How much is your grocery bill every month?

LosingTheInches

i spend about 100$ a month, i live by myself. and i only eat 1200 cals a day.

Dobsaya

We spend 1000 a month on groceries, 1050 if you count the bag of dog food.6 children, husband and I and my German shepherd.

cowpoke06

It is more expensive to eat healthy food. Do you have Aldi in your area? Their produce is very reasonable and of good quality for the most part. It's prepackaged so you might have to buy more than you want, for instance, I like cucumber in my salad but they come 3 to a package and it's hard to use them up sometimes. But their romaine hearts and spring mix are excellent and at just over half the price of the other supermarkets in my area, are a real bargain.

I do all of my shopping at Aldi. It's so much cheaper when you add it all up. My boyfriend and I do end up spending about $75 to $100 on average a week...sometimes less. This includes random trips to Meijer to pick up things we need between our biweekly grocery trips. Some things we spend more money (sashimi grade tuna @ $13.00 a pound so we can make homemade sushi) but most things we pick the cheap option. Unfortunately in my area, the aldi produce is less than stellar so we tend to get that at meijer.

Laceylala

It truly depends on where I shop and what I make in my menu for each week. It can run between $75-$200. Per week. Generally when i spend $200 there is alot left over...so I would say a good average per month is about $500.

Cristy_AZ

For me and my husband, we spent $100 - $150.00 per month.
He is a construction worker and eats a lot during the day.
but it's no junk food or processed food and we eat 99.9% at home or packed from home.

Dobsaya

Walmart is significantly cheaper than meijer.

pinksgirlfriend

we have six people 3 adults two teenagers and one kid age 11....about $800.00 a month. a few trips to costco.... that breaks down into 133.00 per person... not 2 bad in my opinion. and yeah i spend more now with the healthy way of shopping.

modernfemme

It is just my husband and I and we spend about $400 a month - so around $100 a week. We very rarely buy junk food and often buy "expensive" health foods like Kashi cereal and granola bars.

ditto - we're vegetarian so a lot of our $$ is fresh produce

warmachinejt

About $800 a month for family of four. It would be much cheaper if I wasn't here, cause I am the healhiest person in my family :P
If I wasn't here they would be even more out of shape.

bluerose9483

Usually about $100-$150, so about $400-$600 a month, depending on how low of things we are one and everything. But for the most part its about $400/month.

TakeOne

I can tell you exactly how much I spend at the grocery store..lol..one of my goals in 2010 was to start a budget. I just set averages and tracked my spending. I was really surprised to see where my money was going and it helped me make some minor changes. That said, I spent $184.32 ($36.87 per week) in the month of Jan. On the high end I have spent $270.72 ($54.00 per week). That was for me and my dog : ) It also includes non-edibles that you would pick up at walmart (like soap, detergent, etc.). I am a coupon user as well : ) Hope this helps.

Beastiephile

Before I started eating healthy, me and my boyfriend would go out to eat for every meal. It became very costly, so we bought a small fridge and started eating food at home. That's when I started planning my meals very carefully and mindfully. Since then, for my own food I spent about $50 a week (we shop separately because I'm a vegan and he's not). I buy some things from Costco, which is a little costly up front but saves so much money in the long run.

MzBug

At a quick glance I would guess about $600 in January for the entire household purchases. That includes laundry products, paper goods, toiletries, medications and food. The food is the easy part of it, my guy doesn't care what brand I purchase food wise, as long as I can make it taste good. The other non food items he is VERY particular on the brand. He has his favorite products that he won't even consider changing. When I do buy brand name products I usually do so at the local warehouse store, and I buy them in multiples that last longer than a month.

AmeMahoney

It's really not more expensive to eat healthy, contrary to what most people say. If you stock up on lots of whole grains and beans, you can eat for pennies a day. Subtract out all of the food you may have been spending on fast food or going out to restaurants when you track your budget, too.

Some of my friends spend a couple hundred dollars a month on medication for diabetes, cholesterol meds, and other preventable issues. Some of them even sleep with C-Pap machines. These expenses should be added to your grocery bills as well because as they eat healthy and lose weight people generally come off medications. Of course, the lessening of aches, pains, and depression - you can't really put a price on that. It should all be taken into consideration in an overall "health and wellness" section of your budget (that includes gym membership, if you have one). At least that's the way I like to do it.

We spend about $150-$200 a week on all of our groceries and home supplies. I need to cut back a little, though - I find myself not planning my meals well enough and having too much leftover food that I can't get to!

♥Amy♥

We are a family of 4 and spend roughly around $200 per month on groceries. But, I am an extreme couponer (not too extreme) and only buy stuff (and buy it in bulk) when it's cheap/free.

We also only eat ground beef, chicken, and pork chops for the most part, so we don't have the expense of other meats and we aren't huge veggie eaters either, so we don't have that expense.

SevenisHeaven

Approx. 800-900. Yup.

emchamberlain

$600/month for a family of four, no eating out. We eat about 60% vegetarian for our dinners, almost no processed foods. That counts household goods like toilet paper and cleaners. I like to spend money on fancy organic stuff and ingredients like coconut oil and unusual grains, which can be really expensive.

newmeat30

$200-$225 every 2 weeks.

Costs more to shop healthier.

Why is it that everything that is related to being healthy or that has the word "baby" in it is double the price??

Grokette

For our household of 2 adults and 2 large dogs we spend:

$700.00 per year on a CSA membership which includes eggs and raw dairy items as well as fresh flowers in spring/summer, herbs, vegetables and fruit (whats in season) $58.50 per month average

$175.00 per month on meat from a local butcher.

About $100.00 for miscellaneous items from Wal-mart.

msemejuru

I'm at $200 for a family of 5. I make most things from scratch including ketchup, bread, chips etc. My husband, son and Mother in Law are vegetarians so I'm normally in the produce isle shopping seasonally.