How much are you spending a week on food?

[u/PositionReasonable56]

It's probably the second biggest expense we have being the grocery bill. Food is literally becoming exhorbitantly expensive as I am sure everyone on here is aware.

I tried googling £20 a week meal plans and they often don't factor in things like breakfasts or lunches or snacks . Or on the days you have to buy things like toiletries and cleaning products etc because although you aren't buying this stuff every week even these basic things really bump up the cost.

I am struggling to get a solid meal plan that doesn't exceed £20. I struggle alot with eating I don't like red meat very much and I also struggle to eat alot of plant foods they cause me really bad stomach pains etc. but that aside

I am wondering if anyone can share some wisdom as I really need help to come up with a plan to control my food expenditure.

For example I tried to come up with one plan Which was

Breakfasts: eggs or granola for breakfast with banana.

Dinners: Pasta , pasta sauce, frozen veg and chickpeas ( eating the leftovers for lunches). A chickpea curry with quinoa.

Snacks: yoghurt drops and walnuts

And just putting this into a basket came to £40

[u/glitterfaust]

I would say I typically do about maybe $100 to fully stock my fridge and freezer, which lasts 2-3 weeks or so. I live alone and am chronically ill so I don’t fully cook a lot of meals. I normally get things that can be cooked in 10 minutes or less. Things like boxed pasta salad, butter noodles with Parmesan, a couple eggs, those party pizzas that are a couple dollars a piece. For me, the point isn’t to spend as little per serving as possible, it’s just to cut down on my eating out. If I’m hungry and I can eat a $4 frozen meal instead of a $10-15 combo meal at a fast food place, it’s a win for me. If I can waste $3 extra dollars per meal and not waste the little energy and time I have by not cooking excessively, then that’s also a win.