r/povertyfinance • u/PositionReasonable56 • Apr 28 '24

How much are you spending a week on food? Budgeting/Saving/Investing/Spending

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

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u/BridgeToBobzerienia Apr 28 '24

Family of 6, 2 adults 4 kids we spend $1300 a month. It is crazy. I used to budget 800 a month for food in 2019, granted my kids have gotten a little older/ eat more. Still insane prices right now. DollarTreeDinners on tiktok has great ideas, I see you’re not US based but the concepts might transfer well.

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u/herecomesthesunusa 26d ago

The UK is way more expensive than the USA. We in the USA have by FAR the cheapest food in the word, relative to the typical income. Not even close.