The average UK household is spending nearly £119 per week on food shopping, amounting to more than £6,000 per year. For families with children, the cost can increase to £170 weekly. Rising costs mean that 61 per cent of the people in the UK claim they’ve had to cut back.
In a new series, The i Paper asks families how they manage their weekly food shop. This week, we hear from a project manager and mother-of-two, Alex Dickson, 36, about how she and her 37-year-old husband budget their £70,000 household income for a family of four. Their children are 15 and 11 and she shares her tips online @irlwithalex.
Our monthly outgoings are around £3,000, which includes paying for our rented three-bedroom semi-detached council house, all our bills, food, and clubs – like my son’s football. When the kids were young, I stayed home with them and my husband, who works at a nuclear power station, would work long hours.
After my second son was born, I got a degree in IT and graduated last year, and now work in a project management role, which has helped our disposable income a lot and allowed us to have those extra treats. Together we earn as a household about £70,000 for our family of four.
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