Budget Groceries Under $100 a Week
The cheapest complete week we can build: bread, milk, eggs, oats, pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes, mince and enough veg to cook with. For anyone searching how to do a weekly food shop on $100, whether $100 a week groceries is realistic in Australia, or what a budget grocery list actually contains. The number in the name is the question people ask, so answer it honestly: if the basket comes in over $100 at every store, say so.
Cheapest complete shop:
Coles, $53.46
or $47.96 buying each item
at its cheapest store
Priced 15 September 2026
15 items
- white bread
- full cream milk
- eggs
- rolled oats
- pasta
- jasmine rice
- diced tomatoes
- baked beans
- frozen mixed vegetables
- carrots
- brown onions
- potatoes
- bananas
- beef mince
- tasty cheese
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Budget Meals for a Week
Dinner only. Mince, thigh fillets, sausages, pasta, rice, lentils and the veg that stretches them across five nights. For anyone searching budget meals, cheap dinner ideas for a family, or a cheap meal plan shopping list. No breakfast, no snacks, no cleaning products, so the total is the honest cost of feeding a household its evening meals and nothing else.
Cheapest complete shop:
Coles, $59.90
or $49.59 buying each item
at its cheapest store
Priced 11 October 2026
13 items
- beef mince
- chicken thigh
- thin beef sausages
- pasta
- pasta sauce
- diced tomatoes
- jasmine rice
- frozen mixed vegetables
- brown onions
- carrots
- potatoes
- lentils
- vegetable oil
Budget Dinner Groceries for a Family: Aldi Saves $10
Budget Groceries for One Person
Small packs and long-life food for a single-person household, built to be eaten rather than thrown out: 1 L milk, a six pack of eggs, tinned tuna, microwave rice. For anyone searching groceries for one person, a cheap shopping list for one, or how much one person spends on food a week. Waste is the real cost here, so the honest angle is pack size, not price per kilo.
Cheapest complete shop:
IGA, $49.88
or $40.30 buying each item
at its cheapest store
Priced 22 September 2026
14 items
- white bread
- milk
- free range eggs
- rolled oats
- instant noodles
- microwave rice
- tuna in springwater
- frozen mixed vegetables
- chicken breast
- tasty cheese
- bananas
- carrots
- pasta
- diced tomatoes
Budget Groceries for One Person: Aldi Saves $10.96
Cheap Groceries for a Family of Four
The same staples in family pack sizes, plus the things children actually eat. For parents searching cheap groceries for a family of four, a family grocery list on a budget, or how much a weekly shop should cost for four people. This is the one where Aldi's bigger pack sizes usually tell, so lead on the per-serve difference rather than the headline total.
Cheapest complete shop:
Coles, $97.18
or $86.31 buying each item
at its cheapest store
Priced 1 October 2026
16 items
- white bread
- full cream milk
- weet-bix
- eggs
- tasty cheese
- beef mince
- chicken thigh
- frozen chips
- frozen peas
- pasta
- pasta sauce
- apples
- bananas
- carrots
- potatoes
- toilet paper
Cheap Groceries for a Family of Four: Aldi Wins
Cheap Student Groceries
The cheapest basket on the site that still resembles food: noodles, frozen veg, eggs, tinned tuna, rice, pasta. For anyone searching cheap student groceries, a uni student food budget, or how to eat on $50 a week in Australia. Aimed at a share house in first semester. Do not dress it up as healthy, because it is not, and the reader knows.
Cheapest complete shop:
Aldi, $55.27
or $48.89 buying each item
at its cheapest store
Priced 18 June 2026
14 items
- mi goreng
- pasta
- pasta sauce
- bread
- eggs
- tuna
- baked beans
- tasty cheese
- mixed vegetables
- frozen chicken nuggets
- milk
- instant coffee
- oats
- vegemite
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Pensioner Grocery Basket on a Budget
Sensible pack sizes for one or two people on a fixed income, lower-sodium where the catalogue allows it, nothing that needs a big freezer. For anyone searching a pensioner grocery list, cheap groceries for seniors, or how far the pension goes on food. Cost-of-living coverage aimed at retirees is a fair hook, but the basket total is the story and it should carry the piece.
