Thought that was going to be super healthy with the avocado and the cous cous, then boom! The chocolate biscuits and cakes come out 😂 definitely the same in our house! Need a few treats to get through the week xx
I'm a mum of 3 at 25 and the reality is you don't always have time to make things fresh or from scratch! Love watching these videos it gives me inspiration to try different things! X
WHY are there hate comments on this video?!? Kate & her family are the sweetest, loveliest bunch, so I don’t see why there would need to be negativity on the comments on any of her videos! Personally I quite enjoyed this video as one day I will have to provide for myself so it was interesting to see. 💗💗
Totally agree with you! Why so much hate? Kate asked for “friendly comments” but I guess some people are just incapable of being nice ! Loved this video Kate as I do every single one of your videos👍🏻😘xx
Hi Kate, thanks for this video! We are a family of three and a kitty cat and are looking into ways to do better with our food shopping. I think that meal planning is what will really help us to shop better. Would be great to see another shopping video like this with clips from the meals you make with Ricky. As you said it is nice to get some ideas from the meals other people are planning for their week. From the ingredients it looks like these are going to be some yummy dishes. 😊 And its nice to see how much stuff you can get at a specific shop, though I dont know if we have an ALDI close to us. Will have to check it out now.
I know it's hard not to just grab the pouches but my mother in law gave me a good tip for when my sister was starting to introduce food with my nephew that she would just mash up any food they made and froze it in ice cube trays and then all you have to do is use a couple of cubes at a time and if they want any more just stick another in the dish for them and heat up. Saves waste, money, allows you to prep a couple of meals in advance and allows the little ones variety as you can use just a couple of cubes of each veg at a time. May not be ideal for everyone but may help someone out there 😊
I absolutely love to watch and film these!! I'm on such a health kick at the moment. I also always get asked for recipe ideas as post meals on my stories xx
Kate I used to follow your blog ages ago and I'm not sure how I lost track of you (in a non weird way 😂) but this video was in my suggested and I am now subscribed! This video was so refreshing! In a world of diet culture b.s. SO many RUclipsrs show their food and it's all salad and protein shakes and to see you and your family have such a healthy balanced food shop and attitude to food is honestly amazing! 😍💖
Loved the video kate! Only thing I want to mention is your dog food, I would recommend doing some research into what you feed your dogs as Bakers and similar brands tend to have low meat content, more sugars. We used to feed our cat Felix and he went through so many packets and it was because the meat content was so low! Definitely opened our eyes as to what is actually in the ingredients and we done some research to find better brands! However with that said, I always love your videos 👍💕
Elisa Poli I was once told by a professional dog trainer that Bakers & the likes are basically the equivalent of giving your dog Mcdonalds everyday. Barking Heads was amazing for us, you need less than normal food and it's so natural & our boy's coat is absolutely gleaming since starting on it. You can get samples by asking the company too & there's lots of flavours too, our boy is so fussy & he adores this stuff! It has supplements in it too for healthy joints etc which is amazing x
B Maher that sounds great, might need to look into that :) We feed our dogs skinners dog food as it was recommended to us by our dog trainer! Our dogs never have any problems with it and their coats also look fab, thanks for sharing your thoughts though, definitely gonna check out that food as well x
I was going to comment something similar. We have cats and used to feed them cheap brand food until one of our boys was constantly poorly and in and out of the vets and we realised it was caused by the food! Any pet food available in supermarkets is not good for your pet. Our boys are now on Science Plan and happy and healthy thankfully. People wrongly assume it costs too much to feed your pets decent food but because it's not full of fillers and has a higher meat content, they don't need as much of it. We aren't spending any more feeding our cats Science Plan than we were feeding them Whiskers/Felix and similar. We buy their food from Zooplus as it's a lot cheaper than shops like Pets at Home.
Tiffany Leighx totally agree with this! We fed our cat a much better food and yeah it was more expensive but like you say he wasn't going through as much of it as it was filling and better for him!
Great haul xx I always pre-prep fruit and veg, you could do that with whole water melon and put in tubs in fridge, saves soooo much space in our fridge. I'm going to be doing a video on it on my channel next week 😘 xx
That’s incredible value! I can’t think what you could cut down on, homemade pasta sauces, soups and replace the anti bac wipes with cloths maybe. What parent has time for all that cooking though!
We used to feed our dog on bakers until I started my animal degree. One of the subjects was nutrition and I've now realised and been shown that there are much more healthier options out there for dogs. Just thought I'd mention it as we as humans are so interested in the food we put in our own bodies and our children's that it is also quite interesting to look at dog foods and the options out there :) Loved watching this food haul by the way :) x
Love the food hauls ❤️ we are a family of 4 with 2 children similar ages. We spend about £50 a week but do a big bulk shop from the local butcher once a month of around £80. We find that helps keep our bills down and helps plan our meals for the week x
We are a family of 3, soon to be four! And at the moment I try to stick with spending around £40 a week which I usually do. However that can vary depending on if we need wipes and nappies etc. A good tip is to buy your meat in bulk from a market or a local butchers. I get some of our meat from muscle food and do a big shop and that usually lasts us around 2 months hence why our weekly shop is so low. I then separate all the meat into bags and put them in the freezer and take it out as and when we need it! Xx
Bulk out your spag Bol by grating the carrot! And add a load of veg! I can get 12 portions of spag Bol from one of those packs of mince!! It cuts the cost! And bulk cook freezer meals! I just got our weekly shop at Aldi for £48 which includes 16 Homemade frozen meals!
Loved watching this gorgeous pal. We are definitely Apple twins. I love the pink lady ones too😍😍 Rik & Fraser are like the same person, he prefers to do all the shopping and cooking too! I'm better though obviously ......🙃🙃🙃🙃😂😂
I absolutely love these kind of hauls! I find them so interesting, I love to see what kind of things other people buy and the meal plan ideas are really helpful as I'm always stuck for ideas! I overspend too and I'm trying to cut down.. I'm a single parent so it's just me and my 9 year old son and I spend £75+ for like a week and a half worth of shopping and I often find myself popping to the local shops throughout the week to pick up things too! I like to shop in Aldi as I do think I get a lot more for my money but again like you it's mounts up when you have to pop to Asda or Tesco etc to get the things you can't get at Aldi! Would love for you to make these a regular thing.. especially the meal ideas :) xx
My one tip is to look for reduced meat and freeze it! Absolute life saver while I was at uni and really cut down on buying fresh meat (which is so expensive). I think you've done an amazing job spending just over £100 for a family of 4 + 2 dogs! I used to budget around £30 per week for just myself including the odd sandwich on the go so that's really impressive. Loved this video and would definitely watch something similar again :)
Love love love this! We shop at Tesco’s every week and have been saying we’ll try Aldi sometime but after watching this I’m definitely going there this week! We easily spend £50 a week as a family with 1 child and the cupboards still seem empty when I’ve unpacked! You have loads here so can’t wait to see how much I spend and how much I get for my money! Xx
I've heard a lot of people say they save money by food shopping online as it stops you impulse buying so much. It would be interesting to see an online weekly shop video as a comparison to see if you spend more or less that way
Hello, i love food shopping hauls and meal plans as it gives me ideas for new things to try and meals to plan. We started going to Aldi a while ago and saved a fortune! We spend between 40 and 50 pounds a week (if my husband doesn’t come with me) and we have a family of 3 and a dog. I stick to my list and meal plan for each week to keep the costs down. I do have to go to other places like b & m or home bargains to get things like cottage pie mix and other mixes that Aldi don’t do but try not to go crazy while I’m in there. Thanks for your video. X
Loved this! Depends on how much space you have in your freezer, but I have been using muscle food to order my meat, they usually have bundles/offers which makes things cheaper for the amount you get x
Love this food haul you should definitely do more! We have a family of 6 (myself, partner, a 2 month old baby, 4 year old, 5 year old and 7 year old) and every other weekend we also have my partners children for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On the weeks we don’t have the extra kids we spend around £150 a week on the food shop and the week we do have them around £180. That doesn’t include formula milk as my little one is on prescription milk but does include nappies, wipes etc. The price of food has majorly gone up recently so we definitely eat out a lot less than we used but on an average week we eat out at least once.
