Great budgeting she has going. Sadly there is no market anywhere near me and the fruit and veg shops while decent enough, isn’t that much cheaper that I go out of my way to shop there as opposed to coles.woolies/aldi.

Great budgeting and she saves so much by having her own garden and chooks.

What a lot of people gon’t realise that basic food for a person with celiac is very expensive. The average load of bread for a celiac is about 2/3 size of an average size loaf of bread and nearly double the price too. Flour to make their food from scratch is close to double the price too. No foods containing wheat, barley, rye or oats are safe, nor is food safe if it has come into contact with other food containing it or processed on machinery used for other food. Even a lot of mayonaisse and sauces have grain in them – vinegar that contains barley. Aldi have their own brands. What most people don’t realise is that their goods are manufactured by bid name companies and packed with Aldi brand labels. The same refers to Coles, Woolworths, Foodland, Black & Gold, IGA etc and other retail labelled goods. You can save a lot of money buying those brands.

Great budgeting – I didn’t realise chickens could produce more than one egg each per day – wow

This is very doable, especially if going to the market. I go to the market just before they close and can get a box of veggies for $5. Eating plenty of legumes also helps and we don’t buy meat.

I roughly spend around $100 – but we no longer scrimp and save like we did when the children were at home. And we do grow a lot of our own vegies.

Unfortunately we only have the one shop so we spend up to $200 a week. Very rarely am I able to go under this. There are three in our household and all adults. Good for her if she is able to do that for her family

Whatever works for you and your family I guess.

You can save money shopping but it has to be a way of life. I shop according to the specials. You have to flexible in the kitchen.

It would be interesting to see a sample menu of meals.

I only shop fortnightly now and since tax time I have restocked my freezers but during the rest of the year I bulk buy where I can. For the really broke times I do my groceries with a list and pen and record every single price as I go around the supermarket, I find I put a lot more back n the shelf and really buy the necessities only this way! On a regular week though I also start at Aldi then move off to the larger supermarkets for the things Aldi doesn’t have (or if I prefer a particular brand).

Wow would love to be able to do this. I spend roughly $150 a week on 4 adults, 1 child and a baby.

We are a family of 5. 2 adults, two teen boys, and an 8yr old and I spend $400 a week, 1 of my sons is a celiac.

I have happily fed my family of 4 on $100 a week for 2 years now. We too are lucky to have markets close-ish to home and we eat very fresh, with very little in the way of packaged foods and junk. It is very do-able with a bit of organisation and effort!

wow good work. in my house theres my 3 children, my husband, his father, and myself, between us we eat about $40 of meat nearly everyday then $15 on veggies. thats $55 a day just on food, not including toiletries, cleaning products, and cupboard staples like salt, flour, sugar, coffee, etc. i am broke afterdoing shopping.

Well done! I tend to spend about $150 a week on groceries. I have noticed my grocery bill increase now my son is a teenager (he eats all the time!) and also with prices. There was a time when my shopping bill was regularly $100 a week. I do use any coupons, savings, fly buys, etc. Mind you, I could probably live out of my pantry for a month and just get essentials, if I really wanted to.

Wow, very good ! Only on fruits and veggies I already spend a $100 a week !!

Hello Claire I read your story I only get $100 every 2 weeks 4 groceries and I get every thing we need until grocery day rolls around again I have 2 places I shop M&M meat shop and Sobeys sometimes Walmart but not that often I do very well with $100.00 I get what we need
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  This is an Australian story. Things cost a lot more in Australia than in the US.

She’s doing very good. I think I spend around 150 dollars a week, and we are just in 3.

This is my dream! After the mortgage the next biggest expense is groceries, food and take away. I need this woman to come and live with me for a while to help!