As someone who used to pay $150-300 CAD for weekly/biweekly groceries…this is beautiful. I will always defend UK grocery prices like I'm originally from here. I probably could have gotten away with all of it for 40£ but I splurged on some spices and what not to fill my pantry since I've just moved.
Obviously the appliances aren't including that price
by Growling_Dragon
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You got a microwave, air fryer, toaster and all those groceries for £50?
Is that a rubber chicken wedged over the cupboard handles (top right)?
If you know how to cook a few basic meals, it’s very cheap to feed yourself in this country (assuming you live near a decent supermarket).
It’s only if you get lots of ready meals etc. that things can get expensive.
UK fruit and veg is insanely cheap compared to every other country ive ever been to / lived in.
*£50
I see you’ve bought Graham’s milk, I prefer cows’ myself.
Still looks like £50 can go further in some places but it’s a healthy start based on your Canadian example!
I get worried when I spend more than £30 on weekly groceries
Out of curiosity, triggered by this post, which currencies have their symbol after the number? And I don’t mean things like pence and cents. Just interested where people’s confusion comes from.
You’ve got some nice ingredients there.
You go careful there now my love.
we dont know how good we have it in so many ways to be honest, not that theres no issues with the uk, its just compared to other countries we have so much on easy mode.
That’s a bargain…I’d have thought the air fryer alone was worth that!!
Fair play! I never get my shop under £80 because I’m a sucker for treats and the bakery
I went to get groceries yesterday. I didn’t pick up any meat or eggs (the new luxury item in the USA). I got less than 20 items – milk, butter, frozen fruit. It was over $70. SEVENTY!!!!!!!
Toiletries and washing products are the items that really bump up the cost. So can chocolate – but luckily I quite like Tesco’s own-brand chocolate.
When I visited UK from America is was SHOCKED at how inexpensive your food is, and how much better it is too. Our food here is mostly chemicals.
According to FAOSTAT, the only country with cheaper food relative to income is Sudan.
Not bad most air fryers are at least £50 on there own
Now, according to some, namely clueless rich types, if you lost that Avocado you’d be able to afford a house deposit within a few weeks!
nice to see a shopping run that actually looks like FOOD and not just junk! *thumbs up for that* and yeah it is hella expensive these days but that seems like a good haul
Crikey. My shopping is regularly muchuch more than this, and I don’t really buy much meat.
I’m having to budget like crazy right now (lost my job) and just did a months worth of shopping at Asda for £100. Had to mostly buy frozen veg and meat so it would last, but I’m very impressed – big bags of chicken thighs, breasts, low fat beef mince, kg bags of broccoli and cauliflower, sprouts, low fat dairy and peanut butter by the kg – very good! Came £95
I just moved to Vancouver and the prices are insane. To get a good deal you have to go to the local high street and shop around each local grocery shop for different items. The difference in price between bananas or peppers for example can be close to 100% from shop to shop.
On the plus side, shopping local helps give a community feel but it’s much more time consuming and still more expensive. I bought a carton of oat milk yesterday and it cost me $6!
Where did you shop?
I go to Lidl and it’ll be about the same but best thing is bakery and now they have Lidl plus where it you spend over like £250 a month you get 10% off.
Was £45 of that just the Boursin cheese
Iceland Freezer Centres are the best. My healthy weekly shop comes in at £25. No avocados though sadly.
After visiting supermarkets in the states and seeing things like Avocados for $5 when they are grown fairly close by, compared to the uk price of about £0.75p (sometimes as low at £0.45p if its on a deal), we definitely have it good when it comes to veg.
What do you use the Boursin for. Tried mixing it with pasta didn’t come out so well
I’m floored every time I shop with my parents when I go back home to the US. We might not always have the variety that the US has but I sure as heck can actually afford to eat here.
American dual citizen here, I love grocery shopping here and my wife loves how cheap everything is compared to back home
I moved to Canada and weep at the grocery prices. Struggle to get a weekly shop for under $200
Only mentioning this in case you’re not aware (and because it surprised me)…. Elmlea isn’t cream and is much worse for you. We always had it when I grew up and I thought it was actually cream, but it’s lots of oil and full of trans fats. Since switching to real cream I’ve realised how much nicer it is.
I sense guac on the horizon
I see.. raw ingredients that can be cooked.
It’s astounding and irritating how often people complain about the prices of grocery shopping, then proceed to show a picture of snacks and ready made meals.
Very nice to see a change to that :3
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