'Snickers bars to get me through the week'- love it! :D We love Aldi, we have one that is a minutes walk away which is super handy. But it also means I pop in there most days instead of once a week... x
Love this video!!! You really remind me of Molly King these days! I’ve been watching you for years but only just realised that you remind me of her!! Xx
Loved the video Kate, super useful. Love seeing what other people buy in their weekly shop. If you were looking for some tips, I’ve written a. Couple below. Obviously feel free to ignore them if you don’t agree, it’s your life and your food shop:) . 1. Try a meat free night once a week, it’s good for the environment, is good for your health, it introduces you to new recipes and it’s financially beneficial. 2. I don’t know whether you like fish or any seafoods, but they can be really good for you, high in omegas etc. Might be something worth considering. 3. Tins of chopped tomorrow’s are much cheaper than pre made pasta sauce, easy to chuck in a few herbs and spices, some garlic and you’ve got a homemade, cheap pasta sauce 4. As for the sweet treats. Totally get you! A tip I find useful, try buying a dark chocolate. If you’re not a fan, I wasn’t at the beginning, try something with caramel or sea salt, something to give it a little more flavour. It’s got less sugar than milk chocolate and a higher coco content. Plus because of its richness, usually you find you can only have one or two squares. Hope this helps :) lots of love xxxx
We have a baby on the way so we are trying to get our budget all sorted before the bundle arrives. We now shop at aldi and always write a list. We found writing a list is what really helps; we never shop off of it and it if you're only looking for what's on there it stops the mindless walking around.
Love these videos! We shop in Asda just because we get nappies from there and spend £60 per week (online so easier to not pick up extras!) and feed a family of 3. Soon to have new baby so will go up due to formula & nappies. Always cook things like bolognase in bulk and freeze portions as tends to be cheaper and time saving! X
100percent agree storing watermelon is a nightmare! Takes up half of the fridge when cut! Literally the only thing I would look into is the Bakers which another person commented on. You will be stunned how less hyper your dogs are when on another complete food. Arden grange is really good, it is more pricey but it has the right balance of nutrients for the dogs x just something to think about x We’re all allowed a treAt now and then don’t feel bad! It’s not like you’re going to eat them all in one go!! You’re keeping it real x
With the baby food... We used to make extra of every meal we had and blitzed it up and put it in our ice cube trays. Then we would just pop a few out and chuck them in the microwave until they were room temp / warm to feed her :) Mainly would be vegetables or left over fruit from my older child's lunch box when we bulk bought for the week! It saved us more money than we expected and I knew my daughter was getting healthy meals! :)
Love this! I have always had dogs, and found it much cheaper in the long run to buy a big batch of dog food that lasts for a while, than having to buy it every week or two! It could be worth trying!
Great video Kate 😊 I’m trying to cut down on our food shop at the moment too.Would love to see how Ricky does his sprouts! I love them but my boyfriend hates them so would be great to see how they are done xx
Loved watching this Kate. Definitely do more of these kind of hauls. I’m the same, we have a 10 month old daughter and you always need the backs ups! Xxx
Love these videos. We shop in Aldi and spend roughly £40/£50 a week. That's for a family of three. Our son Archie is 2 and currently still in nappies. Being on slimming world I simply don't by in any treats other than the safari snacks and crisps for archies lunches. I also buy aldi essential range so will pick up the cheapest of the item i can find. It works for us. Obviously isn't for everyone.
If you're able to shop in the evening, around 8pm many shops reduce fresh fruit and veg, as well as bread products because of 'sell by dates'. Most of the time fresh stuff is perfectly fine (and you can tell for yourself while looking at it), and bread etc can be put in the freezer if not going to be eaten right away. Also doubling recipes or bulk cooking and use it in another meal or freeze it for another week (bolognese is great for this as you can use it in so many things - on jacket potatoes, make shepherds pie, pasta bakes). Doubling a recipe probably won't take you much longer than you would have spent cooking, and it allows you to buy in bulk which is often cheaper in the long run.
We love a good haul :) Top tip would be that for all the chicken you are buying it's cheaper to buy 1kg rather than several smaller packs. We spend about £60 a week in lidl for a family of five. No babies/nappies for us though :)
We've started meal planning recently and shopping at Aldi or lidl in the hopes to save a bit more money. So loving these types of videos, plus it does give ideas for meals especially as we get stuck in a rut xx
Love!!! I'm obsessed with watching these! We are a family of 4 (kids 6 & 3) and my husband eats lunch at home. We spend $200 weekly $800 monthly budget.
You can get half watermelons that are the same size as the precut!! They’re probably not in season now but you’ll defo be able to find them in Asda and it saves on packaging!
