Mine is a elective austerity to prepare for a forced one.

Hope to be back among the sirloin and lobster tail set by the summer!

Have to say though, still eating perfectly good food by planning our meals a week in advance, prepping them the night before and switching the hotpot on in the morning... just a bonus that it covers 6 meals for about a fiver!

Posted By: trafford_canary on February 13th 2015 at 16:14:31

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How much does your household spend on food per person per week? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 15:27:20
- A lot... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 13, 17:44:40
- 20 on lunch alone (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 13, 17:17:12
  - That's 4 McDonalds meals (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Feb 13, 17:40:08
  - Sorry you're alone (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 17:24:35
- No idea. Pit bird buys it all. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 13, 16:22:30
  - Cooks it as well? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 16:26:32
    - Mostly. I make breakie every day though. (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 13, 16:28:01
- About ?150 per week for family of 4 including lunches and booze (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 13, 16:21:38
  - Family of 4 on tv last night were doing 327! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 16:25:54
    - WTF? we still manage to get a lot of posh nosh and booze on less than half of that (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 13, 16:38:14
- YOU haven't got a clue boy. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 15:57:32
  - Share your wisdom! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 15:58:34
    - ?72 a week 18 months ago, mortgage of ?267. a month. i owe about ?8k, excluding my mortgag (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 16:04:25
      - ill, I'd imagine. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 13, 16:14:31
        
        LOL (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 16:34:25
      - Would rather not (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 16:10:57
- hmmm I fear I may be a bit extravagant reading this (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Feb 13, 15:55:57
  - Mine is a elective austerity to prepare for a forced one. (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Feb 13, 16:14:31
- Spend ?60ish a week in the supermarket for two of us. (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 13, 15:43:51
  - Sounds about right (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 15:47:18
- ?200 on me ?1 on each of the other 4. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Feb 13, 15:42:11
  - haha. (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 13, 16:18:06
- ?30 (38 euros) I reckon (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 13, 15:39:41
- Averaging about ?15 each since Xmas. ?26 this week. (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Feb 13, 15:39:37
  - As in ?26 for 2, so ?13 each this week. (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Feb 13, 15:40:14
    - Blimey that's less than 2 quid a day (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 15:48:56
      - Yeah. Big slow cooker meals, cheap meats + pulses! Dishes that last a few meals. (n/m) (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Feb 13, 15:52:21
        
        Yep batch cooking. I do sausage/beef/chicken casserole, then freeze it. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 15:53:37
        
        Bingo! Though the beef tends to be a chilli and the chicken tends to be a curry! (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Feb 13, 16:10:45
    - I'd be around ?15 but mine includes household stuff, sort of everything (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 15:42:06
      - Yeah, he did say food though! (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Feb 13, 15:44:34
        
        :) (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 15:52:17
- Box of cereal, loaf of bread, milk, block of cheese, bag of potatoes, some meat, some veg (General Chat) - norway, Feb 13, 15:38:03
  - Oh yeah no doubt but wouldn't want to! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 15:44:11
  - Or just one humungous fuck-off chili/curry/stew etc (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 13, 15:40:32
- About ?20-25ish (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 15:32:53
  - Decent (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 13, 15:46:10
- If your weekly income is ?76 (Jobseekers allowance), I guess (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 13, 15:32:41

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