Random topic: Grocery Bill

We spend about $300 every two weeks with me, my bf, cat & dog.

When I planned my meals out for the week and only shopped for those meals, my bill was a lot lower. For reference, it's me and 3 kids.

Really it depends on where you live... for me, it's about $400-$500 a month... but I have so many grocery stores in my area they are almost as abundant as churches are... I usually go to Aldi's, then what I can't find there I go to Safeway (which is across the highway from a Walmart (which never has what I want) so the prices for most things are comparible). But we have so many grocery stores in our area that if you can't find good wholesome food for not a lot of money, you are doing it wrong.... for reference I live in the DFW area.

ETA: It's me, my husband, our little one, and three furballs.

Christ in a shopping cart, that makes the national debt look like pocket change! Cut down on the lobster and caviar, Ri¢hie Ri¢h!

Kidding, depending upon where you are, that could be totally normal. For where I live, that's kinda' high for three people.

I spend $200-$250/ A WEEK and it's just my husband and I.

What on earth are you eating that costs $35 a day?

Or do you live somewhere where food is really expensive?

I spend about $400/month for just myself. But I live in South Korea and food prices here are pretty high - especially for any (land animal) meat or fruit or dairy product.

I spend $200-$250/ A WEEK and it's just my husband and I.

What on earth are you eating that costs $35 a day?

Or do you live somewhere where food is really expensive?

Vegetables, fruits, meat (chicken/pork), deli meats, cheese, milk . . . things like that. However in the summer time there is a different store we go to for our fruits and veggies that is a LOT cheaper. Plus this year we are starting a garden (with any luck it grows), and at some point we are going to go in on half a cow with someone and pay for the raising and slaughter which is fairly inexpensive.

I really get excited when we go to the store and the bill is $100-$150

Right now there's only myself and my boyfriend, lately we've been spending around 150 to 200 a week but that's mainly because he eats ALL the freaking time. I also have a soft spot for the local market meat, which can be a bit more expensive. Oooops. Lol

I have a family of four; me, my husband, 7 y/o son and 13 y/o daughter. We manage to spend $270-370 every two weeks, but that is also including household items, toiletries, cat food, etc. Of course we frequently have to 'stop and pick up something' we either ran out of or forgot.

I spend about $800 (sometimes more) per month for our family of 5 (3 growing boys and an SO that eats a lot). This includes Sam's trips also.

When all three kids were home we would spend $80 to $120 a week so I would say the amounts you mentioned are high. I would buy very little prepared foods. I would say half of my items were store brand, I used coupons occasionally and would review the ads and shop at a couple of different stores.

Is that JUST food?

I know when I go get groceries at places that aren't specifically for FOOD that I spend more.

Expensive items that aren't food that wind up in the cart:
Laundry detergent and bleach
House cleaning items
Foil, baggies, wax paper, etc
Shampoos and other body care items like Razors and deodorant

We put frozen and boxed items up first (not together so the boxes don't weaken) so I know the cost goes up at the end when they scan our:
Alcohol
Sodas
Meat

We can go to Sam's and spend a few hundred but then don't need meat for at least 1-2 months, so this evens out. I think we are at on average 6-800 a month.
We live in the greater Houston, Texas area, so in California we'd probably be spending what you spend.

WOW! Seriously ya'll..how do you do it? I spend somewhere around $160 - $200/week on Groceries for my Family of Four (myself, hubby, and two kids, my 11yr old son and 9yr old daughter)

That includes - meals - we meal plan and ONLY buy what we need for those meals, supplementing what we may already have in the house; lunch stuff - for me a normal week is Pita Chips, 1 Small Container of Hummus that'll last about 2 weeks, 2 Kinds of Fruit, 4 Cup Container of Greek Yogurt, a Bag of Granola that'll last me roughly 2 weeks, My Low Fat butter (that I buy a container of and lasts me roughly a month), and a loaf of my 15 Grain Bread; And then lunch stuff for the kids - again bread, fruit, snacks and juice boxes; and then breakfast items

BUT it also includes those essentials we need around the house
-Paper Towels/Toilet Paper
-Laundry Detergent/Dryer Sheets
-Cleaning Supplies
-Any and all HBA Items
-Cat Litter

And those semi non essential food items we buy every week
-Milk, 1/2 Gal Skim and 1 Gal 2% for the kids
-Coffee
-Creamer - My Sugar Free Creamer
-Sodas for the hubby

Average bill @ Wal-Mart Super Center $160 - $200/week Depending

And I keep a separate budget item for Cat/Dog/Bearded Dragon Food as we buy all that on my hubby's discount @ PetsMart...

I try to keep mine to $500 a month for two adults and a 4yo. I could go cheaper but it would be more work than it's worth. I try to do two larger shopping trips a month with two smaller ones between.
I try to stock up on things when they are on sale. My son uses a lot of ranch dressing so I always get them when they are BOGO even if we already have some.
Also, meal planning is great if you have the time for it but if not, just buy whatever kind of meats and veggies are on sale that week and work your menu around it.

Sounds extremely high to me but maybe it's related to where you live. I don't know. I do think my best friend spends close to that amount but she has a husband and 3 kids ages 14, 11, and 8, as well as a niece & nephew in their teens who eat there a couple of nights per week.

We're just a married couple, no kids, but we spend maybe $200-250 per month. Most weeks we spend around $40 and then maybe 1 week out of the month we stock up so it's closer to $70-ish.

We do go out to eat once or twice each week, and I don't include that in the grocery total...so of course it would be a bit higher if we didn't (not that drastically).