Sue Radford reveals staggering price of weekly food shop and how family afford so many holidays
26.02.2024 - 23:42
/ ok.co.uk
Sue and Noel Radford, from Channel 5's 22 Kids and Counting, are known as Britain's biggest family and have enough children to make two football teams! And with a brood that big, many parents would fear to think of the weekly costs that incur.
Talking exclusively with OK!, Sue revealed that the family can get through between 12 and 18 pints of milk a day, and their weekly food bill runs at around £450. Describing the 'military operation' that is breakfast, Sue shared: "Some kids will want porridge, some Weetabix, some toast.
It's crazy." "We have them doing things in a particular order - older ones go upstairs to get themselves ready while I help the smaller ones. It's Bedlam by the shoe rack! It's always around 8.45am when things get especially stressful - if we're not out by then we're going to be late for school." Sue and Noel married in 1992 when Sue was 17 and they were already parents to Chris, now 34.
As well as Chris, the couple share Sophie, 29, Chloe, 28, Jack, 26, Daniel, 24, Luke, 22, Millie, 22, Katie, 20, James, 19, Ellie, 18, Aimee, 17, Josh, 16, Max, 14, Tillie, 13, Oscar, 11, Casper, 10, Hallie, eight, Phoebe, seven, Archie, six, Bonnie, four, and Heidie, three.
They also lost a son, Alfie, who was stillborn in 2014. As well as looking after all of their children, Sue and Noel also own a thriving bakery business, are on the fourth series of their TV show and steer a suite of hugely successful social media channels, from TikTok to Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
But there can be two sides to such exposure - as Sue is all too aware.
The family are no strangers to online negativity, from personal attacks to speculation about how the couple afford their children and their holidays. "People just jump to
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