How much do you spend on food?
AmeChops
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Hello! I'm interested in how much you guys spend (roughly) per week or month on food and how many people you're feeding. I was trying to work out how much I spend and I have NO idea!
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2 adults, 1 kid and a dog ... The grocery shop averages about AU$140 weekly.
We eat well, it could be trimmed back but hey ...0 -
I spend about $450 a month to feed my husband and me. We buy organic, grass-feed meat, eggs, and veggies from farmers and most of the rest of our food is organic from Whole Foods, mail order, or a buying club. So mine's a bit higher than most.0
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I'd say probably $600+
I don't skimp when it comes to quality meat and other ingredients though, and I live in WA state where the cost of living is pretty steep.0 -
I plan my menus 2 weeks at a time, and shop primarily at 1 grocery store and follow the specials on meats, etc on sale to help plan my menus.
With planning, I keep our food budget to around $300 for 2 adults. I'm pretty frugal and make a lot of crock pot type meats that I can freeze and have ready for quick dinners, I'll spend the extra time to break up large packs of "family size" (and lower cost) packs of meat too. We can't afford Whole Paycheck, (some people call it Whole Foods) lol. I live in WA state too and it -is- pretty expensive here!
I also do a monthly trip to Trader Joe's to get coconut oil and a few specialty things (Kona coffee splurge!) so I suppose at the end of the month we spend around $350.0 -
Thanks for the replies! I'm sure I must spend around £300 per month on 2 adults and 1 child (only with us 3/4 of the time though). Really need to be careful over the next couple of months - might try out planning for the week ahead and doing a weekly shop instead of monthly bill buy0
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Yeah I've been trying to plan out meals a few weeks in advance and go shopping every 2 weeks. I'll probably start ordering a produce box from a local farm as well as they deliver weekly and it should cut down on waste (seems like a lot of produce goes bad before I can use it).0
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Over the last year we averaged $1082/month US for Myself, wife and two teens (one boy one girl).
Our grocery budget includes everything we buy at the grocery store, so cleaning supplies, laundry soap, toilet paper, tooth paste ... as well as food. If it is on sale and she has a coupon for it, my wife buys it. :laugh:
It also includes all the Low Carb stuff I buy mail order from Netrition and any supplements.0 -
I spend roughly $250-300/mo on myself...and this includes household supplies and I eat mostly organic/grass fed. I think I actually spend less going low carb than before... no rice, bread, sugar-laden fruit, jellies, chocolate, cereal ect...0
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around £250 per month for two of us. All organic meat / veg etc0