I’ve been trying to cut our shopping bill down too, it’s me, my fiancé and our 5 month old. Our shop isn’t too bad but with formula, nappies, wipes it all adds up! I work for Tesco so I use my discount and a couple of vouchers I have. Managed to get it to about £50 a week! These videos are really handy!😊
I’ve cut my shopping down to £50 a week or less, 2 adults a 8 month old baby and a cat. We meal plan, bulk buy meats and freeze, buy fruit and veg from the green grocers and the rest is from Aldi. It’s took a lot of hard work and sometimes I just want to buy easy alternatives but the savings are worth it. Well done! Xxx
I love food hauls, would love to see more, i always find it so interesting. I shop at Morrisons, we are a family of 4, we've got 2 girls aged 7 & 3. Our shopping bill on an average week comes to £55, if getting extras like washing stuff and household cleaning products and pull ups it may come to £60-65. I also get meat separately from a local butchers at that normally is £35 for a months worth of meat that i can freeze. xx
I loved your Grocery Haul Kate 😘💗 I’ve found since reorganising my pantry with Labels I’ve found it saves me a lot of money. I’m not sure if it’s because I can clearly see what I’ve got . But since shopping at Aldi I’ve saved a lot xx
Shopping in aldi is definitely the way forward for saving money! To save even more money I make larger spag bol and cottage pie type meals then freeze them so that we can have them the following week which means the next week's shopping bill is lower as we don't buy as much. I definitely find buying meat hikes the price of my shopping up so I buy frozen chicken fillets now which are definitely cheaper then just take out of the bag what we need and defrost before cooking it. Jacket pots for a meal each week also cuts down on our spending too! X
Yes I’d love to see more of these videos!! I think that’s a good price considering the baby milk & food etc. I feel like I’m spending more these days as I’m buying baby food now. I was organised at first making everything, but I’m not always organised enough. I do sometimes buy prepped veg bags and just steam them & blitz it & he loves that. X
I love this video soo much. I would really like to see some more of these. Me and my husband shop in Lidl and Aldi all the time. We pop to Tesco/Asda if and when we need too. We spend about £50 a week for the two of us and our cat but we also eat out nearly once a week so I guess that brings the shop down but our spending up. Like you say, every family if different and does things very differently but I love seeing what different people do. Also I would love to see some recipes, including the Brussels you mentioned!! xx
Kate, we are a family,of 6, 3 adults, 2 teenagers and 1 under 12, and the only way I can keep the shopping down is to shop online, usually Tesco. If I go instore it always goes up as your tempted by things on the end of the aisles which are bargain prices but then you just end up buying lots of them and up goes the bill, when you probably don’t need it. I put all essentials in my online basket, then add any extras, treats etc, and then the night before I’ll go back into it and decide if we need it all, and either add or take things off. That way I know the price and can try and keep under £100, instead of getting to the till and thinking oh crap that’s gone over. Still have to buy extra milk in the week as we go through so much. Don’t have baby things anymore which adds up, but do have 3 children all eating adult meals now so that 5 adult meals and a child and I can keep it under £100 by doing it online. Oh but that dosnt include the dogs, 2 large dogs which we bulk buy for once a month on top of that. Xx
I loved watching this grocery haul and would definitely like to see more. Also would love to see you and Ricky maybe cook some of the recipes you mentioned for a bit of inspo. Xx
Loved this video! Love Aldi and Lidl! There's three of us, hubby, me and our toddler daughter. And a pooch! We spend around £75 ish, but no baby formula and dog food as its bulk bags from Amazon. Not far off yours really. Few ideas- frozen chicken breast bags £3.90'ish for a kilo. Stock up on the baby food pouches when they have a baby event and do big boxes of them. The Aldi pizzas that are about £0.89p or less, stonebaked cheese are sooo yum and we throw chorizo, olives (black ones from jar) and veg etc! So good! Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Wanna see Ricky's sprout recipe! Maybe a cooking video?! Would be fab xx
One tip or idea that has worked for me is I downloaded the Asda groceries app , I then do my shop on the app throughout the week as it just saves anything you add in your basket until you decide your done and if I see a new recipe or meal plan I can then search and add the ingredients and see cheapest alternatives. I then do click and collect my shopping, my local asda has a large fridge like area and your shopping is stored in your own fridge and you just pick it up . Iv saved so much money doing my shopping this way as I'm murder for adding things I don't need in my trolley xx
I stopped getting ready mixed pasta sauces and just used cans of tomatoes and use them as the base for your spag bowl ect. I think 111.00 pounds is really good for a family of 4. I have lidl near us in France and we spend about the same but in Euros, we have a family of 3 and 2 dogs and 9 chickens...No judging me
We are a family of 5 - 2 adults, an 11 year old, a 3 yo and a 20 month old and we spend £60-70 a week including nappies, cleaning stuff, food, snacks, etc. Definitely cooking from scratch and meal planning helps. And aldi is so much cheaper but we havent found anything to ever be lower quality x
Hi, one friendly piece of advice I got from my mum and it really does make a difference is not to buy chicken already cut up. If you buy two whole chickens and cut them up yourself you'd get a lot more meat and it would probably cost the same as two packs of chicken breast. I usually cut them up into three categories (breasts, legs and thighs, and wings and bones to make broth) and then freeze them.
Good deal! £111 for a family of 4 and 2 dogs is quite amazing! I used to spend like a £100 for 2 and sometimes we used to go back to Tesco or Waitrose to pick up some stuff we forgot. In the end we used to spend like £400 in a month. That was crazy! I have to say we used to buy beef in Whole foods cause the taste was way much better than Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda ir even Waitrose. Love the video Kate!! Xxx
Love food hauls! I've been a vegetarian for over 7 years and just went fully plant based last week! I am LOVING it! Did my first big food shop last week and spent about 100 bucks for 2 weeks worth of food. Not bad! It's only for one person though but still. Love your videos so much. xoxo
Hi Kate, love your channel and have been watching for years..Lidl is a really good place to shop and have saved me a lot in money for food shopping. And some cheap brands are just as good as the others xx
I really enjoyed watching this! Now I’m in a completely different because I’m a uni student so obviously lead a different lifestyle, but I find bulk buying things that can be kept in the cupboard and I know will use a lot saves so much money - for example you can get a hugeeeee bag of pasta in ASDA which will save money in comparison to buying it every week. I check mysupermarket for deals on branded stuff and top up (so this could help with the baby stuff and stock up when it’s cheaper instead of buying it in weekly batches). I also find shopping online is useful because you can see your total going up whilst you’re doing the shop, rather than finding out at the end once it’s already scanned and then you can prioritise whether you really need certain items or you just bought them on impulse. Obviously I’m in a different position but I find researching deals and looking/shopping online saves so much money! X
I love this video Kate! :) the only suggestions i have is to not buy pre made pasta sauces. Instead by the cheapest passata and chopped tomatos cartons and just add your own herbs and spices. It tastes just as good. Also try using a slow cooker. It is a life changer. You can batch cook and make a meal last for 2 days including lunch and dinner. You can just alter what you have with it eg, salad, rice, jacket potatos. Slow cooker curries and chilli con carne are amazing!!!! Xx
I'm impressed with your bill! My boyfriend and I work full time so find it really hard to go to places like Aldi or Lidl, especially when you can't always get everything you want in one place. I do our shopping online from Sainsbury's and spend about £100 for a week and half (sometimes can stretch it to two week) of meals. We eat pescatarian and so I think the money really adds up on Quorn products and fish. I also buy animal-cruelty free cleaning and laundry products which are always so much more expensive for brands like Method and Ecover!
