How much do you spend on groceries?

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  • Coyoteldy
    Coyoteldy Posts: 219 Member
    I bought a small chest freezer...best thing I ever did for my house.. can buy in bulk split things up and go without a huge bill every month.. for example when turkeys are five dollars apiece during November I get two...I can buy berries in bulk and freeze them ect.. it has really cut my grocery bills to about 30 a week for my fresh veggies and salads...
  • nolakris
    nolakris Posts: 98 Member

    are you in the bible belt? that sucks lol.... we can buy booze at drive through shops, every gas station, every supermarket most pharmacy's in fact the liquor store is one of the rarest places for me to buy booze. although i dont drink that much so could really not care but still.... wow

    Oh how I miss LA! I'm from Nola, but I live in Boston now and booze isn't sold in our groceries either, except for rare excpetions that have a liquor license. You have to go to the package store here for booze. They call them a Packie.

    I spend between $70-100 a week for me. I eat out maybe once a week, other than that, I cook everything and I try to get organic produce, so that's more too. I don't eat a lot of processed foods due to a couple of food allergies, so cooking from scratch is just easier and keeps me migraine free.
  • eliseofthejungle
    eliseofthejungle Posts: 113 Member
    $40 or less per week for my husband, myself, and our nearly 3-year-old son who eats more than I do. This includes toiletries, non-food household things like cleaning supplies, and any occasional beer/wine. (I'm in SC.)

    Though, since we got a little tax refund I've bumped it up to $50/week and man I feel like a queen! :happy: Yay fruits and vegetables!
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    How the hell are some of you people spending so much on food? Is it coming in gold packages? Is it "organic" food? Does it come with a prescription of Unpretentiousil? I know I'm a single guy but I'd say maybe $200 tops. For the winter: frozen veggies in big bags are maybe $5 a pop. Chicken breasts in bulk from Walmart are $1.99 a pound. Canned beans because I'm lazy are $0.60 or so. Fish, big bags of it are $5-10 frozen. Protein powder $30-40 a month. Also, for the summer, two words: farmers market.

    yes to organic
    yes to gold packages (the frozen veggie brand i buy has 3 levels purple, silver, gold - frozen squash is in a gold package). lol
    prefer not to shop at walmart
    i buy canned beans
    buy hubby shrimp, tuna steaks, cod because i don't eat any of it
    most of the stuff i buy is store brand but i also buy a lot of speciality items (good cheese, organic meats)

    yes to farmers markets.
  • Ashshell
    Ashshell Posts: 185
    I live in NC and spend about $125 per week to feed myself, my fiancé and our 2 year old. I have found that healthy items are more expensive, but eating less makes up for it and we end up spending about the same if not less than we did when we were eating like pigs (:
  • shivles
    shivles Posts: 468 Member
    For me, my OH and our 2yr old we spend about £200 a month on food (which is about $400 I think?)
  • Brads2ndLife
    Brads2ndLife Posts: 72
    You US guys should appreciate how cheap your food is in America.

    Sounds like most of you spend about half to 2/3 what Australians have to spend to feed themselves.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    You US guys should appreciate how cheap your food is in America.

    Sounds like most of you spend about half to 2/3 what Australians have to spend to feed themselves.

    Our food is artifically cheap due to government farm subsidies. We pay one way or another.
  • Gidzmo
    Gidzmo Posts: 906 Member
    Eating better CAN be more expensive. All that fresh produce adds up. I think my wife and I spend about $500 a month, which seems like a lot. I've been doing more beans and cheap veggies like cabbage and buying less meat and cheese. Just curious how much everybody else is blowing at the supermarket.

    We tried growing tomatoes last summer. Worked nicely. One family member and I could do nicely on meat once or twice a week, with salads, sandwiches, or pasta on the other days. Meat, to me, has become more of a luxury food.

    However, the other family member INSISTS on having meat every single day. He frowns on leftovers, even if it's something he likes. Makes cooking/shopping difficult.
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    About $1300 for a family of four with two teenagers. It used to be $1600, but I've been clipping coupons lately and making an effort to shop sales. I buy mostly organic produce, and try to avoid processed foods with GMOs. Surprisingly, I've found the best pasture-raised meat prices at Whole Foods - go figure. Trader Joe's has fantastic prices on organic produce. I don't know how they do it...kind of makes me nervous...

    I'd like to shop for local produce at the farmer's market, but farmer's market prices here are way higher than Trader Joe's.
  • emilybaun
    emilybaun Posts: 52
    Family of 6: $500 every two weeks.. Include incidentals such as shampoo, body care... I the only person in my family who eats healthy as well.
  • artex1024
    artex1024 Posts: 119 Member
    Roughly $50/wk for my 4 year old and I.
  • josh0208
    josh0208 Posts: 20 Member
    I spend about $100-150 a week for a family of 4 (me, hubby and 2 very hungry athletic boys age 13 and 11). My bill went up a little bit with the change in our eating habits but I am learning to buy meat/poultry in bulk to save on the total monthly costs. Preplanning meals each week is a huge money saver for me as I am not as quick to run through a drive thru if I have nothing planned. Plus I have elminated the need to make multiple trips to the grocery store each week.
  • lwagnitz
    lwagnitz Posts: 1,321 Member

    are you in the bible belt? that sucks lol.... we can buy booze at drive through shops, every gas station, every supermarket most pharmacy's in fact the liquor store is one of the rarest places for me to buy booze. although i dont drink that much so could really not care but still.... wow

    Lmao this describes Wisconsin perfectly. Liquor store is usually the last place we'll go to get alcohol hahaha. And the closer to a church you are, the easier you'll find find alcohol.
  • skinnyvegan108
    skinnyvegan108 Posts: 11
    About 200$ on the 1st week than 60-80$ the next 3 weeks for my toddler and I
    But I'm a vegan (shes not) and I try to buy organic.
    Worth it <3
  • k_saenz
    k_saenz Posts: 126
    About $200-300 just for me. My fam refuses to eat healthier :/
  • mommy_03
    mommy_03 Posts: 54 Member
    I am a couponer and so I set aside a budget of $100/wk to feed my family of 5...me, my hubby, son age 10, son age 5 and daughter age 4...we buy only produce that's on sale and whatever is left over from our $100 grocery money for the week that is not spent goes into the pot for some weeks when we accidentally go over...we eat pretty healthy for the most part with coupons and I put a weekly menu up every week so everyone knows whats for dinner each night!! it CAN be done!!!

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