How much do you spend a week on groceries?
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I have a food budget of £100 a month, so I spend as little as I can!
I just manage it usually but sometimes my dad has to help me out with a bit extra.0 -
$100+ week: Lots of fresh seafood, fresh fruits and veggies. And when I "need" a pizza, mexican food, italian food, or chinese food I buy Lean Cuisines of those types. Lean cuisines aren't great but will do as a substitute for (real) fattening versions of those foods when I crave them. And the Lean cuisines are portion controlled and satisfy those cravings. Lean cuisines seem pricey to me. Gainesville, Florida :flowerforyou:0
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With 2 teenaged boys who never seem to stop eating, and a hubby who won't say no to a midnight snack, we spend about $300/wk on groceries. We eat LOTS of produce, too. This does not count times when we go out to eat (perhaps once a week at about $60 for the family). Also, we hunt, so usually have an elk in the freezer, as well as bison and beef that are raised by friends (processing is an additional cost).0
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Right there with ya! I'm at about $150 for 2 adults and then add dog food for 4 dogs ... pushing $200 every week. Yikes! Definately went up when I started eating better. Oh well, it's way worth it!0
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$125 per week for a family of 4. Phoenix, AZ0
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Me and my partner, we spend roughly about $150 (NZ Dollar) every two weeks including the fruit and vegetables from the market/ veg shop. We are basically eating rice and peas towards the end of the second week though.0
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It's just me and I've always been on a really tight budget. I spend up £15-20 a week on food, sometimes less. I eat until my cupboards are empty and have frozen veg, buy reduced price food then I don't have to shop so much. x0
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On a day where we are going because we pretty much have an empty kitchen, my husband and I can spend about 170 give or take. (Including stuff for our kittens.) But we don't ever buy groceries every week. We can usually go one and a half or two weeks per major shopping trips. Otherwise for little odds and ends shopping to get things we might need between trips, we can spend about 50-100 depending on what it is we need to get.0
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I spend $80.00 for 1 adult. I mainly by produce and lean cuisine for portion control. Prices in stores are way too high!0
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I spend about $100-120 a month on groceries for one person. I buy sale and generic products. and also a lot of frozen veggies. also when chicken or meat is on sale I buy it and portion it out and freeze it.
I spent about $120-140 when I was living with my ex boyfriend. except I buy less junk food now and I rarely go out to dinner where as with my ex we went out 2x a month.0 -
We are on a budget. I get $100 a week for groceries. This covers: 2 and 4 year old girls, 16 year old male, 22 year old female, 23 year old male, myself and my husband along with 2 dogs and a cat. As a side note, I can't afford to buy snack foods such as chips and doritos, candy, pop, juice, etc... If anyone wants that stuff, they have to buy their own. My daughter will occassionaly buy a bag of dog food (once a month if I'm lucky). My 23 year old son will buy the extras that he wants and he usually will buy his own meat or ingredients for a meal he wants to make. We end up with strange leftovers as his girlfriend has no tolerance for gluten (who knew some marshmallows have gluten in them). He will also throw $50 my way each month, but I use that to pay utility bills.... I do buy a quarter of a organic grass fed bison each November, but it is usually gone by May at the latest. I buy my lunch/supper food out of the $30 I get each week. We survive. Every other Saturday my dad will drop off a couple loaves of bread and pastries from the Amish. God bless him.0
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I live in Texas and spend about $150-$175 a week for three people. All organic, grass-fed and pastured meats. This number includes all other grocery items as well. We eat out once a week.0
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We normally spend between $100.00 - $150.00 a week in grocery's. And that is feeding 2 people.0
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My boyfriend and I spend about $30-40 each on groceries every week. Sometimes more, but that's if we are stocking up on things like paper towels and tp. We do not go out to eat often and plan every meal for the week ahead of time. It is very rare that I ever throw out any spoiled food because we never buy more than we need. I also use coupons as much as possible!0
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we spend between $130-$160 per week for everything for 2 adults.in aus0
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I can't honestly fathom. We get most of our non grocery products free or darn close with couponing and between sales, stocking & couponing we save 40% on average off our weekly bill and STILL spend $130-$160ish a week. .
Yes, this looks impossible to me, unless she eats out a lot! It's easy to save money on groceries if you go to restaurants or get take out several times a week (or not eating junk food doesn't mean the same thing to me).I'm so curious, exactly what do you buy? $15 would by me bananas, my milk, strawberries & feta cheese for example. Hardly enough for a week!Its just me! so i spend about $50-60 a month, about $15 a week
ETA: And I don't just eat junk food xD
I spend at least $50-$60 a week (usually quite a bit more) for just myself now that I buy very little that is not fresh fruits, vegetables or meat. Some weeks are more when I'm buying coffee or condiments/marinades, etc. When I used to eat a lot of starchy foods (pasta, potatoes) before dieting, I could easily get my weekly spending down so that I was spending more like $40/week of food.
