What do you spend on groceries?

whitneykt

I hate grocery shopping. I was spending way too much. So, I decided to go now with my husband. He is going to take lead and help me spend less. I hope it helps!

I actually spend more money when my husband is with me cuz I know he can see what I'm spending . . . if he doesn't complain then I buy. :laugh: If I'm alone, I watch the numbers more.

Wolfena

Nancy - I haven't finished reading all the posts, so someone may have already done this. I just did some math and here's what I calculated:

$170.00 / 7 days / 3 people/ 6 meals = $1.35 per meal per person. That's really not bad!!

It like I said in my reply in the other thread . . . look at the price per meal and it doesn't seem that bad.

And, yes, I am also spending more on groceries. Two reasons; healthy food costs more, and we aren't eating out. So that eating out money is now in the eating in money budget.

Yea - I guess that's NOT bad.... considering my daughter pays $1.80 for her school lunch!

It just seems like a lot all at once, ya know??!! :ohwell:

coronalime

Oh girl we are a family of 3 and I was (and still) spend about 200/week...easily!

I coupon, I shop Trader Joes,. I shop locally at markets and STILL spend that..and that doesnt include TP and Paper towels etc..We do drink alcohol which adds up fast. But yesterday at TJ's was 80 and today at the grocery store it was 50..

I have a local internet site that discusses good deals in town and how to coupon. hotcouponworld.com
or grocerygame.com (you have to pay for that one). People actually get papers from other cities (sunday only) in order to have extra coupons. Some have it down to a science with CVS and that extra buck stuff to get tons of free stuff..I dont know. I try and still cant get it down.

Winter23

We just added up what we have spent on groceries for the month and so far it's at $750, we still have a week to go, I am hoping to just get basics and keep next week at around $50, but we will see. We rarley get out of the sore for less than that. I truly wish junk food was waay more expensive than healthy foods we should be eating. That way we all could afford to eat healthier all the time. We are a fmily of 3 me DH and our almost 20 month old daughter.

watch48win

Nancy - I haven't finished reading all the posts, so someone may have already done this. I just did some math and here's what I calculated:

$170.00 / 7 days / 3 people/ 6 meals = $1.35 per meal per person. That's really not bad!!

It like I said in my reply in the other thread . . . look at the price per meal and it doesn't seem that bad.

And, yes, I am also spending more on groceries. Two reasons; healthy food costs more, and we aren't eating out. So that eating out money is now in the eating in money budget.

Yea - I guess that's NOT bad.... considering my daughter pays $1.80 for her school lunch!

It just seems like a lot all at once, ya know??!! :ohwell:

The breakdown per meal is pretty cheap.....Just think of how much 1 meal at a fast food restaurant costs. At least $4+ per person, and if you go to a sit down ....at least $8 per person. ( if not more). I personally spend 125-160 per week. I just depends on what we run out of or need that week.

We don't eat out much- maybe once per month. the last time we went out to eat ( 4 of us) it cost $80! For one stinking meal!

whitneykt

Nancy - I haven't finished reading all the posts, so someone may have already done this. I just did some math and here's what I calculated:

$170.00 / 7 days / 3 people/ 6 meals = $1.35 per meal per person. That's really not bad!!

It like I said in my reply in the other thread . . . look at the price per meal and it doesn't seem that bad.

And, yes, I am also spending more on groceries. Two reasons; healthy food costs more, and we aren't eating out. So that eating out money is now in the eating in money budget.

Yea - I guess that's NOT bad.... considering my daughter pays $1.80 for her school lunch!

It just seems like a lot all at once, ya know??!! :ohwell:

I'll bet your food at home tastes better too! :happy:

healthy_me

For me it's not the food that's costing so much, it's the water.

I live on an Army Base in Asia so you can't drink the tap water and even those water filters that supposedly "clean" the water aren't recommended. So I spend so much money DAILY just buying water as I am trying to drink more.

SteffCooley

The breakdown per meal is pretty cheap.....Just think of how much 1 meal at a fast food restaurant costs. At least $4+ per person, and if you go to a sit down ....at least $8 per person. ( if not more). I personally spend 125-160 per week. I just depends on what we run out of or need that week.

We don't eat out much- maybe once per month. the last time we went out to eat ( 4 of us) it cost $80! For one stinking meal!
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We have six in our family (although, the two younger kids, ages 5 and 2, aren't *REALLY* eating eating yet!!) and the last couple of times we have gone out to Mexican, it was $60 & $70!!! I about died!! FOR ONE MEAL?!?!! Just crazy. After we left, all I could think was "can you imagine how much groceries I could have bought for that ONE meal?!"

SteffCooley

Ooops! That didn't turn out right. I was trying to quote "watch48win" and reply to what she had said!

Just wanted to clarify in case anyone was confused! lol.

caejde

Today I went shopping and spent 109. Last week I think I spent about 100. Some weeks I can spend 80 and others I can spend 130...just all depends what we need other than food.

Back in summer 2008, we went to Save A Lots and stocked up on different canned goods. We spent about 70 bucks and our cabinets still have canned stuff in them. My husband shot a deer so we have a freezer full of venison of all cuts-ground, sausage, cube, roasts. So the only meats we buy are like chicken, sometimes beef-if we're doing stir fry. We also sit down and plan out our meals for the week. I ususally cook enough at dinner for our family of 4 (hubby, me, 2 kids-ages 8 and 2) and then enough left overs for hubby to take to work and me and 2 year old for lunch next day. Anyway, we plan those out and then only buy what we need for those meals and any other items we need-diapers, wipes, cleaners, etc...

TRLTAMPA

I'm feeding myself, hubby, mom, and 4 kids....and I get in right about $200 every 2 weeks. Any extra cash we might have goes to the BOGO deals at the supermarket....I'm trying to stock the house with more fresh stuff and less junk but the kids are rebelling!

KatWood

To feed my husband and I, I spend any where between $80-$150 per week. It really depends on what non-food things we need like laundry detergent, cat food, etc. I spend more when my husband comes with me; he sneaks stuff in the cart when he thinks I'm not looking :laugh: although I always notice

Last week with him there I spent $150 cdn. However, that included $30 in photo frames and we had skipped shopping the previous weekend when Loki got sick. So I guess if I took out all non-food related items, we probably spend about $80-$100/wk. I stopped making Mark lunched years ago since he never eats them. Sometimes he eats out for lunch but not often.

I have definitely noticed an increase in my grocery bill since eating healthy. I try to buy things on sale, but space is an issue.

I don't think we have Trader Joes in Canada?
I use to shop at No Frills, which is cheaper than my ususal grocery store, but the atmosphere is horrible, aisles are narrow, kids running all over the place, rude/unhappy cashier. The savings wasn't worth ther stress.

Hey, and although I spend more on food, other things are cheaper, like my clothes!