How much do you spend a week on groceries?

It is just me and my flea-motels (cats) but the 'my' grocery end is about $40 a week give or take some - I also buy jugged water for the coffee-maker and I buy bottled water to drink so that is added in there as well (I have very hard water). :flowerforyou:

We spend about $150 a week for a family of 3. Our budget, like many others, includes toiletries, diapers, cleaning supplies, and so on.

I just got back from Costco...spent way too much, but couldn't resist all the great stuff.....$150. That will last for almost 2 weeks depending on how much my husband eats!! :laugh:

Reading this makes me think I need to cut back on something! For myself, and my boyfriend we spend about $200 every two weeks on groceries & toiletries! We have a dog, but she's not too costly. I guess I need to find more bargains! We could definitely use the savings!

What a fascinating topic!!!!! :bigsmile:

We spend $80 a week for a family of 5 (two teens and a toddler, my hubby and me); does not include dog or turtle food, toiletries, cleaning supplies, etc; that's exclusively food.

We have a fantastic pantry, and a chest freezer; we stock up on good sale items, freeze meat when it's on sale, and buy lots of yogurt, fruit, veggies, oatmeal, peanut butter-and-jelly, cheese, etc that our kids can raid for breakfasts/snacks. We also shop by the best bargains - if Stater Bros has what we need or good meat sales, we shop there.... if we need bulk items, cheese, dry goods, etc we'll shop at Winco... every now and then we'll shop at Fresh And Easy.... and we use coupons when we can. A little planning goes a long way! :drinker:

Your grocery expenses sound like they're working for YOU, which is the most important thing.... great thing to avoid processed food and to go with the healthy options! :happy:

I have a family of four and a dog with a finicky stomach, and we spend $140 every two weeks, including HBA and paper goods. We don't eat out and my husband and son take lunches from home, so I shop multiple stores to get the best deals, shop the sale ads, meal plan, make a lot of things from scratch (yogurt, puddings, muffins, pancakes, etc.), and generally avoid convenience-type foods. Grocery shopping and keeping our expenses low is my forte

Well...I don't know how you guys all do it! We spend $200-$250 per week for a family of 5! Two parents, 3 daughters--ages 13, 11, and 8. I rarely buy any junk food but we do eat a lot of organic and healthy food. Unfortunately, that is probably what is costing us so much. So sad that we have to pay such a high price for pesticide free, hormone free, unprocessed healthy food! Our daughters also have to take snacks to school everyday...
How nice it would be to have a Trader Joes closer to home!!!

Finally, someone who is closer to my boat. My husband and I, along with our 5 kids, we spend $400.00 per week. Although, diapers and wipes are about $150.00 per wk for my 4 kids in diapers, but the rest is on fresh produce and healthy meals. I rarely buy red meat, mostly chicken and or turkey. No junk food! That's not counting pet food or household cleaning items!

I do travel alot and found that it also depends on where you live. My cousin whom always spent $200.00 per wk in Detroit, MI area, just moved south of Chicago, IL and the exact same grocery is only costing her around $80.00 per week now!

I just came back from walmart and spent $63.00 for the week, but tomorrow i'll go to the dollar store where I buy our fruits and spend about $8 more. We are a family of 4

Well, apparently having a 14 year old son, amps up the food bill quite a bit. Plus maybe having the parties for 20-30 people a couple of times a month may have a little bit of an impact. We spend $160 a week at Safeway, plus about $50 a week on average between trader joes and costco.:sad: :sad: That includes cleaning supplies, toiletries, and meat! Bleh, I think we need to go on a spending diet,:huh: :huh: Dairy alone is $30+ dollars a week. No eating out though!:noway:

Well...I don't know how you guys all do it! We spend $200-$250 per week for a family of 5! Two parents, 3 daughters--ages 13, 11, and 8. I rarely buy any junk food but we do eat a lot of organic and healthy food. Unfortunately, that is probably what is costing us so much. So sad that we have to pay such a high price for pesticide free, hormone free, unprocessed healthy food! Our daughters also have to take snacks to school everyday...
How nice it would be to have a Trader Joes closer to home!!!

That's about what I spend, with me, husband, son 21, daughter 14, daughter 4, a large dog and a cat. We buy similar as above, and that amount includes ALL household products from food to paper to shampoos and cleaning products, animal food and litter. Everyone takes their own lunch (organic/healthy) and we all eat breakfast in addition to dinner. I go marketing once a week (Saturdays) and the 'trip' includes three stores/markets and 3-4 hours of shopping. Most of what I buy is organic, no hormones, nitrites, unprocessed, and as clean as possible. And it's probably 25-30% more expensive than the same products filled with unhealthy additives. I figure we're worth it, though.