Do You Spend £170 on Groceries in One Go ?
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I normally love a money off vouchers, but I received some today from Tesco, £25 OFF when you Spend £170.
I put them straight in the bin, as there is no way I would spend that in one grocery shop, not even at Christmas.
Do you Spend that amount for your weekly/monthly shop in one go ?
That Is way too much money for my shopping. I normally spend about £35- £60 a week and that depends If I go to two shops. Even at Christmas that would be too much. Tesco`s Is expensive anyways. I shop around before I shop to get the best offers.
That's a very big spend, maybe if you do a monthly shop you would spend that much but we wouldn't have the room to store it all.
I regularly get £10 or £15 off £100 at Sainsbury’s and I just stock up on non-perishable or frozen offers but I’d struggle with £170 - maybe if you wanted an electrical item or some video games you could add to your shop to bump up but it is a particularly high amount for a supermarket
My sister in law spends £150-200 a week for her family with just 2 kids.
She’s a brand snob so will only buy Heinz etc. steak has to be fillet. She’s the supermarket’s wet dream of a customer.
She also wastes a horrendous amount of food as anything past its best before date goes straight in the bin, even if it’s perfectly fine to eat.
She says her husband earns good money so why should she feed her kids out of date food. Makes me so cross as she’s teaching them such a bad example.
snoogans888 Hopefully when they do away with BBF dates, it may help educate her about when food is still edible.
snoogans888 this is why we will never be able to tackle climate change. Those with money who have no worry paying for food and bills will never cut back on energy or water useage, they won't restrict their flights, nor have a smaller car and will not care about wasted food. You can tell them until you're blue in the face how much money they could save but if they don't need to...they won't.
Selfish folk always think they are the exception, let everyone else worry about the planet. What they don't realise is that the majority think that way and it is left to a very small minority to go without and try their best to leave a functioning planet to their kids.
You’re absolutely right. They’re always leaving lights on and have their heating on full whack all the time
I shudder every time I see her use a food bag or cling film to store food when she could use a reusable box.
She thinks she does her bit for the planet because she does separate her rubbish for recycling, but I’m pretty sure she does it wrong so it’s a waste of time!
The way food is creeping up in price I think some families will be spending that amount at Tesco's.
ILOVEFANTA I suppose if you are a family, but there are only two of us, plus we haven't got much storage, so I know we would never spend that
During lock down we used to go to Lidl and do a monthly shop so we could limit how often we needed to go out. We would do the monthly shop and it would cost us £200. That was for a month and we haven't done that since lock down. I don't spend anywhere near that a week. Even if I do a big shop when I get 10% off at Lidl and stock up on everything I'm nowhere near that amount.
Pjran Whilst that is a good idea, I don't have the storage, plus I don't need any of those items as I have recently bought them
beccatavender I was going to say get ahead with xmas/birthday gifts but usually those vouchers can't be used for non food items.
Lynibis This will make me sound really sad, but I have already got the majority of my Christmas presents, love a January Sale
beccatavender yeh me too, so I will be sad with you lol. Hard to find wrapping paper though!
Lynibis I am still using wrapping paper from 2 years ago, it was 80% OFF so I got lots
I've been behind customers in the queue to the till in both Waitrose and M&S and some people's shops are ridiculously expensive. Typically they have a large amount of alcohol in the trolley as well as many premium items. I seem to remember one shop was over £300 and it wasn't a huge trolley full but it was a lot of alcohol.
JaneWillia87341 Wow, I must be lucky as there are only two of us, so we do one big shop about £100 and then weekly top ups for fresh stuff which are about £40, but I do love a yellow sticker
I don't spernd that much but could. If I did I'd be buying bits to stock up such as big bags of pasta as I know in the long run I'd be saving money
I normally spend £220 a month on grocery shopping but it includes, toiletries, personal care items & alcohol as well as food. It lasts the month for 3 adults my daughter is now in her 20's; & if anyone visits we top up. So £73 per person per week.
We spending about £100 on food shopping at tescos but if the cost of living keeps going up we need them vouchers you got sent
I probably spend about £15 a week on food but you'd never know it to look at me. Basically my mother lives nearby and I'm always getting a free meal or two there. I also buy food and bring to her and treat her to meals out occasionally. Still being honest she definitely spends more on food for me than I do for her.
Blimey. We buy every 2 weeks and it’s around £100. Tho if I got that voucher I would prob stock up and bill order to get the discount.
No, I would never spend this amount in one go.I like to shop a little and often when I am on the look out for yellow stickers from which I have had some real bargains.Bread is a good one to watch out for.This goes straight in the freezer and then I just take out what I need.
I never spend that much in one grocery shop so wouldn't benefit from this kind of offer...
£170 even with the price of things these days I wouldn't have space for that many groceries.
I think it depends on the size of the family. Babies and pets can easily push the amounts up. I do a big online monthly shop each payday and with price increases, kids & pets it's anything between £150-200
KirstyWhit29673 I agree, but there are only two of us and we don't have any pets, I think these offers should be tailored to your average spend, OK if it's for slightly more, as it's a promotion but not that much above what we normally spend
beccatavender Absolutely agree. The apps, websites and loyalty cards should give them a good idea of your average spend to offer you something personal to your own habits.
Wow, that seems a bit extreme. I sometimes try to hit the value of voucher by buying toilet rolls, washing powders etc but I would find it hard to spend that amount in one shop.
As there’s only two in the household, it’s normally a 3rd of that amount. Suppose I could try a monthly shop
Does it include alcohol? If you paired that offer with buy 6 or more bottles of wine - get 25% off, that's some pretty considerable savings. I would be tempted to do £85 on a big food shop and the other £85 on wines. Worth considering tesco also sells TV's, phones, homewares, garden equipment, and seasonal things like camping gear or Christmas decorations/gift sets etc.
Certainly worth it if you can use it on those things too
FearLoathing Unfortunately alcohol is always excluded from this offer, otherwise I think I could have managed it
Yes I have done , but that was a big shop and lasted about a month and a half until I had to go back again.
I guess if you’re buying something like a electronic appliance there for example it might be worth it…. Or not !
That is way too much even for a family. No people buy food in such a massive amount as they will expire and meanwhile occupying lots of space in storage at home.
We do a weekly shop at Tesco for two adults and we spend approx. £90-130 a week depending if household items/toiletries are required.
Does it include groceries only? If not, you can buy something more expensive like kitchen utensils, or maybe fill up your wine selection for the next party
kikogpe Unfortunately, alcohol is excluded from these offers, otherwise I would have stocked up especially as currently there was 25% OFF when you buy 6 bottles of wine.
I do if not more on a Tesco order. I do one every two weeks. That's for food, toiletries and cleaning products. Maybe also other items I might need at the time like toys. I don't go to many shops so nearly everything goes on the order I have delivered.
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