What should 2 people spend a week on groceries?

My husband and I tend to spend around $200 a month... so about $50 a week.

We buy a lot of in season produce. Certain produce we will only buy when on sale. We don't buy brand name things unless it is on sale and cheaper than the store brand version. That alone saves a lot of money. We price match a lot and shop sales.

I find it easy to get a low grocery budget most of the time. Our $50 a week is for two adults and one dog along with household items. When we run out of main staples that may run us another $20 or so.

my fiance and I do not spend a lot on groceries, maybe $100 each a month.
the bad thing about that is that it usually means that we end up going out to eat more often, which of course ends up costing more in the long run.

I'm actually going to try to change that though, I think I've budgeted for about $150-$175 a month each, I'm pretty sure that will be enough for us. We are college students though and we don't cook often, so I eat a lot of sandwiches, lean pockets, clif bars, etc. Not a lot of meat or fresh fruits and produce unfortunately, but I am going to try to change that too!

Around $100-175 a week. This includes ALL purchases (like toilet paper, new pants, etc.) since we do everything in the same day. I couldn't really tell you what I spend on JUST food, sorry. It's probably around $125 at least per week depending on our needs.

We also almost never go out to eat lately.. maybe once every 3/4 months or if somebody's having a birthday.

We spend just under $100 per week on grocieries. We also have one meal per week that we eat out (usually pizza, chinese, or applebees type restaurants)

I think 50-75 is ok for two people. Also if you have the time you could cut out some coupons from your local newspapers to save on money as well.

HI There... Did a quick calculation. We have spent $5046 so far this year on groceries. So it averages $107 over the 47 weeks. We live in southern Ontario, Canada and probably order in take-out once per week in addition to that.
Hope this helps!

My boyfriend lives off of ramen, cereal, and frozen pizza and can survive off of just $25-30 a week. I like more fresh fruits and vegetables and pasta, so I usually end up spending $30-40 a week. So that puts us at about $60-70 a week including paper products and soaps. We only eat out like twice a month, and even then, it's at cheap-ish places, so that usually leaves us with some leftovers too.

We love coupons and sales!

It's just me and my 6 year old daughter here and we end up spending roughly 75-100 per week on groceries. We don't eat clean totally but we try to a lot. I try to save money on some of my shopping by couponing to make more room to spend on fresh organic fruits and veggies. I also garden and hope to have a huge one next year! Then I can be a lot more self sufficient in that area. Plus I just love gardening with a passion!

Used to spend around £50 (80 US$) a week including toiletries 2 years ago, but everything in the UK is going up and up and now its around £80 (130 $). We do eat pretty healthily though, making most meals from scratch and I try to buy free range eggs and meat. Probably spend about £5 a week on nuts and seeds too.
Apparently though we dont spend nearly as much on food as the French do - they consider food a very vital part of life and dont mind spending more on it. Perhaps we should look on it that way if we can afford to!

I like this thread, because I too have continued to marvel at how expensive food is getting and am wondering WHY I am spending so much on food when it is just me and the hubz plus two cats.

I use as many coupons as I can and I used to get away with $75-80 a week, but lately it is more like $100-120, more if I buy non-food items, am stocking up on something on sale, or if I get something special (like salmon, wine, specialty cheese, etc.). I eat breakfast at home and pack my lunch daily during the week and I usually cook dinner six nights. Hubby doesn't ever eat breakfast and eats lunch at home probably 3 days a week. We usually eat one dinner and one breakfast/brunch/lunch out or with family on the weekends. Oh, and we do most of out shopping at Harris Teeter, plus sometimes get things at Whole Foods and produce weekly at our local farmer's market.

I don't know....I try to justify our food bill with the facts that we eat healthier, home-cooked food, that we spend less on eating out and that we probably don't spend as much as other childless couples on things like clothing, gadgets and personal care. But still...it hits the wallet hard!

I guess ours is on the high end. Our budget is $500 a month (so roughly $125 week). We don't always use all of that. We buy a lot of fresh fruits and veggies, organic, support local, and we are both vegetarian.

ETA: And yes I have noticed the price of food going up. I have found good deals on produce at out local international supermarket. I make my own bread, I also make lunches and most dinners. We rarely go out to eat anymore. But despite the cost going up we thankfully have our health.

I budget $75 per week for groceries (including whatever essentials we need, i.e., toilet paper etc.). I seldom stay within that however. We're easily a $100+ per week couple. But this man goes through gatorade and pretzels like they're going to stop making them tomorrow...
We also eat out at least twice a week.

My fiance and I spend a TON on groceries....though I love to cook so we rarely go out to eat and we both religiously bring lunch to work. I tell myself that somehow makes it better. But we usually spend at least $150 a week...easy. Especially during the summer when there's a ton of delicious summer fruit available.

I don't know what the exchange rate is, but I spend about £30-£40 a week on groceries.