Edited by mum2paris