Food spending varies a LOT from one household to another based on factors like income, size and makeup of the household, the food you buy and other factors. Please note that these figures reflect average amounts actually spent according to an ONS survey, adjusted up for inflation by us-they are not recommendations about how much you should spend. Food prices in the UK rose again last year, making this an important budget category.
In this study we’ll show the breakdown of household home food budgets per week and per month across food categories, typical amounts spent eating out and finally how food & drink budgets change with income levels and family sizes. Another 3% of budgets goes to alcohol, which you can read more about in our related article Average Spending on Alcohol in the UK. As a result, UK households spend 16% of their budgets on food and non-alcoholic drinks. According to NimbleFins analysis of data from the Office of National Statistics, the average UK household now spends around £4,124 on groceries and £1,220 on food at restaurants and takeaways every year.
