Budgeting supermarket shopping costs

MadchesterCity said:
Trying to save money at the moment and looking to try and budget our supermarket shopping

Going to try and do a weekly or every ten day Home delivery and just shop local for milk, bread and fresh fruit and veg.
Ideally £40 to £50 for the online shop so no delivery charges.

Anyone switched more to homemade delivery and do you think it helps save money?
I'm a bit of an impulse buyer so end up with much more than needed when we go for a whir round supermarket.
How much do you budget a month for your shopping?
Any tips to make the pounds go a little further for food shopping?

TIA
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visit yourself - look smell and feel the produce and buy only what you need in the quantity you need - shop frequently and find the bargains.

If you want to do it badly shop on line and accept what you get sent.
 
ayia napa blues said:
Aldi veg and fruit is rank .
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Depends where you are maybe? Lidl and Aldi stuff here is generally ok its Morrisons here that is crap - I have seen them trying to sell broccoli thats turning yellow and brown banana's - I drew it to the attention of a manager and his attitude was " we put out what we get sent " - I just said no green grocer worth his salt would be displaying that as his stock. Stupidity is every Tuesday and Thursday their competition is right outside their door on the High Street. A market with a fruit and veg stall on the doorstep - loads of high quality keenly priced fruit and veg - they do a roaring trade and good luck to them.
 
ayia napa blues said:
Aldi veg and fruit is rank .

Puts me off going at all its all rotten within a few days last time I went they didn't even have use by dates on it .
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Yep, the local Aldi's bananas are consistently the most battered and bruised I've ever seen and the tomatoes tend to go off much quicker than from other stores. However I do like their mango chunks, tasty and much cheaper than the equivalent at M&S. Aldi's bread is also cheaper and decent quality as are some of the cooked meats and fish.

I won't entertain online deliveries as I like to see what I'm buying so being carless I usually split my shopping between Aldi, M&S and Morrisons, all within 20mins walking distance. I reckon I spend about £60-70 a week on groceries though in truth I could probably cut that down by around £15 a week if I was more careful.
 
ShaunMCFC said:
Honestly mate, get a notepad and sit there and plan your 3 meals a day, dinners at work (another one of my former downfalls) etc etc. I used to hate having to walk around trying to think of meals there and then to feed us all.

I think Sainsbury’s are price matching Aldi aswell for a lot of items. Another one is get yourself a Sainsbury’s credit card and you get points for your shop (we save them for Xmas), you don’t have to spend more than normal just make sure you pay it and it’s free money.

Im the same with cheeses and hams, Aldi’s pickled onions used to be proper shit but I tried them again about a month ago and they were decent. I’ll agree with a poster somewhere up top who said the crackers aren’t the best. They’re improving their items everytime we seem to go, found a bottle of some shit called ‘Professor Pepper’ which our 10 year old has informed us it tastes exactly the same as Dr Pepper. It’s mad how Aldi get away with just blatantly trying to copy other brands products without really trying to hide it.
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I used to buy Asda cola and put it in a regular coke bottle and after a 2 weeks of doing that asked my girls (both under 10 at the time) if they liked the coke and they both said they loved it. Told them what I had been doing and after that it was Asda cola all the way.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
I used to buy Asda cola and put it in a regular coke bottle and after a 2 weeks of doing that asked my girls (both under 10 at the time) if they liked the coke and they both said they loved it. Told them what I had been doing and after that it was Asda cola all the way.
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MadchesterCity said:
I seem to reverse engineer what to cook from what I've bought. But now I think about it, the other way logically seems more practical. We don't really ever have food waste though and we're fairly flexible with what we cook. I'm a bit of an experimental cook so perhaps that's why I've done it that way in the past. Maybe time for change though
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Between having two Springers, four nightly visiting foxes, and birds in the garden to feed, I think the only food waste we ever put in the bin is veg. :D
 
MadchesterCity said:
Trying to save money at the moment and looking to try and budget our supermarket shopping

Going to try and do a weekly or every ten day Home delivery and just shop local for milk, bread and fresh fruit and veg.
Ideally £40 to £50 for the online shop so no delivery charges.

Anyone switched more to homemade delivery and do you think it helps save money?
I'm a bit of an impulse buyer so end up with much more than needed when we go for a whir round supermarket.
How much do you budget a month for your shopping?
Any tips to make the pounds go a little further for food shopping?

TIA
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spend £35 with iceland and its free delivery
 
ShaunMCFC said:
I used to be an absolute fucker for spending on the food shop before I got with my mrs, it definitely works if you plan your meals for the week and have a list for what ingredients you need. I used to shop at Morrisons/Asda but now have changed over to Aldi with the occasional Sainsbury’s shop thrown in for when we get bored.

I’ll spend about £40-£60 a week in Aldi to feed a family of 4 (I think you’d struggle to spend more than that). Some people turn their nose up with Aldi but I can’t tell a huge difference between them and Asda/morries, other than they probably have a lot more branded items. The money I save now on food shops gets spent on days out so it’s a winner. I’d advise anyone who’s on a budget or doesn’t like the money they waste at the ‘big’ supermarkets to go to Aldi.
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Aldi's great, found it has become dearer for me recently. so switched it around with Asda/Iceland last few months due to home
delivery
 
We do a click and collect every Friday afternoon. I say we, I shout out what we need as I go through the cupboards and she orders some of it and then makes the rest up.

"We don't need eggs!" "Ok." Unpacks shopping..."Why have we got eggs?"
"I didn't believe you."

Or...

"Don't buy any more pasta, we have enough to feed the entire population of Salerno."

"Why have we got pasta?"

"You told me not to buy it, you can't tell me what to do."

So it mostly works. Butchers, Farm shop and fishmongers fill in the gaps. I've not bought supermarket meat/ fish for years.
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
Aldi's great, found it has become dearer for me recently. so switched it around with Asda/Iceland last few months due to home
delivery
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I have been a Lidl man for donkeys years because my in-laws lived in France and I always loved Lidl when I went over there. I agree with you though, I think their prices have been creeping up over the past few years. If you do a product comparison between Lidl and Tesco (which I have done on quite a number of products) there really isn't that much difference now as long as you stick to Tesco branded stuff and not the big brands.
 
bluebaja said:
I have been a Lidl man for donkeys years because my in-laws lived in France and I always loved Lidl when I went over there. I agree with you though, I think their prices have been creeping up over the past few years. If you do a product comparison between Lidl and Tesco (which I have done on quite a number of products) there really isn't that much difference now as long as you stick to Tesco branded stuff and not the big brands.
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I seen that, literally can spend £90 at aldi/lidl in a week shop

Ooo i need that, i need that and i need that (i dont)
 
Planning meals ahead and what you actually need goes a long way. Eating last nights dinner for lunch the next day saves a fortune over the year. As has been mentioned Aldi is great for most things although I find their fruit and veg to be pretty crap and not much cheaper than Morrisons who seem to nail fresh produce but fail in other areas.

Main thing about saving money in my opinion is you've got to be willing to cook. 2 bags of 39p Brown pasta and 4 chicken breasts can be my dinners for a week. Throw in a couple of peppers and onions and you're looking at about a £1 a dinner for a decent healthy meal.
 
The only things I buy from supermarkets are breakfast stuff as that’s the only thing I tend to eat in the house. Bread, milk, eggs, bacon, coffee etc
Oh, and plenty of treats for when I get my munchies late at night.
 
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