I was talking to a mate the other week about the cost of living/food and his weekly shopping bill as a single guy and I was blown away when he told me he spends between £150-£200. I've budgeted hard over the past 6-12 months and got my food spending down to about £50-£70 per week...which translates to about £2-£3 per meal on average for me. He must be living like a king and eating a lot of luxuries to rack up a weekly bill like that but in fairness to him he's got a much better job than me and probably gets paid a lot more too.