Love food hauls especially Aldi. I have an app called ‘My Supermarket’ which lets you compare items from the major supermarkets (and boots and Superdrug?) it means if there are things you always buy that are branded you can see which shop is cheaper/has offers. It’s good for a price guide xx
We had the same problem not long ago and I find it really helped me to go online first and do a pretend shop from whichever supermarket u would normally go to... for us that was Tesco and I wrote down the price of each item i need on my shipping list....then when I go to Aldi or Lidl I make sure that each item i'm buying is actually cheaper than what I have on my list from Tesco....I was quite surprised that not everything was cheaper in Aldi!! Xx
For pampers nappies and wipes etc I always go on mysupermarket app and bulk buy when they are on offer :) toiletries I get from savers as I find the branded stuff there is cheaper. You could try the super 6 fruit and veg/meat from aldi and see what they have on offer each week and then base your meals around that each week if possible. xx
Saving tip ...go different shops to get stuff...u can get 4 pack kichen roll for 1pound from Iceland...go shopping in evenings if u can n look at reduced section especially bakery for bread which can be less than 50p ovbs freeze stuff too ...bulk buy stuff if u can too like four pack baked beans tins 1 pound in asda great with bread n potatoes. ...iceland for fish fingers dinners....also no chips?
we spend about £60 a week and don't get anywhere near the amount that you got! There's two of us and our three month old daughter and i breastfeed so she only costs us in nappies. I find that when i buy fresh fruit and veg it goes bad in a couple of days and we don't get chance to use it so i always buy frozen carrots/peas/onion. We also freeze our leftovers so i do a big chilli with enough for about 6 portions and then we have sort of healthy ready meals for in the week or for my partner to take to work! xx
I was buying the same baby things so no judgement but I’ve found it’s really easy to save on that. I make baby overnight oats using normal porridge with mashed banana, lunch I roast a few sweet potatoes for a few days he has that with chickpeas or avocado or almond butter or some scrambled eggs then for dinner what we are having or if he doesn’t like that I have frozen fruit smoothie mixes in the freezer just whizz it up and it’s like a pouch but cheaper and you can add some spinach to make it healthier even though I buy organic all this only adds up to about £10 😘
We're a family of 4, my kids are 8 and 3 and my son has packed lunches every day for school and spend £60-70 for 3 weeks then on the 4th week spend £40 as we have a build up of food in the cupboards. I also get meats on offer and bulk buy. Just now the mince and chicken we buy is on offer 3 for £10 so I get them and freeze them. I get Tesco deliveries now as we use to pick up loads of extras when we went to the shops and would add on about £15-£20 extra. We have the midweek delivery saver which is £3.49 a month and the slot we get is £3.50 every Tuesday so we save £10.50 a month just by having the delivery saver and you get unlimited Tesco direct deliveries too with it. We use to be £140-£150 When our daughter was in nappies and on formula. We meal plan and do a shopping list every week. We go out on a Sunday and buy more bread, milk and eggs. I found this is the easiest way to save money, keep the family out the shops that way they can't see the offeres and think, it's only £1. Your zhoppingbill will come back down once both boys are out of nappies and off formula, well mine did when my daughter got potty trained.xx
I’m a childminder and a family of 6. A German shepherd and two cats. We used to spend about £600 per month. I spend £200-£250 per month. I don’t really go to supermarkets, only once a month. Sometimes go to Iceland. But mostly go to the veg and fruit shop and the butchers. All meals made from scratch, even pizza. Don’t buy dog food, cook a batch of fresh waste cuts from butchers and cheap meat with veg and rice and pasta. The vet has said he’s more healthy. He’s also not really hyper compared to bakers we were feeding him as it has loads of salt and sugar in it. Plus it’s a lot cheaper as he’s a big dog. We get loads of different recipes online to make. We use tasty recipes from Facebook as well, great ideas. Hope this helps.
Also aldi nappies have saved us so much money- in the early days with my first child i would only ever use pampers then found aldi and literally halved the cost and only ever used them on my second child.
Absolutely love this!! I think you do an amazing job to keep it to £111 🙌🏼 I’d love to see you and Rik do some cooking videos, your meals sound lovely xx
Loved this! Try Lidl, their fresh meat and veg especially makes it work out cheaper, we chuck anything in the trolley and it rarely comes to more than £30! We do have to top up bits in Tesco but I seriously challenge you to spend that much in Lidl.. it’s like magic 😂😂
Really enjyed this thank you. Please can I ask, would it be possible to make a few meal time cooking videos? Would love to see you and Ricky rustling something good and tasty up in the kitchen, it would hopefully give me some nice new ideas of what to make the family for meals! :) I adore you and your beautiful little family. Good luck in your new exciting adventure in finding a new home, mind I do love the home you have now though, lol. Take care and lots of love to you all xxxx
I moved my dogs onto dry dog food, with two dogs I found wet food was getting mega expensive. Now I only need to buy a bag of food every 2-3 months. Saves a fortune! x
We try to spend about £50 A week on 2 adults, one 6 month old and 2 cats. We can do it if we try but we do often go over, especially if we go out or get a takeaway. We mostly shop in Aldi. We are meat eaters but save by eating it less and making it go further as it is pricey! We are also weaning now and try to cook at home for the baby too. She does like those carrot snacks from Aldi, great to have in your bag.
I also buy Aldi’s 50/50 bread. We are a family of 3 soon to be 4 and our doggy and we spend £60-80 a week some weeks the food shop is bigger than others. X
We’re on a tight budget, 2 adults and a 2 year old and 1 cat. We spend £60 a week and no more :-) we go to Aldi or Waitrose, Waitrose really isn’t expensive unless you buy the brands, we just get whatever brand/own price is the cheapest that week. The only thing I’d say to you is get the right potatoes for the right occasion. Red waxy potatoes for mash is SO much better than white potatoes 😊😊 xx
Spaghetti bolognese, cottage pie stuff like that I batch cook and store it on zip lock bags and just write on them with a sharpie. It tastes just as good when u have frozen it and recook it. U can do lots of meals this way. U don't spend any more extra time as your just cooking more of it once so saves time for next few weeks. X
Love this! I’m a single independent student mum to 18 month old twins and two guinea pigs 🐹🐹 I’m always trying to reduce expenditure as much as possible
For those of us who live across the pond, I wasn't familiar with the dishes you and Ricky are preparing. What is the Cottage Potatoes dish? We might have the same dishes but with different names. I hope this does not inconvenience you Kate. Thank you. Cheers!
I think you’ve done amazing to get it down to that cost with a baby and little boy. My shopping was always expensive when my daughter was a baby. Now she is six so for me Amelia and my chap it’s about £80 a week with combination of Aldi and Tesco x
Thought that was going to be super healthy with the avocado and the cous cous, then boom! The chocolate biscuits and cakes come out 😂 definitely the same in our house! Need a few treats to get through the week xx
I'm a mum of 3 at 25 and the reality is you don't always have time to make things fresh or from scratch!
Love watching these videos it gives me inspiration to try different things! X
I love how involved your husband is in all of this! 🤗 You look beautiful Kate 😍 xx
WHY are there hate comments on this video?!? Kate & her family are the sweetest, loveliest bunch, so I don’t see why there would need to be negativity on the comments on any of her videos! Personally I quite enjoyed this video as one day I will have to provide for myself so it was interesting to see. 💗💗
Totally agree with you! Why so much hate? Kate asked for “friendly comments” but I guess some people are just incapable of being nice ! Loved this video Kate as I do every single one of your videos👍🏻😘xx
Loved seeing this type of video with families and not just for one person. Gave me some good ideas!
Food bill wise I think you did pretty good for feeding a family of four and 2 dogs! Plus love your hair and jumper in this xx
I love grocery hauls Kate!
Can't wait to watch this!;)
Yay! So glad, i didn;t know if it would be a bit random. I hope you enjoy it xx
It was great!
I feel like it definitely fits into your channel Kate!xxx
CupcakeGeekxo me too! Loved this!
That meal plan sounds like music to my ears Maris!
