What's your food budget?

katt742

around 3-400 dollars a month

Im one person...

I live in Northeastern Ohio in one of the cities with the highest unemployment rate

I do not coupon. I do not buy organic. I try and buy everything I can at Aldi's and Marc's and only go to Giant Eagle (waaay expensive) when I need to!

I tend to buy health food and fresh vegetables and fruit and lots of salmon. I guess thats why I spend so much! *sigh*

kacarter1017

I spend $700-900 a month for 5 of us- 2 adults, kids ages 17, 14, and 12. But, it seems we quite frequently have the older 2 kids over with their families, so I'm really feeding more than that.

I coupon when convenient and for healthy items- so not very often. I don't take the time to drive to different stores to get the best deals; by the time I drive to all the stores, I've negated the cost savings! I do shop at Sam's club for some items as well as the farmer's market.

My spending is higher than average, but I enjoy cooking and figure it's cheaper to cook nice meals at home than go out to eat.

We eat mostly fresh fruits and veggies, with the occasional frozen. I do try to stay away from processed foods as much as possible, but do keep some microwave friendly foods around for the boys (14 and 12). Trying more and more to have teen friendly leftovers that are still easy and tasty for them.

lovinmamaxo

How much do you spend monthly (roughly)? About $450-$500
How many are in your household? 4 including myself
What region / area are you from? New England
Do you think that's high / low / average ? Average probably low compared to some people.
Does anything affect that total? - Buying organic, couponing, etc...
Yes my low fat food is more expensive. We don't buy any organic though unless it's by accident.

eates

We have $500 budgeted per month for 2 adults, 2 kids & 2 dogs for our food/household. We buy some organic, shop at the commissary and buy in bulk. I coupon a bit but not excessively.
We live on the TN/KY border. Both my boys (1 and 3) Loooooove fruit so we eat tons of fresh fruit

ItsLessOfMe

How much do you spend monthly (roughly)? 600
How many are in your household? 4 but 2 are kids
What region / area are you from? northern california
Do you think that's high / low / average ? I think its high
Does anything affect that total? - We buy mostly organic

wildon883r

We don't budget and we always buy in bulk whats on sale meat wise and put it in the freezer. We grow the majority of all our own vegetables in our garden and my best guestimation is we spend about 70 dollars a week on food About 10 bucks a day for two people. You can actually eat very healthy on a limited budget.

ak_in_ak

Anyone else from Alaska? My boyfriend and I sepnd about 150 a week shopping and that does not include a once a month Sams trip for a 100 to 150. I never realized how much more expensive things are, just as a referance, on sale, a container of strawberries is $2.50 and a gallon of milk about $3.50. What is it for you all?

Qarol

We budget $450 a month for two adults. Our grocery bill is high (imo) b/c I'm on low carb. Meat is not cheap compared to processed carbs. We're in the Carolinas.

ATXJudie

We probably spend $500 or so a month on food. It is probably on the high side, there are just the two of us (adults). I do get all our household items at the grocery store as well...but we buy a lot of organic, have local farmhouse produce delivered to us every other week and shop at Whole Foods (and Central Market) at times. We buy steak and salmon and things like that to make at home (as opposed to going out). (We eat salmon at home at least once a week). And I love to cook, and often do so with lesser known/hard to find ingredients. We live in Austin, Texas.

ltlemermaid

How much do you spend monthly (roughly)? it varies between 300-400 a month (this includes non food items like deterfgents, shampoos toilet paper etc)

How many are in your household? 2 adults (the pet food has its own budget)

What region / area are you from? Midwest/Chicagoland area

Do you think that's high / low / average ? Compared to others/friends that live in our area I think its a lot higher. I shop once a week usually to stock up on items we have run out of and fresh produce. I also eat other healthier foods than my husband most of the time and I still have to buy things that he will eat etc, I do have a nice veggie garden in the summer so that helps with the costs then-just need to start canning to make it last longer!

Does anything affect that total? I try to buy things in bulk when they are on sale, rarely use coupons. I shop at aldi, kroger and Trader Joes for my groceries. Its cheaper when I leave my husband at home!!

AdrianaAbrone82

Eeesh! Im glad you brought this up because I never took a look at what we were actually spending a month. On AVERAGE we spend $180 a week. That includes household items along with dog and cat food and litter. We are a family of five. 3 girls ages 5,2 and 1. We live in Tx, no organics, ALOT of milk , soy milk and pampers. I cook most of our meals and the only quick and easy meals we do are hot dogs, sandwiches and every now and then pizza. I think we can do better and I need to start shopping on a budget cause thats just too much. Thanks for the wake up call!

CookieCatCatcher

How much do you spend monthly (roughly) We do a weekly budget 100$ weekly
How many are in your household? 3
What region / area are you from? SE Florida
Do you think that's high / low / average ? Probably low, my friends think I'm insane and possibly a magician.
Does anything affect that total? - I use coupons when possible, but, being a veggie/vegan and not really eating much of anything thats processed puts a damper on that. I search for coupons on products we do use, write reviews for companies we love, and they send us coupons too. I do buy organic when I can. I shop sales, stock up when I find BOGO's, things of that nature. I also get FREE organic produce for helping out a friend who runs an organic buying club, so that really helps too.

nyctraveler

I live in new york city so some things are expensive. Also, I do all my shopping at Whole Foods and eat out 1-2 times a week.

It's about $120/ week. I buy organic and a lot of more expensive produce (chilean sea bass, halibut, black cod, tuna, etc)

Not a fan of frozen food or packaged/processed stuff

go2grrl

Are you sitting down?

How much do you spend monthly (roughly)? 900-1000

How many are in your household? 2 adults

What region / area are you from? Chicago

Do you think that's high / low / average ? high, but that is 3 squares a day plus snacks and...um....craft beer. We only eat out once or twice a month

Does anything affect that total? I tend to only buy organic fruits and veggies and buy grass fed beef from a farm in Indiana every 2-3 months. As for coupons....I wish!!

powersurges

Yes but he extreme couponing is almost close to hoarding.