I’m a mum-of-12 and my weekly shop is so big I fill three trolleys – it costs over a grand too
FOOD and toiletries are expensive no matter how big your family is.
But this mum-of-12 buys so much stuff that she needs three trolleys just to hold it all.
Alicia Dougherty, from New York, and her husband Josh have a lot of mouths to feed, so it’s no surprise that they buy more food than most.
But viewers were left in shock by how much they bought for just one week.
This comes after the mum shared a clip on their TikTok account of the mega shop for the bumper brood.
It wasn’t just food the family needed to stock up on, so Alicia bagged plenty of essential toiletries – including a new toothbrushes for everyone, five tubes of toothpaste, six bottles of deodorant and a whole lot of shampoo and body wash.
The savvy shopper also grabbed plenty of yoghurts, making sure there was one everyone would like, as well as some milk and a carton of 60 eggs.
The family must also go through a lot of cheese, since Alicia put not one but two 5lb bags of grated cheese in the trolley too.
Next, the mum hit the meat aisle where she bagged enough grub for the next week’s worth of meals, including sirloin tips for their Egyptian ‘around the world night’.
She then topped off the first trolley with loads of hotdog and burger buns, bagels and sliced bread.
Onto the second trolley and Alicia decided to grab a new mop and bucket to get things started, closely followed by 60 cans of ginger ale and bottled water.
For the family’s upcoming trip, the mum grabbed 18 packets of chewing gum for her kids to enjoy and 600 bags of cookies.
Alicia finished off the shopping trip by filling the third and final trolley with some frozen food, like Hot Pockets and 14 tubs of Christmas-themed ice cream, as well as plenty of fresh fruit and veg.
The mega shop ended up costing over £1,000 just for the week, leaving viewers stunned.
One person joked: “You need a Costco card.”
A second quipped: “Imagine how much stuff they waste.”
And someone else commented in disbelief: “I’m sorry just for the WEEK?”