Hi Kate, thanks for this video! We are a family of three and a kitty cat and are looking into ways to do better with our food shopping. I think that meal planning is what will really help us to shop better. Would be great to see another shopping video like this with clips from the meals you make with Ricky. As you said it is nice to get some ideas from the meals other people are planning for their week. From the ingredients it looks like these are going to be some yummy dishes. 😊 And its nice to see how much stuff you can get at a specific shop, though I dont know if we have an ALDI close to us. Will have to check it out now.
Please make this a regular thing!! Meal ideas and food hauls are amazing!
I know it's hard not to just grab the pouches but my mother in law gave me a good tip for when my sister was starting to introduce food with my nephew that she would just mash up any food they made and froze it in ice cube trays and then all you have to do is use a couple of cubes at a time and if they want any more just stick another in the dish for them and heat up. Saves waste, money, allows you to prep a couple of meals in advance and allows the little ones variety as you can use just a couple of cubes of each veg at a time. May not be ideal for everyone but may help someone out there 😊
I absolutely love to watch and film these!! I'm on such a health kick at the moment. I also always get asked for recipe ideas as post meals on my stories xx
Love grocery hauls ! Makes me feel better about what I spend on the weekly shop lol ! I have 2 kids and used the baby jars for both. So handy !
Loved this Kate, really interesting to see what other people buy in their weekly food shop! x
Kate I used to follow your blog ages ago and I'm not sure how I lost track of you (in a non weird way 😂) but this video was in my suggested and I am now subscribed! This video was so refreshing! In a world of diet culture b.s. SO many RUclipsrs show their food and it's all salad and protein shakes and to see you and your family have such a healthy balanced food shop and attitude to food is honestly amazing! 😍💖
Loved the video kate! Only thing I want to mention is your dog food, I would recommend doing some research into what you feed your dogs as Bakers and similar brands tend to have low meat content, more sugars. We used to feed our cat Felix and he went through so many packets and it was because the meat content was so low! Definitely opened our eyes as to what is actually in the ingredients and we done some research to find better brands! However with that said, I always love your videos 👍💕
Elisa Poli I was once told by a professional dog trainer that Bakers & the likes are basically the equivalent of giving your dog Mcdonalds everyday. Barking Heads was amazing for us, you need less than normal food and it's so natural & our boy's coat is absolutely gleaming since starting on it. You can get samples by asking the company too & there's lots of flavours too, our boy is so fussy & he adores this stuff! It has supplements in it too for healthy joints etc which is amazing x
B Maher that sounds great, might need to look into that :) We feed our dogs skinners dog food as it was recommended to us by our dog trainer! Our dogs never have any problems with it and their coats also look fab, thanks for sharing your thoughts though, definitely gonna check out that food as well x
I was going to comment something similar. We have cats and used to feed them cheap brand food until one of our boys was constantly poorly and in and out of the vets and we realised it was caused by the food! Any pet food available in supermarkets is not good for your pet. Our boys are now on Science Plan and happy and healthy thankfully. People wrongly assume it costs too much to feed your pets decent food but because it's not full of fillers and has a higher meat content, they don't need as much of it. We aren't spending any more feeding our cats Science Plan than we were feeding them Whiskers/Felix and similar. We buy their food from Zooplus as it's a lot cheaper than shops like Pets at Home.
Tiffany Leighx totally agree with this! We fed our cat a much better food and yeah it was more expensive but like you say he wasn't going through as much of it as it was filling and better for him!
We feed our dogs barking heads too and it's amazing! If you buy it in the bigger bags I'm sure it works out just as affordable as Bakers etc. too! xx
Great seeing you do these types of videos 😁 also your hair looks gorgeous 😍 xxx
Ah thank you so much Rachel xx
Great haul xx I always pre-prep fruit and veg, you could do that with whole water melon and put in tubs in fridge, saves soooo much space in our fridge. I'm going to be doing a video on it on my channel next week 😘 xx
I also love grocery hauls! Find it so interesting to see what people buy! Please do more! Xx
That’s incredible value! I can’t think what you could cut down on, homemade pasta sauces, soups and replace the anti bac wipes with cloths maybe. What parent has time for all that cooking though!
We used to feed our dog on bakers until I started my animal degree. One of the subjects was nutrition and I've now realised and been shown that there are much more healthier options out there for dogs. Just thought I'd mention it as we as humans are so interested in the food we put in our own bodies and our children's that it is also quite interesting to look at dog foods and the options out there :) Loved watching this food haul by the way :) x
Love this video! Grocery hauls are so fun to watch, please do more when you can. Also, your hair looks amazing!
I love food hauls! As a student, they always give me ideas for healthier / more home cooked meals - so I would love more of these!:)x
Love the food hauls ❤️ we are a family of 4 with 2 children similar ages. We spend about £50 a week but do a big bulk shop from the local butcher once a month of around £80. We find that helps keep our bills down and helps plan our meals for the week x
Only 87£ for all that stuff!!wow great job!👌🏼
We are a family of 3, soon to be four! And at the moment I try to stick with spending around £40 a week which I usually do. However that can vary depending on if we need wipes and nappies etc. A good tip is to buy your meat in bulk from a market or a local butchers. I get some of our meat from muscle food and do a big shop and that usually lasts us around 2 months hence why our weekly shop is so low. I then separate all the meat into bags and put them in the freezer and take it out as and when we need it! Xx
Bulk out your spag Bol by grating the carrot! And add a load of veg! I can get 12 portions of spag Bol from one of those packs of mince!! It cuts the cost! And bulk cook freezer meals! I just got our weekly shop at Aldi for £48 which includes 16 Homemade frozen meals!
Loved watching this gorgeous pal. We are definitely Apple twins. I love the pink lady ones too😍😍 Rik & Fraser are like the same person, he prefers to do all the shopping and cooking too! I'm better though obviously ......🙃🙃🙃🙃😂😂
I absolutely love these kind of hauls! I find them so interesting, I love to see what kind of things other people buy and the meal plan ideas are really helpful as I'm always stuck for ideas! I overspend too and I'm trying to cut down.. I'm a single parent so it's just me and my 9 year old son and I spend £75+ for like a week and a half worth of shopping and I often find myself popping to the local shops throughout the week to pick up things too! I like to shop in Aldi as I do think I get a lot more for my money but again like you it's mounts up when you have to pop to Asda or Tesco etc to get the things you can't get at Aldi! Would love for you to make these a regular thing.. especially the meal ideas :) xx
Love these videos!! It's so interesting to see what other people buy and what meals they make :)
My one tip is to look for reduced meat and freeze it! Absolute life saver while I was at uni and really cut down on buying fresh meat (which is so expensive). I think you've done an amazing job spending just over £100 for a family of 4 + 2 dogs! I used to budget around £30 per week for just myself including the odd sandwich on the go so that's really impressive. Loved this video and would definitely watch something similar again :)
Wowww, so much stuff for the money!! Really enjoyed this lovely, I do love a good food shopping video! xx
Love love love this!
