What is the average amount spent on food per person in the UK in a year?

Question

What is the average amount spent on food per person in the UK in a year?

Answer 1

The last available statistics from the national statistic agency say the average household spends 443 per week on essentials, including transport.

it breaks that down here:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/efs0...

A more recent survey for the BBC found that people now spend less on food than they used to (143 per week for the average family)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7213...