A food shop on a budget in the UK
A short guide to a food shop on a budget in the UK, using real dated plans rather than an average.
A short guide that only uses plans already priced on the other pages. It does not quote an average shop.
6 meals for 2 on £40
£35.01 at Tesco, prices checked 13 October 2026.
Prices checked 13 October 2026.
- Creamy sweetcorn soup (£5.73 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Creamy parsnip and apple soup (£5.22 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Easy spaghetti bolognese (£3.98 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Egg and bacon pie (£8.19 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Fresh pasta dough (£7.30 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Broad bean and feta frittata (£6.24 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
| Supermarket | This plan |
|---|---|
| Tesco | £35.01Cheapest for this plan |
| Sainsbury’s | £40.75 |
| Morrisons | £43.51 |
| Asda | £45.65In store only |
| Iceland | £46.784 items estimated |
| Waitrose | £54.191 item estimated |
| Ocado | £57.102 items estimated |
6 meals for a family of 4 on £60
£38.97 at Tesco, prices checked 13 October 2026.
Prices checked 11–13 October 2026.
- Penne with anchovy, broccoli, chilli and garlic (£3.46 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Creamy pasta with broccoli, peas and lemon (£7.48 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Peppers with chickpeas and harissa (£5.92 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Perfect roast duck with bread sauce (£11.76 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Pizza dough (£5.20 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
- Pork souvlaki with oregano (£6.80 at Tesco for this meal on its own)
| Supermarket | This plan |
|---|---|
| Tesco | £38.97Cheapest for this plan |
| Morrisons | £44.17 |
| Sainsbury’s | £48.00 |
| Ocado | £63.952 items estimated |
| Waitrose | £72.89 |
| Asda | £47.68In store only. 2 items estimated |
| Iceland | £4.90 estimated6 items estimated |
A food shop on a budget, in this sense, is one week of meals priced before you buy them. The examples below are real Grofer plans. Each total is that plan at each supermarket, on the date under it. It is not an average weekly shop.
A store is called cheapest only when that plan priced it fairly. Asda is priced for shopping in store and is never called the cheapest. Where several items could not be priced, the row says so and is not ranked.
Each price is the stored supermarket price for that plan on the date shown, the same kind of figure as the in-app supermarket comparison. A yearly figure is that week’s gap times 52, rounded down to the pound, and it only applies if you bought this same plan every week. A store with items we could not price is marked estimated and is not called cheapest. Asda is priced for shopping in store and is never called cheapest. Your supermarket charges the final price at checkout.
Meal titles only. Grofer credits the publisher and links to the original recipe in the app. These pages do not copy a method, an ingredients list or a photo.
Free to plan and shop in store.