This is the picture of what my $50 Week Grocery Shop bought:
Why?
You might be saving up for something special, you may just not have more than $50 to spend on groceries this week. �Every family has different reasons. �This is not a long term eating plan, but a plan to get you by. �Ideally I would love to see a lot more fresh fruit and vegetables, and some grain bread, but hey, at least on this plan, you won’t starve!
Meal Planning
“The secret to being savvy with your grocery budget is to use everything because any food you throw away is costing you money,”
“If you don’t eat �everything you buy, freeze it so it can be eaten later.”
Before heading out to shop�I, take stock of what is already in the fridge/freezer/pantry, then check what is about to go out of date, what needs used up and what vegies in the crisper can be salvaged.�Make a shopping list of only the things you need then drive straight past the supermarkets and head to your local greengrocer and butcher.
“Your meats and fresh produce will be cheaper and better quality if you buy from local suppliers,” she said.
I plan my meals around what I have. My fortnightly list usually goes something like this for my family of four – myself, hubby and my two young boys: (ps – all kid friendly food – nothing fancy)
Dinners
- Bacon & Egg Pie
- Family Pastie
- Fried Rice
- Spaghetti Bolognaise
- Beef Chow Mein
- Apricot Chicken Curry
- Savoury Mince on Toast
Lunches
I pack left overs for hubby to take to work. Myself and the kids usually have sandwiches. I’ll get to kids lunches further down. I do baking once a week and we enjoy that the morning teas etc.
Breakfast
- Porridge
- Bacon and eggs
- Apple Pancakes
Desserts
Preparing the shopping list (an example)
GRAND TOTAL OF GROCERIES FOR THE WEEK: $50.98
The aim is to have enough ingredients above to make all those recipes – and do baking with whatever else you have in the cupboard!
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The $50 Weekly Shop and The $50 Weekly Shop Weekday Dinners are available online in our store or from all good book outlets and department stores!
Responses to “$50 Week Grocery Shop”
you can also save money by making your own sweetened condensed milk. its fairly easy to find on google, homemade sweetened condensed milk should get you there! I cant tolerate milk but my husband has tried a batch that I made once for him and said that it was a good substitute. He ate it like he does the tin stuff so I think it passed!
I definately love the sound of Aldi…its such a shame we dont have one anywhere near where i live 🙁
Me too Tan. I think they might only be an eastern states thing?
Where do you source your bulk meat? we just got a freezer for this exact purpose
Definitely go your local butcher! Most people when buying meat from Coles and woolworths don’t look at the per kg price. Yes the pack of meat might only be $10 end price but how much per kg are you paying? Buy the same weight from a butcher and you save around 20% on average. I saw on another article that ‘stay at home’ pays around $10 per kg for a side of beef. Shop around a little more. My parents own a butcher shop in Deagon 4017 and a prime grade of beef for a side is only $7.99kg cut to your specifications and packed to your specification. If your local butcher is dear find a butcher online that will home deliver for free. My parents shop delivers free for all orders over $50 up to around a 50k radius. It definitely pays to shop around. Your local butcher will always have the same if not better quality meat than the big supermarkets and they are by far cheaper!!!
@Samanthajayne – is this Deagon Bulk Meats or the one in the shopping centre? I live in Deagon and $7.99/kg for a side of beef sounds fantastic to me! 🙂
Local Butcher is great, we have recently started buying bulk again ans usually buy approx $70 worth of meat. They will usually have lists on their display wall with what bulk buy deals they have going at the time. usually have up to 6 different types of meats. I also agree that Butcher meat is a lot better grade meat and better value for money, you can split it all up and make several different dinners.
This works great when you’re a meat eater, but we don’t eat meat in this house.. Buying fresh fruit and veg all the time is costly… We spend nearly $300 a week!
looks amazing.. wish we had an aldi out here as we pay nearly twice that for all the staples you have listed!
awesome!!