weekly shop..

2399 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:53 am

We bloody spend about 20-50 Aussie dollars nearly every day!!

I should be doing the shopping! :cry:

Gary the Enfield · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:44 am

2399 wrote:

We bloody spend about 20-50 Aussie dollars nearly every day!!

I should be doing the shopping! :cry:

I don't know you from Adam but I know, fundamentally, this should never happen. :wink:

thebish · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:48 am

2399 wrote:

We bloody spend about 20-50 Aussie dollars nearly every day!!

I should be doing the shopping! :cry:

yummy - a pile of DVDs for tea!

thebish · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:50 am

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Iceland?

I think I'd rather starve

ahhh - food snobs! don't you just love 'em?

Worthy4England · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:53 am

I hate shopping with a passion. Even if it's something for me.

I would buy just about everything online, if left to me.

thebish · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:58 am

Worthy4England wrote:

I hate shopping with a passion. Even if it's something for me.

I would buy just about everything online, if left to me.

food shopping is the only shopping I do (not online)

I don't do food shopping online cos the delivery would cost a fiver - which would add 5% to my bill - plus it would all have to come from sainsbury's and so would be more expensive...

what I do hate is putting it all away when i get home... but now I have persuaded the missus she needs to do that so that she also knows what we've got...

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:02 am

thebish wrote:

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Iceland?

I think I'd rather starve

ahhh - food snobs! don't you just love 'em?

Have never been in, myself, and bear in mind that I completely ignore the supermarket freezer isle unless I need (a) Frozen peas, or (b) Fish fingers, is there any decent tucker to be had in yon emporium, Bish?

Hoboh · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 10:58 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:

thebish wrote:

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Iceland?

I think I'd rather starve

ahhh - food snobs! don't you just love 'em?

Have never been in, myself, and bear in mind that I completely ignore the supermarket freezer isle unless I need (a) Frozen peas, or (b) Fish fingers, is there any decent tucker to be had in yon emporium, Bish?

Kilo of frozen chicken breasts for a fiver ain't ain't bad chicken either very good for curries or fry's

thebish · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:17 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:

thebish wrote:

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Iceland?

I think I'd rather starve

ahhh - food snobs! don't you just love 'em?

Have never been in, myself, and bear in mind that I completely ignore the supermarket freezer isle unless I need (a) Frozen peas, or (b) Fish fingers, is there any decent tucker to be had in yon emporium, Bish?

I don't buy much in there...

basically - stuff the kids want

1. frozen pizza for when me and the missus have a chinese takeaway
2. quorn stuff - cos we are vegetarians and we use quorn quite a bit and aldi doesn't sell it and sainsbury's sell it at twice the price!
3. frozen fish for my son who doesn't like pasta when the rest of us have it
4. gazillions of gallons of 7-up and pepsi (the kids)
5. branded lunchbox items (jaffa-cake boxes, walkers crisps - cheaper than sainsbury's)
6. activia yoghurts (cheaper than sainsbury's) that the missus likes
7. noodles (much cheaper than sainsbury's) that the missus has for lunch
8. dozens of bottles of heinz ketchup (middle son drinks a gallon a day!)

I doubt there'd be much for you to get excited about in there Bruce!

General Mannerheim · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:43 am

i keep telling my missus to try breaking it up a bit like bish - ie, buy all the frozen or branded stuff from Netto or wherever and the finer things from a supermarket - she just does it all at Tesco and spends about £100 a week! but that does include alcohol. Then again im always being sent the the local co-op for a 'few bits', which always mounts up to a tenner at least.

we do enjoy the clubcard points at tesco too!

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:59 am

thebish wrote:

Bruce Rioja wrote:

thebish wrote:

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Iceland?

I think I'd rather starve

ahhh - food snobs! don't you just love 'em?

Have never been in, myself, and bear in mind that I completely ignore the supermarket freezer isle unless I need (a) Frozen peas, or (b) Fish fingers, is there any decent tucker to be had in yon emporium, Bish?

I don't buy much in there...

basically - stuff the kids want

1. frozen pizza for when me and the missus have a chinese takeaway
2. quorn stuff - cos we are vegetarians and we use quorn quite a bit and aldi doesn't sell it and sainsbury's sell it at twice the price!
3. frozen fish for my son who doesn't like pasta when the rest of us have it
4. gazillions of gallons of 7-up and pepsi (the kids)
5. branded lunchbox items (jaffa-cake boxes, walkers crisps - cheaper than sainsbury's)
6. activia yoghurts (cheaper than sainsbury's) that the missus likes
7. noodles (much cheaper than sainsbury's) that the missus has for lunch
8. dozens of bottles of heinz ketchup (middle son drinks a gallon a day!)