We shop at Tesco’s every week and have been saying we’ll try Aldi sometime but after watching this I’m definitely going there this week! We easily spend £50 a week as a family with 1 child and the cupboards still seem empty when I’ve unpacked! You have loads here so can’t wait to see how much I spend and how much I get for my money! Xx
I've heard a lot of people say they save money by food shopping online as it stops you impulse buying so much. It would be interesting to see an online weekly shop video as a comparison to see if you spend more or less that way
Hello, i love food shopping hauls and meal plans as it gives me ideas for new things to try and meals to plan. We started going to Aldi a while ago and saved a fortune! We spend between 40 and 50 pounds a week (if my husband doesn’t come with me) and we have a family of 3 and a dog. I stick to my list and meal plan for each week to keep the costs down. I do have to go to other places like b & m or home bargains to get things like cottage pie mix and other mixes that Aldi don’t do but try not to go crazy while I’m in there. Thanks for your video. X
Loved this! Depends on how much space you have in your freezer, but I have been using muscle food to order my meat, they usually have bundles/offers which makes things cheaper for the amount you get x
Love this food haul you should definitely do more! We have a family of 6 (myself, partner, a 2 month old baby, 4 year old, 5 year old and 7 year old) and every other weekend we also have my partners children for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On the weeks we don’t have the extra kids we spend around £150 a week on the food shop and the week we do have them around £180. That doesn’t include formula milk as my little one is on prescription milk but does include nappies, wipes etc. The price of food has majorly gone up recently so we definitely eat out a lot less than we used but on an average week we eat out at least once.
'Snickers bars to get me through the week'- love it! :D We love Aldi, we have one that is a minutes walk away which is super handy. But it also means I pop in there most days instead of once a week... x
Love this video!!! You really remind me of Molly King these days! I’ve been watching you for years but only just realised that you remind me of her!! Xx
Loved the video Kate, super useful. Love seeing what other people buy in their weekly shop. If you were looking for some tips, I’ve written a. Couple below. Obviously feel free to ignore them if you don’t agree, it’s your life and your food shop:) .
1. Try a meat free night once a week, it’s good for the environment, is good for your health, it introduces you to new recipes and it’s financially beneficial.
2. I don’t know whether you like fish or any seafoods, but they can be really good for you, high in omegas etc. Might be something worth considering.
3. Tins of chopped tomorrow’s are much cheaper than pre made pasta sauce, easy to chuck in a few herbs and spices, some garlic and you’ve got a homemade, cheap pasta sauce
4. As for the sweet treats. Totally get you! A tip I find useful, try buying a dark chocolate. If you’re not a fan, I wasn’t at the beginning, try something with caramel or sea salt, something to give it a little more flavour. It’s got less sugar than milk chocolate and a higher coco content. Plus because of its richness, usually you find you can only have one or two squares.
Hope this helps :) lots of love xxxx
We have a baby on the way so we are trying to get our budget all sorted before the bundle arrives. We now shop at aldi and always write a list. We found writing a list is what really helps; we never shop off of it and it if you're only looking for what's on there it stops the mindless walking around.
Love these videos! We shop in Asda just because we get nappies from there and spend £60 per week (online so easier to not pick up extras!) and feed a family of 3. Soon to have new baby so will go up due to formula & nappies. Always cook things like bolognase in bulk and freeze portions as tends to be cheaper and time saving! X
100percent agree storing watermelon is a nightmare! Takes up half of the fridge when cut! Literally the only thing I would look into is the Bakers which another person commented on. You will be stunned how less hyper your dogs are when on another complete food. Arden grange is really good, it is more pricey but it has the right balance of nutrients for the dogs x just something to think about x
We’re all allowed a treAt now and then don’t feel bad! It’s not like you’re going to eat them all in one go!! You’re keeping it real x
With the baby food... We used to make extra of every meal we had and blitzed it up and put it in our ice cube trays. Then we would just pop a few out and chuck them in the microwave until they were room temp / warm to feed her :) Mainly would be vegetables or left over fruit from my older child's lunch box when we bulk bought for the week! It saved us more money than we expected and I knew my daughter was getting healthy meals! :)
Love this! I have always had dogs, and found it much cheaper in the long run to buy a big batch of dog food that lasts for a while, than having to buy it every week or two! It could be worth trying!
Great video Kate 😊 I’m trying to cut down on our food shop at the moment too.Would love to see how Ricky does his sprouts! I love them but my boyfriend hates them so would be great to see how they are done xx
Loved watching this Kate. Definitely do more of these kind of hauls. I’m the same, we have a 10 month old daughter and you always need the backs ups! Xxx
Love these videos.
We shop in Aldi and spend roughly £40/£50 a week. That's for a family of three. Our son Archie is 2 and currently still in nappies.
Being on slimming world I simply don't by in any treats other than the safari snacks and crisps for archies lunches. I also buy aldi essential range so will pick up the cheapest of the item i can find. It works for us. Obviously isn't for everyone.
If you're able to shop in the evening, around 8pm many shops reduce fresh fruit and veg, as well as bread products because of 'sell by dates'. Most of the time fresh stuff is perfectly fine (and you can tell for yourself while looking at it), and bread etc can be put in the freezer if not going to be eaten right away. Also doubling recipes or bulk cooking and use it in another meal or freeze it for another week (bolognese is great for this as you can use it in so many things - on jacket potatoes, make shepherds pie, pasta bakes). Doubling a recipe probably won't take you much longer than you would have spent cooking, and it allows you to buy in bulk which is often cheaper in the long run.
We love a good haul :) Top tip would be that for all the chicken you are buying it's cheaper to buy 1kg rather than several smaller packs. We spend about £60 a week in lidl for a family of five. No babies/nappies for us though :)
We've started meal planning recently and shopping at Aldi or lidl in the hopes to save a bit more money. So loving these types of videos, plus it does give ideas for meals especially as we get stuck in a rut xx
If you buy the watermelon whole then chop it up and put it in containers for individual portions like the ones you got from Asda
Hannah Dudley exactly, much cheaper and saves on plastic too
Love!!! I'm obsessed with watching these! We are a family of 4 (kids 6 & 3) and my husband eats lunch at home. We spend $200 weekly $800 monthly budget.
You can get half watermelons that are the same size as the precut!! They’re probably not in season now but you’ll defo be able to find them in Asda and it saves on packaging!
I’ve been trying to cut our shopping bill down too, it’s me, my fiancé and our 5 month old. Our shop isn’t too bad but with formula, nappies, wipes it all adds up! I work for Tesco so I use my discount and a couple of vouchers I have. Managed to get it to about £50 a week! These videos are really handy!😊
I’ve cut my shopping down to £50 a week or less, 2 adults a 8 month old baby and a cat. We meal plan, bulk buy meats and freeze, buy fruit and veg from the green grocers and the rest is from Aldi. It’s took a lot of hard work and sometimes I just want to buy easy alternatives but the savings are worth it. Well done! Xxx
I love food hauls, would love to see more, i always find it so interesting.
