How much money do you spend on groceries?

I spend on average $150 a week for two people, this includes cleaning supplies and toiletries and paper products.


Edit because I saw another poster mention this: That amount doesn't include my Quest bars

We spend $75 per week on groceries, which includes toiletries, paper products, etc. This doesn't include medicine or alcohol. This covers me, hubby, two teenage boys, one preteen girl, and two cats.

For 2 adults we spend about $110-130/week on groceries. I buy most of my fruits and veggies, cheese, eggs from our farmers market when in season and winter at the grocery stores. We have a meat CSA we are part of and get meat monthly. Just found a local dairy farmer and started getting milk from them as well.

I keep prepackaged foods to a minimum and cook from scratch most of the time

About £30 each week, but usually one week out of the month i dont need to buy anything Thats for 2 of us

$250 per month.

We are a family of 5.

Organic, fresh and a couple treats + pricesmart stuff.

Wow! Guatemala must be very inexpensive.

Fast food is expensive, fresh produce is always at hand and much cheaper.

I spend about $200 a week, but that's for a family of 5. Sometimes I can stretch 2 weeks in with $200-$300. It's gone up since I stopped buying so much of the ready made processed stuff and started buying fresh and organic (when I can). I still buy some quick and easy foods for my kids. Now that my kids and husband are going back to school this week, it might level out a bit since I won't have 4 people at my house grazing in my kitchen all day.

I already added to this thread, but wanted to share, my 100 dollars per week for 2 adults and 2 small kids, is for a family who lives in the rural Midwest, one of the lowest cost of living areas in the USA.

In addition to living in a low cost of living area, I receive WIC benefits (vouchers for whole grain cereal, beans, juice,milk,eggs,whole grain bread) and am surrounded by farms/gardens, so I get a lot of fruits and veggies for free in the summer.

I do include diapers, shampoo,dog food, beer/wine, laundry supplies, school milk.... In that budget, so it's probably more like in the mid 70's for actual food. I feel okay with this number, and i couldn't lower much without losing some quality of life.

When my kids get older, I fully expect this amount to go up, because they will need to eat more!

It really depends on the week. I'm a farmer's daughter, and my parents are awesome, so we generally do not have to buy pork or beef products, we get those straight from the farm, for free. But for everything else, some weeks we can get buy with $30, other weeks it is closer to $100 or more. Tonight's dinner is super cheap (unstuffed cabbage rolls) and will make food for tonight and the next couple of lunches, for just a few bucks. However, most meals aren't that cheap, then it can go up a lot, depending on what we make.

Probably $800 a month for two adults and two small children. We don't make any effort to save though. We just buy what we want.

Same but that would include everything-not just food. Paper towels, cleaning products,etc.

I feed 5 people, with food allergies and Celiac disease, in Northern BC Canada, for way way too much. Usually around $250/week, so $1000 a month. We have 3 grocery stores, nothing like a Costco, and our Walmart doesn't sell meat or produce.

A loaf of gf bread is $7, a container of dairy free milk is $5, $12/pack of chicken breast (4 in a pack) Ot adds up fast.

whow, clearly i need to budget better! I spend about 100 a week just for me!...mostly fresh veggies, meats..etc

I spent around the same when I was single.

Probably like $200 a month. Sometimes more.

About $250 a month for just myself. (Does not include household goods or cat food)

I spend $125-$130 weekly for 3 people.