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Feed a family of four: seven dinners under A$100

These are the seven cheapest dinners in the catalogue that are written for four serves. The total below is the cost of the ingredients those dinners use, computed from current Coles and Woolworths prices — breakfasts, lunches and whole-pack leftovers are not in it.

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This catalogue week

7 dinners for four: about A$53.40 of ingredients used — A$46.60 under the A$100 line

That is 28 dinner serves at an average of A$1.91 a serve, computed from current curated Coles and Woolworths prices for the quantities the recipes use. It is not a till total: packs come whole, so the first shop costs more and the leftovers carry into later meals. Dinners only — breakfasts, lunches, and pantry staples are extra. Prices checked 2 Nov–11 Nov. Some of these prices have not been verified recently and may be out of date. Always check shelf prices before you buy.

Curated from 103 recipes

This week's seven four-serve dinners

Per-serve prices use the current curated product matches and split-shop basket estimate for Sydney, with prices checked 2 Nov–11 Nov. Some of these prices have not been verified recently and may be out of date. Always check live retailer prices before purchase.

Common questions

Budget shopping questions, answered

What does the weekly total include?

The total is the cost of the ingredient quantities the seven dinners use at four serves each, using curated product matches and the current cheapest-way-to-shop estimate. It is not a till total: packs come whole, so the first shop costs more and the leftovers carry into later meals. It does not include breakfasts, lunches, snacks, or pantry top-ups.

Is feeding a family of four for under A$100 realistic?

This page answers it for seven dinners only, from this week's prices: the heading says whether the ingredients those dinners use come in under A$100. A whole week of food also needs breakfasts, lunches and whole packs, so a full shop costs more than the figure here.

What if we don't want to eat the cheapest seven dinners?

Treat this page as the floor. In the planner you can swap any dinner for one your household actually wants and watch the weekly total move as you go.

Do the prices change?

Prices are re-checked weekly around the Wednesday catalogue change, including specials, and this page re-computes its total from the latest scan. The last-checked date is shown above.

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