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fattykat
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Location: Hawkes Bay
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Posted: 17 January 2011 at 4:00pm |
Wow.....I spent $214 last night and it only DP, DD and myself (no pets) for the week
That did include formula ($20) and $40 worth of nappies.
I tend to buy as much organic and NZ made as possible which pushes the price up.
Lots of fresh fruit and veges, I very rarely by anything frozen (when I do I open it and forget about it so it ends up all freezer burnt and has to be thrown away!)
If I get our meat from the supermarket (which I did last night) it usually includes some free range pork (which isn't cheap) and free range chicken & eggs.
We do have a really good butcher so go there probably every second week and his prices are pretty much the same as the supermarket.
DP doesn't buy his lunch at all so this includes his (big, fancy) lunches and smokos. If he bought his lunch he would spend about $20 a day so its far cheaper for him to make it.
I'm also fussy with toilet paper, handy towels, washing powder etc and only seem to like whatever is never on special
I must admit last night was a bit over the top even for me, we probably usually spend about $170-180 a week.
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escadachic
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Joined: 15 May 2009
Location: Wainuiomata
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Posted: 17 January 2011 at 5:04pm |
We usually spend $180 a week. That is for 2 adults, a 7yr old and an 11 month old and a cat.
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mummyofprinces
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Location: Hibiscus Coast
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Posted: 17 January 2011 at 8:17pm |
$200 per week, 2 adults, 1 toddler and a baby... no formula and a box of huggies a month.
Hoping to reign it in $50a week...
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Kimnthekids
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Location: Waitakere
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Posted: 17 January 2011 at 9:35pm |
$150 a week - 2 adults, 1 preschooler, 1 infant, 2 cats. No formula, the odd bag of nappies (1 every 6-8 weeks?)
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julz85
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Location: Christchurch
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Posted: 17 January 2011 at 11:05pm |
i get paid fortnightly so will do one big shop (about $100-$120) and then on my off pay week id spend between $70-$100. thats for 2 adults ,a cat , 1 toddler and one 5 yr old that we have 5nights a fortnight ( my partners daughter). i buy a big pack of nappies once a fortnight and about 6-8 ltrs of Milk a week . I generally only buy meat and vegies that are on special , and pretty much everything i buy is on special , in saying that we still have good meals pretty much every night ( tonight was lamb loin chops with vegies and potato) i just think i do a pretty good job of only buying sale items and buying meat in bulk is good too , i can break up the packs and freeze enough for each meal therefore get alot out of it , Last week i bought a MASSIVE pack of snitzel for $10 and its about 3-4 meals worth .
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Nutella
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Location: Christchurch
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Posted: 17 January 2011 at 11:09pm |
I have no idea.....haha! But we don't go shopping every week and it is hard to meal plan when we can't be sure when we are shopping and can't top up fresh fruit and veges....can't wait to live in a decent town.
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Zaylah
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Location: Tawa, Wellington
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Posted: 17 January 2011 at 11:29pm |
We currently tend to be doing a big shop ($200) probably once a month, and then get the top ups of bread/milk/fruit etc once a week which costs probably about $50. But then we also spend about $100 a week on nappies - so that makes it add up!
I must also admit that most of our dinners end up being something like baked beans on toast (with mixed veges, everything has to have mixed veges on the side or dp says its not dinner lol) a lot now too.
Also just starting on solids and hoping to try keep up with making their food so will have to buy more fresh fruit/veges which will put up the grocery bill again. Really should re-plant that vege garden which is now an overgrown tangled mess...
2 adults, 2 cats, 3 babies.
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_SMS_
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Posted: 18 January 2011 at 7:02am |
I have been spending $130 a week for 2 adults and 1 toddler. But its not really cutting it,
I normally have heaps of frozen vege, meat etc stored up but we have slowly been running out of everything lol ive been slack lately. So i now need to stock up again for winter
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Raspberryjam
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Posted: 18 January 2011 at 7:14am |
Oh man I need to learn some tricks !! I spend about 300 a week, including nappies, no formula
I was extra careful the other day and spent $200 to top up the cupboards and after huge blow outs over christmas, I have about $400 left to last a month  we get paid monthly and its rubbish!!
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Kazper
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Posted: 18 January 2011 at 7:54am |
We spend $150 roughly per week which includes nappies and formula. We struggle just on this and find we have nothing left come next shop and still need to get extra bread and milk.
Live in a small town with the only supermarket being NW and prices are really high. Also this does not include the meat which we do jobs and favors for farmers to get that. We don't get treats or any extras either. Absolute bare minimum that we have to get. No take outs, but we have prob just spaghetti or baked beans on toast a couple of nights a week just to make it to the next shop.
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SquishysMum
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Posted: 18 January 2011 at 7:54am |
Our bill varies between $150-$200/week, 3 adults, 1 toddler, and 2 more toddlers for lunches during the week. It all averages out here, for example, while last weeks shopping trip was $270, I don't need to buy anything other than milk/fresh fruit this week, so will be less than $50. And last week included nappies, robocans, several boxes of cheap cereal...
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