I shop at Morrisons, we are a family of 4, we've got 2 girls aged 7 & 3. Our shopping bill on an average week comes to £55, if getting extras like washing stuff and household cleaning products and pull ups it may come to £60-65. I also get meat separately from a local butchers at that normally is £35 for a months worth of meat that i can freeze. xx
I loved your Grocery Haul Kate 😘💗 I’ve found since reorganising my pantry with Labels I’ve found it saves me a lot of money. I’m not sure if it’s because I can clearly see what I’ve got . But since shopping at Aldi I’ve saved a lot xx
Shopping in aldi is definitely the way forward for saving money! To save even more money I make larger spag bol and cottage pie type meals then freeze them so that we can have them the following week which means the next week's shopping bill is lower as we don't buy as much. I definitely find buying meat hikes the price of my shopping up so I buy frozen chicken fillets now which are definitely cheaper then just take out of the bag what we need and defrost before cooking it. Jacket pots for a meal each week also cuts down on our spending too! X
Yes I’d love to see more of these videos!! I think that’s a good price considering the baby milk & food etc. I feel like I’m spending more these days as I’m buying baby food now. I was organised at first making everything, but I’m not always organised enough. I do sometimes buy prepped veg bags and just steam them & blitz it & he loves that. X
I love this video soo much. I would really like to see some more of these. Me and my husband shop in Lidl and Aldi all the time. We pop to Tesco/Asda if and when we need too. We spend about £50 a week for the two of us and our cat but we also eat out nearly once a week so I guess that brings the shop down but our spending up. Like you say, every family if different and does things very differently but I love seeing what different people do.
Also I would love to see some recipes, including the Brussels you mentioned!! xx
Kate, we are a family,of 6, 3 adults, 2 teenagers and 1 under 12, and the only way I can keep the shopping down is to shop online, usually Tesco. If I go instore it always goes up as your tempted by things on the end of the aisles which are bargain prices but then you just end up buying lots of them and up goes the bill, when you probably don’t need it. I put all essentials in my online basket, then add any extras, treats etc, and then the night before I’ll go back into it and decide if we need it all, and either add or take things off. That way I know the price and can try and keep under £100, instead of getting to the till and thinking oh crap that’s gone over. Still have to buy extra milk in the week as we go through so much. Don’t have baby things anymore which adds up, but do have 3 children all eating adult meals now so that 5 adult meals and a child and I can keep it under £100 by doing it online. Oh but that dosnt include the dogs, 2 large dogs which we bulk buy for once a month on top of that. Xx
So good go see a normal food shop with treats in too! Doesn’t make me feel so bad! Can’t get through the week without some chocolate 😂🙈 xx
I loved watching this grocery haul and would definitely like to see more. Also would love to see you and Ricky maybe cook some of the recipes you mentioned for a bit of inspo. Xx
Loved this video! Love Aldi and Lidl! There's three of us, hubby, me and our toddler daughter. And a pooch! We spend around £75 ish, but no baby formula and dog food as its bulk bags from Amazon. Not far off yours really. Few ideas- frozen chicken breast bags £3.90'ish for a kilo. Stock up on the baby food pouches when they have a baby event and do big boxes of them. The Aldi pizzas that are about £0.89p or less, stonebaked cheese are sooo yum and we throw chorizo, olives (black ones from jar) and veg etc! So good! Thoroughly enjoyed this video.
Wanna see Ricky's sprout recipe! Maybe a cooking video?! Would be fab xx
One tip or idea that has worked for me is I downloaded the Asda groceries app , I then do my shop on the app throughout the week as it just saves anything you add in your basket until you decide your done and if I see a new recipe or meal plan I can then search and add the ingredients and see cheapest alternatives. I then do click and collect my shopping, my local asda has a large fridge like area and your shopping is stored in your own fridge and you just pick it up . Iv saved so much money doing my shopping this way as I'm murder for adding things I don't need in my trolley xx
I stopped getting ready mixed pasta sauces and just used cans of tomatoes and use them as the base for your spag bowl ect. I think 111.00 pounds is really good for a family of 4. I have lidl near us in France and we spend about the same but in Euros, we have a family of 3 and 2 dogs and 9 chickens...No judging me
We are a family of 5 - 2 adults, an 11 year old, a 3 yo and a 20 month old and we spend £60-70 a week including nappies, cleaning stuff, food, snacks, etc. Definitely cooking from scratch and meal planning helps. And aldi is so much cheaper but we havent found anything to ever be lower quality x
Hi, one friendly piece of advice I got from my mum and it really does make a difference is not to buy chicken already cut up. If you buy two whole chickens and cut them up yourself you'd get a lot more meat and it would probably cost the same as two packs of chicken breast. I usually cut them up into three categories (breasts, legs and thighs, and wings and bones to make broth) and then freeze them.
Good deal! £111 for a family of 4 and 2 dogs is quite amazing! I used to spend like a £100 for 2 and sometimes we used to go back to Tesco or Waitrose to pick up some stuff we forgot. In the end we used to spend like £400 in a month. That was crazy!
I have to say we used to buy beef in Whole foods cause the taste was way much better than Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda ir even Waitrose.
Love the video Kate!! Xxx
Love food hauls! I've been a vegetarian for over 7 years and just went fully plant based last week! I am LOVING it! Did my first big food shop last week and spent about 100 bucks for 2 weeks worth of food. Not bad! It's only for one person though but still. Love your videos so much. xoxo
Hi Kate, love your channel and have been watching for years..Lidl is a really good place to shop and have saved me a lot in money for food shopping. And some cheap brands are just as good as the others xx
I really enjoyed watching this! Now I’m in a completely different because I’m a uni student so obviously lead a different lifestyle, but I find bulk buying things that can be kept in the cupboard and I know will use a lot saves so much money - for example you can get a hugeeeee bag of pasta in ASDA which will save money in comparison to buying it every week. I check mysupermarket for deals on branded stuff and top up (so this could help with the baby stuff and stock up when it’s cheaper instead of buying it in weekly batches). I also find shopping online is useful because you can see your total going up whilst you’re doing the shop, rather than finding out at the end once it’s already scanned and then you can prioritise whether you really need certain items or you just bought them on impulse. Obviously I’m in a different position but I find researching deals and looking/shopping online saves so much money! X
I love this video Kate! :) the only suggestions i have is to not buy pre made pasta sauces. Instead by the cheapest passata and chopped tomatos cartons and just add your own herbs and spices. It tastes just as good.
Also try using a slow cooker. It is a life changer. You can batch cook and make a meal last for 2 days including lunch and dinner. You can just alter what you have with it eg, salad, rice, jacket potatos. Slow cooker curries and chilli con carne are amazing!!!! Xx
Laura Kavanagh are you a sw member? That’s what we do! x
Hayley Wright Yes i am haha! There is no other way i would cook now!
I'm impressed with your bill! My boyfriend and I work full time so find it really hard to go to places like Aldi or Lidl, especially when you can't always get everything you want in one place. I do our shopping online from Sainsbury's and spend about £100 for a week and half (sometimes can stretch it to two week) of meals. We eat pescatarian and so I think the money really adds up on Quorn products and fish. I also buy animal-cruelty free cleaning and laundry products which are always so much more expensive for brands like Method and Ecover!
