family of 3 weekly supermarket cost QLD
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Re: family of 3 weekly supermarket cost QLD
We always write the menu for the week as I find this prevents overbuying. This weeks menu includes:
Burgers and salad
Spaghetti bolognese
Cantonese chicken with rice
Chicken, potatoes, veg and gravy
Beef with bok choy and oyster sauce with rice
Steak and chips
Fish and leek pie
We find buying cooked meat from the deli section is cheaper than the pre packed section and limit ourselves to 6 bottles of soft drink a week.
Burgers and salad
Spaghetti bolognese
Cantonese chicken with rice
Chicken, potatoes, veg and gravy
Beef with bok choy and oyster sauce with rice
Steak and chips
Fish and leek pie
We find buying cooked meat from the deli section is cheaper than the pre packed section and limit ourselves to 6 bottles of soft drink a week.
We shop at Coles, 2 adults, 2 toddlers (only 1 in nappies and no formula) and we spend about $200-$250. That includes fruit and veg and meat. We sometimes get meat from the butcher or veg from the market but with two kids aged 2 and under it's too hard some days to be traipsing round different shops.
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Re: family of 3 weekly supermarket cost QLD
We always do the meal planner thing too.
We shop at Coles, 2 adults, 2 toddlers (only 1 in nappies and no formula) and we spend about $200-$250. That includes fruit and veg and meat. We sometimes get meat from the butcher or veg from the market but with two kids aged 2 and under it's too hard some days to be traipsing round different shops.
We shop at Coles, 2 adults, 2 toddlers (only 1 in nappies and no formula) and we spend about $200-$250. That includes fruit and veg and meat. We sometimes get meat from the butcher or veg from the market but with two kids aged 2 and under it's too hard some days to be traipsing round different shops.
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Re: family of 3 weekly supermarket cost QLD
Agree with you on not buying rubbish - biscuits etc and excess cleaning whizbang products, vinegar is brill and a buck for 2 litres..
But healthy food IS the expensive stuff.
Lean meat is big bucks not the meat barn fat and gristle stuff, fruit, vegies, even milk the low fat is more than full cream, granary bread is 4 times the price of bowel clog white. Fish is V expensive too, unless you want to buy some frozen imported farmed stuff. Salmon is usually near $40 a kilo
I love coming up with recipies made from legumes or oats, cheap as you can get, asian bean patties, or sugar free oat bars - delicious. In home ec, youngest took the sugar free bars to a school function, the teacher told him blunt, disgusting, you need to put lots of sugar in them, think the point went over her head.
But healthy food IS the expensive stuff.
Lean meat is big bucks not the meat barn fat and gristle stuff, fruit, vegies, even milk the low fat is more than full cream, granary bread is 4 times the price of bowel clog white. Fish is V expensive too, unless you want to buy some frozen imported farmed stuff. Salmon is usually near $40 a kilo
I love coming up with recipies made from legumes or oats, cheap as you can get, asian bean patties, or sugar free oat bars - delicious. In home ec, youngest took the sugar free bars to a school function, the teacher told him blunt, disgusting, you need to put lots of sugar in them, think the point went over her head.
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My leaflet 'Checkout children - it's OK - noone is looking at you' will help.
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http://www.theage.com.au/entertainme...124-1a2l4.html
The 120 dollar challenge blog.
Hope it's of some help !
The 120 dollar challenge blog.
Hope it's of some help !
#37
Re: family of 3 weekly supermarket cost QLD
I use cloth nappies, and wipes, which helps, but I still spend between $250 and $300 a week. That is for 2 adults and two kids, and a cat.
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Re: family of 3 weekly supermarket cost QLD
We always write the menu for the week as I find this prevents overbuying. This weeks menu includes:
Burgers and salad
Spaghetti bolognese
Cantonese chicken with rice
Chicken, potatoes, veg and gravy
Beef with bok choy and oyster sauce with rice
Steak and chips
Fish and leek pie
We find buying cooked meat from the deli section is cheaper than the pre packed section and limit ourselves to 6 bottles of soft drink a week.
Burgers and salad
Spaghetti bolognese
Cantonese chicken with rice
Chicken, potatoes, veg and gravy
Beef with bok choy and oyster sauce with rice
Steak and chips
Fish and leek pie
We find buying cooked meat from the deli section is cheaper than the pre packed section and limit ourselves to 6 bottles of soft drink a week.
Typical week menu for us.........
Burrito salad,
Tuscan tuna stuffed mushrooms,
Teriyaki salmon veg,
Kedgeree,
Dijon Chicken & ham bake,
Fish & chips (Friday haha)
Fetta cheese salad & bread
We spend around $250/300 a week 2 adults 1 young adult (eats more than me lol) & 1 9yr old p/t. My poor hubby has a heart attack every week lol xx
#39
Re: family of 3 weekly supermarket cost QLD
About $170 a week.
2 adults, 2 teens, a 4 YO, a dog and 5 chooks
Hubby does the shopping on a saturday, if I do it it ends in a row
He goes to the farmers market for fruit and veg, then into Aldi for everything else except what he cant get in Aldi, then nips next door into Woolies.
We buy 1/2 hind of cow and 1/2 a lamb in bulk, grass fed, groomed daily type things..($250 from local butcher) and then chicken breast/ fish/ bacon off the deli when we need it.
This includes lunches for everyone and one take away a week.
Vege patch is up and running and we get 4 eggs a day so I'm looking at recipies for eggs and zucchinis
2 adults, 2 teens, a 4 YO, a dog and 5 chooks
Hubby does the shopping on a saturday, if I do it it ends in a row
He goes to the farmers market for fruit and veg, then into Aldi for everything else except what he cant get in Aldi, then nips next door into Woolies.
We buy 1/2 hind of cow and 1/2 a lamb in bulk, grass fed, groomed daily type things..($250 from local butcher) and then chicken breast/ fish/ bacon off the deli when we need it.
This includes lunches for everyone and one take away a week.
Vege patch is up and running and we get 4 eggs a day so I'm looking at recipies for eggs and zucchinis
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We're in SA and we spend between $250-$270 per week (Coles online; delivered to the door) for two adults, a toddler and a baby.
We grow a lot of our own vegetables (lettuce, spinach, silverbeet, carrots, capsicums, peas, beans, cucumbers) which helps to keep costs down. Looking forward to our first pumpkin.
We grow a lot of our own vegetables (lettuce, spinach, silverbeet, carrots, capsicums, peas, beans, cucumbers) which helps to keep costs down. Looking forward to our first pumpkin.
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That is awesome. It just shows how expensive fruit and veggies are.
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