Cheapest complete shop:
Aldi, $61.74
or $52.36 buying each item
at its cheapest store
Priced 14 October 2026
15 items
- wheat biscuits
- full cream milk
- wholemeal bread
- free range eggs
- apples
- bananas
- carrots
- potatoes
- frozen peas
- chicken breast
- pink salmon
- baked beans
- oats
- tea bags
- plain biscuits
Cheap Groceries for Pensioners: Aldi Saves $9.37
Grocery Shop for One Person
Smaller pack sizes, freezer-friendly proteins, single-serve everything. For anyone searching groceries for one person, a shopping list for one, or how much one person spends on food a week. The reader's real problem is waste rather than price, so a line that only comes in a family pack is worth calling out even when it is cheap.
13 items
- chicken breast
- free range eggs
- milk
- wholegrain bread
- rolled oats
- greek yoghurt natural
- microwave rice
- tuna in springwater
- frozen mixed vegetables
- bananas
- apples
- instant coffee
- baked beans
Healthy Eating on a Budget
Oats, wholegrain bread, eggs, yoghurt, chicken breast, tinned salmon, lentils, chickpeas, frozen veg and fruit. For anyone searching healthy food on a budget, cheap healthy groceries, or how to eat well when money is tight. The point of this basket is that the cheap version of eating well is mostly tinned and frozen, and it should say so rather than pretending fresh is affordable.
14 items
- rolled oats
- wholegrain bread
- eggs
- greek yoghurt natural
- chicken breast
- pink salmon
- lentils
- chickpeas
- frozen mixed vegetables
- broccoli
- carrots
- apples
- bananas
- brown rice
Budget Meal Prep Basket
Bulk protein, bulk carbs and the veg that survives five days in a container: thigh fillets, mince, brown rice, pasta, broccoli, sweet potato, eggs, chickpeas. For anyone searching cheap meal prep, meal prep on a budget Australia, or a meal prep shopping list. Price it per portion as well as per basket, because portions are how this reader thinks.
13 items
- chicken thigh
- beef mince
- brown rice
- pasta
- frozen mixed vegetables
- broccoli
- sweet potato
- eggs
- chickpeas
- diced tomatoes
- olive oil
- soy sauce
- tasty cheese
Budget Vegetarian Groceries
Lentils, chickpeas, tofu, eggs, cheese, pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes and veg. No meat in the basket. For anyone searching cheap vegetarian meals, a vegetarian grocery list on a budget, or whether going vegetarian is cheaper in Australia. That last one is a fair question to answer against our own numbers, since the meat baskets on this site are priced the same week.
14 items
- lentils
- chickpeas
- firm tofu
- pasta
- pasta sauce
- brown rice
- diced tomatoes
- eggs
- tasty cheese
- frozen mixed vegetables
- carrots
- brown onions
- potatoes
- wholegrain bread
Budget Breakfast Basket
Oats, Weet-Bix, milk, bread, eggs, spreads and something to drink. For anyone searching cheap breakfast ideas, a budget breakfast shopping list, or the cheapest breakfast cereal in Australia. Breakfast is the meal where the home-brand swap is least noticed, so it is the one worth pricing across all four supermarkets.
11 items
- rolled oats
- wheat biscuits
- full cream milk
- white bread
- eggs
- vegemite
- smooth peanut butter
- bananas
- greek yoghurt natural
- instant coffee
- tea bags
Budget Freezer Basket
Everything in this basket comes out of the freezer aisle: peas, mixed veg, chips, nuggets, pizza, dim sims, berries, garlic bread and ice cream. For anyone searching cheap freezer meals, a frozen food shopping list, or whether frozen is cheaper than fresh. Frozen veg beating fresh on price and lasting a month is the whole story, and it is true, so lead on it.
10 items
- frozen peas
- frozen mixed vegetables
- frozen chips
- frozen chicken nuggets
- frozen pizza
- frozen dim sims
- ice cream
- blueberries
- garlic bread
- frozen pizza pockets
Budget BBQ Basket
Snags, bread, onions, sauce, salad and something for after. For anyone searching a cheap BBQ shopping list, how much a BBQ costs to feed a crowd, or what to buy for a barbecue on a budget. Peaks from October to Australia Day, and the sauces and snags go on special hard in that window, so the week you price it changes the answer.
12 items
- thin beef sausages
- white bread
- hot dog rolls
- brown onions
- tomato sauce
- bbq sauce
- iceberg lettuce
- tomatoes
- cheese slices
- coleslaw
- potato chips
- ice cream
