$$ spend on food etc each week

We spend between 170 and 200 a week for 2 adults, and three kids. (+1 large dog and 2 small cats) I'd say 300 seems rather a lot for 2 people. Maybe start making lunches? That's what we do.

We spend about that with the 2 of us - I try to keep to around $1000/month, but I'm usually over by around $100-$200, which gives a figure of about $300/week. I count in absolutely everything though - extra bread and milk, that sort of thing. We found that we cut down on spending going to a fortnightly shop and buying veges from the local vege place and meat from the local butcher.

We actually took to doing groceries online at Foodtown for a couple of months which completely got us out of the habit of picking up extras (eg. Ooooh! Lets grab a lemonade ... Yuuummm ... chips ... etc etc) , and sticking to basics, as well as getting us used to not having those things around - effectively breaking all those eating habits as well. Then we went back to the supermarket, and found that we spent a lot less. FOodtown is an expensive place to shop, but it didn't actually cost us a lot more than our grocery bills were as we weren't buying the extras we were going to the supermarket ... if that makes sense!

We spend (for about 4 of us) $100 a week. We shop at 4 square.
Atcually it is not that bad, our meat is cheaper than the supermarket and when stuff is on special it is very comparable to the supermarkets, we save on petrol too

For me the 4 square is good because I am put off buying the stuff I don't really need, and when I am buying exactly what I do need we are wasting a whole lot less.

Every few weeks we will head to the supermarket to stock up on the basics. We shop at woolworths and pretty much only buy HomeBrand - They do make some pretty good food and its cheap! I actually prefer a lot of their stuff to the more expensive brands.

We spend about $70/week at Countdown and then an extra $50/week on milk,bread,fruit,meat etc. That is for 2 adults and 1 child. We use cloth nappies so don't have the added expense of nappies and wipes.

We only supermarket shop once every 5 weeks though - that minimises temptations and we only buy the basics, cook from first principles etc. I try to homebake rather than buy biscuits/treats.

there was a long thread on here not too long ago (started by Jazzy I think) on how to spend less on groceries and being thrifty. Well worth a read

We have a budget of $165 for groceries and that includes 'sposies for 2 kids.

If you meal plan, write lists and avoid impulse buys, shop at green grocers for the fruit and veg and mad butcher or the like for the meat you should be able to reduce your spend by heaps.

Also we used to budget $25/week for takeaways which was basically 1 night off cooking.

We spend $270 per fortnight on groceries, and about $80 per fortnight on meat. I would go to the vege shop 3 x per week and spend $20 each time. So about $235 per week and that is for 2 adults 1 child. Does not include wine or cat food as the cat is on medicated food from the vet and our stupid supermarket is in a dry zone so does not sell wine!

we spend around $350 for two adults, two kids and a cat and dog. we eat really well, I think but hardly ever have takeaways - mainly cause most of the time I can make something better and quicker. I bake a LOT, and shop around.   we meal-plan based on whats on special and have a "base list" of what we need in the cupboard and work around that. we buy fruit and veges at the market (around $40 a week - this is included in our grocery budget)

I shop every 4wks and budget $400 at the supermarket, $90 at the butcher and $50 at the fruit and vege weekly which incls bread and milk, so $170 per week for 2 adults, toddler, baby and 2 cats. DH takes his lunch every day and I am trying to buy takeaways maybe once or twice a month max

we spend about $100 for a months worth of meat from thr butcher and sbout $100-$150 for 2 weeks worth of groceries for 2 adults and do take out once a week (DP plaays futsal and i dnt fancy cooking at 9pm when we get home lol)

misscheeky wrote: we have takeaways once a fortnight $10 chinese takeaway. '

How do you manage $10 on chinese takeaways?? IM dying to know.......even our fish n chips for 2adults and one child comes to at least $20.....and chinese about the same for two dishes (one combination chowmein and one sweetnsour pork and rice)......
Do you get maybe a $10 smorgasboard and all share it??