I almost never eat out actually! I just buy in bulk, and make things ahead
Forced to really watch my food bill since rent is more expensive for me now0 -
2 adults, metro Atlanta.. $50-75 a week. I stock up on things like chicken breast when it's on sale and freeze it. We also eat out about once a week.0
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$100/week for 2 adults, 2 miniature schnauzers..that eat grilled chicken, potatoes and vegetables 0
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I try to budget $80-100/wk for 2 adults
when my kids are home it doubles though....(at least)!!0 -
I was spending about $450 a week! I started really paying attention and switched to another store, now it's about $250 a week. I remember When I had a fit if I spent more than $140 a week....bring those days back!!0
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anywhere from 60-100 bucks for an adult, a 19 year-old, and a 16 year-old0
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It's just me and a parrot (they have complex food needs!), I try to stick to $30 a week. Sales, coupons, and friends with veggie gardens help.0
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They do sometimes have a "quick sale" shelf in the store with reduced items - sometimes produce, but I personally would never buy any of that (and it doesn't include meats). Sometimes certain packs of meat will be marked as a "manager's special", where the price is reduced a little bit, but nothing that extremely cheap.The stores here do not reduce the price of meat because it needs to be sold that day. It is the same price as any other time. When the date passes, they stop selling it.
Yes, I've heard Americans say this doesn't happen in their stores. That's a shame - it's a waste of the food if it doesn't get sold and has to be thrown out - although I believe there is a subculture of Americans who do dumpster diving to get the food for free. Or so I've read.
What about coupons - extreme couponing? I've heard a lot of Americans talk about this, and it is something we don't really have in the UK, so I don't know a lot about it. Can all Americans do this, or is it only available in some places?
Extreme couponing could be done by anybody, if you can devote your life to it like those people do. I use coupons but nowhere near to that extreme.0 -
They do sometimes have a "quick sale" shelf in the store with reduced items - sometimes produce, but I personally would never buy any of that (and it doesn't include meats). Sometimes certain packs of meat will be marked as a "manager's special", where the price is reduced a little bit, but nothing that extremely cheap.The stores here do not reduce the price of meat because it needs to be sold that day. It is the same price as any other time. When the date passes, they stop selling it.
Yes, I've heard Americans say this doesn't happen in their stores. That's a shame - it's a waste of the food if it doesn't get sold and has to be thrown out - although I believe there is a subculture of Americans who do dumpster diving to get the food for free. Or so I've read.
What about coupons - extreme couponing? I've heard a lot of Americans talk about this, and it is something we don't really have in the UK, so I don't know a lot about it. Can all Americans do this, or is it only available in some places?
Extreme couponing could be done by anybody, if you can devote your life to it like those people do. I use coupons but nowhere near to that extreme.
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I live in MD, it is just my husband and myself. We eat a lot of organic fruits, veggies, legumes and whole grains. Our monthly food budget is around $300. I've added in some 'convenience' foods as an adjustment period but that hasn't affected the budget as I'm eating less.0
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According to ifinance, I spent $840 in August, $947 in July and $799 in June at grocery stores. However, I also buy non food items (laundry soap, paper napkins, etc) at grocery stores, so that's not all food cost. But those figures don't count the cash I use at farmer's markets... I try to stay around $800/month in food costs and I budget $400/per check (twice a month) specifically for food. I have a family of four and I buy primarily fresh produce and organic meat/dairy.0
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We usually spend about $75-100 a week in groceries. We eat fish occasionally, but we mostly eat lots of fresh veggies, fruit, legumes, and the occassional piece of cheese. This also includes our weekly CSA box.0
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I spend about between $100-$125 for a family of 4.0
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$50-75 per week for me and my roommate, a bit more if we go out to eat that week but we mainly eat in. I tend to shop around a bit and there are 4 or 5 different groceries within walking distance, each with different things they have for cheaper. The only meat we eat most of the time is fish, which we get whole at the asian grocery for ~$3/lb and we eat a lot of pasta and whatever fruit/veg are on sale. We're in Southern California, which probably also helps with the fish.0
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Far far far too much. I don't want to add up because it's embarrassing but maybe £70-£90. Yep, just for me.
I work long hours and though I try to make my own lunch and dinner to eat at my desk, healthy takeout to grab and go at the likes of Pret, Itsu, Chop’d etc is very expensive (£6+).
Plus, I work hard and care about my health. Nice food is kinda my vice. I’d rather spend £10 on getting smoked salmon, olives, asparagus, rocket, nuts, berries than £4 for a cheese and mayo sandwich. I know that’s indulgent of me and it makes me feel pretty guilty. I could get by on a lot lot less.0
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