I doubt there'd be much for you to get excited about in there Bruce!

Ta Bish,

Indeed you're correct. From the list;

I buy whichever 'gallons of fizzy pop' happen to be on at a £1 a bottle in Asda on any given week (this week it's Sprite Zero and Lilt Zero)

Buy Mullerlite yogurts which appear to be on perennial offer.

And I buy a year's supply of ketchup at a time - One bottle.

Regarding Hobo's bodyweight in chicken I prefer to buy the corn fed, free range fellas, but that's a personal choice.

Will be stopping at Aldi on the way home tomorrow though, as we've discussed, for wine, cooked meats and smoked salmon.

The Axman · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:34 pm

Bleedin' hell.
We must be fud snobs.

2 Adults + 1 dog.
Buy only what we like (missus does the shop at Sainsburys, I sort the fresh meat) and that means expensive stuff (e.g. Helmans Mayo not Salad Cream; Heinz Tommy Soup not cheap crap that tastes like burnt tyres; Free range, organic everything; Henderson's relish not Worcester Sauce; proper cold pressed virgin olive oil from single Italian AOCs not tinned olive oil from Spain or sunflower oil; single Highland malts like Bruichladdich not Famous Grass; proper pigs ears for the dog, not pressed artificial sawdust; Origen Canadian food for the dog not Winalot; you get the picture)

so weekly shop this week:
Sainsburys: £137.95
Milkman (delivered) £2.94
Farmer (raised, slaughtered and butchered - the finest steaks in the Universe: this week featuring Rosie who once attempted to gore my dog. We especially enjoyed this one) £26
Zooplus: Orijen dog food (online shopping for 13.5kg bag that will last about 6 weeks) £55.99 a bag/6=£9.33 per week

Therefore total shop of £176.22p for the week

CrazyHorse · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:42 pm

thebish wrote:

total bill £93.50

We spend like twice that. :oops:

I'm going to seriously have to start thinking about making the kids not eat for one day each a week to save some cash.

Raven · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:12 pm

About 80quid a week here, the better half reckons its gone up (on average)by about 30p per item. I get it delivered from Tescos, saves money as no temptations and don't get to mix with the dregs of society

Worthy4England · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:35 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:

thebish wrote:

total bill £93.50

We spend like twice that. :oops:

I'm going to seriously have to start thinking about making the kids not eat for one day each a week to save some cash.

Yes, us too (and the rest), ignoring dial a Chinese/Indian "specials", booze and multiple midweek dashes to the local Co-Op.

The Axman · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:54 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:

thebish wrote:

total bill £93.50

We spend like twice that. :oops:

I'm going to seriously have to start thinking about making the kids not eat for one day each a week to save some cash.

Tried that with the missus. She just ate more than twice as much as usual the day after starvation day.

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:02 pm

Hoboh wrote:

Bruce Rioja wrote:

thebish wrote:

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Iceland?

I think I'd rather starve

ahhh - food snobs! don't you just love 'em?

Have never been in, myself, and bear in mind that I completely ignore the supermarket freezer isle unless I need (a) Frozen peas, or (b) Fish fingers, is there any decent tucker to be had in yon emporium, Bish?

Kilo of frozen chicken breasts for a fiver ain't ain't bad chicken either very good for curries or fry's

It is if its not free range! :whack:

mummywhycantieatcrayons · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:09 pm

Free range.. does it taste much better?

If not, then :conf:

?

BWFC_Insane · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:18 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

Hoboh wrote:

Bruce Rioja wrote:

thebish wrote:

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Iceland?

I think I'd rather starve

ahhh - food snobs! don't you just love 'em?

Have never been in, myself, and bear in mind that I completely ignore the supermarket freezer isle unless I need (a) Frozen peas, or (b) Fish fingers, is there any decent tucker to be had in yon emporium, Bish?

Kilo of frozen chicken breasts for a fiver ain't ain't bad chicken either very good for curries or fry's

It is if its not free range! :whack:

Free range? Forget that, my first question is, are you 100% sure its actually chicken? :shock:

bobo the clown · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:49 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:

Free range.. does it taste much better?

If not, then :conf:

?

Not necessarily. It's just a badge. Same as 'organic' stamped all over things. Top end stuff may be, but generally it's joined the big con.

Oh, ..... AND, in this case, it means that some perfectly happy chicken, going about it's business, wondering about where to go next weekend, what would be nice to do for next years holiday and whether to move hen-house to that nice detached one by the park is suddenly taken off, murdered and served out.

Whereas the miserable little beggars cooped up and unhappy would be only too pleased to give it all up.

Seems contradictory to me.

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