Love food hauls especially Aldi. I have an app called ‘My Supermarket’ which lets you compare items from the major supermarkets (and boots and Superdrug?) it means if there are things you always buy that are branded you can see which shop is cheaper/has offers. It’s good for a price guide xx
We had the same problem not long ago and I find it really helped me to go online first and do a pretend shop from whichever supermarket u would normally go to... for us that was Tesco and I wrote down the price of each item i need on my shipping list....then when I go to Aldi or Lidl I make sure that each item i'm buying is actually cheaper than what I have on my list from Tesco....I was quite surprised that not everything was cheaper in Aldi!! Xx
For pampers nappies and wipes etc I always go on mysupermarket app and bulk buy when they are on offer :) toiletries I get from savers as I find the branded stuff there is cheaper. You could try the super 6 fruit and veg/meat from aldi and see what they have on offer each week and then base your meals around that each week if possible. xx
Nice to see a grocery haul instead of clothing ! Thanks for that 👍🏻😊
Saving tip ...go different shops to get stuff...u can get 4 pack kichen roll for 1pound from Iceland...go shopping in evenings if u can n look at reduced section especially bakery for bread which can be less than 50p ovbs freeze stuff too ...bulk buy stuff if u can too like four pack baked beans tins 1 pound in asda great with bread n potatoes. ...iceland for fish fingers dinners....also no chips?
we spend about £60 a week and don't get anywhere near the amount that you got! There's two of us and our three month old daughter and i breastfeed so she only costs us in nappies. I find that when i buy fresh fruit and veg it goes bad in a couple of days and we don't get chance to use it so i always buy frozen carrots/peas/onion. We also freeze our leftovers so i do a big chilli with enough for about 6 portions and then we have sort of healthy ready meals for in the week or for my partner to take to work! xx
I was buying the same baby things so no judgement but I’ve found it’s really easy to save on that. I make baby overnight oats using normal porridge with mashed banana, lunch I roast a few sweet potatoes for a few days he has that with chickpeas or avocado or almond butter or some scrambled eggs then for dinner what we are having or if he doesn’t like that I have frozen fruit smoothie mixes in the freezer just whizz it up and it’s like a pouch but cheaper and you can add some spinach to make it healthier even though I buy organic all this only adds up to about £10 😘
We're a family of 4, my kids are 8 and 3 and my son has packed lunches every day for school and spend £60-70 for 3 weeks then on the 4th week spend £40 as we have a build up of food in the cupboards. I also get meats on offer and bulk buy. Just now the mince and chicken we buy is on offer 3 for £10 so I get them and freeze them. I get Tesco deliveries now as we use to pick up loads of extras when we went to the shops and would add on about £15-£20 extra. We have the midweek delivery saver which is £3.49 a month and the slot we get is £3.50 every Tuesday so we save £10.50 a month just by having the delivery saver and you get unlimited Tesco direct deliveries too with it. We use to be £140-£150 When our daughter was in nappies and on formula. We meal plan and do a shopping list every week. We go out on a Sunday and buy more bread, milk and eggs. I found this is the easiest way to save money, keep the family out the shops that way they can't see the offeres and think, it's only £1. Your zhoppingbill will come back down once both boys are out of nappies and off formula, well mine did when my daughter got potty trained.xx
I’m a childminder and a family of 6. A German shepherd and two cats. We used to spend about £600 per month. I spend £200-£250 per month. I don’t really go to supermarkets, only once a month. Sometimes go to Iceland. But mostly go to the veg and fruit shop and the butchers. All meals made from scratch, even pizza. Don’t buy dog food, cook a batch of fresh waste cuts from butchers and cheap meat with veg and rice and pasta. The vet has said he’s more healthy. He’s also not really hyper compared to bakers we were feeding him as it has loads of salt and sugar in it. Plus it’s a lot cheaper as he’s a big dog. We get loads of different recipes online to make. We use tasty recipes from Facebook as well, great ideas. Hope this helps.
I love these type of videos- great for family meal planning!
Also aldi nappies have saved us so much money- in the early days with my first child i would only ever use pampers then found aldi and literally halved the cost and only ever used them on my second child.
Absolutely love this!! I think you do an amazing job to keep it to £111 🙌🏼 I’d love to see you and Rik do some cooking videos, your meals sound lovely xx
I love watching grocery hauls! Please do more of these! 🙂
Loved this! Try Lidl, their fresh meat and veg especially makes it work out cheaper, we chuck anything in the trolley and it rarely comes to more than £30! We do have to top up bits in Tesco but I seriously challenge you to spend that much in Lidl.. it’s like magic 😂😂
Really enjyed this thank you. Please can I ask, would it be possible to make a few meal time cooking videos? Would love to see you and Ricky rustling something good and tasty up in the kitchen, it would hopefully give me some nice new ideas of what to make the family for meals! :) I adore you and your beautiful little family. Good luck in your new exciting adventure in finding a new home, mind I do love the home you have now though, lol. Take care and lots of love to you all xxxx
I moved my dogs onto dry dog food, with two dogs I found wet food was getting mega expensive. Now I only need to buy a bag of food every 2-3 months. Saves a fortune! x
We try to spend about £50 A week on 2 adults, one 6 month old and 2 cats. We can do it if we try but we do often go over, especially if we go out or get a takeaway. We mostly shop in Aldi. We are meat eaters but save by eating it less and making it go further as it is pricey! We are also weaning now and try to cook at home for the baby too. She does like those carrot snacks from Aldi, great to have in your bag.
I am a regular Aldi shopper. You can deffo buy pre cut watermelon in Aldi. I get it nearly every week 😍 x
I also buy Aldi’s 50/50 bread. We are a family of 3 soon to be 4 and our doggy and we spend £60-80 a week some weeks the food shop is bigger than others. X
We’re on a tight budget, 2 adults and a 2 year old and 1 cat. We spend £60 a week and no more :-) we go to Aldi or Waitrose, Waitrose really isn’t expensive unless you buy the brands, we just get whatever brand/own price is the cheapest that week. The only thing I’d say to you is get the right potatoes for the right occasion. Red waxy potatoes for mash is SO much better than white potatoes 😊😊 xx
Spaghetti bolognese, cottage pie stuff like that I batch cook and store it on zip lock bags and just write on them with a sharpie. It tastes just as good when u have frozen it and recook it. U can do lots of meals this way. U don't spend any more extra time as your just cooking more of it once so saves time for next few weeks. X
Loved this haul Kate and for being so honest throughout was super interesting 👍👌😘
Iceland is really good too, similar prices to asda. You can bulk buy certain stuff and usually has 3 for 2 deals xxx
Love that you didn't hide the naughty stuff! My shopping is 70% super healthy and the other 30% is SUPER naughty and it's all for me and my husband 🙈
Love this! I’m a single independent student mum to 18 month old twins and two guinea pigs 🐹🐹 I’m always trying to reduce expenditure as much as possible
For those of us who live across the pond, I wasn't familiar with the dishes you and Ricky are preparing. What is the Cottage Potatoes dish? We might have the same dishes but with different names. I hope this does not inconvenience you Kate. Thank you. Cheers!
I think you’ve done amazing to get it down to that cost with a baby and little boy. My shopping was always expensive when my daughter was a baby. Now she is six so for me Amelia and my chap it’s about £80 a week with combination of Aldi and Tesco x
We actually buy the dog food from Aldi, it's so much cheaper and the dogs actually prefer it! Might be worth a try :) Great video, as always x